OK, so you really wanna hear some good news….on a beautiful, sunny friday no less? Austin had his scans the past couple days and the results are in…..It’s a Miracle! the docs saw his scans and were in awe. the tumor was so small…a spec of dust. so i am doing the Happy Dance this morning and i encourage you to go to his caringbridge website and read it (on the right side under “blogroll”).
God is Good~Just Remember……All the Time!!!!
Woot!
Austin is at Riley again today and tomorrow for his scans. he had his dye injection today and will have his scans tomorrow. Please pray for that miracle and for safe travels. Will update tomorrow when i have news!
here are some pics of our trip to riley last week….enjoy!
Challenge #2:
most of us are “inhaling” God’s word (attending church on sunday and reading our bibles) but are any of you really “exhaling” God’s word (talking with others about Him and the everyday life topics where you could interject what the truth is and not just what man has made up?) Give it a try this week…..
Austin was at riley last week and underwent a small surgery and stem cell harvest. His stem cell harvest was a success and he has harvested enough to be frozen for later use. PTL! He will head back to Riley on wed. & thurs. this week for scans.
this past week when i was down at riley i had a chance to go see some of our friends who are currently undergoing stem cell transplant. i am omitting the name for privacy reasons but would ask that you pray for them. the transplant is a very tiresome, sometimes boring and very lengthy process to go through. so, i ask for comfort and absolute healing for the person and for relief of stress for their family. i know that God will protect them and their family. i also pray for their every day “at home” life since they have children and for their finances. God is doing some powerful things with them in their walk of faith! i truly know that their experience has brought them closer to God and am glad to have been able to reach out to them.
I challenge each of you to find 15 mintues in your day to help someone else out. no matter how small it may be, it will make you feel better as well as the person you help. God loves a cheerful giver!!! the one thing i have learned throughout my life is that taking a few minutes of my time can bring tremendous joy to the lives of others as well as my own.
We can rejoice in the Lord always (Phil. 4:4) because rejoicing is an action, not a reaction to our environment. Joy is a gift from God that was given to us at salvation. It was placed within our born-again spirit and it doesn’t fluctuate or diminish; it is constant. The Lord has put the joy inside us and we are to “work it out” by choosing to obey this command in scripture.
We are commanded to rejoice “IN THE LORD.” Many people are not experiencing true joy because their joy is in their circumstances. That is, they are waiting to rejoice when things in their lives are going good, and that doesn’t happen very often. We are suppose to “rejoice in the Lord always.”
if you would like to help the mcclearys but live too far away or have a busy schedule (or if you live close and would like to take them a meal)…..i have found this cool new website that i will be using exclusively and find that it will be very convenient and easy for all of us to use! you can go here and sign up on our account which has all the details (directions, telephone numbers for pizza, food allergies, etc.). please forward this info to anyone that might be interested in joining! In order to access his info type in his last name and then put in “9013″ for the password.
Go to austin’s caringbridge website (link is under my blogroll on the right) to read how you can pray for him this week! thanks…..
Logan played his first soccer game tonight and they won 4-1! He played fullback most of the night and everyone on the team played really well! it was really hot out and the mosquitoes were terrible from all the rain we had last week.
here are a few pics from the game:
