Joel's Journey: Wales!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Wales!!

Elijah thankfully made it back safely from Wales last Wednesday!!! I am pretty sure he didnt want to come back quite yet!! But the good news is Melissa only has 26 more days till she is back in the USA!!! She sent me some pictures I wanted to share with you all!! Looks like they had a good time anyway!!!

I think they like each other!!!

I know Melissa would say it has been an experience of a lifetime!! I know she would also say it has been a season in her life where she has learned so much about the Lord! His provision, His protection, His comfort and His grace for each day along with much more!! We miss her and cant wait for her to get home soon!!! If you would like to check out her blog it is here, she has a whole lot of pictures there too!!

Along the same line, Daniel's trip is really happening now......he purchased his airplane ticket!! December 31 is the day he will lift off from OKC to Dallas and then on to Australia!!!!! I am so excited for him but I can hardly stand for him to go all in the same thought!! He was checking out his flight connections and he said one leg of the flight he will be on a plane for 17 hours!!! I COULD NOT DO THAT!!!!!! I guess when your young, adventure is "nuthin!!" Hope you will be in prayer for his trip as the Lord brings him to mind!!! I am going to try to be brave!! The safest place to be is in God's will!! I will trust in that and purpose to rest in that!! We continue to be so grateful to so many that are supporting Daniel in a monetary way and even if you can not, a prayer is so valuable to a mom's heart and to Daniel!! Thank you!!!!

Have a great Tuesday!!!!!!

Cindy

2 comments:

Beth said...: Praying for Daniel's trip. Especially the 17 hour flight. We did that at the beginning of this year with a 10 month old. :) Do you know what airline he is flying with? Qantas and Air New Zealand are definately the best in this part of the world.; November 22, 2011 at 1:37 PM
sarah b said...: Praying for Daniel and the rest of your family!!!; November 22, 2011 at 5:34 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.