Joel's Journey: are ya ready for some football?????

Saturday, October 31, 2009

are ya ready for some football?????

It's Saturday and football is on............

We went to a high school football game last night, those of us who did not go to the goat show and now they are even more excited!!!!!! This football stuff has been growing! Remember awhile back the photos and they did not have all the gear? Well, since then Craiglist and searching at thrift stores has brought a "go team!!" That is all except Siah's gear, because his big brothers bought his at Academy, a sports store!!! Jeremiah could not figure out last night with the opposing team, why they could not even punt a good one, or why can they could not get past the 50 yard line and why did they only have about 15 players when our team had around 70? Obviously, they were not that great and then Jeremiah felt sorry for them. It was pretty bad. The score was 58-0!!! Oh, and it was sooooo cold!!!

The calls that are coming in from the Boer goat show is great news!! Bethany is placing well! So far she has got a 2nd, a 1st and a Reserved Grand!! That was with the first show, now the second show will be underway. Praise the Lord!

2 comments:

Teena said...: LOVE the pics!

My oldest boys Michael (24) and Dakota (16) were talking *football* today too. It is the annual Georgia Bulldogs vs the Florida Gators game today. Out of the last 19 GA/FL games Florida has won 16 ... so it doesn't look good for us Bulldog fans. But I grew up in Florida so doesn't matter to me.... plus they have Tim Tebow... who was home schooled and his parents are missionaries to the Phillippines. :)

Have you ever heard of him?

Thanks for sharing the pics... can't wait to hear more about Bethany and the goats.

Pray for Mandi she is home this weekend and leaves to go back tomorrow. :(

blessings,
Teena; October 31, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Janet said...: That looks like serious game of football! And yet, they're having so much fun. :); November 2, 2009 at 1:14 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.