how to help

A lot of you have been asking how you can help. Many of you have already brought food for us, given us hugs, listened, cried, prayed with us. All of that has been invaluable and so comforting to us. We will need more of that as we progress through this journey with Soph. If you know us though, you will know that we are very independent, self-reliant, and it's hard for us to ask for help. But we do recognize that there is no way we can get through the next year on our own, or even relying on our family alone. That being said, here are some thoughts on how you can help.

• We are staying at the Ronald McDonald House, but it's mostly a place to shower and sleep for now. Meals are provided, but we don't want to be far from Soph. So if you'd like to help, please work with our friend Jen Cho (jencho2000 at yahoo dot com) on a meal schedule. Jen has also setup some sort of a card we can use at the hospital cafeterias. 
• We welcome visitors, but may not always be available when you come, it will just depend. We had a lot of visitors the first few days, and it was a bit overwhelming, but as the dust settles a bit, it's always nice to see a familiar face each day, so work with Jen on a visiting schedule. It'd be nice to see people just for a hello, or just to hear how your "normal" lives are going!
• Til now, Selah has been at home, with Grandma, but we miss her terribly and the short time that we have been with her, we do notice that she's a bit quieter than normal, and that she misses her family. She has not seen her best friend/sister since Sat, and that makes me sad. So we are going to bring her here to us at Ronald McDonald House. But it will make things a bit more challenging to manage. My mother will be here this weekend to take care of her, but after that we'll need some help during the days to actively watch her, and possibly at nights to just "house-sit." If you have some time, please work with Jen on a schedule.
• I am thinking that we'll be here at the hospital for 3-4 weeks, as Soph recovers. After that I hope we can go home, though we'll be going back/forth often, especially as she starts her treatment. We'll need some help at home with meals, drop-offs for Selah, and just general errand-running. But that's down the road.

More to come as we think of it. Please pray more than anything. For me personally, I'm not quite sure I have the full faith right now to pray the miracle prayers, so we need the faith of all of you to intercede on our behalf.