And now, a powerful update on our friend, Jakkie, from the Sunflower. I talked to him yesterday and he gave me some exciting news. A while ago he sent a hair sample to a doctor to see how the medicine (ARVs) that he's been on has been affecting his HIV. Jakkie said that best case scenario just with the ARVs would be that there would be a 50% return to a normal amount of white blood cells, which is the determining factor in the seriousness of the virus.

Well, the word that Jakkie got back from his doctor was that his white blood cell count is actually more than 90% back to normal!!!!! Praise God!!!!! The doctor said that he had never seen anything like that and that he could only give credit to the Lord!! So cool!! God is so good! Thank you so much for your prayers for Jakkie in this time. I'll be traveling up to Pretoria in a few weeks to get the rest of the team, and should see him when I'm there. I can't wait to rejoice with him in person!