I haven’t posted very much here about the process, but we have been, for the 7 years (yikes, I can’t believe it’s been that long) that we’ve lived in Missouri, very involved in working to legalize midwives here.

Without even trying to make a long story short, I’m excited to announce that the Missouri legislature passed a bill this year that will legalize certified professional midwives (CPM’s) in Missouri, and the Governor has stated that he fully intends to sign the bill. It’s not the end of the road (the doctors have said they plan to take it to court, etc), but it is a HUGE victory, and such a thrill.

The law won’t be in effect until August 28, so we will still be travelling to KS for the birth of this little one.

Here is a video interview with our champion, Sen. John Loudon. We can never thank he and his family enough for all they’ve done for homebirth families in Missouri:

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The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet with variations on Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Thanks to Doug for the link!

I was reminded this morning (thankfully, only virtually reminded, not reminded by any real life experience) that spider season has begun!

It makes me so sad when folks have to have surgery to remove dead tissue from brown recluse bites. Did you know that there is a simple remedy for brown recluse bites that I have seen work repeatedly??

If you’re interested, I’ve put together a page on this free and simple remedy – Plantain, The Wonder Weed

A journalist’s thoughts on the documentary The Business of Being Born … and then some.

There are pictures up on the KBC website

Yesterday, this little owie looked like nothing. Today, with the red streak across the bottom of her foot, we are headed to the urgent care clinic. Apreciate your prayers! Thankfully, J is off work today.

Update – 12.55pm
We got to the urgent care place and J wanted a closer look at her foot before we actually took her back to be seen. There was no visible red line anymore! So we brought her home. Here’s the picture I took after we got home a bit ago –

This morning after I’d cleaned it, I put some salve on it that a friend of ours from church makes. It has all kinds of good herbs and healing things in it, and we’ve seen it work well on all kinds of things. But I certainly didn’t expect such dramatic results so quickly!

We’ve cleaned the owie again, trying to be sure there’s nothing stuck in the wound, and re-bandaged it with more salve. Thanks for your prayers!

We didn’t get water in any of the houses and we thank the Lord for that. Everyone is safe and that is another praise item. There were several rescues last night and a stern lecture to some boys that decided it would be fun to go swimming in the river by Carey Park. It looks like the main building and cabins didn’t get water in them either. Dale is checking on the shop and the pole barn. Eric just said that the barn out back is okay but the garden is under water. We checked out Mitchell and the water is going down. The water is moving very fast across the road so it may be washed out. We are sure water got in the building but we don’t know to what extent. We were trying to figure out what was in front of the building when we realized that it is the red tractor. It is standing in about two feet of water. Dale thinks that it will be okay but he will have to wait until he can get to it to check it out. That could be several days. We are thinking that the water will go down some now that the flash flood is over but it will go up again when the river crests in a day or two. The Hawks trailer is the home we are most worried about. They are gone for the day because they are concerned about the well water and septic system. LTC begins in three weeks and we have campers in four. Pray that we won’t have to replace a lot of things at Mitchell. We have a few guys living there and their personal items may be damaged. Rick Mills said that his guitar was in the chapel there. Keep us in Prayer in the coming weeks. Write if you have questions.

Update from Linda –
Just an update… The news said that it was a flash flood and that is why the water came up so fast… over two feet in 40 minutes.There is water half way up the building of Mitchell chapel across the street from Mitchell school. I have heard that there are three families that are trapped in their houses right in that area. It is very dark now and the water is moving fast. Pray for the families and those that are trying to rescue them. The water has started to come over the bank on the camp side so we are moving vehicles out of the area. Dale said that it is by the tennis courts. Keep Praying and send it on to others that have a camp connection. I could put it on the link but we are a little busy here. Love ya all!Linda

We just got an email from Linda Schrag at Kansas Bible Camp. They are having some serious flooding there, and the water is not supposed to crest for TWO more days. She says the water is up to the top of the bridge, which boggles my mind. They are going to put freezers and things as high up in the shop as they can.

Please pray for this ministry and the many other folks in Kansas who are surely being affected by this flooding.