{"id":1484,"date":"2019-02-05T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T22:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T22:23:50","slug":"february-2019-badgley-family-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/news\/february-2019-badgley-family-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2019 Badgley Family Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Russell, Sarah, Emma, Joe, Ruth, and Matthew Badgley have been experiencing \u201ctrials of many kinds\u201d over the past ten months. Here is a description of it in their own words:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026this season has been really difficult for us. If Matthew\u2019s health situation were not enough stress, we\u2019ve had\u2026huge transitions, Emma\u2019s severe kidney infection and recovery, Matthew\u2019s premature labor threats a<\/em>nd birth, his dangerous apnea, Ruth\u2019s state of shock after falling from high in a tree, Matthew\u2019s collapse after oral anesthesia to treat a lip tie, his unconscious spells, paralysis and sleep disorder, and, finally, Emma\u2019s meniscus tear, ACL rupture and corrective surgery, recovery and ongoing therapy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u201cpure joy\u201d mentioned in James 1:2 seems pretty daunting in the face of such trials. And yet, if gratefulness is a part of joy, then the Badgleys have a lot going for them. Here are some more of their words:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel like we\u2019ve been getting good care so far from Portland\u2019s Doernbecher\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital. They have an excellent children\u2019s phlebotomist who has been getting Matthew\u2019s blood on the first try each time, and the neurologist seems very familiar with the type of genetic disorder that they\u2019re considering as a diagnosis. The diagnostic process takes some time and a series of imaging. Fortunately, our new neurologist recommended no sedation for baby both due to his history of troubles with it, and the incompatibility with the condition that they feel he may be dealing with.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"We are thankful to the many hosts we\u2019ve had over the recent months\u2026we are also grateful for a house sitting option that opened up for us which allows our family to have a house to ourselves for a while.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u201crecent months\u201d they refer to started in August of last year. The first stop in this long journey was Quito, Ecuador. Then they were referred to a children\u2019s hospital in Houston, Texas, where they spent about three months. Then they moved out to Oregon where they are currently stationed.<\/p>\n

EFM is committed to taking care of its missionaries and has some basic policies in place to help guide us in times of extended illness. We are giving the Badgley family paid time off while they pursue a diagnosis for Matthew.\u00a0It is taking longer than anyone imagined to get the diagnosis.\u00a0We are hoping and praying that one will be identified in the next three to five months (if the Lord doesn\u2019t heal him first!).<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, it is taking most of Russ and Sarah\u2019s time and energy just to make and keep medical appointments and take care of the family.\u00a0The Badgleys are located just south of Roseburg, Oregon, where they were when Sarah was recovering from her illness a couple of years ago. This is the area that Russ is from. The children are currently enrolled in school. Steps are being taken to make sure the family is cared for by a network of supporters both near and far. Their friends in Ecuador continue to be as supportive as they can be and we have all been very grateful for their help in many practical matters.<\/p>\n

How can you be praying for the Badgleys in the weeks to come? This is their recommendation: \u201cPlease continue to pray for Matthew\u2019s well-being, healing and\/or a diagnosis, and for the whole family over all as this has been a lot of wear and tear on each of us, though especially hard on some of us.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Both Badgleys and EFM are grateful to you for standing with them in prayer and also through your ongoing financial support. We will do what we can to keep you updated as this journey continues.<\/p>\n

Your fellow servant in Christ,<\/p>\n

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Dan Cammack<\/p>\n

Executive Director of EFM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russell, Sarah, Emma, Joe, Ruth, and Matthew Badgley have been experiencing \u201ctrials of many kinds\u201d over the past ten months. Here is a description of it in their own words: \u201c\u2026this season has been really difficult for us. If Matthew\u2019s health situation were not enough stress, we\u2019ve had\u2026huge transitions, Emma\u2019s severe kidney infection and recovery, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[70,33,34,74,31,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-1484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-70","8":"tag-badgley","9":"tag-ecuador","10":"tag-february","11":"tag-russ","12":"tag-sarah","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}