Staying informed

During a long car trip this weekend, I realized that it has been some time since I was in Minnesota to see my family.  Yes we have chatted here and there but I have not kept up very detail communication.  This will also be true for family and friends in the far reaches of Wisconsin.  I recalled how we would send out e-mails to everyone when Jake was going through his transplant back in 2005.  This seemed to work very well and we know the e-mail was forwarded on to people all over the world for prayer support.

I think this too is a major event in our lives that we need to keep everyone well informed so you can pray on our behalf.  However, I don’t want this go our beyond the limits of family and friends who are aware of the story.  There will be a time when more people can know and share in our lives but I don’t believe we are there yet.  I still feel the need to keep this information shared with a limited number of people.

This blog will serve as a means of communicating how we are doing as progress down this journey no matter how unpleasant it will be.  Both Jeannie and I are authors and we will team up to journal our lives.  This blog is set up to be an “invitation only” and has a maximum of 100 participants.  I have added the e-mails of the family members who we have told the story to. We have also extended to some friends who have been helping us along the way.  With this technology, we can post updates from the blog page, e-mail or even short texts from our cell phones.

We do ask that you don’t re-post or e-mail these updates out until the information goes public.  Once that happens we may open this up to others.  Feel free to add comments as we covet any encouragement you have to offer.  I am new to the blogging process so I will try and keep my posts to the point and not ramble too much.  There is nothing worse than a boring, pointless blog right?