This - N - That

Whew! Friday's here! Thank goodness!

What a week. Where to start?! How about first with thanksgiving and gratitude for answered prayers for my Grandma! She had a stress Echo on Wednesday which confirmed that she has a "leaky valve" in her heart. While this is by no means GOOD news, we are so grateful that no surgery is needed at this time and that the findings weren't anything worse. She feels a little tired now and then, but as she says, "Hey I'm almost 83! I think I deserve to feel a little tired!!" :) Grandma, I love you and hope to see you in 2 weeks!! Can't wait!

So after everyone finally was getting well and feeling good and NOT having fevers last week, Rea came down with a fever AGAIN on Tuesday, lost her voice, has an owie red runny nose, and has slept more than I've ever seen her sleep. NOOOOOO!!!!! My heart is breaking... Thankfully they have a 4-day weekend this weekend and lots of rest and prayers will do the trick!

I have to share an "essay" that Ma-lak wrote for me last week. I've been giving him extra homework at home from time to time, especially when he was home sick last week, and one day I asked him to write about his favorite Bible character. This is what he wrote:

"My favorite Bible character is God because he is strong. He makes us all strong and he is a mighty God and a good God. He takes care of me and makes me strong, and that is why God is my favorite character in the Bible."

I smiled all day after reading that! Thanks, God for making me strong and making my children strong, because our strength is in You!!