Joel's Journey: two births !!!!

Friday, September 18, 2009

two births !!!!

praying often
last two years....

pleading for their souls
joel being there,
has made it easy
to talk of heaven
and eternity
of a city, a kingdom
that we can not
see
but where he is
hearts have become more tender
the Spirit has been working
a mother praying that
we can all be together again one day.....
questions asked
talking bout Jesus daily
last night
talking with dad
knees bent
forgiveness sought
"whosoever shall call
on the name of the Lord
shall be saved"
they did!!!
two new births
into the Kingdom!
hugs, tears (from this momma:)
rejoicing!!
they went quickly
to other siblings
and told of their good news!!!
Hosanna 7, Jeremiah 9

So thankful for God's saving grace even unto a child! Lord willing, they desire to be baptized on Sunday and remember I told you how Andrew needed to follow in baptism too, he also told his dad he wanted to this Sunday as well!!! Grateful for His mercy!

The guys had a big concrete pour today so Dave is helping them out, Micah and Andrew too! Kate is here with us, we are finishing school up and then whats to happen after there is a mystery......no plan yet. I know we"ll fix dinner later and play VB. Its been several days since we've been with them so I am sure we'll catch up!!! Kate is growing beautifully with child!! Exciting!!!

Not much going for the weekend, truck is in the shop:( Elijah, Andrew and Caleb are taking hunters safety class all day tomorrow. Farmers Market is over. Just a weekend to play, I guess!!!

*******Don't forget the caption contest on the goat picture in the post below! Winner announced Monday at noon!!!!********

8 comments:

Maggie B. said...: how exciting Hosanna and Jeremiah,
welcome into the family of God,
you will never regret this decision!

~Maggie Burnett; September 18, 2009 at 2:28 PM
-stephanie- said...: tears and rejoicing from across the states too. Praise God!

beautiful poem.; September 18, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Jennifer Eastland said...: Tears in my eyes...so excited for Hosanna and Jeremiah and Mommy and Daddy, too!; September 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Jessica said...: Wonderful reason to rejoice!

p.s. a beautiful photo!; September 19, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Leanne said...: Thank you, thank you, thank you for visiting my blog! I'm humbled and pleased that you could find the time to hop on over, in your busy day...

Your story continues to touch my heart, each time I visit your blog.

You've got lots of boys! And I hear, all the time, "you've got lots of girls!" God bless you as you and your husband raise up all of those boys to be Godly knights.

I will be praying for you and your family! And wow, another soul for Heaven!? How exciting! I think it's the most exciting thing when our children are assured of a place in Heaven! YAY!!!

Nice "visiting" with you!; September 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Danielle said...: YAY!!! :) Praise God! :) That is a beautiful picture of Miah and Hosanna too! :); September 19, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Anonymous said...: How AWESOME!!! That is wonderful news! Congratulations Miah and Hosie!!! Welcome to the family!!! :) We love you both!

I absolutely love that picture of you guys, too! :); September 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Teena said...: Cindy how wonderful! It is so awesome when our children accept Jesus. Thank you for sharing.

I say over and over what a testimony you are to me!

Hugs Have a great weekend!

Blessings,
Teena; September 20, 2009 at 6:54 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.