I have a lot to tell you. First of all I must tell you this funny story about Kole and his dad. I have to give you a little background information first though. Kole has to drink a lot of water. In fact, he probably drinks about 56 oz. of water a day. That is a lot for a five year old. Consequently, he has to go to the restroom quite frequently and when he has to go he has to go now. Anyway, we were getting ready for church yesturday and we were eating breakfast. Steve had this huge plastic cup filled with cereal. He had just taken a large bite and Kole says non-chalantly, "I think I peed in that cup when I was with grandpa." You should have seen Steve's face. It was quite funny. Just before we walked out the door we made the kids use the restroom. Steve says, "Something smells like pee in here." As quick as can be Kole says, " I bet its your cup." There were a couple of the same cups, so it could have been a different one. Needless to say we have thrown them all away. I must say I have quite the little ham on my hands.
Kole is doing great. Like we have said he is healed. Kole, Steve, and I are going back to Memphis on February 8&9. On the 9th, he will be having another lumbar puncture and the MRI. Steve and I are excited to see God's miracle. We know KOle is healed from the tumors. We are now praying that He will do the ultimate miracle and all the signs of radiation, chemo, and surgery will be gone from the MRI. We are asking for a day of prayer for Kole on Thursday, February 8 starting at 11:45 through February 9 until 2:00. This is 24 hours from the start of his MRI. If you would like to take some time during those days, here are a few things we are thankful for: for healing KOle from the tumors, helping him cope with the new food regiment, giving him his hair back, his pituitary gland seems to be doing just fine, his coordination continues to improve, no sickness, strength to take the protocel and vitamins all the time, his confidence is coming back, he IQ test showed improvements in the areas of short term memmory and processing skills (a concern with radiation), the wonderful support of friends and family, and for the doctors who God is working with. We have so much more to be thankful for.
I have been reading a lot of books about prayer. A couple of things have really stuck to me. Here is one. A pastor by the name of Jim Cymbala was struggling in a church in Brooklyn. He began to pray and God spoke to him and said, "If you call upon me, I have promised in my word to answer, to bring the unsaved to life, and to pour out my spirit." Because of this he told his church that the prayer meeting on Tuesday was the barometer of the church. It will be the gauge to determine the success or failure of the church. This is what another pastor who was visiting this church said in reference to this comment, "You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular a pastor is by who comes on Sunday evening. You can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to prayer meeting." Needless to say, his church started with a congregation of 20 and now it is more than 8000 members strong.
This church came to my sisters mind back in October when we first learned that the tumors had returned. My sister called this church and told Kole's story. They pledged to pray for Kole for 30 days 24 hours straight. One of the pastors even called my sister to find out how Kole and the family were doing. I was quite touched.
If you think about it, we are so blessed that GOd loves us so much that we are even worthy enough to be able to talk to him and have a personal relationship with him. In the old testament, only one priest, once and year, was able to enter God's most holy place. And before he could do this he had to be cleansed from his sins with a sacrifice of a bull, a ram, insense, etc. Now we can, any one of us,because we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus. I think that is pretty awesome. We are worthy of talking with God and asking whatever.
Anyway, I just thought I would share some of the cool things that God is doing in our lives. We are truly blessed.
Love,
The Kellers

Dear Friends,
I just wanted to tell you how awesome our Lord is. As you know Kole is going back down to St. Judes in February for an MRI and testing. This seems to challenge our faith. God has been so good and continues to tell us that he is healed yet, we continue to work on not doubting our Lord. Anyway, last night I told Steve that I beleive that KOle is healed. Steve said, "No, Janni, I know he is healed. Let me tell you how I know." He went on to tell me that he was doing his devotional in the morning and he prayed asking God to talk to him about his anxieties about the upcoming MRI. God is so loving. He sent Steve to read Daniel 6. The passages that spoke directly to him were verses 26-28. This is what they said.

I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end. He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions." So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

How awesome is our Lord that he continues to talk to to us and give us faith when we continue to question him. That is how much he loves us. He is patient and understanding. I thank him for that. Steve and I have learned through all of this that the power of faith doesn't come from us but the good Lord. God does not expect us to have the strength to believe but if you ask and listen to his words (most of the time this is the Bible) He will give you the faith. Steve and I know Kole is miraculously healed by our Lord Jesus Christ. We are so excited to see what he has in store for him.

We still do not know for sure when we will be going back to Memphis. When we do we will let you know and let you know about the day of prayer for Kole. Also, please pray for our dear friends from St. Jude. So many children need our prayers.
Thank you all for your love and support. With your help we are able to get through this.
God Bess,
The Kellers

Hello my dear friends,
I just wanted to give you an update on Kole. He is doing great. It is awesome to see how God is working in his life. Steve and I beleive and trust that he is healed by our Lord Jesus. We still struggle at times with faith but we have discovered that it is not our fault. It is the devils. We also found out that we will never have strenght to have the faith that God wants us to have by ourselves. The only way we get that faith is through God. Mostly we get this faith from his holy word. It is amazing the way it works. We can be so down but when we read the bible we are full of faith. God gives us so many promises and he will never break them. We know that God has healed Kole we just need to keep the faith.
By the way, Kole is going to be returning to Memphis in February. We would like to have a day of prayer for Kole the day before his MRI. We will let you know the exact day when we know the days we will be there. We may have to reschedule due to Steve's basketball games. I will keep you posted.
Also, I just wanted to thank you for all of the Christmas cards and gifts. The blessings are over flowing and we love appreciate you all.
God Bless,
The Kellers