WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

SUPER CALEB!!! (We decked out Caleb's wheelchair with lightsticks to make his "light mobile" it was so cool. You can't really tell in the picture because you can't get the whole glowing effect. But he had the coolest costume ever!)

Super Caleb in his Light Mobile...and the fierce but cute little shark!

Playing the Wii at Pac Med. He's concentrating to get the win!

Micaiah loves to hang out with Caleb and Uncle Patrick. He drives them crazy. But deep down, they both love it!

Caleb in the walkable at PT

He loves me. I love him more. Jesus loves him most.

Hanging out with mommy results in doing some yoga exercises!

He likes yoga more than his expressions say.

Callie and Caleb...she's so cute with him and he loves her!

(Callie is Caleb's first cousin.)

We went to the bishop museum today to see the shark exhibit. They were all holding hands. Micaiah wanted to hold his hand all the way. It was so cute I had to make them take a picture.


We've been having lots of fun! Today we took the boys to the bishop museum to see the shark exhibit and there was an event going on so they had entertainment, inflatables, and a train ride too! Caleb loved the bumpy train ride! We went to chuck e cheese a couple of weeks ago too and Caleb rode rides and played racing games. We also took Caleb to Maunawili which seems like that was a long time ago. But it was good for him to go back there and meet the family that lives there. They were happy that we brought him along.

Caleb has continued to do amazing in his speech therapy sessions and I am so proud of him! He also had his EEG finally but I haven't heard any results yet. Honestly, I don't really care and don't really want to hear it. I know that he is okay...there is no doubt about that! I don't mean to sound like I'm rejecting the fact that he had the test done and all but I'm focusing on what I've been learning in church and through my devotions and time with God. I don't want to focus on "the way Caleb is" or "what the doctors may say," I'm focusing on the fact that HE IS NORMAL AND HEALED IN JESUS NAME. I'm still preparing my heart and constantly praying that over him. God's been asking me to just worship him in those late night hours when Caleb wakes up and everything else is still and quiet. I just worship him...sing praises to him and pray those words over Caleb continuosly until one of us falls back asleep.

Brandon and I got to go surfing together the other weekend and had lots of fun! I haven't been surfing for a long time and it was so nice to get back in the water. I also had a lot of time to spend with God out in the water and it was so nice and refreshing. That's how I feel about going to Maunawili and getting into the taro patch or into the stream. I love it! It's a stress reliever for me.
Micaiah will be 2 years old in one week and will start school then. (part time) We've decided to send him to school during the days that Caleb has appointments so that he doesn't have to always be tagging along to therapy sessions at the hospital. I know he will have a much better time at school and it will be better for him I believe. I'm going to miss him on those days but it will give me more time to focus just on Caleb and to also run errands more quickly than usual.

I've also been thinking about getting Caleb into some kind of school program and after talking it over with Brandon and praying about it too, we've decided that I should check out homeschool programs. So I will be looking into that. Keiki O Ka Aina is a wonderful program but this year at the site we attend the other kids are younger (like Micaiah's age) so it's not as interactive for Caleb. I don't want to go with the D.O.E. for many reasons and I thought about getting a tutor but it would be too expensive so we decided that I would just do it...or at least start him off and maybe Patrick could take over on the days he is with Caleb. So I will most likely not be going to school next semester or maybe I will at least take one course. I know going to school will pay off in the end but I never want to compromise my role as being the mother that I have to be for a future of "success" or what the world views as success. It may take me longer this way but Caleb needs school. I really wish there was a private school that we could send him to that he would be integrated into a "regular class." He can be in a "regualar class" because he is NORMAL.
Caleb has also been smiling more. Patrick said he gave him a big smile (both sides) on Wed morning and one of Caleb's other nurses, Sandra, said he smiled at her again too. Sandra is such a great nurse and is so great with Caleb...and Micaiah. She'll be moving to Cali at the end of the month and we are all very sad. We are so blessed to have the best nurses ever to watch over Caleb!

God can do the "impossible!" Man says there are things that are impossible such as Caleb being healed. But we know that WITH GOD...ALL things are POSSIBLE! We've been learning so much and I know God placed us in the church we are at for a reason. There is another couple that goes to our church and their son was born with some "abnormalities." Our pastor always says that there is a reason why God brought both our boys together. I had a chance to talk with his mother and oh my goodness....it was so nice to share our beliefs together and everything else. I am so encouraged by her strength and perseverance. I've never met anyone born with a child with "abnormalities" that believes the same thing we do. I know we will become great friends and be a strength and support for one another as we pray for one another and our boys and believe and stand on God's word together. We love our new church family and are blessed by God's word every week.

We miss our New Hope family too and are so blessed to have them continually support us in prayer! We were able to attend a concert at New Hope last weekend and saw part of our New Hope ohana. Brandon and I still attend some New Hope ministries and our bible study group are all members of New Hope so I guess we are technically still a part of New Hope.

I've been seeing many more blessings as we've been following things that God has been telling us to do. God doesn't always tell us to do things that we want to do. Often times it may be uncomfortable and we don't want to do it but when we step out in faith is when God can work and we can see the plans that he has for us.
Verses I've been meditating on...

Jesus says in Mark 10:27 "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all thisgs are possible with God."

and in Mark 11:22-26 Jesus says, "Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore, I tell you whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that YOU HAVE RECIEVED it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Fater in heaven may forgive you your sins."

Those words are so powerful to me... and I've been meditating on it so that it will sink deep in my heart and so that I can digest every part of it. I pray that these verses may help you in whatever may be going on in your life too!

I hope you enjoy the pictures. Some of them are a bit old and maybe I even posted some before but enjoy anyways! :)