From rfepley at gol.com  Fri Jul 30 21:38:24 2010
From: rfepley at gol.com (Russ and Flossie)
Date: Fri Jul 30 21:38:27 2010
Subject: [Epley Update] July 31, 2010
Message-ID: <7296ecf94d039b2860bd6d5feac54b59@gol.com>

It's hard to believe a whole month has gone by without my writing an 
update. Here's an overview...

Praises
? My youngest brother Than has been in Japan for 6 1/2 weeks pastoring 
an international congregation. It has been great to have extended times 
together. His wife was able to be here for ten days....such a blessing!
? Christie got the ASL teaching job in Edmonds, WA!
? I've been working in my office at school steadily throughout the 
summer. I really wanted to get to the bottom of a pile of work there by 
3:30 this afternoon so that we can go on vacation tomorrow for a week. 
I finished at 3:29. Big smile.
? Our niece, Julie Johnson, arrived safely in Japan this evening. She 
will be teaching first grade at Christian Academy. How special!

Prayer Requests
? Russ contracted a urinary tract infection. We are still hoping to 
travel to Karuizawa tomorrow, but we'll have to see how he is in the 
morning. It is complicated for him to take antibiotics because of other 
medicines he takes. Please pray that he will heal quickly from the 
infection without any complications. This evening Russ' doctor said we 
could go, but told us to go to the Karuizawa hospital if he has any 
problems. We know right where the hospital is since that's where our 
daughter was born.
? Our son Joel is working tenaciously with his co-workers trying to 
finish work on a radio transmitter by August 1 when their permit will 
run out if it's not completed.
? Our week's vacation will be followed by our mission annual 
conference. This is something we look forward to all year, but it is 
very taxing on Russ (and on me trying to care for him outside our usual 
routine). It would be a big blessing if Russ could be over his fevers 
and regain his strength before the conference begins.

We appreciate your prayers so much!
Flossie