Keeping up with a blog is not an easy chore. Thanks for your patience. I know some of you are checking periodically and have been bored by no updated word on Tanya, I apologize for that.
Tanya is doing well, she still writes us once a week and seems to really be positive at this point. She got an incredible letter from a relative of one of the slain police officers, forgiving her and also sent Tanya some stamps in the mail, which the system confiscated. It meant so much to Tanya. Tanya is beginning to see that there is a tremendous difference between Christians and Non-Christians. In her last letter she expressed to us that when we visit she would like to discuss being a Christian, praise God from whom all blessings flow.
The only setback Tanya has had recently involved the Rainwaters. Mark had some health issues that all of us were very concerned about and had to go to Memphis to have a stint placed in an artery in the back of his neck. When they did the surgery they found that the irregularity was actually an aneurism. They told Mark and Charlotte the he was a walking timebomb. Also Charlottes father passed away a couple weeks ago. This all seemed to really effect Tanya as she loves Mark and Charlotte so much. Even though Tanya was involved in such a horrific crime, she does have a very loving and compassionate heart, deep inside her rough exterior. Mark and Charlotte by the way are doing great. As we say in the great State of Louisiana, "ain't God good?!!!!!
I promise to do a better job on updates, thanks again for your patience.