Well, Matt and I returned to Panama the first week in January. What a whirlwind it was! We are truly thankful the Lord allowed us to return home for Christmas and for all the events that were ahead of us. Little did we know what was to come... It all started the first week in December, when we received the call that Matt's father had taken a turn for the worse. His dad, Dillon Hedspeth, had been battling with ALS for 7 years. Before we left for the big move to Panama (in October), he was in the same stable condition (on a respirator, traecheotomy and feeding tube, unable to move almost every muscle - but stable). We were shocked to hear that he was doing worse, as he had been stable for so many years. We changed our flight ASAP and went back to Raleigh. The flight back was a fiasco due to a 3 hour delay and we literally had to RUN thru the airport in Miami- as the lady told us to run and don't stop. We did. At one point I literally told Matt to "Go on without me" b/c I didn't think I could make it :) Now it seems kind of funny, but not at the time. So, we made it back.