What if your blessings come through rain drops......

I know you are all probably pretty shocked that I have blogged twice in two days! 

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST...WE HAVE HUGE NEWS....BUT FIRST.........

There is a song that is popular on a radio station I listen to.  The lyrics say:

"Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise"

The whole song is amazing but that chorus finally makes sense to me.

We are seeing God's blessings and it is because of ALL of you.  The response we received yesterday of everyone who is praying for us and specifically for a transplant has been overwhelming.

We (I) have had many tears and rain drops lately and God's blessings are pouring out through those.

Today we received ANOTHER phone call from OSU transplant but this time it was with a surgery DATE!  YES....YOU READ THAT RIGHT WE HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE FOR TRANSPLANT SURGERY.   August 19th (as in two weeks from tomorrow)  which means two weeks from today we will be checking into the hospital!  PRAISE GOD! 

So yes, God does have a sense of humor because that date happens to be the first day of school for Alice but it is totally fine because God's got this! 

David got the call today and I was at school working, he called me and I started laughing and it was amazing!  I told my principal and several others who were in the office and the next thing I know we were calling someone to sub for me (for the first few weeks of school...oh my!)  Next I went to the other office and my Head of School was there and I told him and he even offered to sub for me! 

Our donor (although she has had to rearrange a trip a bit) already has the next month off of work so this will not affect her work schedule.  God's got this! 

This is a small chain (a good thing) and we found out the donor that David is getting a kidney from was someone who has had a family member affected by Kidney failure somehow and they decided to just donate to someone.  David's kidney is coming from Georgia.  This person has no recipient attached to them so they are starting the chain. 

Like I think I said earlier....we have been overwhelmed by the blessings that have been poured over us the past 24 hours especially.  We have had so many praying, so many helping us out by fixing cars, letting us use their lake-house for a few day get-a-way, cards with special surprises for us, and even setting up a Go Fund Me account for us to help us with our bills and medical costs over the next few months.  We are completely blown away.  But the thing that does not surprise us is that God is capable and He is able.  His timing is perfect. 

So again, we ask for your specific prayers:
1. Surgery happens on August 19th (we are 95% sure it will but there are still a few details out of our control that must fall into place with the rest of the chain)
2. EVERYONE STAYS HEALTHY AND BLOOD DOES NOT CHANGE.
3. Karen and all that she is preparing for and safe travels between now and surgery date!
4. Preparation of our house (Alice needs to clean!!)
5. The start of the school year without me!

If you are interested in check out the Go Fund Me page that has been set up for us you can go to:
 http://www.gofundme.com/DashforDavidB

I can't wait for the day when I can give to someone and help them as much as others have and are helping us in this chapter of our lives.  We truly have  the best friends and family around.  And we serve a loving and caring God.  If you don't know HIM personally I would love to tell you about Him!

Thanks friends and KEEP ON PRAYING!

David and Alice