West Cocoa Chat

We have a nice young couple (Nathan and Crystal) living in our upstairs apartment. When they first moved to Cocoa from Kansas, Crystal was suffering seizures. These seizures wouldn’t last very long but their effects were almost devastating to their young marriage. Crystal told us some of the effects of the seizures varied from running outside naked from their apartment and trying to open a car door as they were driving down a major highway. She said their cumulative effect was starting to change her personality and her feeling towards her husband.

When they arrived in Cocoa she was able to get her medication regulated and for a while the seizures stopped. Eventually she was able to go off her medication. This past week she had her first seizure in months. She has stopped driving and is now on medication once again. She said she and Nate are worried that the seizures will continue.

To top all of this off, Nate was assaulted by one of his co-workers 2 weeks ago. The co-worker punched Nathan in the mouth and broke his jaw. Nathan’s boss reluctantly fired the man but is now making Nathan work extra hours to pick up the slack from being down a worker.

Nathan and Crystal need your prayers. I thank you ahead of time for your prayers on their behalf.

Steven Add - On:
For the first time in a couple of weeks, Steven did not have to “swing” down and play with the J.V. at Merritt Island last night. The Head Coach told him he’ll play with the varsity against Bayside on Friday despite the fact that the J.V. will be playing at home in Cocoa against Bayside’s J.V. This could mean some playing time for him with the varsity on Friday. I hope so.

If it does I probably won’t be there. This coming Friday will be the J.V.’s first home game of the season. Tom Welsh and I share the announcing duties and since his son is a junior on the varsity, I’ll probably defer and announce the J.V. game at Cocoa so Tom can watch his son play down in Bayside. What a nice guy I am.

I guess I better warm up the baseball pipes:
“That’s a nice play by brothers Steven and J.D. Schills as they turn the 6-4-3 double play to end the inning for the Tigers.”