Very very thankful

I am very thankful for Joshua's health, the Lord has blessed in many ways. His neck is almost back to normal and he is feeling great. He has a lot of energy and has no fever. We thank the Lord for His guidance in choosing the medicine and for His healing.
I want to thank you all for praying for Joshua and us as we went through this. We give all of the glory to Him.

Faith in God not in doctors is sometimes difficult.

A little over a week ago Joshua came to me with a swollen neck, I thought he might have pulled a muscle, but it never went down. We took him to the doctors and he said it was a virus. He prescribed a few medicines and we went on our way, we were not impressed. So we went to another doctor who felt Joshua's neck and looked in his mouth and said it is an infection "I will give you a antibiotic" he said. We had to demand a blood test and a throat culture from the doctor.
The blood test came back showing that his white blood cells were normal and that his blood count was down. The throat culture came back saying that he has a rare bacterial virus in his body.

After hearing this I thought, wonderful now we know what it is, now what do we do? One doctor is saying put him on antibiotics another person is saying do not use the antibiotics, do another treatment. I am so confused.
Being in Africa away from big hospitals relying just on 3rd world country doctors (please understand I am very thankful for them, but they have not been trained the way others have been trained) and talking to doctors over the phone. This is definitely a growing experience for my faith. God is the greatest doctor and He knows what is best for Joshua. I am so glad that God has placed in our lives doctors who have given themselves to practice in Togo. I am very thankful for all of the help we have received from them.
Please pray that my faith stays in Christ.

Ice Tea and a little friend

Today before I started Bible Hour I made myself a glass of ice tea. When I went out side I was amazed at how many children came for Bible Hour. I was not paying attention to a little boy who was fascinated by my cold cup of ice tea which had ice floating around in it. As I was talking to the children I noticed this little boy he continued to touch the cup and look at me as if to say can I have a sip? I knew it was not possible but I wanted to. The rest of the time with the kids he kept a eye on that cup and so did I, I think if I turned my head the tea would have been gone. I think most of all he was fascinated with the ice cubes.
It was a wonderful day at Bible Hour we saw 5 new children come and a mom she said she would come back next week. I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve Him.

Bible Hour Kids singing

Very Blessed

Today I was thinking about my life and how good God has been to me. I officially have no complaints about my life. God has given me a family and a home and a place where I can serve Him and I am so blessed to have all of these things. I want to thank the Lord for all of the many blessings.

Decisions

Do you ever feel like you are completely incapable of making a sound decision? I despise making a decision, well not all decisions, I don't mind the little ones but big ones I really am not a big fan of. Recently, I have been put to the test a few times and I realize more and more that God is in complete control and really it is Him that is making the decision and I rest in that. As Joshua says "Mom God must be really strong if He holds the world in place" yes He is really strong and He knows all of my problems little and small, and I rest in the fact that He is in control.