His strength is perfect.....

Hi all-4/30/09 - 2115 Lil Will is officially 4 months old, my how time flies! He has been doing great! Getting stronger and bigger everyday. Everyday William and I receive an email from Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin. Often times, when we read it and although it is good, it doesn't always speak to what we may be going through that day. On other days, it is the Lord is speaking directly to us. Today was one of those days. Today, William and I had a meeting with Lil Will's physician team to discuss his care and prognosis. We discussed his PAH with the pulmonologist, his opinion is that his PAH will get progressively worse and the meds prescribed for Lil Will may not work or in his words, "are futile." His cardiologist says his heart defect is helping his PAH and he can wait to have his heart surgery but of course, if the PAH worsens, she believes he will die. The kidney doctors say his dialysis is going well and if he weighed 20 lbs and was in good health, he would be a candidate for a kidney transplant. From a kidney perspective, he could come home with us. The palliative care team was also present at this meeting to discuss chronic long term care for Lil Will. The physician from this team appeared to be trying to analyze us, it was quite annoying. Dr. Chadha who is the ICU physician caring for Lil Will the next two weeks was instrumental in organizing this meeting. He has been the most real physician who has cared for Lil Will. He gives us hard facts but is ready to fight with us through aggressive treatments and pushing Lil Will. He always makes sure we are get up to date from his perspective, it is refreshing. Basically, the consensus from the group was that Lil Will's long term prognosis is not good. I don't remember but one of them asked us how we felt about this, my response was I know what reality is based on his health issues, but I believe in God! Dr. Chadha wanted to know from us how we want h im to proceed with Lil Will's care? He says his nature is if Lil Will gets ill once he is extubated, then he will re-intubate him and do whatever is necessary to stabilize him. We decided that is what we want him to do if we are not there when the event occurs, however, if we are there we will make the call in the moment. William told the group that Lil Will will dictate to the doctors what he wants.How do we feel? We do not want to hear that our baby could die according to the textbooks or the little knowledge the pulmonologist has of treating infants with PAH. It is hard to hear but I am reminded of Ecclesiastes 3: 1- To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven. We see things in earthly time but God sees things from a eternal perspective. We pray, we have all prayed for Lil Will's healing. And will certainly continue to pray and have mustard seed faith. However, all things happen in God's timing and Lil Will is in His hands. In Ecclesiastes 3:3, He says there is a time to heal. He uses people and sometimes physical ailments to reach us, His children. He wants us to fervently pray and seek His face. So, we will keep praying and never give up hope. Some of you may say to yourself right now, how can they still have hope when the physicians have presented them the facts of their son's health and prognosis. I will tell you how, we stand firm in the fact that God is the great physician and although textbooks say one thing about Lil WIll's condition, God has the final say. Ecclesiastes 3:2 says there is a time to die. We do not have the final say on when someone dies, God is in control of the final outcome. We continue to pray, pray without ceasing but know that God's timing is perfect William and I have laid our concerns and desires before God, we trust Him with the final outcome. We may not understand what He is doing, or why He is doing it. We trust that He has our best interests at heart and He is doing something and He will make everything beautiful in our lives in His timing. Below is the Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin that I mentioned.
Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- April 30, 2009:
Be alert and look alive! The enemy's plan is to bombard you with issues that will tend to overwhelm you. Take care not to overlook the important details of the things that demand your attention. Take time to quiet your mind and emotions in the midst of turmoil and demands, and I will give you peace in the midst of your own private storm, says the Lord. Stand strong in the assurance of My strength and presence.
Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************5/1/09 0545What a word from the Lord? This word helped us yesterday. Today, I awakened feeling hopeful and ready to walk this path God has chosen for us. To fight, to pray, to stand on His promises and work with Dr. Chadha to prepare Lil Will for discharge home. That is our goal and that of Dr.. Chadha. What I know is that God is using our son and our storm to reach His children. He is renewing faith with some of His children, He is strengthening others faith walks, He is showing himself for the first time to some. For me personally, He has renewed friendships that I thought were lost forever due to our own petty ness and un forgiveness. He has brought families closer, He has strengthened marriages all because of this special child He blessed William and I with. No one knows what lies ahead for any of us, but we must not take one single moment for granted. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone. I will end with this with my personal note, although my first months of motherhood have not been what I ever dreamed or imagined, it is MY experience. I EMBRACE it and ask God to continue to show me what He wants me to learn, what He wants me to be able to share with others as I travel this winding road. I thank Him for having enough faith in me that I could handle whatever He placed in my life. I pray everyday that I have not let Him down and that I have used every opportunity, every disappointment, every obstacle, every accomplishment to glorify Him. He is the reason that I can get up every morning because I know He will never ever put more on me than I can bear. So, I speak to the mountains in my life right now and command they be moved. Everyday I prepare my mind and my heart to be a sanctuary for the Lord. I thank Him daily for blessing me with a wonderful husband. Although William and I have only been together for two years, married for one, this storm has only strengthened our relationship. He is my best friend, my confidant and my partner for life. Together along with our Heavenly Father we can make it through.Thank you to each of you for your continued prayers, love and support. God is going to and probably already has worked some miraculous things in your lives. He will do it. Forever lean and depend on Him.Pray focus:1. Cease without praying, don't loose hope, don't loose faith, stand on the promises of God.That is all I requests of you for the prayer focus, if we all stay focused, God is going to show up and show out. I believe it, I receive it, I claim it. it is done!!

