UPDATE FROM MATT GARRIGAN
August 24, 2009

Hello,

Today is the first day I have opened my computer since moving to Provincetown, MA where miles of healing sand dunes meet the power of the ocean.  

I am sitting here in our new surroundings looking out at my favorite pinecone trees and taking in their healing aroma. I remember talking about them over the years in many of the trainings and now their healing scent is once again wafting through the air reminding me that we are all still very young and at play in the universe. In God we are healed, whole and alive regardless of the evidence. That’s my story and I am sticking to it . . .

Gregg and I celebrated our 11^th anniversary this month.  It’s amazing how fast the eleven years have passed by . . . we have shared a lot of wonderful times together. 

The past two years have been very challenging for both of us.

We moved into our new home July 1st. We are so happy we decided to move.  Provincetown is a magical, healing and relaxing place for us. We have almost finished unpacking all of the boxes. We are settling in and it’s starting to feel like home.

Gregg and I are grateful for those of you that helped with packing and moving us.  We couldn’t have done it without you.  It was a lot of work and we thank you very much. You are like angels to us sent straight from the Godhead to pave the way.

We moved to Provincetown for many reasons: To spend more time with family & friends, which we have been doing, and to rest and heal. Also we needed to reduce living and health expenses since Gregg’s income, my SSI and donations were not covering our monthly expenses. By moving we have reduced our expenses by almost 40%, which has been very helpful in relieving the additional financial burden incurred due to my illnesses, Parkinson’s being the most difficult and my needing the most help in moving around because of it.

The night we arrived in Provincetown I fell and broke my hand while getting out of the jeep. This is where a sense of humor is a must!!!  Gregg teases me and says that I didn’t want to lift and unpack any boxes. But the truth is I sometimes have no control over my body movements. This can be funny at home however it can also be humiliating when out in a crowd. My right leg involuntary swings in front of my left leg and down I go reminding myself that humiliation is simply a point of view . . .

There has been no real change in my health. The medical staff and Gregg and I are working on different cycles of medications, the side effects can be difficult but I am determined. The hardest is the memory loss. I can remember being so clear during trainings and Sunday Celebrations, now my short and long-term memory often elude me. Yet the still peaceful voice within continues to guide me and holds me in its loving embrace and repeats in my being, “I have more for you to do”

I have met my new doctors and they agree the first priority is to improve my quality of life by managing my Parkinson’s symptoms and increasing my energy so I don’t sleep most of the day. They agree that I will someday be able to do my work again.

“Friends of Matt” was originally setup to assist me in covering expenses during the yearlong interferon treatment.   Since I was unable to complete the treatment due to near death complications, the donations were used to help pay for my personal health and living expenses. Once again the angels showed up and demonstrated the power to create through God the financial contributions that have helped so much.

For those that have contributed to Friends of Matt we are eternally grateful.   Your contributions have been crucial in helping to pay for my necessities and health care during the past 15 months.  Friends of Matt raised a significant amount of money to cover most of my necessities. 

A few of you agreed to donate for the year and have completed your agreement.  Gregg and I are grateful for your support and Thank You!!!   For those that are continuing to donate we appreciate it.

Our gratitude is immense and reminds us of how interconnected we are and how God works through us all when we are happy and willing to let go and to give the glory of our eternal ability to create to Him where all things are possible.

Gregg has been working hard to setup our life so I won’t need to rely on donations to survive. However, we are not at that place yet and any and all donations are humbly welcome through Friends of Matt.

I am hoping to be able to do a few phone sessions as we work on the right cycle of meds . . . Hmmmm, sessions on morphine and Percocet . . .now that something to sign up for . . .

You are all in my thoughts and I miss you all very, very much.

May you always be consciously aware of the Ascended Masters Love for you and the mantle of light surrounding you, as They show you the way and the truth of the path you are on.

Blissings,
Matt & Gregg

Our new mailing address for:
Matt Garrigan & Gregg Peterson
Friends of Matt is:
PO Box 555
Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: 774-722-5755 (Office)