Thank you to all that were praying for us today.  We met with the doctors in Iowa City today and that went well.  Our brains are swimming a little with all the information that we discussed.  The board of doctors is going to discuss Josiah tomorrow and decide on a plan…so we will know more about what is next tomorrow morning.  I’m sure I will update more tomorrow and I might even share some pics of our week together 🙂

We just got home about an hour ago.  We are both very glad to be home and can’t wait to see the munchkins!  Josiah started feeling more effects from the chemo late yesterday.  He’s pretty groggy right now and not thinking very clearly.  His counts will hit their low point probably on Friday…please pray that he can remain healthy and home this time around.  I’m also going to ask that you would pray that I would remain healthy and have the strength and patience I need for each day (and night).  It’s sooooo good to be home, but it also means I don’t have full time staff (both nursing and custodial)….now I know that there is a loooong line of people ready to jump in when I say the word (and I’m not afraid to do that), but there is a lot that I need to do as well.  Don’t get me wrong, I am totally willing to do it and I am able to do it with the strength that God gives me.  I’ve just found that my stress level is so high that the smallest thing can just put me over the edge.  I just need to learn how to deal with it…and I need to learn to let God use this to teach me endurance and patience (James 1:2-3).  Also, my prayer has been from the beginning of all this that not only would God get me through this, but that He would get me through it with a song in my heart.  Let me tell you that God is very faithful in answering that prayer…but I need to be still before Him and listen and He will bring a song to my mind to encourage me.  Sometimes it’s when I’m listening to the radio or sometimes He just reminds me of one that I already know.  I just need to be faithful in asking.  So…I’m bringing this request to you so that in the times when I am not asking for God to fill my mind, then I can be assured that someone else is.  Thank you to all of you that I know are faithfully praying for us.  You have no idea how encouraging that is.