NOT!

After sending the last update. The cardiologist who did Will's heart cath came and spoke with us. She presented Will's case during their weekly conference and they said, Will's heart will be fine and they did not recommend a lung biopsy due to the risk (50% mortality rate) for his diagnosed condition. I spoke with the ICU doctors this morning and my main question was, who suggested a biopsy in the first place? The answer given to me was a tap dance but I suspect it was the attending doctor for ICU. Either way it doesn't matter. The procedure was called off and Sequita and I are at peace and know we heard from the Lord about it. Now on to better news. Lil' Will is still resting, last night his nurse weighed him and he is a whopping 14 pounds. To us this is a miracle because of the diagnosed condition of his lungs and heart, the doctors said that he should be burning off all the calories he takes in, instead he has been gaining weight like a normal newborn. He has doubled his weight since birth. During rounds this morning, the renal doctors decided to take him off manual PD and put him back on the cycler for dialysis. This is being done in preparation for home. Since Will's heart cath went so well, he will begin getting the proper medications to help with the PAH and he will probably have to come home with oxygen. They have started to decrease his sedation medicines and pain medicines. They are also decreasing the nitric and his oxygen to a level where they can place him on oxygen support that we can take home. Overall, they are preparing our little one to come home. Sequita and I will have to go through some training for the cycler and for giving him oxygen if/when he needs it, but his road to recovery is moving forward. We are so grateful to the Lord for our family and friends. We are grateful for Will's complete and full recovery. We have come this far by faith. Leaning on the Lord. Trusting in His holy word. He's never failed us yet. I can't express enough how grateful we are to Him. He is the promise keeper. He is our Father. He is the great I AM. He is who He says He is.
We thank you all for your prayers and support.

Are you kidding?

