Cottage - Labour Day Long Weekend

We had a very peaceful and relaxing weekend at a cottage by the lake. We actually didn't do much but just spent most of the time there reading. Even though we chose to run away from the city and stay in the countryside, we still found ourselves busy in preparing meals and the special diet for Cass as we brought along with us a lot of homemade food, healthy stuff and Chinese herbal medications.
 

By the lake

What a quiet time reading and enjoying

Some good chat

Cass with Papa

Reading, Reading & Reading.. So good!

Cass with Mama

We are so thankful....thanked God for giving us such a lovely weekend. We could as one family eat, read and pray together by the lake. We were embraced by the beautiful scenery and nature created by our God, and we were breathing the fresh air by the lake. As indicated by Aaron and Cass, we all thanked God for all the amazing and loving people around us in every prayer. They gave thanks for everything and they treasured every moment. In particular, we thanked Auntie Hilda for letting us stay at her cottage and her great support for us. Also, thanks for the Aunties in our church who had prepared food for us while we were tied up with the appointments at hospitals. Some even had rushed food to us right before we headed off to the cottage. We all vividly saw God's love through the work done for us by the loving people surrounding us.

During our prayer times, both Aaron and Cass stated that September would be very important to them....Aaron would start school in one more week while Cass would start with a series of scans and tests again (MRI, bone scan, echo, ECG, blood work, etc…..) before her next round of chemo. Because of such a complicated and busy schedule, we could never be able to quietly figure out the appropriate date for her to start her high school term (regardless of whether she would stay in Bill Crothers or would move to another high school). Further, if we agree to use the new chemo drug, we still have a lot of unknowns, especially about what kind of side effects it could have on Cass's body.

As the summer holidays just came to the end and the new school term has just resumed, I prayed that everybody had a good school year. Please continue to pray for us and ask that God refresh our mind such that we can reorganize ourselves in the new term. Pray that Cass can physically stay up for the busy hospital schedules and the necessary medical checkups and tests. Pray that Arron can quickly adapt to his new school term of his 2nd year program, and pray that Andy and I can continue to pick up God’s pace and patiently follow Him step by step.