Joel's Journey: Caleb's stem wall up!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Caleb's stem wall up!

Over the weekend, Caleb and Daniel got their stem walls up! These pictures are of Caleb's, they did his first and I left before they got Daniel's finished so I don't have a picture of his yet. They are both building with the ICF, insulated concrete forms. Both of their houses will have 2nd stories, Daniel's will have a loft that will have two bedrooms and a bath upstairs. They have some really cool plans all created by themselves. Each phase they get to do is very exciting! To think that two young men can build their own homes debt free in 2010 is a huge blessing from the Lord, well it likely won't be finished in 2010 but the project in general. I hope it encourages others to seek to be debt free as well. In our almost 24 years of marriage, God has provided what we needed and way more than that, He has fulfilled desires over and beyond our needs!!!

Hopefully this coming weekend, they want to get the concrete poured in the stems and the next phase after that is to get all their plumbing in place and they will be ready for the foundation!

How's everyone on this Monday???

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: That is exciting! And that they are building them debt free! I can't wait to see what the finished houses will look like! Keep up the work guys!

~Mary :); September 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow! I checked the blog this am... then I come back and think maybe she'll have posted something... and you posted TWICE!! :D

AWESOME about the walls!!!! It is something we have been learning about lately.. doing finances GODS way! It's the ONLY way to go! Why borrow all that money when God will take care of you!?

Oh, and did I see BILLY in one of those pictures?! Okay, I didn't get to see his face but... almost!

Sarah; September 27, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow! I checked the blog this am... then I come back and think maybe she'll have posted something... and you posted TWICE!! :D

AWESOME about the walls!!!! It is something we have been learning about lately.. doing finances GODS way! It's the ONLY way to go! Why borrow all that money when God will take care of you!?

Oh, and did I see BILLY in one of those pictures?! Okay, I didn't get to see his face but... almost!

Sarah; September 27, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Anonymous said...: oops; September 27, 2010 at 8:02 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.