Flashbacks

It has been a busy week, some of us went carol singing. John enjoyed the practise before hand, the great thing is he knows most of the carols off by heart which means he can sing without reading. We saw the nhs speech therapist on Thursday, she spent almost two hours with John. She said he had made rapid progress and in her experience that is always good for recovery. She is going to work with John every week after Christmas, she said he was a priority because the stroke was affecting his ability to work. We see this as a real answer to prayer, so thank you to all who have been praying. John managed to pray in the prayer meeting on Thursday, a number of our friends at the Church gave him a hug afterwards which was very moving. He has also been able to read the Bible the last few evening just before we go to bed. All this is very encouraging, but we have a long way to go before John is up to returning to work. We would value your prayers for this, because John was absent from work a few months before the stroke due to the angina, he only has three months left of full pay, it will be difficult for us financially if he can't get back to work in this time frame. There is a real danger of John forcing himself back to work before he's ready, which would also possibly be detrimental to his recovery. He is at present still suffering from severe headaches and tiredness after he has worked his brain.

He has enjoyed Christmas and here is a nice photo of John during our Christmas dinner.