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| Dear Fathers, Mothers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Glory to Jesus Christ! Thank you for all of your holy prayers for Mother Theodora-Amphilochia. By the grace of God, her condition has improved. More than a month ago, she experienced a severe reaction to an antibiotic. However, we have offered every day the akathist to Saint John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of San Francisco. During his lifetime he healed a French priest's wife of the same condition she has. Also, since Mother is closer to the Monastery, Archimandrite Nektarios (Harding), who is our Monastery's Chaplain, and Father Constantine DesRosiers, when he was visiting us for three weeks, have been able to bring her Holy Communion every day. Now, Mother is sitting up, and eating solid food on her own; she is working on holding a drawing pencil in her left hand, hoping and praying that if God so wills she may be able to continue her iconography; she is reading the Holy Scriptures on her own; and she is wanting to stretch and move her limbs more. And so, it is my great joy to announce to you that, God willing, Mother Theodora-Amphilochia will be returning to Saint Nicholas Monastery next week. We are going to need much help from all of you. We implore your continued prayers to make her whole and sound. In addition, we need volunteers, especially women who can assist with her care. And if you have not already become a monthly pledger to the Monastery, won't you please consider becoming one now? We need to private pay for physical therapy and other services, as well as supplements and various supplies for Mother Theodora-Amphilochia, in order that she may learn how to walk and move again. If you can in any way assist, please contact me, either by email or by calling me at 239-229-3871. Glory to God for all things! In our Lord Jesus Christ, Mother Andrea |