Joel's Journey: do you know?????

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

do you know?????

Do you know what these are???? front air vents
Do you know what comes out of them??? nothin' (before)
Do you know what is suppose to come out of them??? air.....cold
Do you know how long the van a/c has been broke??? 5,6, 7 years....can't remember
Do you know its hot in Oklahoma??? like major
Do you know our van broke 2 weeks ago??? yep
Do you know that all things work together for our good? learning it more and more each day
Do you know it got fixed??? yep
Do you know what works now???? them thar front vents!
Do you know that it is cold air?? yep
Do you know who fixed it? John D.
Do you know the air got fixed all because it broke down? yep
Do you know two weeks ago I was frustrated? yep
Do you know I pleaded to Terry to buy "something" even if it cost $1000 that had air?? yep
Do you know that my prayer was answered? yep
Do you know "I don't know whether to laugh or cry?
Do you know why? nope
cuz......I wanna laugh because God seems to have a sense of humor and I wanna cry cuz that van just won't DIE!!!!!
Do you know I just need to be thankful and laugh and let the air blow!!!! thats what ima gonna do!!!

God is great!!! I enjoyed my little shopping outing to "feel" the air this morning!!! Getting dinner going. Doing our Wed. cleaning. As of this moment, I have heard of no eve. plans but that could change.....even before I finish this!!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!!!

3 comments:

no one said...: YES, I DO KNOW WHAT it's like to be in a 15 passenger van with warm bodies and no air. It's hot and if you were in MS it is humid too. But I DO KNOW THAT GOD answers prayer too. It's much better when we WAIT on HIM to do the fixin and don't jump in there and ahead of HIM. His ways are not our ways. Amen, sister?!!!
Karen, Mother of Billy; June 30, 2010 at 6:14 PM
j said...: This was too funny. That is wonderful that it is up and running again!!! God is so good and yes humorous. I liked your "life" post below. Life is so many things and when I read the sorrowful part about you missing Joel it made me sad for you but you encourage me with the fact that you cling to the Lord during this trial instead of running away from HIM. Enjoy the van and your busy summer days. Blessings.

Jessica; June 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Anonymous said...: From a mom of six, having walked the cancer kid journey, having a beautiful (on the inside) daughter who turns 21 soon, I can relate and enjoy your posts.

Dawn G.; July 2, 2010 at 9:17 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.