Update on Emanuel

Emanuel’s surgery went very well.  The new kidney is working great and Emanuel is recuperating quickly.  I brought Emanuel home to Luis and Jessie’s house and Jerilyn and I are taking care of him there.  Ema is very much enjoying eating all the things that he couldn’t eat in his very restrictive kidney diet.  On the way home we had pizza and frozen chocolate yogurt for dinner… YUM!  Emanuel cannot go to school for a month and has to go back to Portland twice a week for several weeks for checkups.  Those checkups will gradually be reduced until he only goes once a month.

Emanuel’s father is now in Oaxaca, Mexico with the rest of the family.  This weekend they will all travel to Ciudad Juarez (across the border from El Paso, TX) where Ema’s mom has an appointment with the US consulate.  Hopefully, the consulate will give her papers to immediately be able to come legally to the US.  They have been in this process for 16½ years.  Once in the US, the family has to find affordable housing. 

Please pray for Emanuel’s continued recovery and for his family to be reunited after what has been over a 2½ year separation.  The appointment with the US Consulate is on November 1.