On May 11, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., VerNon underwent surgery to have a pacemaker installed to make sure his heartbeat would always be sixty beats per minute or more. This was necessary because he had experienced some dizziness and actually had passed out once and came very close to it a few other times. This was done on the same day that Bernice under went surgery to remove her female organs. It has been a week now and we are in the healing process. VerNon had his stitches removed today, May 19, and will be back to full activity one month from today. Bernice has a doctor appointment next week to determine how she is doing. It will be five or six weeks more before we can consider traveling north. The good news is that there was no evidence of cancer found during Bernice's surgery. She has been trying to regain strength by resting, eating and walking. Today she feels better but gets tired easily. We have had a lot of people praying for us and we know that it has helped us. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us.