Is this week over yet?????? We have gone into the fiery furnace not just once, not twice, but a few times in a few days this week. But, I still just have to give PRAISE to the Lord!!Let me share a couple with you...
A step of faith brought about a teenager recommitting her life to Christ which brought about a scary, messy situation that put us in a little danger which brought about the teen seeing how much she is loved!!WOW!
And stunt-man Obi broke his arm... but, he didn't just break it like a normal child, he wanted to give Mom some gray hair. In his forearm one bone was broke and displaced and the other was bent(not fractured, just bent) which pulled the ends out of their sockets at the wrist and elbow. Because there is growth material in children in these areas, we were told to goto Bend for immediate surgery or the arm wouldn't grow properly and would begin to twist backwards!We drove 3 hours to Bend a 'little' worried and had the absolute BEST experience ever in a hospital. The doctor and nurses and anathesiologist were amazing! They would come up to Obi and say, "We are so excited to meet you, Obadiah. When we heard you were coming, we just couldn't wait to see who you were with this cool name" And of course, the attention and praise eased Obi as they rolled him away. By the way, that is one of the most horrible feelings to see your child being wisked away on a hospital bed. I had to fight my 'mother bear' in me and trust the Lord. Not much later they were trying to find us... they didn't have to do surgery. The doctor said, "I've never had to use so much pressure on a child before, the anathesiologist had to turn away and not watch. I kept waiting for that bone to break and it never did. But the bone went into place and is straight and I didn't have to cut him open!!" Praise the LORD!! With what did happen was the best-case-scenerio of what could have happened. You see, Obi and Jesh were putting a 2x4 on the brick BBQ and climbing up it. Obi fell backwards, hit his head on our little 4-wheeler and hit the ground. He could have done something worse to his head or broke his neck. Jesus has continually had his hand on Obi, protecting him every step of the way.
Also, in the midst of all this our house has sold!! YEAH!! We actually had 2 offers on the same day. We accepted the higher one. She already has the loan approval and the realator says the loan officer wants things pushed along in a hurry- within 21 days for release of funds!! So we should be on our way to Florida by the end of this month. She told us she would keep us updated for when Ben should put in his 2 week notice at work!!
Here is pics of Obi at the hospital...
I am going to sleep and then ENJOY our weekend that God has blessed us with!!Truly!!
