Life is Good

Thank you so much to all of you who have been praying for our son Nick while he has been sick this week. Though he is not 100%.....he is incredibly better. We see God working in him, making him better each day. We still await some test results that we should get probably Monday morning - but all indicates to this ordeal beginning with Salmonella. The preliminary tests came back Friday afternoon positive for Salmonella - but his liver enzymes were elevated more than when we first went to the hospital. This gave them cause to check for Hepatitis A. Which, out of all Hepatitis choices...that is good! It is just caused from bacteria and most cases you can only get it once! We'll take that one!

Thankful is the word that comes to mind when I think of our family who prayed and visited us. Who drove from Nashville just to say hello....(and do my laundry...and feed my kids..... etc etc) Thank you Ken, Kelly and Alec...that was more than sweet - it was a reprieve in our life!

I am blown away by two church families that love us so. Our kids are active within Metro and the youth ministry was awesome to pray over him in proxy during the Wednesday night service along with awesome people who came to visit and pray with Nick in the hospital.

My new church family at a2 was there the moment things happened. I got a call from our pastors wife while we were still in the ER. With all that was going on with our clean up and building program - we were being visited by even the pastor - and others who were busy cleaning and scraping up the floor!

Of course our VN and Tres Dias families were there.....where else would they be???? If you have not yet experienced a Tres Dias weekend....I challenge you to get there. Talk about a group having your back......

Spain Park High School has also been amazing. I have heard from almost all of his teachers in concern for him. They put his name on a prayer list at First Priority and his counselor even asked for Nick to drop in and they would discuss getting caught up on his missed assignments. The head football coach had some great personal words of encouragement for Nick. Life went on....but they took time out to check on him. I was so thankful.

Friends from all over called and messaged us through Facebook and email.

What does this mean? The body of Christ in action - and it is beautiful. We thank you because more than anything else we never felt alone or in need. We were so blessed and thank God for every person involved. We pay that you are in turn blessed and given much JOY for the joy you shared with us!!!!

1 Corinthians 12:26 - 27

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

If you read chapter 12 in its entirety - you get the clear picture of 1 Corinthians based on what God wants us to see in regards to spiritual gifts and how we all connect together to work properly and effectively as a physical example of Christ.

We don't all have the same gifts....and that is such a good thing.

I am thankful for all of you who shared your gifts with us this week. Thank you and we love you!