Joshua

Our Joshua is just hanging in there. He had a little relapse but he is fighting back. Nadene has the faith of a fighter and we are all still praying for him. They are back in the hospital and waiting for more test results. Pray that we get a good report and that Nadene's faith can be strengthened soon. We read Romans 8 together and talked about the hand of God. How we are waiting for Hope and the redemption of God. Nadene's prayer for her son is selfless in that she wants God to be glorified. She sees so many people of all walks of life, following Joshua's story. Knowing that HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE, there is a very small percentage of kids who come back from the degree of cancer that he is fighting and so the hand of God is so evident on his life. She prays that is stays and for people to see how Mighty He is! Pray with us.

Joshua is getting a puppy for Christmas..... her name is "Healer".

Chuckie's and Caroling

I was able to enjoy the day with just my girls...something I have not done in a while. We got 100 tokens and just went crazy! They were both so well behaved, the place was empty, and I had a great time with my girls-no stress, no fussing, just a lot of laughs!

Our family hosted a caroling service in our neighborhood and it was really fun! We enjoyed coffee, cocoa, cookies and caroling with friends and family. Hope you can make it next year!

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Prayer for a stranger

I do not know this young lady, but I hope you will join me in prayer for her. Please encourage her, go and leave her a post.


http://my-path-to-healing.blogspot.com

My Kind Stranger

Today I made food for friends who needed it, danced in the kitchen with my 16 month old, passed out goodies to my neighbors (Christmas cards and sweets), piled my kids in the car to go to Old Navy at the mall (only to find it TOO has shut down)so then we walked around for an hour and shared a bag of waffle fries and drove the Mall "fire truck" (Anna particularly enjoyed that), found a Christmas gift for Daddy, and did nothing that I had planned on doing today...and it was great.
But my favorite part was meeting a stranger. I had gone to buy cool whip and it was on sale! So there I was at the check out, with only cool whip and it was a whopping grand total of $1! All I had was a debit card, so as I looked around to find something else to buy, a lady walked up and gave me a dollar and said Merry Christmas.
As I was getting my kids in the car, I saw her walk by and I thanked her about a million times. She just said, "you just look out to help each other, that's what you do, God bless you"....what if we all did this?
I think she walked away feeling more blessed than me, after all, it's more of a blessing to give than to receive. I hope you will look for your own stranger this Christmas season..I know I will!

If you are thinking "who is the baby and what's the deal?" then click at the link at the VERY BOTTOM of my blog. This little girl taught me a lot about being thoughtful, and this lady today reminded me of her memory. Go read her story at the bottom if you can. Her name was Kaliegh and she changed the world from her hospital room last year.

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Christmas Tree at Grandma's