Hello everyone,
As you all know Will's heart catherization went exceptionally well. This procedure has proven the flow of the blood in his heart is normal. The holes in his heart are NOT an issue. Apparently the issue at this moment is the resistance in his lungs. The cardiologist and ICU doctors are suggesting a lung biopsy, this means another surgery where they will go in and take a piece of Will's lung and analyze it. At this present moment Sequita and I have NOT agreed to this because we want the opinions from all the doctors, especially the pulmonologist. It appears he was not included in the loop when the other doctors came up with this decision. While I am typing this Sequita is on the phone with pulmonolgist. He suggest that this procedure be a last resort, because it can produce significant risk to Will's well being. He will review Will's results from yesterday and let us know what he thinks. The thing that has Sequita and I concerned at this moment is why the rush? We were told if we signed the release papers tonight, they could get him into surgery by 8:00am tomorrow morning. Sorry, that will be a no go. We are waiting on the Lord to direct us. Will is doing excellent. His heart rate has been as good as we have seen in a long time. His oxygen is at 100%. His CO2 levels are within normal range and his blood pressure is where it is suppose to be for his age. Yesterday, was a day that the gates of Hell suffered great loss in all of our lives. There was so much prayer going on that heaven moved mountains and obstacles out of our way. I say to you all keep speaking words of wisdom, keep speaking words of knowledge, keep speaking forth those things that be not as though they are, keep walking in faith, keep speaking in your prayer language and interpret thus says the Lord, keep laying hands on those who need healing, keep being that miracle from God for those who have no hope, and keep discerning the motives of what is true and what is false. Don't forget the gift that motivates, those of you who speak forth the truth, speak it in accordance to your faith, those of you who serve, serve at the right time, in the right place, to the right people, those of you who teach, teach from (heart) what you have experienced, not so much from what you know (head), those of you who encourage, encourage those who need their heart and their heads lifted up, those of you who give, give seeking nothing in return, those of you who lead, lead by example, those you who have mercy and genuinely sense and feel the emotions of others, continue to be in a position to lift them up.

In closing, we are like Peter, because we have revelation from the Father. We are the church and hell will not prevail.Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. We are strong because we have the whole armour of God.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Remember God's weapons(us) are most effective when they are operate in accordance to His love.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Finally, Lil Will's Heart cath

Hi all-

Lil Will had a successful heart catherization today. The findings are preliminary and must be reviewed by the pulmonologist before final results are given. Dr. Clapp, his cardiologist, did say she was surprised that his lung pressures were lower than she anticipated. She even said to us, of course, AFTER the procedure, that she had nightmares about his cath. Apparently, several of the nurses and docs were concerned that Lil Will would not tolerate the cath well. It sure is a good thing that we do not rely on what man thinks, we serve an awesome God, who can do ALL things and does ALL things well!!! AMEN! God is really allowing Lil Will to humble the physicians who are taking care of him. Every time they think or speculate on what they think they will find during test, God shows them something different. So, as of right now, Lil Will is resting well, he is actually asleep, his heart rate is 125, O2 saturations are 97 and his last blood pressure reading was 82/39. His feeds have been re-started along with his manual peritoneal dialysis. He is actually beginning to dwell 110 cc's every 2 hours. What a blessing! I can remember when we were dwelling 30 cc's, what a mighty God we serve! He is faithful and does just what He says He will do! As soon as we have some definitive results, we will send out another update. Thank you for your continued intercession on our behalf. As my dad tells us daily, be encouraged! I will remind each of you that God is just a prayer away. He answers prayers, we are living testimonies of His faithfulness. Praise Him while you can!
We love you all!!

Not yet....

