The last few days - Miraclewhipped

Myra, just asked me to blog the last few days since I, being a man, will use fewer words than she would. Really the hard part is putting all that we experienced today into words. So let me first start with Friday. We hosted the "international night" for the homeschool Co-op at our church on Friday night. It is a night when each family researches a different country, then comes together to share cultural food and information about the country. We chose Syria. The night went well, with about 12 families sharing and more in attendance. Saturday was a nice day to just "chill out," Sunday went well overall, with a few up and downs, but God brought us through. Chris Young shared a good message in the morning. We also issued a call to prayer and fasting for today, especially focused on two kids from the community that have just been diagnosed with Cancer. The morning started with Amos, our dog, waking us up around 5:30 barking for no good reason, other than to be God's alarm Clock. So we woke up and spent some good time in prayer before the girls woke. The morning was full of conversations and email with lots of people. Then, thanks to Vicki, Myra and I were able to go and visit the kids in Nashville. The first girl we went to is the grand-daughter of a lady in our church. she was having some strange bruising and by God's grace they figured out that it was the early stages of Leukemia. Her prognosis is good and other than the chemo should be better quite soon. We met the mother, talked with her for a while, while the daughter sat around, she was a little restless as any 5 year old would be after being in a hospital for over a week. when we asked if we could pray for her, it was awesome to see her spirit just settle down and accept the prayers of healing and hope. May God minister in a miraculous way to her and her family.
Next we went to visit the 4 yr old boy. he had experienced some pain in his hips, which they got checked a few months ago, but didn't find anything. Now, they found in and he has "type 4"cancer through his body and bone marrow. it is a hard situation and they have started aggressive chemo. They are in a part of the floor where only 2 people can go in, so the dad came out and we met him, then after getting some more info on the situation, Myra went back to talk with the mom and pray with the boy. I shared with the dad, that I had a vision this morning of God scooping and cleaning the cancer out of his son. We were able to talk a lot and share life together. Myra meanwhile got to go back and talk to the mom, and then pray with the boy. She said the same thing happened again, that when she came in, the boy didn't respond to her, but after asking to talk and pray with him, he perked up to see a picture of our kids and to hear of how Jesus loves him and wants to heal him. As Myra was leaving she asked him if he wanted anything, and he said yes, a spongebob toy. Wow, how easy is that. May God grant him healing, comfort and peace as well as a spongebob toy.
A trip to the cancer ward is a great dose of reality. We worry so much about such little things and not enough about the real important things. This day has been faith-stretching, bonding, and exhausting, but definitely defining. May God give us more days like this. May God also use this day of prayer and fasting to bring us together and use us more effectively