Belize Jan. 2011

~*~Belize The Beautiful!!! Home Sweet Home!~*~

Hey it's been a while since we've done anything on our blog site..... When I find time.....I'm going to try to put pictures of our trip to Belize on. Not a lot has been happening around here at the moment. Tuesday we had our school trip. We went to The Herr's Chip Factory, The Choo Choo Barn and the Strasburg railroad. The last two had to do with trains. I might try to get some pictures from someone and post them..... Tonight I am going to Severn, NC with Kathryn for the school picnic. It sounds like lots of fun...... Well better run along!!! TTYL!!!
Diana

See Ya Later!!

Alec & Mia's Special Miracle

Wednesday evening I stayed home from church with Alec and Mia, since Mia had been sick all day. I think we were all feeling a little downhearted (Phil & Bobby had left for Ohio in the afternoon) and Alec started crying for his daddy & mommy, and to go home. As his crying intensified and the usual comforting wasn't working, I sensed an anger in him toward the whole situation. It was heartbreaking when I said, "Alec, let's just pray about it," and he cried out, "It DOESN'T work!" I pled with God to help me as I tried to explain to him that prayer does work. I had been reading in Acts 19 and in a break in our talking, I resumed reading where I had left off. Verse 11....And God wrought special miracles....those words really hit me and I said, "Alec, THIS is what we need...a SPECIAL MIRACLE for Baby Nick. Let's pray for a special miracle!" Alec and Mia were all in agreement with that and together we asked God for a special miracle for Baby Nick, so the family could be together again and for a special miracle for Alec and Mia, so they wouldn't be so sad. Their little hearts seemed lighter and more hopeful right away. Awed and overwhelmed are just a couple of the words to describe the feelings we had when Rob's called the next day to say that Baby Nick was going to be coming home today!!! To think that God cared enough about a little boy's faith in Him to give him this SPECIAL MIRACLE!! There's been a lot of praising the Lord going on here and I'm sure the praises are echoing in a lot of other homes, too. Thanks so much for your prayers for Alec and Mia while they were here. We have enjoyed having them here, but are SO happy for them that they can go home with their family again. Rob's should be arriving home before long now and Alec & Mia are packed and READY to go!

Alec's Thoughts

6 weeks that we did`t get to go home I HOPE!!!!!!!!
tomoRROW i can!!!!!!!
alec

Celebrating the Good News!

Alec thought we ought to have a celebration tonight, so I asked what he thought a celebration should include. He had very specific thoughts on that and Mia added her opinion....we needed hot dogs, macaroni & cheese, balloons, candy, and friends. It seemed like a good idea to the rest of us, so we called Sandra to see if we could get her and Katie over here (and had the extra blessing of Roselle and Rachelle, too), then ran in to get the balloons. I stretched my culinary skills and made the hot dogs and macaroni & cheese and we were all set for a good evening. The children played with balloons and play dough and had a wonderful time together. Thanks for coming over Katie!
Phil, James, and Jason are on their way home from Elida but still have eight hours to go so we won't be seeing them tonight. :(