Hi all,
Will's heart procedure has been postponed until Tuesday of next week this is due to a fever he developed overnight and his support level of oxygen and nitric was to high. Overall, he had a great day. His oxygen level had well above the target percentage of 87. He varies between 92 to 98. They have reduced his oxygen support from 80% to 50%. His nitric support has been reduced from 20ppm to 16ppm and they are continuing to go down. When we left the hospital he was resting and smiling at his moma. Thank you Denise Russell for your encouraging words and instruction. Thank you Schlonda Phillips for your testimony of God's faithfulness. Thank you Sheila Young for the scripture. Thank you Valice and Fredericka for your words of encouragment. Thank you Belinda for your early morning prayer. Anita Hill, the presence of the Lord is always in your reply, thank you. Irene Chavez, I feel as you do, everything that Lil' Will go through and overcome encourages and strengthens me also. I know that everyone on this list prays and gives us some kind so I'm not making light of what this body is doing through the Lord. Thank you Stacey Meredith for your understanding and support of Sequita. What you do for her you do for Lil' Will and me and we both appreciate you for that. I close with this. In the first email I mentioned nine gifts of the Spirit from 1 Corinthians 12. There are seven more gifts which are foundational gifts or motivational gifts mentioned in Romans chapter 12
1. Prophecy
2. Ministry (Servant)
3. Teacher
4. Exhorter (Encourager)
5. Giver
6. Leader
7. Mercy
We use these gifts every day to some degree. Some are more stronger in each of us than others. These gifts are not just locked up within the walls of the church building. We use them when we interact with our family, friends, and co-workers. Just because I have been quoting from scripture don't make it religious, what I have been quoting is designed to produce life. I realize our group are from different backgrounds and denominations and that is the beauty of our connection with one another. At the moment Lil' Will is the common denominator that draws us together in prayer and thought to the one Source that brings life and that is God the Father and His Son Jesus.

Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Standing on the promises of God!

Hi all,
I know I sent out an update last night but I'm here with Will every morning until Sequita gets here, then we stay until the night nurse come in or later, if necessary. Anyway, when I got in this morning Will was resting and his oxygen level was varying between 89 to 92. This is good for him, the lowest the docs want to see this number is 87. The Lord instructed Sequita and I not to become institutionalized. We are not to rely just on the numbers that tell us Will's status at any given time. If we were to do that then we would not know how to function when we get home. I'm reminded of Samson. When his birth was announced, his parents asked the angel of the Lord, what will be the boy's rule of life and what will be his work? This example indicates that we should always seek wisdom and guidance from the Lord about our children. One thing that crossed my mind about Samson, is that there are pictures of him as if he was some huge muscular man, if that was the case, why did people inquire where his strength came from? Hear is another thought, we think his strength came from his hair. His strength actually came from His obedience from birth.Sequita followed a strict diet and medical check up procedure from the time she knew Lil Will was conceived. She would not deviate from the plan that she had established for the healthy birth of Lil' Will. She laid a foundation of obedience in him from conception and even as he lay here in the hospital, God has instructed us to teach him obedience by listening for His voice and obey His command. To some this may seem strange, but our children are never too young or too old to hear the voice of the Lord.They tell us that down syndrome children are exceptionally strong. Could it be that they hear the voice of the Lord and obey without reservation? Just a thought.I told my wife that Will is a promise from the Lord, like Isaac was to Abraham and Sarah. When God told Abraham to go and sacrifice Isaac, Abraham did not go up the mountain in fear. He went up in faith, fully persuaded that what God had promised He was able to bring to past. Abraham was so convinced that God promised Isaac to him, that even if he had to sacrifice him, God would have to raised him from the dead. We know that Lil Will is a promise from the Lord. If God could cause a 90 year old woman and a 99 year old man to bear children and sustain them, what more would he do for us. I have a friend in Seattle and we were talking, and I said to him. God could easily and miraculously heal Will's kidneys and his heart, but He choose a process for us and we are ok with that. We are convinced and fully persuaded that what God had promised He is also able to perform. Clinically, at least twice, Will had to have oxygen breathed into him to maintain his physical life. In accordance to God's promise, God breathe life into Will and has been and will continue to sustain him to fulfill the destiny in his life. As you all know through my wife's email that we have had some dark moments but through the network which God provided for us, He always had a light to remind us of the Light.Well enough of that. I'm going to close with this update on Lil Will. His oxygen level is now between 92 and 95. His heart rate and blood pressure are in normal range and he is resting. Tomorrow is a day of answers and decisions. His procedure will take place between 1:00pm and 2:00pm. So you will probably hear from us again tomorrow night.

Num 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Num 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Num 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Num 6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Lord prepare our place....

