Joel's Journey: happy birthday!!!!!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

happy birthday!!!!!

Today is Terry's birthday!!!!!!!!!! Come on and wish him a "Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!" How blessed our family is to have a husband and father who loves the Lord with all his heart strength, mind and soul!!! If I could think of a verse it would be this one, he would not say this about his self, but I say this of him because he is a man of his word, he is a man of integrity, he seeks to have a clear conscience, his name is above reproach, he is a man of wisdom in his dealings with his work and seeks to do a job for God's glory, he has sought to nurture and admonish his children with tender yet non wavering truth from the scriptures, he is a man that has loved his wife as Christ loves the church and much more I could write but the scripture is, Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. I Cor.4:16. I can easily encourage our children to be followers of their dad because he is a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for Terry and all he has put into our family, his labors, love and unceasing prayers for each of us!!!! May the Lord continue to make and conform him into the image of Christ!!!

Happy Birthday Terry!!!!!!

from your wife and children!!!!!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday Bro. Terry from one of your former youth.
Michelle McCoy Smith; June 22, 2010 at 7:43 AM
The Southerlands said...: Happy Birthday Mr.Morris!!; June 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM
j said...: Wishing you a special birthday!!! I remembered because Chad's is today too!!!; June 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM
The Ahlgren Family said...: Happy birthday Mr. Morris!!! May the Lord abundantly bless you this day, and every day! We love you!; June 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM
-stephanie- said...: Happy Birthday Terry. You are one blessed man. Have a wonderful day.; June 22, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday, Terry!
I agree with Cindy about you.
I know one thing for sure, and that is that you have been a mighty blessing to my family and me. Not only have you given your children instruction, but you've also given much teaching to a whole youth group at Watson Chapel Baptist Church. Our two sons were so very fortunate to have you as their Youth Minister. It has made a difference in their lives. I can't thank you enough.

I love you, Terry Morris. Thank you for giving to the Lord, I am a life that was changed.

Ann Parker; June 22, 2010 at 1:53 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.