Kelly enjoyed recuperating at the beach. She is still in a lot of pain from her surgery and I imagine it will be awhile before she is back to "normal". Still, there is no better place to recover from surgery than the beach. 

     She touched many lives at the beach and gathered many more prayer warriors including two chair/umbrella guys (picture below) who created a flag from her t-shirt and will be displaying it on the beach in front of the Aegean. They told us they have been praying for Kelly together every morning before putting out the chairs. With all the negativity and violence going on in our world, it's refreshing to find kindness in complete strangers and be reassured of the core goodness of humanity.

     Now back to the real world. She had an appointment with her doctor Friday in Nashville to make sure she was healing appropriately and discuss when she would begin her next round of chemo. Tuesday (July 12) she will begin with IV chemo (in her old port) followed by intraperitoneal (IP) chemo (in her new port) on Wednesday (July 13) and another round of IP chemo the following Tuesday (July 19). It is much more intensive therapy. The goal if she can tolerate it will be to repeat the same treatment again in August and September. Please pray for minimal side effects from the chemo, that she tolerates this new treatment well, and for continued healing from her surgery. 

"Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer." - Romans 12:12