Praise Report

[The Rev]

I have to share with you guys; last year about this time my Grandson (7) was diagnosed with Dermatomyositis, a crippling disease closely associated with M.D. he couldn’t climb stairs get on the school bus, pick up a pencil off the floor, put on his clothes and not hardly bend his little legs. He was treated with a heavy dose of chemo therapy and steroids, consequently he gained lots of weight his little face swelled up looking like a water melon, he was homebound most of the year and a tutor from school would visit him once a week to keep up with the class, he was almost put in a wheelchair…. Many nights I poured my heart out to God through in pray and tears for his recovery!
One year of treatments and lots and lots of prayer he is had an amazing recovery. He is in the second grade is reading on a seventh grade level, he was put in the gifted and talented program in school he got straight A’s so far this year, and the thing that brought tears to my eyes was Thanksgiving Day week this school had a one mile Turkey Trot, he came in 3rd in the race. I would have never dreamed last year that he would be capable of walking a mile much less run and come in 3rd among 75 kids…PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE… Thank you Lord.
BTW, he is now losing weight every week, soon he'll be back to his normal size.

[Chuck7]

Good deal Rev..thanks for sharing

[LBR]

That is great--it's especially heartwarming when it's a kid.

Our archery club (Southern Traditional Archery Association) puts on a charity even for the Catch-a-Dream Foundation (www.catchadream.org) every year. Every year we try to have a child there who has, at least for the time being, beaten the odds. This past year a beautiful little girl...7 or 8 years old...was battling a brain tumor. Her family looked like they were straight from a story book or television show--very attractive parents, older siblings that looked like they could be young models...everything seemed perfect, except their little girl was terminally ill. She had survived a year or so longer than expected, and acted like she didn't have a care in the world--she was full of spunk! I didn't ask what her prospects were--I can't hardly handle the stories the director tells about all the kids that weren't so lucky...

Enjoy him all you can Bob, and it's great to hear a story where the credit goes to the right place.

Chad

[Snooky]

Great news Rev. I pray that Gods blessings be upon him in everyway.

[DaveH]

That's great to hear Bob. I guess I'm like LBR regarding the stories that don't turn out so well. Can't always be the tough guy! I was blessed to read that great news.

[The Rev]

Originally Posted by LBR

That is great--it's especially heartwarming when it's a kid.

Our archery club (Southern Traditional Archery Association) puts on a charity even for the Catch-a-Dream Foundation (www.catchadream.org) every year. Every year we try to have a child there who has, at least for the time being, beaten the odds. This past year a beautiful little girl...7 or 8 years old...was battling a brain tumor. Her family looked like they were straight from a story book or television show--very attractive parents, older siblings that looked like they could be young models...everything seemed perfect, except their little girl was terminally ill. She had survived a year or so longer than expected, and acted like she didn't have a care in the world--she was full of spunk! I didn't ask what her prospects were--I can't hardly handle the stories the director tells about all the kids that weren't so lucky...

Enjoy him all you can Bob, and it's great to hear a story where the credit goes to the right place.

Chad

There isn't much that gets to me; two tours in Viet Nam as an Army Ranger I've seen a lot of devastation and heart ache; but when it comes to children, I fall to pieces. I went with him several times to the Scottish Rite hospital in Dallas and it was so difficult to see those little smiling children with terminal or crippling diseases. Many times I drove back home with tears flowing; hard for me to handle that.


Thanks Chad for getting involved with the kids, there aren't enough people that get involved I need to get more involved with children; most of my work has been with inmates in prison and The Wounded Warrior program.


God Bless
Bob <><