It has been almost 8 weeks and Naomi is still not entirely well yet. She has suffered from lingering joint pain and fatigue since we last wrote. Both of these are symptoms of Covid-19, even though both her nasal swab and antibody tests were negative. Naomi’s doctor told her that they are seeing false negatives for people with “minor” symptoms. If it was a false negative, God was merciful in delaying the test results 6 days because we masked and social distanced during the wait. I (Zack) never got sick. The kids and I are all just fine, health-wise.
Recently, Naomi’s joint pain has turned to joint stiffness with off and on pain, so she is making some improvement. Please pray for a quick total and complete healing! This season of sickness had been very hard on our family.
Some exciting news we want to share: a publisher is interested in the Christian sci-fi novel I wrote. At a virtual writer’s conference last month, I got to pitch my book to different publishers over Zoom calls. They were each presented with a synopsis and proposal, and one of them (a major Christian publisher you would recognize) requested to read the full manuscript. Honestly, this was a huge surprise, and we’re all thrilled. I have a few more rounds of editing to finish before sending it off, and then it has to pass through several approval stages. But it’s an exciting start!
Please pray for this next phase to go well, and ultimately for this novel to impact the lives of teens and college students for Christ. My goal is for this novel to be in circulation by the time Annalei (13) is midway through high school.
Thank you for your prayers and partnership in ministry.