Tuesday....

My husband and I traveled almost 3 hours to go to dinner with friends.  I spent the morning getting ready, figuring out what to wear, and running out to do a few errands. 

The dinner was in Indianapolis, Indiana at a restaurant called, Sullivan's Steak House.  The friends were business associates that have developed into friendship.  One accountant and his wife, two bankers and their spouses, and a developer and his wife (us).  There were eight of us.

I have been to dinner and to many social funcitons with all those present this evening so I did not feel uncomfortable.  I am generally way out of my element when in a group setting.  I am best one-on-one.  But I made it through the evening.  On the other hand, my husband is in his element when in a group/party setting, and he had a blast.  He's still talking about it today, how much fun he had last night.

The highlight of the evening, though, was the guest of honor.  His name is Jeff, and we met him for the first time over 10 years ago.  We have developed a wonderful friendship in the past decade, and he means a lot to us.  At Christmas time, it was discovered that he had cancer.  They operated, took it out, then treated him with chemo and radiation.  It was to be a six week process, and then he'd get on with his life as normal.

Things didn't go as planned,  A catastropy happened and he went into a coma.  His family was called and told to say their farewell.  He didn't die. He woke up from his coma after several weeks.  It didn't look like he'd ever be the same.  It was questionable that his kidneys would function on their own.  He couldn't talk or communicate in any way.  We went to visit him in the brain trauma unit of the hospital and I cried when I seen him.

Everyone was praying for him. I've never seen someone with so many friends and people that loved him. He has a very close, large family that immersed him with prayer and love. God heard all of our prayers.  Four months later, after it was doubtful he'd even live, we had gathered together with him for dinner.  He can walk, talk, and even drive his car.  He's not 100% the way he was, but he's still progressing.

It is so wonderful to be with a friend that you almost lost.  Praise God. It was a wonderful evening.