Dear John and Doves,
 
I want to thank you all for your prayers when I had Sepsis last April. I have now recovered from that.

I would once again like to ask for your prayers. I have an operation coming up to remove an aneurysm
( a bulging blood-vessel on the aorta near the stomach ).
It is called an AAA surgery, meaning to remove an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. If this blood vessel bursts, it would cause an almost instant death from internal bleeding.

They will insert a 6 inch graph to replace the section of the aorta that is removed.

I will be going to the hospital at midnight August 13th and the operation is scheduled for Tuesday August 14th at 7:30 a.m. Pacific DS Time. It will take approximately 6 hours.
This is a major operation and I would greatly appreciate all of your prayers.

I will be in ICU for about 4 - 5 days and then another 5 days recovering in the hospital before I can go home.
So I'm counting on your prayers from the 13th through the 21st of August.

Some highlights of that time is the fact that there will be a meteor shower the night of the 13th ( Pleiades ) and also
ELUL begins the night of the 14th.

Thank you again for your prayers. My next email will be in a few weeks telling of my recovery.

Your brother in Christ,
Jim Goodrick