+JMJ
Dear family,
Yes, that's a CT scan of my humerus!
I just found out that the surgery for my severely broken humerus isn't until February 5th!
I immediately broke down and sobbed, as I am in a tremendous amount of pain.
After a good cry, I stopped and gathered my thoughts and prayed.
God permits suffering because He has a purpose for all suffering.
Sometimes we just see the affliction, but we can’t see the purpose in the affliction.
My first thought was that He is trying to conform me (and all of us) into the image of His Son...who suffered greatly!
I initially cried out, "Lord, deliver me from this! I can't take the pain anymore!"
Then it hit me....He is trying to transform me through it, instead of moving me out of it with an earlier surgery date.
Our Lord is using this excruciating pain for good!
In his book The Problem of Pain, C. S. Lewis says, “We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
Suffering is God’s megaphone to get us to wake up, listen, and repent.
There are certainly many reasons that Our Lord lets us linger in our suffering...let's not waste a moment of it!
I have been offering each hour for a specific person or need.
I refuse to waste what I now see as a gift.
Sending our love and prayers to our remnant family...Wendy, Walt and the entire Cukierski family
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Even though I am in an extreme amount of pain, there are still a lot of children & families who depend on me.
The pediatric funds are depleted
I will reward your generosity as follows:
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-----From a physician we help...he sees to the medical needs of children no one else seems to be able to help 
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We do what we say we do!I am begging for your help with The Pediatric Giving Mission.
---HELP IF YOU CAN----
Here is a post, from a recipient of what we do,.
L**** and I were one of the precipitants of This mission. She is right. My parking was 9 per day for 3 months. Then on top of that food cost me approximately 15 per day. That was cheap - I got vouchers for $5.00 per meal. So somedays I did not eat or made meals last for more then one meal. Had to. Parking was $810. Food was $1,300. Then you have normal household bills and I have 3 animals I had to pay to have people come and take care of them. At first I had my dog in the Kennel for 1/2 the time. That was about 500. It is VERY expensive to have a sick child. That was Just ONE hospital stay. We have had numerous ones. Some only a few days, some a week or two. Without their help we would of gone fully under!
From providing necessary funds to actually having families stay with us...we DO what we say we do!
