Joel's Journey: land ho !!!!!!

Monday, March 22, 2010

land ho !!!!!!

This is the elderly gentleman they bought the land from, he's 92!

Finally!!!!! Caleb and Daniel are official "land owners!!!!!!!!!!!" Its a done deal, paid in full!!! They own 50 acres, Dave and Kate have the other 110! Wow!!!!!! Its been a long two months of waiting but thank the Lord He brought it to pass!!

Now, I have a feeling some crazy and wild things will be happening tonight!!! To start with we are all going out there and roast hot dogs, and have a big bon fire and then the rest will remain to be seen!!!! C and D are also going to sleep out there, can you believe that????????????

Lots of things have to happen quick for Dave and Kate. They have a few months to build a house and move out of their house now!!! Exciting days ahead!!!!!!!

Praise the Lord for answering prayers for these guys!!!!1

13 comments:

Cynthia said...: Wow! That's so exciting! So glad for all of them.; March 22, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Adina, mommy to Elijah, Merry and Micah and DAVID'S SISTER! said...: SO exciting!!! Praise God! I can't wait to see what God does in the next few months!!; March 22, 2010 at 7:11 PM
John-Clay Burnett said...: Congratulations guys!!; March 22, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Sit A Spell said...: That is such wonderful news!!! I'm sure they feel on top of the world! They're gonna sleep out there...is the snow gone?! I'm thinkin there won't be must sleep to be had until the wee hours of the night.

Wish Sissy & I could come to that bonfire! She loves them and has only been to a few. Time to celebrate and be thankful for all that God has provided. Praising God with you sweet friend of mine.; March 22, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations! I enjoy reading about your older children and their adventures. What a joy it is to watch the Lord work in the lives of young adults who are living for Him!

Valerie; March 22, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Anonymous said...: That's great! Congratulations, guys! God is so awesome!; March 22, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Janet said...: Congratulations! Land Owners? That's a big deal! I am sure you are so proud of your boys! Looking forward to watching their growth!; March 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Majeki said...: Congratulations!

I just noticed the coke, they could have bought more land if they weren't drinking coke!; March 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Hannah B. said...: Wow!!! That is super exciting!!! Praise God it all went through well. Did they have any hog adventures last night? ;); March 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Anonymous said...: Approvingly your article helped me very much in my college assignment. Hats high to you enter, intention look forward for more interdependent articles without delay as its sole of my favourite question to read.; March 24, 2010 at 12:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations!!!; March 24, 2010 at 5:49 AM
Mountain Mama said...: Yipee! Great news and Congratulations to the Land Owners!!; March 24, 2010 at 11:44 AM
missy said...: So glad for all the new land owners! We read your blog all the time but I have only commented a handful of times. You are a blessing to so many. Missy in TN; March 24, 2010 at 7:57 PM

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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.