Pray for Dad

We left our home in Louisville on Wednesday afternoon to head out west to see friends and family in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.  We've had a great time reconnecting and of course getting our fill of Braums :) Meanwhile back in Nashville, my poor dad has been in the hospital with a painful intestinal blockage.  He spent about 9 days in the hospital for the blockage last week and was released after having a surgery that seemed to remedy the problem.  A few days later this past Tuesday, he wound up getting admitted back into the hospital again for excrutiating abdomenal pain.  It appears that he now has a blockage in another part of his intestines. He hasn't had anything to eat or drink since then and the doctors are keeping a close eye on him.  The doctors will hopefully know something within the next few days as to what in the world is going on and whether or not he will need to undergo a more invasive surgery to fix the problem.

Will you please pray for my dad right now?  Please ask that:
*The doctor's will be able to figure out what keeps causing these blockages.
*The Lord will give comfort to my dad in the midst of his physical pain.
*That God will heal him and sustain his hope in Christ.

Above is a picture of mom and dad when they came to visit us a few weeks ago.  They are holding the Riddle babies, some of the cutest Ethiopian babies in the whole wide world :)  Don't you think my dad would make an amazing grandfather to Ethiopian children?!  Praying for you dad.