It has been one busy week. In the last 7 days, we have moved from the 12th floor (PICU) to the 5th floor (Renal(kidney) back to the 12th floor, back to the 5th floor and now we are on the 11th floor (NICU/Trauma ICU). Whew! If Lil Will were flying Southwest, he would have one free flight and be working on another! It can be so frustrating to move from floor to floor BUT we are not in control. Although, on this past Sunday we shared "our" plan for Lil Will with his physician group. Leave him on the 12th floor until his Peritoneal Dialysis is able to dwell the target of 120cc's per hour, when this is done, move him to the 2nd floor (Cardiac), repair his VSD, recoup there, move him to the 8th floor (post cardiac care) and finally back to the 5th floor to teach us how to do the cycler machine (if needed) and then we can go HOME! Each of them laughed at us and somewhat agreed BUT if he is not what is deemed critical then he cannot remain on any of the ICU floors (2, 11 or 12). Unfortunately, here at Children's there is not a step down unit, its either ICU or a floor room. So, that is where we are now, let me share with you how we got here.A week ago Sunday, Lil Will was still on floor 12 and we were waiting for orders to be written to move him to floor 5. As you know floor 5 requires one of us to be with him at all times. So, although we were excited to move to floor 5, we were a bit anxious as well. YES, we know he would be with us 24/7 otherwise, BUT you must all remember, he has lines and tubes so it can make it difficult to hold him and is at times a bit scary because we don't want to pull on his PD catheter, that could be disastrous. We move to floor 5 on Wed, everything is going well. His PD is filling and draining great, no leakage. He is smiling, cooing and keeping us up all night. His daddy is the BEST, he stayed up with him so I could lactate and sleep. His daddy had the AM shift and I had the PM shift. Worked out really well. Saturday at 5 AM, his blood pressure was low, well, low for floor 5 standards. They gave him some volume (basically saline), the more volume you have will help raise your blood pressure. It didn't raise it to there standards so, you guessed it, up to floor 12 we go. Floor 12 is where we have spent the majority of our stay so the docs and nurses are happy to see us and we are comfortable with them. They take cultures to make sure he is not brewing some sort of infection. All of the cultures came by negative. Remember, if you are not critical, you cannot remain on floors 2, 11 or 12....you guessed it...we moved back to floor 5 on Monday. Back on floor 5, things were moving along at a great pace. Our night nurse was Stacy, she had been Lil Will's nurse just a few days ago, we were happy to see her. She thinks she is bad luck and that every time she has him, he has to move back to 12. We assured her she was not, we appreciated her thoroughness and the care she has provided for our munchkin. Monday night, Lil Will had 6 different times where he dropped his O2 sats below 90 and sometimes below 80 but he would always recover himself. He usually drops his sats when he has a poopy diaper or is agitated about something, mainly his pacifier is missing. I left he and his daddy around 545AM to head to work, all was fine, he was resting and sucking his pacifier. The Holy Spirit told me to pack up my belongings before I left, I didn't question him, I just did it, although I did wonder what was up? William told me later that day, he knew something was going to happen too. I am at work and around 1030 AM call William to see how things are going. He tells me, "Lil Will had to be re-intubated." WHAT?!??! Apparently, around 9 AM, Lil Will was crying, his daddy changed his diaper, he usually calms down after that, he didn't this time. William tried his pacifier that didn't work and he sat him up, that didn't work. Lil Will stretched his body out and stiffened up and dropped his sats to 48, when they drop below 70, the monitor flashes red and makes a different sound to alert staff. They tried to help him recover, to no avail, so they called CODE BLUE. Code Blue means patient needs to be resuscitated, urgently. William said the roomed filled with 20 or more people in seconds. They had to bag and mask him vigorously, give him vecoronium(paralytic med) and moved him to the 11th floor Trauma ICU. Once there, they had to re-intubate him to allow the ventilator to breath for him. They placed him back on Nitric Oxide at 100% oxygen. I know this had to be a scary time for both of my William's but big William says he just stood back as all of this was taking place and talked to Dad and listened for Him. Our Father, our Dad, our maker and creator