November 4, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Kevin and Sarah were a bit disappointed with their conversation with Kevin's attorney last week. It seems Worker's Comp. still wants to play games. So, they have decided they want to send Kevin to see four new doctors: another neuro-psychologist, another neuro-ophthalmologist, a physiatrist, and another whose specialty I don't remember. The crazy thing is the neuro-psychologist and neuro-ophthalmologist that Kevin has already seen are ones that he was originally sent to by Worker's Comp. Kevin is hoping the first doctor he sees will be the neuro-ophthalmologist and that he, too, will declare that he is legally blind. According to the rules, legal blindness is cause to declare one 100% disabled. Hopefully if that happens he would not have to be seen by the other three. All of this will delay settlement even further. After all of this is taken care of Kevin's attorney will have to set up a court date which will also take several months, so his attorney has said that hopefully settlement will be reached by next summer.

Kevin has also decided to drop out of Coastline Community College. He did speak with some of his teachers and they are in agreement with him that he is no longer gaining anything from them and he would be perfectly right to leave. Last week was his final week there. Kevin is carefully considering his next move which will probably be taking some courses at Biola. However, this will not be until the next semester at the earliest. Beginning next May he can go tuition free because of Sarah's employment benefits at Biola.

I'll give you a quick update on Everett. He continues to improve and is slowly getting his strength back. We saw his doctor last Friday and he believes all is going well but told Everett he needs to take two more weeks off from work. Everett now plans to return on November 16.

As you can no doubt see there is still much to be in prayer about. We know God is still in charge and has blessed us all in so many ways but it is still hard to receive setback after setback. Please pray that Kevin and Sarah will not be discouraged by these new developments and that they will continue to trust God for His perfect timing in all these matters. Please continue to pray for God's provision for their physical and financial needs. Pray that Kevin will make the right decision for his next step toward schooling.

Grace and Peace,
Tami