Hello friends! God is tremedous! Steve is sitting at the table eating Cherios laughing with my parents and talking about the good Lord! Yesterday the Lord laid it heavy on us to put our hands and Kole and pray! We had been praying, and singing, and reading scripture aloud all day. The Holy Spirit truly is a stream of living water. We are weak people but our God is on the throne and is all powerful. His power is made perfect in weakness! We have enjoyed our Lord together and had a blessed day because of you helping us battle through your prayers! It was a difficult morning with several attacks of evil in the form of fear and Kole crying out! We prayed fervently and God gave victory each time! Than, God gave us peace and joy from on high. We moved down to the living room with Kole and continued to pray, worship, share scripture and testimony of God's working. It was in the evening after seven that God led us to place our hands on Kole and pray. Kole was in a deep sleep! God was good and kind. My mother broke out singing "Only a boy named David". We all sang along and it was not long before Kole a woke and sang along! It was glorious. He stayed awake for a time talking! He was able to go to the bathroom before bed and then went two times in the middle of the night. Steve says it has been a good month since Kole was able to sleep throught the night like last night. He has not cried out in pain since yesterday morning. I ran upstairs in the middle of night thinking I heard him and he was sitting on the potty with a smile on his face with his smiling mom. He asked his mom "why is aunt Jodi here without her kids ?". Janni told Kole that he needed lots of prayer yesterday. This morning he told his dad "I was in a deep deep sleep". I went up to look at this nephew, filled with love for him. I looked at his frail body and thought to myself "God's power is made perfect in weakness". We are weak but in Him we are strong. Yes, Jesus loves us. There is much laughter in the kitchen today and we are glad. God just led me to Hebrews 11:32-35. The faith chapter. We have seen the power of faith. We have only just begun to believe God and desire to seek Him and believe more! May we please Him. Kole said this week that he wanted to finish his food because he wanted to make his dad proud. We desire to make our Heavenly Father proud.

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of the lion, quenched the fury of flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Jodi

I believe that your faith coming alongside of the Kellers became a powerful force against the "powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms". It also bathed us with the love and comfort of the Holy Spirit! We thank God for the church and for unity! We know you are there! God is pleased! He loves the Body of Christ.

Jodi