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April 2, 2010 |
Thank you so much for your prayers for my health situation.
As most of you know, we have been searching for answers for
my health problems for around four years and we finally
found the right doctors who asked the right questions and
who did the right tests to figure out what I had. The
surgery went great; there were no problems with the artery
while the doctor was correcting the problems. He did sew
splints on each side inside my nose which were very
uncomfortable but thankfully they only had to be in there a
week. He told us that my last MRI that was taken so that the
surgery could be imaged guided actually showed improvement
from the previous MRI. He told us that he believes that the
dust and smoke from Burkina had kept my sinuses infected and
inflamed and that they turned this into a chronic situation
and now that I had been away from Burkina for several months
that my sinuses had improved a little. I am still under the
doctor’s care for two more weeks and cannot lift or do any
strenuous activities until my next appointment. My nose is
still very sore and I am very tired but I am so happy to be
getting back on track with my health. The doctor told me
that I probably just got used to how this made me feel
because he said it causes chronic fatigue and compromises
your immune system. Tammy and I are so privileged to have
been able to be a part of the BBFI mission’s team and we are
so thankful that we had so many people praying for us.
We are keeping very busy right now as we start our new
ministry at Liberty Baptist Chapel in Findlay, Ohio. It is a
small church but we hope that the Lord will use us to help
the church grow numerically but most important spiritually.
We still love missions and have no regrets about our
missions experience; in fact our time as missionaries has
forever changed us in a good way. Being a BBFI missionary
was one of the best things that we have ever done in our
lives.
I will be going back to Burkina for one last trip in May but
the doctor is going to put me on some medicine and I will
wear a mask when I go outside. We want to thank you all
again for your faithfulness, kindness, prayers and love for
the Cooleys. Please keep praying for Burkina Faso! We have
had good reports from the two churches and we will be
praying that many will continue to be reached for Christ
because of your faithfulness.
God Bless, John and
Tammy Cooley
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