Joel's Journey: Where in the World ????

Monday, July 6, 2009

Where in the World ????

Where in the world are the 14 Morris people?? Can you find us??? This was the crew for the 4th party, 80 folks!!! Great time. It was a 4th party without "human" fireworks!!! There were fireworks but they were performed by the Lord!! A major storm came through that evening and we could not do fireworks, but wow the thunder and lightening itself was MAJOR!!!

The guys are working about 5 miles away, putting up fences for cattle. Dave helped them out today in drilling holes with his tractor. Kate spent the day with us. We had dinner together and then volley-ball!! I am so glad David and Kate feel completely at home at our house. I have a small list of "they feel at home when".......... 1) they just come in and do not knock. 2) Kate folds clothes that are in the chair. 3) Dave falls asleep on the couch and is he is totally out because his mouth is open. 4) As I am putting scraps in a bowl to take out, Dave says "I'll take that" and eats it out of the pan!! 5) Kate makes dessert. There's likely more but maybe I'll save those for later. Its great to be with them. I can not wait until little "mavie" gets here!! They are 20 weeks preg. and you can not hardley even tell Kate is with child.

4 comments:

eje said...: I thought the same thing about the thunderstorm July 4.
"Rain-and-thunder-works" instead of Fireworks this year!
We were at Academy and I heard the first thunder and then it was pouring sheets of rain.

That is great to have close neighbors like that!; July 6, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Teena said...: Wow thats a lot of people. I know you are having a great time. I love how you share.

HUGS
Teena; July 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM
j said...: Sounds like a good time!!! We went to bed because we went camping the night before and camping with 4 so young was insane and tiring!!! So we were boring :)
Jessica; July 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Luke's Mom said...: I too love it when people feel at home in our home. My dad used to always tell my friends when they came over to visit, "The first time you come you are company, after that you are family." He would usually than go on to joke with them that they could now start helping with the dishes. I now use the same line. It would be wonderful to meet your family, I'm sure that our families would have so much fun together.

Love in Christ,
Suzi; July 8, 2009 at 3:42 AM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.