A welcome Fin de Semana

I am glad to make it to the weekend.  I have found myself a little extra tired this week (I attribute it to the extra stress and concern over the past couple weeks).  On Wednesday, I had a grammar test that I was ill-prepared for and that is always discouraging.  But the weekend is here [...]

The goodness of God

Since moving to Costa Rica, and especially since learning of Elijah’s health issues, I have been more acutely aware of the power and presence of God.  I suppose the combination of more trials and less family and church family has caused us to look to Jesus more often than in the past.  (By the way, [...]

Elijah is Home!

Praise God, Elijah is home!  I’ll try and post more later, but I wanted all of you to know that he is home and doing well!  Praise God!!!!

Elijah scheduled to come home tomorrow

Pending no changes in his health, Elijah is supposed to come home tomorrow.  He will have a final x-ray tomorrow to make sure all is well and, if the doctors are satisfied, then he will be discharged.  Again, I want to thank you so much for praying for our little man.  We request you continue [...]

Elijah came thru Surgery Fine!!!

Jenny wrote Today in an Email:
Praise God!! Elijah is fine!! The doctors just came out and talked to us.  The surgeon was really pleased with the surgery and he said that his weak side of his diaphragm is nice and strong now!! God has been so gracious today in the details!!!! Elijah was fine without [...]

Surgery scheduled

Elijah will go in for surgery at Hospital Clinica Biblica tomorrow at 1pm our time (3pm in NC). We’ve been asked to arrive at the hospital at 11am to get him ready for surgery. The surgery is scheduled to last 2 to 2.5 hours and he is expected to spend 1 to 2 [...]

Snail Day!

Even though this was actually a couple weeks ago, I wanted to post a couple pictures from one of my favorite Saturday mornings ever! Let’s call it snail day!

Caleb fell in love with this snail and proceeded to play with it, feed it and even give him some apple juice. Unfortunately Mr. Snail’s [...]

The Calm before the Storm

It is really strange to be walking around, going to class, taking tests (I have one today and another tomorrow) all the while knowing that come Saturday, my baby son is having major surgery.  When I was a Pastor I always found it a surreal experience to see someone scheduled for a future procedure out [...]

Staying Connected

I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who have contacted us either by email, blog comment, phone call or in person to let us know they are praying for Elijah. For all of you who are lifting him up before the Father, all I can say is thank you. Thank you [...]

News Worth Sharing

Over the past few months I have periodically mentioned a dear friend of mine and asked you to pray for him. Will Thomas, my best friend growing up, and dear brother in Christ, has been dealing with Chemotherapy treatments to combat his rare and life-threatening form of cancer. Without going into serious detail, [...]