Many people have heard the story of my sixteenth birthday when I had the audacity to invite my entire high school student body (of 150 students) to my house for a birthday party that accidentally coincided with the Super Bowl. I just rolled with it after that right up until I moved to Germany and broke my back. The first birthday I celebrated here, I was in the REHAB facility and had an amazing response from people around the globe who prayed for five specific prayer requests I presented through a Facebook event. I did the same thing last year, and I’m inviting you to “Better than a Super Birthday Bowl III” this year to celebrate my Savior and pray over five new requests.
You can join the Facebook event by clicking here. I’m really excited about how the Lord is at work in my heart and body this year, and I’m anticipating good things to continue. I’ve been super grateful for the positive response my body had to the botox treatment over the past several days. This is a step towards continued improvements as I’m now able to redirect attention to other areas of concern. I have, however, had some new challenges in learning to read different signals from my body and remember to care for it properly with the removal of other issues. In plain English, I now have to remember to pee on a schedule because my body no longer tells me when I have a full bladder. This is not a big deal, but I’m known to be a bit of a space case with certain things like feeding myself or taking medications which is why I have six alarms through the day to remind me. I might need to add alarms to remember to pee every few hours now.
Prayer is a powerful thing, and I’m asking for a lot of it for my birthday. I’ve been blessed to have people all around the world praying for me in my recovery from my rock climbing accident two years ago, and for round three of this birthday prayer event, I’ve got five prayer requests:
1. Pray that God is glorified. I’ve asked this since day one. I want my life to make God famous, and this is an opportunity I have to ask people to come together and celebrate the Creator of the universe and make him known all around the world. I want God to continue to be glorified through my recovery process.
2. Praise God for the healing he has done so far. I was told I had less than one percent chance of ever walking again, and I can make my way around most places with the help of braces and special sticks. Not only that, but God has done a great work of healing in my heart over the past two years.
3. Praise God for the ongoing medical care I receive. I’m still going to physical therapy and have regular check ins with doctors back at the rehab facility. I’m so grateful to have access to wonderful healthcare.
4. Pray for ongoing funding. My insurance covered all my inpatient care, but has found reasons to refuse reimbursement for my ongoing physical therapy and many of my preventative care medical supplies. I raise my own support to teach at BFA, and I want to continue to teach here long term taking care of my body through these prescribed medical treatments.
5. Pray for continued healing. I want it all, and I believe God can give it to me. Please ask with me that I would have restoration of all muscle and nerve function lost due to my accident.
