Updates from our friend Cindy:<\/p>\n
Dear Family and Friends,<\/p>\n
As I mentioned in my last update, we were considering a trip to Mexico to seek experimental treatment for Curt. After much prayer and discussion, we have decided to make the journey. Our good friends, Ray & Margie Arevalo, made arrangements with the doctor in Monterrey, Mexico, and they will be traveling with us. We are leaving Saturday, March 27, in the morning and will drive straight through (1550 miles) until we reach our destination. We meet the doctor on Monday and Curt will undergo blood work. We hope Curt will receive the treatment by Wednesday. We will journey back home after the treatment and hope to return by Thursday night. <\/p>\n
We need more prayer than ever before.<\/p>\n
We need everyone to pray for our safe journey.<\/p>\n
We need everyone to pray for Curt (as usual) and for the results we seek through this treatment.<\/p>\n
We need everyone to pray for our children who will be anxiously waiting at home.<\/p>\n
We need everyone to pray for my parents who will be staying with our children.<\/p>\n
We need everyone to pray for our hearts to be peaceful with this decision. <\/p>\n
Our prayers are so enormous that we have decided to take it a step further. In an attempt to be closer to our Lord, we plan to hold a group prayer gathering. Torrance Beach at Sunset is one of our favorite places to be. We consider it one of God’s best creations. So on Friday, March 26, we would like to invite you to join us before sunset (6:30 p.m.) on the beach in Torrance <\/strong>to pray for Curt and our journey. <\/strong><\/p>\n Park in the large parking lot at the South end of Esplanade, near 300 Paseo De La Playa. Meet on the beach at 6:30. Dress warm! <\/p>\n Immediately following our prayer session, my parents, Jim & Celia Shockey, will host dinner and a send off party at their house. <\/p>\n Hope to see you on the 26th. If you are unable to join us, please pray for us as often as possible.<\/p>\n We love you all, <\/p>\n Cindy & Curt, Clarissa, Cayden & Corbin Ziemke<\/p>\n Most recent update:<\/p>\n Dear Friends & Family, <\/p>\n Due to the unrest in Mexico we have decided to fly to Monterrey. We will leave Sunday evening and fly to Dallas where we will spend the night with our great friends Mike & Melissa! We will leave Monday morning for Monterrey and arrive at 11:00 am. We will stay in Mexico for 2 nights at The Presidente Intercontinental Hotel and return home Wednesday night. Curt & I are more relaxed about the trip and the fact that we will only be away from the kids for 3 nights. I know this trip was meant to be and the treatment is going to help Curt. All the travel arrangements just fell into place today even though it was last minute. Thank you Sandy Klein for the frequent flyer miles for Curt & me, you are amazing and so generous!!!!<\/p>\n We received an email on Monday that Curt was turned down for the research study in Monterrey, our first choice, which was supported by our doctor. It is good to know that that treatment is no longer an option. This treatment Curt will receive is our only hope and obviously meant to be. Please pray for Dr. Francisco Ramirez who will be treating Curt while we are there. Please pray on Wednesday for the Stem Cells to enter his body and begin healing right away. <\/p>\n Thank you for praying for us and our family. Please pray for Curt to be able to rest and relax on the flight (flying is not his favorite thing). Please pray for Ray & Margie Arevalo who are taking vacation time and leaving their daughter with family in order to travel with us. Thank you Ray & Margie for all the information today and for being so flexible with the travel plans. We are so blessed with such great friends!<\/p>\n Love, <\/p>\n Cindy & Curt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updates from our friend Cindy: Dear Family and Friends, As I mentioned in my last update, we were considering a trip to Mexico to seek experimental treatment for Curt. After much prayer and discussion, we have decided to make the journey. Our good friends, Ray & Margie Arevalo, made arrangements with the doctor in Monterrey, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6117,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions\/6117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}