surgery update July 2, 2009

Yay! Surgery is over.  We just wanted to update everyone on how everything went.   Thank you for all your prayers!

 

Halle did so well.  The surgery went off without a hitch and they were able to repair her right kidney.  They basically just had to remove  “the kinked hose” and straighten out her uretur (the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder).  Once they did that, they were able to drain and reshape where her kidney had been swollen.  All in all, this should be the last surgery she needs! 

 

She responded so well that all the tubes were taken out early Tuesday morning and we were discharged that afternoon.  We have been resting at home, but she is back to her usual self, bouncing in her bed, laughing and smiling. 

 

Austin & I are doing well also!  We were able to walk in peace.  I didn’t even cry!  We are so thankful to God for this process.

 

What Next?

• 2 week follow-up appointment with the uralogist
• 4-6 weeks out Halle will have a stint taken out in an outpatient procedure
• Follow-up with the same tests she had before the surgery to see how everything is healing
• Monitoring with ultrasounds for a few months

 

Thanks again for walking with us. 

Austin & Robyn & Halle Lue

halle lue’s surgery June 28, 2009

hi all-

please pray for halle lue tomorrow.  she has surgery to correct the flow of her right kidney.  the surgery is at 11 CST.  Thanks!

 

robyn

high school June 28, 2009

WOW!  We have sooooo much going on in the high school at the same time.  Sorry we have been lack on the ministry updates!  There are sooo many.

1) We have named our Youth Ministry.  The youth section will be called: the youthNATiON.  This speaks to us 2 things:

• Unity: We are a group of people, called to freedom in God, who will walk that out together everyday.
• Ownership:  We are responsible for our people group within the greater Wheaton area.  We are the “governers” of the youth nation here in Wheaton.

2) We are living out this Unity & Ownership through living out ACTS 2:42-47 everyday this summer!  Like a good friend just said, “Acts 2 is a floor, not a ceiling.”  We are striving to live out dynamic community in our youth this summer through purposeful times of hanging out, sharing the gospel, praying for the sick, and seeking God’s face like crazy.  The goal is to be more HUNGRY for God than when we started.

3) We just had a community event where we hosted the girls at the Hoxie’s house for a sleepover, and the boys took off with Austin for camping!  We had women of God and men of God talks!  They were great.  Our kids are hungry to honor God is their attitudes, their appearance and in relationships.  We talked about dating, appearance, and how to seek God’s face.  It was a highlight of the summer.

 

Thank you for your continued support & prayers for the youth in Wheaton. 

 

halle lue update June 28, 2009

Thank you thank you for all of your prayers for little miss halle lue. Here’s a quick update!
 
1) She did AWESOME on the fast.  It was the grace of God.  She didn’t wake up until 8:45… the exact time we needed to leave to go to the hospital!  So she didn’t have to hang around the house w/o food and her normal schedule.  She normally wakes up at 7!  And at the hospital we didn’t have to wait to long.  She did sign language another mom that she wanted to eat the graham cracker the mom was holding, but that was quickly diverted w/ a paci. 
 
2) The reflux on her LEFT kidney is completely healed and gone!!!! Praise God!!  So this means that all the antibiotics she was needing to take, she doesn’t need any more!!!! YAY!  I wanted to sing and praise God right there in the hospital.
 
3) Her RIGHT kidney is still swollen, but is functioning at 20% capacity.  Because of that, they think there is a great chance of fixing her kidney so that she can have 2 fully functioning ones! This is SO encouraging because I can remember when they were telling us that she was only going to have 1 kidney! 
 
So all in all, it was a very encouraging time at the hospital.  We had total favor with the nurses, the doc, and had a overall very enjoyable time there. 
 
How can you still be praying?  

• She has surgery scheduled for this Monday, June 29th.  Please pray for a safe surgery, God-guided hands for the surgeon, a easy/quick surgery, healing, and rapid recovery.  She will not be able to do much for about a week after and will be recovering for a couple weeks. 
• Favor with doctors, & no transportation issues (the hospital is St. Lutheran in the city)
• Peace over Austin & I – and that we could minister to the nurses/doctors/patients at the hospital.

