Recalculating by rehashing some Ideas.

Rehashing a few ideas.

Huanta, Peru June 09, 2023.

Yesterday was one of the most difficult days of my life. My dialysis was finally over after a painful long session. I knew that Carlos and Eliseo would worry that I was not arriving with the night fall… so I called to say that I would be late.

In the same hospital my niece Ruth was admitted for total anesthesia and surgery the next morning to fix her broken arms. I finally found a Teddy Bear to accompany her in that solitary big hospital. “She was so happy.”

Also, In the same hospital the mother of Carlos was also admitted for broken arms, hit by a car and in pain. Earlier I sent a pain killer from Walgreens that made her feel better.

My call to Carlos in Huanta was answered without losing a heartbeat: “Are you ok uncle Gerry?” I must have sounded horrible after sobbing like a baby just minutes earlier.

At my arrival two soldiers who were my orphans for many years were waiting anxiously for me. We ate restaurant soup and some squash together.

Carlos and Eliseo spoke up saying “We are going to make it together uncle Gerry.”

It was the same voice that said to me just last month” I would give my life for you uncle Gerry.”

I fell asleep with the lights on and woke up at 1:00 AM in the morning feeling unusually good. Somehow I remembered the words my wife Ruthie used to say in laughter: “You horrible mean ugly thing spoiled brat of God.” I said to myself “The saints are praying.” Yahoo!!!!

Now at 6;00 AM, after 5:00 hours of feeling good I remembered the Doctors decided to give me an intravenous injection to calm me down from my pain. Regardless of the reason I felt like writing to you who are asking for me and praying so faithfully.

I am in pain, but my heart is with Sandy Smallman for my not being with her at the departure of my friend and mentor of 52 years, the Rev. Steve Smallman.

By the way, when I am down I have the tendency to go back to some of my own writings to see if I find the same comfort again when the Lord first comforted me .

So, the following is the same comfort with which I was comforted some time ago.

In communication, one must make sure to drive the point all the way to the end.

Be more like yourself and less like the other man. It is you whom God has chosen to do what no other can do. It took three nails to crucified Jesus and no more than three. Nail a few points but make sure not to use a little butter on the whole loaf of bread.

Overkilling is not a virtue. Overeating might cause stomach disturbance but eating enough is good. Do not eat until you are full but only until you are satisfied. Sushi does not cause stomach upset. Fatness comes from indigested food that is stored in our “love handles.”

I like preachers that lead by the hand on the road they know so well. I do not like those who point out the road they know not but from their armchair. Be familiar with your neighborhood. Lead me by the hand of the Lord and never leave me by the roadside.

An old lamb alone on the road is an easy prize for the predators of the world, the devil and the flesh. Once you get use to walking under the protective custody of love it is not only hard but impossible to endure loneliness.

Some Christmas gifts are hard to open as much as you would like to know the content and enjoy the gift. I find joy when I think of the time and effort it took to wrap the gift with me in mind. When my bed is so well made … I like to sleep on top with only the comforter so as not to disturb the well-made bed. That way I enjoy two more days of well-made bed.

A venerable old lady of the stature, the Prime Ministry Golda Meyer, was walking alongside the most powerful lady of recent times and was heard to say: “I might walk slower because of my health.”

To which this lady having the stature of Queen Esther answered as she held her hands without losing a heartbeat, “We shall walk at the pace of your choice.” Wow!!!

Walk with me please. I hate to walk alone. I might have become slower but I am moving forward, always forward and homeward to “our Father who art in heaven.”

Let us arrive together.

Gerry Gutiérrez.

PS. Please Pray

Pray for some parts for my truck that came to Peru but has been returned to the USA due to customs regulation.

Pray for dialysis to be done in Huanta and not in Ayacucho which is so far away.

Please pray….as we walk together into our Father in Heaven’s arms.

Mel Belt from MPC can help if someone can help him to help me on Dialysis Centers.