SSI

We got a response from SSI today. They denied our claim. Their reasoning was that, from all of the reports they received from the various doctors, they believe that Randy will be able to return to some form of work before the 1 year mark of his accident, making him inelligible for the benefit. We weren't surprised with their response. Randy has started the process of returning to work. I had wanted him to wait until after the summer, thinking that he could go over and hang out with his dad on the orchard and allow his body a little more time to heal. I don't feel completely confident that he is quite ready to go back.

Randy sent me an email today that I wanted to share. A coworker of his sent him a book called "Health Food: a daily guide to spiritual nourishment for the soul". I have opened the book often and have found great inspiration from it. Today was Randy's first day every opening the book and reading it. He said what he read today adjusted his thinking. In the reading, it talks of a man who asked a christian couple if, when they went to the altar to be saved, they prayed for faith that God would save them. The couple responded that they had not. In going to the altar, they had faith and knew that they would be saved. In the same thinking, why pray that God would give you faith to be healed. Just as you believe that you will be saved, believe that you will be healed.