Nicaragua..."Are you going?"

I've had a few questions about this, and I apologize for not posting something sooner. Please forgive me.  Below, you'll find out what's up with our trip to Nicaragua :-).

I know it's been a couple of months since I've mentioned it, (the last time in this post) but we are still going to Nicaragua. However, our plans have changed a bit.

About 2 months ago, our 2nd oldest began experiencing some irregularities in his heartbeat. The first "bad episode" landed us in the ER, then to our primary care, then to a pediatric cardiologist, whom we've been working with ever since.

Throughout this process, our son's worn a couple different monitors, run through a battery of tests, and there's been a couple confirmed diagnosis. He has a hole in his heart and is experiencing episodes of ventricular tachycardia.

At this point, we do not know the severity of his condition, nor what treatment will be necessary. They do not believe the hole in his heart is anything to be concerned about (unless he joins the military or wants to scuba dive :-) ).

With all that said, we are on hold for a trip to Nicaragua, where medical care is not adequate if he were to need it.

Interestingly, the Mr. of our staff missionary couple has the same condition, but has been treated for it. He and his wife have been a wonderful source of information, as well as prayer and encouragement. They were also the one's who were insistent that we wait until our son's been completely diagnosed and treated before we make our trip.

So, our family is waiting until September to go to Nicaragua.

Dave is still going during our originally scheduled time, as well as our staff missionary and the other gentleman who was planning on going with us. They will spend the majority of their time there teaching at the Bible institute. This will actually enable us to visit and spend more time at different orphanages and schools when we're all there in September. We see it as a win/win :-). (We're also excited that we have some more time to learn more and practice our Spanish!)

During the next couple of weeks, we should find out more specifics concerning our son's condition. We'd appreciate your prayers. We are confident of one thing... we are not in control, but we know Who is. For that, we are so grateful. God has got every detail of our lives covered.

Please also pray for my hubby and the 2 other men traveling to Nicaragua. They're excited about teaching and training the pastors there.