Monday, July 02, 2012

Until We Meet Again

The start of the service at Fort Logan. Michael is to the left. 

Michael, Mike Rice (Step-brother), Earl Jr (1/2 brother)

Three men who named Earl as Dad and Mom G leaving

 Giving Mom G her flag after she is settled in the car

 Mike the older and Mike the younger

 After the ceremony we headed to Alex's (Michael's Niece) home for lunch and an extended time to visit with family we've either not seen in a long time or we were meeting for the first time.
Siblings

Stacia, Krista and Jerome and Dominic G

Siblings
The original plan had been to go back to the cemetery at 2:00 p.m. to finish up around the grave....but then the cemetery said it would be tomorrow and then they said 4:00 p.m. We ended up going over ourselves this afternoon. We all shared memories of Dad G and then Michael said a last prayer. I think it worked out well. Alex joined us and it was fun to hear the different stories.

A new grave sure looks bleak...silly but it bothers me. 


We asked the kids how they would like to spend this night. It's rare to have us all together. This is our last night as a "nuclear family" in the hotel - tomorrow we will go to Colorado Springs and spend a couple of days with Earl Jr and Mary. They wanted dinner, dessert, praise and prayer, swimming and games.....

Dinner

Nine Gherkins and Michael 

Dessert

We had a family circle time of worship, praise, prayer and a devotional led by Krista. It was a great way to bring a day to an end..... then we swam.




We're making some progress, I think, on the doctor referral. There is no way it's coming through for CO. We'll see if we can find a doc in Eugene/Springfield who will take tri-care AND will make an appointment on the 9th. If so, we can still fly home next week.  If not, we try for David Grant Medical Center (a big Air Force hospital on Travis AFB) and I have no clue how long that wait will be. I also still have no clue if they've worked out the paperwork so that we CAN stay here and wait for an appointment without Michael being AWOL. 


Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Precious in His Eyes

TnT - Prov 15:8 - "...the prayer of the upright is His delight."  


Googling Travis AFB to find the name of a doctor which Misawa can use for a referral. Tired of the run around from medical types.


Heading to Fort Logan National Cemetery where Dad G will buried. For the Colorado side of the family, and for our boys from TX, this will be the first services for Dad. Today feels final.  Maybe not as emotionally hard as last week...but then a different kind of final hard.  Yet we know that Dad G has left an amazing legacy which will grow and spread in the Kingdom of God....and that he has spent two marvelous weeks having the time of his life in that place where we truly experience total life. 


I'm reminded that God says the death of one His godly ones is precious.....and so today we take joy in participating in that which God considers of great value and personally in spending time delighting His heart through prayer. 

Choosing Joy!
©2012 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...