Pray for Curt

I just wanted to ask you guys to join me in praying for my friend, Curt Vanderstelt. Curt is the lead pastor at North Bay Church here in Superior. He also works with the youth group there. Many of you in our youth group know him for several reasons. He has been at and even hosted several of our combined youth group rallies - and even was the speaker at a few of them. He also was one of the leaders for our campus missionaries events including the retreat and the recent Connect event. And he was with us last summer on our road trip down to the Twin Cities to go to Valleyfair and Mall of America.

To give you some background he has had 3 major brain traumas in his lifetime, including getting hit in the head with a softball during a church softball game against Bayside of all teams. That happened 3 years ago and it left him without memory for a few weeks. His brain is very fragile because of all these past injuries. Well last Tuesday he had to have a routine knee surgery for an injury he had last year. But when he woke up from the surgery (which went fine by the way) he could not remember anything. He is currently suffering from retrograde amnesia and the doctors believe it is a result of the anesthesia they used for his surgery - that it somehow traumatized his brain and his memory was lost.

The first few days were pretty bad but he is getting better. I actually went and visited him today, which was really nice. It was scary because there were moments when his memory was good and then times when it was bad. But he was Curt and it was fun to joke with him. We read some scripture, prayed, and even watched some baseball. His wife and two daughters are doing good considering what they are going through. The doctors say that only rest and time can help at this point.

Please pray for Curt and his family when you read this and anytime you think of him. I thank you for joining me in this and I will keep you all posted as I hear more. I believe that God will completely restore his memory some day and am praying that God will give their family comfort, peace, and joy until that day arrives.

Thanks.

-PT