Enduring this race

It's been a long time...again.
Well, we've been really busy (in a good way). Brandon and I have been doing a lot of things with church this past week and a half. We're trying to get more involved so we can stay focused on the Lord and have a better foundation and also to meet more Christian people to sustain us along this road. We've been busy with everything but we're enjoying ourselves! We started to attend Midweek Services and also started attending Pursuit. Then Brandon has his mens group and I have Women In the Word. I'm also going to start a bible class with ladies from Pursuit too! We take Caleb to some events at church where and when we can. But we felt that we have not been spending as much time with him. However, our counselor pointed out that this is something that we need to do. Brandon and I have to work on ourselves and our relationship with each other...spending more time together and growing deeper together (spiritually) and also growing deeper in the Lord. So we have to do what we are doing...we do spend quality time with him...just not as much. But what good are we to Caleb if we are falling away from God...going in the wrong direction and fighting with each other all the time?

Caleb has been doing very well. My mom has been constantly doing physical therapy on him everyday and has been devoting most of her free time to Caleb or should I say all her time. I can see a big change in Caleb's progress. Brandon had asked Caleb to reach up and grab his toy car. He kept encouraging him and Caleb kept his eyes on it and tried so hard to get it. His arm was moving a lot like he was trying to get it up there. He's so determined...we know he'll be able to do it....very soon! I don't remember what I had asked him to do or what I was talking about to him but he was responding a lot by moving his head. (I've got a really bad memory) Anyways...it seems that he responds more to things and we can read him a little better. Nurse "Greg" always tells him to swallow his saliva and tells him all the goodies he will get to eat when he learns how to swallow again and he makes a lot of expressions when he tells him that. Caleb has been doing so good with his Passy Muir Valve too. We leave it on for quite awhile now and could actually leave it on even longer. He does so much better with his O2 level when he has it on as opposed to when its off.

Caleb continues to amaze me with his spirit. Even though he can't talk yet, he shows so much with his expressions and responsive actions and his fighting spirit! He's coming back to us...in very tiny steps...but praise God that he continues to show us his work being done in Caleb and his progression everyday!

This is something that I've been pondering on...
"We can rejoice too when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develps strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." Romans 5:3-5

We are enduring this race...walking...but enduring...and eventually we'll be running it till Caleb is healed!

Please Continue to pray for Caleb's healing and that God continues to show us his working miracle in Caleb everyday. Please pray that we will continue to follow the right path and that we will be able to see all of the devils attempts to bring us down so that we may defeat it and continue to give God all the praise and glory! Thank you and God bless you all...