who holds the world and all of us in His hands was in the midst of the chaos in Lil Will's room. He breathed life into our angel on 12/28/08 at 645AM and He breathed it again on 3/31/09. When William told me this, I immediately wrapped things up at work and headed to the hospital. The drive over was a long one. I prayed, I screamed, I cried and I waited to hear from God. The only word I heard from Him, is I have this under control, trust me. I called my parents, sometimes, although I am a grown woman, I need the comfort that only your parents can give you. Each of my parents has their strengths when ministering. And I needed to hear what they both had to say to me. I felt much better after that conversation. Today, they are continuing to wean the Nitric Oxide he is at 20 PPM, and they will begin weaning at 1 PPM every hour until they get to 10 PPM at which they will wean 1 PPM every 2 hours. He should be off the NO machine by Friday morning and on to extubation. He has to be suctioned alot but the biggest challenge has been keeping him sedated and still. He is so strong and moves around. They have re-taped his ET tube so he doesn't self extubate. Our little man is such a fighter! We are so proud of him and love him very much! We tell him this everyday to make sure he doesn't forget it. His PD is working great. He is close to 11 pounds, his nutrition and incision healing is awesome! We know God healed him and continues to heal him. His Renal doctor said today that this was a probably a blessing in disguise and that he thinks Lil Will should remain in ICU until he dwells 120. We said aha! That is what we said to the ICU team and the weekend renal fellow. Thank you GOD!! God said, my kids can't tell the doctors what to do and where Lil Will should be but I can and He did! Dr. Clapp (Lil Will's cardiologist) has scheduled his cath for 4/9, this will access the pressure in both sides of his ventricles in preparation for his VSD surgery.I must admit I was scared to death yesterday but I know God has it all under control. Several weeks ago after bible study, we went in to our pastor's study and I had a major meltdown. He followed the Holy Spirit's prompting to find one more person to pray with us. The Holy Spirit led him to Sister Scholonda and she prayed, well, the spirit prayed a prayer through her that I know God sent to her. She prayed things that only William and I have ever discussed, never had shared with anyone. I know without a shadow of a doubt that God was in the midst of us, there with us, holding our hands, touching and agreeing with us. He was speaking to us through His annointed vessel Scholonda. Father, we heard you that evening and continue to listen to you daily. When man says no, we know you say YES! When man says Lil Will's condition can be fatal, we know you say, I AM the great physician! We thank you Father.Our prayer focus for this week:1. Successful wean of Nitric Oxide machine.2. O2 sats above 903. Successful extubation.4. Remain in ICU until cath lab on 4/9.5. Continued PD dwelling at appropriate levels with no leakage.6. Remain infection free and normal labs.7. Discharge home!!!A few weeks ago, my mom shared a scripture with me that touched her heart many years ago that led her to begin her journaling. The scripture is- Habakkuk 2:2-3, Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.I have written it down and am waiting for God's appointed time. Journaling is something my mom, sister and I have done for years. It is therapeutic and often prophetic. There have been many times I have gone back and read things I have written in my journal and do not remember writing them. I believe the Holy Spirit intercedes during my times of journaling. My mom often goes back to her journal to write PRAISE reports for the things God has done or delivered to her or someone else. If you have never tried journaling, maybe you should start. The word in Habakkuk tells us to write it down and wait for the revelation. Try it, you will be amazed at the answers God will reveal to you.We are in room 263. Our number is 214-867-1263.Thank you all for your continued prayers. We love you and are thankful everyday that each of you are in our lives. You each touch us in different ways and we appreciate you.I have attached a picture we took on Sunday. It is my mom, Lil WIll and myself. I always heard my girlfriends talk about how it feels for your child to look at you with so much unconditional love in their eyes. I absolutely know how they feel now. To see how my sweetie pie looks at me just melts my heart. To watch his eyes move as he follows my voice is priceless! I am so blessed and thankful to God that He has trusted me with his most precious gift.