 
Love -
The Hoxie squad
Austin, Robyn & Halle Lue

halle lue hospital visit June 11, 2009

hey all-

halle lue is going into the hospital all day tomorrow for tests on her kidney.  she’s going to be having a mag 3 renal scan and a vcug to test how her kidneys flow and how much her right one is blocked.  she is going to have to be sedated for the tests.

please pray for her & us:

1) for miraculous physical healing of her kidney and that it would be medically verified.  God has spoken several times that she is already healed

2) for favor w/ the nurses and doctors, the ability to love and share the gospel w/ them & to hear their wisdom through God’s lens

3) for protection over halle lue as she undergoes these tests and peace/grace to do the fast they put her on (for the sedation)

 

Thanks friends and family!!!

halle lue is one on thursday!! June 2, 2009

may update – hs girls sleepover! May 24, 2009

I love how God works.  As different situations come up, we only learn how to get in deeper with Him.  Isn’t He amazing?

We recently had a wrap-up high school girl sleepover at the house!  I (robyn) have not eaten so much junk, watched movies, painted nails, put on face-masks, and stayed up till 2 am since I was in high school.  Wow!  I was done for about 3 days trying to catch up on sleep and nutrition.   But we had so much fun. We enjoyed watching Nacho Libre (with commentary from the Bates’ twins who could quote that movie in their sleep) and Horton Hears a Who!  And, to my surprise, most girls were up before me!!!!  We then had an awesome time with God together.  All in all, it was a GREAT sleepover.

and the month of may has been extremely restful.  we’ve finished fun projects like a fabric headboard (pics soon) and have started on the “garden”, which is more like a mountain of  “i don’t know what to do with this!”  Austin proceded to dig up half of it today, and we’re looking to finish the digging portion of our gardening experience on monday.  pray for wisdom!!!

and i noticed Austin wrote something in here about trying to get preggers.  If you think about it, please pray Psalm 128 over us and our family.

Thank you to all our Military men & women who served and have died for our country!  We appreciate all you have done.  Happy Memorial Day!

And to yall have a great Memorial Day Weekend as well!

 

The Hoxie*s

What are we doing with our lives!?!?!? May 13, 2009

Hey everyone,  Robyn and I are on the verge of completing a 30 day prayer journal on what the heck we are going to be doing for the next 5 years of our lives!!!  It is really exciting thinking through different possibilities.  It has also been very unifying for Robyn and I to get our thoughts and dreams out on the table and talk through them together.

The three things that we are evaluating

1. re upping our commitment with the youth in Wheaton. 

2. Heading back to school (Austin)

3. The senior leadership here in Wheaton has asked us to consider joining a church plant team to Colorado.

It is really fun thinking through our future, especially with Halle developing so quickly.  There are a ton of possibilities in all three options and we are weighing the pros and cons carefully, trying to hear God’s heart on all three!

We also are gearing up for the push season for the youthgroup this summer.  We have landed on a theme of pursuing REAL LIFE (John 10:10) and getting rid of false fillers i.e. video games, alchool, boy/girlfriends, music, drugs.  The kids are really excited about it.  It seems that alot of them are convinced that loving people like Jesus and obeying His commands is way more adventourous then they sitting around the tv all summer and wasting hours on facebook!  

We have also been enjoying miracles in lifegroups!  We have had several physical healings, and even a girl that cut her self had her scar totally disappear!

Robyn and I have also recently kicked off some great realtionships with some young families at church which has been a huge lifeline for both of us.  Krishnamerthys, Stauffers and Swindells  you guys are awesome!!!

One last thing we are hoping to get pregnant again soon….so be sure to ask : )

love you guys

Austin

wow April 23, 2009

long time…. no post

sorry for those following this blog!  we’ve hardly been on here since India!  it has been a very busy “push” season this spring with ATS finishing up, halle lue getting bigger (and more mobile), and all of the travels.  we did india in january, a few days in tx in february, visited austin’s family in washington state in march, and we are finally headed to san diego with ATS for our final outreach in the states. 

and in may, we will take a deep breath…. have a couple birthdays (robyn – may 28th and halle lue – june 4th).  can you believe we will have a 1 yr old?

Then the summer kicks off our big high school push!! 

 

more to come soon….. sorry again that it has been so long!

 

love the hoxies

much requested pics of the new house… (kinda new) March 3, 2009

hi all-

here are the much requested pics of our new house… new as of Aug. 2008.  i just updated some things too.  here you go   again, come visit any time!  check it out in person…

 

love – the hoxie’s