We finally spotted James this afternoon perched in the grass, having a yogurt snack. We said hi and got some smiles. When we later found him being checked by the doctor, he had a lollipop. Maybe that was his lunch. Yogurt is dairy and lollipops bring your blood sugars up. That’s some sort of balanced diet, right? (insert winky face here) James is healing, and the doctor recommended some topical medicine to help his wound heal even more. We’ll see him again on May 9th and once he heals enough, he’ll get measured for his new leg!

Here is a conversation between James and storyteller Elvis: Elvis: James, who would you like to become when you grow up? James: (takes his time before answering) I would like to become a driver! Elvis: Yeah? What kind? James: (shies off and does not answer the question) Elvis: Would you like to be a bus driver? or a celebrity driver? or the president’s driver? James: I don’t know, just a driver! Elvis: Or you could be the president hey? James: No, because there is a president already, there is no point of having two. Elvis: No further questions! Lol!

James was taken through walking practice using crutches by one of our physios today. He can now go home and enjoy the Easter holiday with his family. Please pray for journey mercies and complete healing for him.

After a very calm and peaceful night, James was longing to see the light coming from outside. He was jovial this morning and he told us that the pain had tremendously reduced. The doctors need to check his wound tomorrow just to find out how our friend is doing, then decide when they can let him go home. Friends, please pray for that and thank God with us for the recovery process.

James couldn’t sleep very well at night. He was in so much pain, so when we saw him this morning he could barely open his eyes. His mum was there with him and at some point James was troubled in his sleep but she held him and reassured him that all was well. “It’s probably a scary dream!” she told us. James had an amputated so we urge you, dear friends, to pray that he accepts this eventuality and that his wounds heal properly. James will also need a prosthetic soon so please pray for that as well!

“He got nervous as they were about to put the mask on,” Dr. Watson told us when we talked about how joyful James was this morning. We can’t blame James for being nervous since the whole surgery process is so foreign and has the potential to be scary. Because of James’ condition, he needed an amputation below his knee because, try as people might to save James’ leg, his body wasn’t healing properly and an amputation was the best option for him. “God made the perfect template,” Dr. Watson told us of different bodies (even of animals) God made. We are so fearfully and wonderfully made. Even as they stitched James up at the end of surgery, we marveled at how his body would heal from the stitching. We have a God who made James just right, and we know he has just the right plans for James. Please pray James will see it like this because amputations can be difficult to accept.