Joel's Journey: VBS!!!!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

VBS!!!!

Did anyone notice I posted everyday last week?!?! I guess i wont make that record this week!!!

We are VBS ing this week at our church!!!! Mercy is really into it!!! I am so surprised she is getting up in the mornings, you know she likes to sleep til noon sometimes!! Hosie, Siah and Jeremiah are also part of the VBS crew. Bethany is helping with 1st and 2nd and Anna is helping with 3rd and 4th. Her class is pumping out the children, 17 in there today and mostly boys!!! But I think she can handle it.....she has 9 brothers, so its nothing new to her!!! I am helping with the toddlers and bed babies. All is calm in my room!! Sweet little kids!!!

Caleb was here over the weekend. The wedding our family attended and they played at went well!! It was so good to see Caleb, his smile, and excitement!! He headed back to MD Sunday late afternoon. He is still working on the basement for Kristens dad. I just wonder if he will make the work go really sloooowwww!!!! haha!

Super hot here.....and I am not complaining a bit!! I sat outside all day yesterday and watched the littles swim!! We got a new swim pool for them this year and they can actually swim under water and use goggles!!!

Hope you all have a great Tuesday!!!!

1 comment:

-stephanie- said...: My girls are doing VBS this week. They love it.

Hot here too. 93 right now. I love it. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 60's. Something's wrong with that picture. :o); June 7, 2011 at 3:55 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.