chicken soup para el alma

This is one of my wonderful students from the non-profit literacy program where I work. Maria Belen (Belen means Bethlehem en espanol) always asks about my husband and had been telling me about a chicken soup recipe that is sure to bring healing to whoever eats it. She finally went to the effort of making it along with a fresh batch of lentejas (lentils) and arroz con leche (rice with milk pudding). It was about the sweetest thing I ever experienced. She and her daughter made a special trip to my office to deliver this gift.

She said she prayed over it and made it with love.

It's friends like Belen and you all who have brought healing to our hearts on this difficult journey.

Thank you for your friendship, support, love and prayers.

The stem cell mission we intended this month is on hold. This is due to lots of infections going around and then a hold from our doc in CA re: flying with stemmies; we need to wait. It is God's good timing because N may have some kind of infection in his jaw. He is in pain and back on antibiotics. We'll keep you posted on the next step which will hopefully be getting another batch of good frozen cells. It's disappointing in that we want to move forward because he is losing weight, but we are trusting Jesus that it's ALL going to work out at the right time.

Thanks for checking in on us!