Hello our friends and family! Today has been glorious! Today is Janni's due date as well!Tomorrow is Jaelle's birthday. Kole is taking his nap. Janni and I enjoyed tormenting him with our kisses. He is so fun to kiss from head to toe! How God can fill us with such love! It is full to overflowing! We have much gratitude in our heart. I do not know the verse but I sing to myself..."Behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us......that we should be called the sons of God"! God has rewarded us with Himself and we have discovered He is our treasure. I looked at Kole and thanked him today for he has taught me about the Father's love. Kole has been downstairs today to have his "Miller's donut" that his grandfather bought him. Janni has been turning into his coach/teacher, much like Helen Keller's teacher. She has made him walk twice today with her aid. Last night Kole was arguing with us and being so stubborn that we felt God was telling us to move on to the "training stage"! Janni has figured he has no trouble anymore eating and drinking. He does not throw up! God has given her the green light to be insistent with him and he does what she says. He moans and complains, but does it! He is also good at giving her "the eye"! My dad said that this morning he was very talkative and clear thinking! We are very pleased with his progress and feel light hearted and full of joy. We have learned to appreciate this since we have also known the heaviness of intense battle. Thank you for you have fought along side of us for this wee boy! If only he knew! Isn't God amazing! His handiwork is all over this beautiful work! He has poured out His Spirit, His Word, and Himself. He is making us and forming us into worthy vessels to pour Himself into. We want to be poured out like a "drink offering". We have received the greatest gift---life and life eternal! We are satisfied! We are smiling! Janni lifted her hands and eyes up to God, with a great big smile, and said I have gotten a great gift! Continue praying for Kole's strength to return. Many times he groans expecting to be in pain. He is suprised when he is not and confesses to us "well I thought I would be in pain"! Why do we as people expect the worse all the time instead of God's best! His best for us is awesome! Even in hardship, His best is awesome! It is a happy day!
Love,
Jodi
posted by Kole's family @ 3:02 PM
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Janni,
I just came across this blog today and cannot pull myself away- The faith and love you and your family have for God is so awesome- It is so cool to see Gods hands on your family. Continue to trust on the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. God is in control. We are praying for precious Kole and your whole family. God bless you. Tammy Gilchrist
God is so good! What an amazing testimony you have there! Janni and Steve, our prayers are with you constantly! God led me to Isaiah 40 today and all I could think was, "I have to send that to Jodi!" I'm sure you all have been reading it, but Jodi, you know how I love my Amplified, so here is the Word of our Lord:
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
He gives power to the faint and the weary and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and make it abound].
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
But those who wait for the Lord[who expect, look for, and hope in Him]shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
Continued prayers and love!
The Oaks Family
We thank and praise God for your Happy Day!!!!!!!!
We are here, diligent in our prayers.
Thanks!!
Hi Keller's ,
Just want you to know that I am smiling from ear to ear while reading of this great news! How glad to hear that Kole is getting some of that Keller spunk back.
God Bless you all. With prayers,
Karen Chaffin
We are praying and praising God today.
We praise God that you had a good day!
We pray for Kole, but we also ask that the timing of Janni's delivery is according to God's perfect "time".
We pray for a happy and blessed birthday for Jaelle.
Your in my prayers, and kole shall regain strenght
So incredibly glad to hear the goodness of God as shown in your most recent post. The Lord laid this Scripture on my heart as I thought of you and prayed for all of you today.
Psalm 16:1-4 and 5-11 CEV
Protect me, LORD God! I run to you for safety and I have said, "Only you are my Lord! Every good thing I have is a gift from you." Your people are wonderful, and they make me happy... You, LORD, are all I want! You are my choice, and you keep me safe. You make my life pleasant, and my future is bright. I praise you, LORD, for being my guide. Even in the darkest night, your teachings fill my mind. I will always look to you, as you stand beside me and protect me from fear. With all my heart, I will celebrate, and I can safely rest. I am your chosen one. You won't leave me in the grave or let my body decay. You have shown me the path to life, and you make me glad by being near to me. Sitting at your right side, I will always be joyful.
I am praying that today God will continue to let you know that He is close. Keep sitting at His right side!! Keep looking to Him and resting under His wings! Know that you are being upheld in our prayers- even our Tiffany is praying for "Hannah's cousin Kole". God loves you more than our minds can comprehend and He is bringing glory to Himself through your faithfulness in following Him.
Now to Him who is able to do ABOVE and BEYOND all that we ask or think- according to the power that works in you- to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. AMEN! Ephesians 3:20-21 HCSB
We love you and are praying!
Lynda Rodabaugh
(& Steve, Tiffany, Ethan & Isaac)
You know, I was thinking, I think that the baby (I am so excited to hear the new name!!!) was waiting to come out because Kole needed you home and available last week. And now that Kole is making improvements (no vomiting is HUGE!!!) and therefor more able to share you, it won't be long before he gets to meet the baby. I am sure that this has all been so stressful! I am so proud of Kole's stubbornness, it is obviously serving him well as he is refusing to give up! It may cause you more work right now, but it is fabulous that he is being given requirements again. (like being up and about) This will make him feel more back to "normal" You know you must be very sick when you don't have to do anything you don't want to and everyone will do ANYTHING you want. Going back to routines etc... is difficult for Kole, but also reassuring, it shows him that you expect him to go on and be a longterm part of your family. You wouldn't struggle to follow rules if he wasn't going to go on, so it shows him your faith in his healing. I know, it is a hard transition. You still just want to make them as perfectly content as possible, but you want him to be tolerable later in life too... Enjoy the fact that you get to have these new challenges. I am so proud of you, I am sure that some day in the future you will just collapse for days to recover all of the exhaustion that you will be building up now. Know that that day is coming... A day to sleep in, or take a nap, etc...
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jaelle! I am only 5 minutes early :)
Gina
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