Bowing to pressure and the fact that I have not kept the blog updated and feeling bad about it, I think it is time to start keeping it up.
A lot has happened in the past 6 months. Three trips to Canada,a couple of trips out onto the lake and a whole lot of work.
One of the reasons I stopped on this blog was Pastor Quick's recurrence of his melanoma. Seeing him go thru what he did until his passing in August was hard on me. I still look in the mirror and ask God why him and not me. I also wonder what more I could have done to help him. I feel I let him down every time I get a good report from my doctors. Someone told me that maybe God isn't done with me yet and that he has something more for me to accomplish. I hope so.
All three of my doctors are amazed and they call me an anomaly. My regular doctor and the oncologist and dermatologist ask me questions on what I am doing and why I think I am still around. The three of them have told me this summer that I shouldn't have made it this long. Even better, they tell me I should not be this healthy for a 58 year old. I feel great except for the aches and pains from overdoing it. Like tonight in AWANA with the kids. It's hard running around the circle with the kids.
Also, Caleb turned 9 and Arrie turned 1. Had the doctors been right, I would have never seen Arrie, let alone his first birthday. Now I am holding on to see him graduate college and make me a great-grandfather.
Continue to pray for me and my health. I will update on our recent Canada trip that turned out to be quite the adventure. I promise it will be in a few days and not a few weeks.
the life and times of Steve and Patti (a.k.a. Grandpa and Grandma)
Boat ride in Canada
10 Mile Falls
Trip to Canada
The 2009 Gang
Summer fun 2008
Canada with the gang
Churches praying
- Berea Baptist
- Bridgewater Baptist Church, Montrose, PA
- Chatham Community Church
- Comm. Missionary Alliance, Butler, PA
- Faith Bible Baptist Church of Terciera, Azores
- Family Life MInistries, Butler, PA
- First Baptist Church, Butler, PA
- First Baptist Church, Clare, MI
- First Baptist Church, Elyria
- First Baptist Church, Lagrange
- Hosanna Lutheran (Tyler's preschool)
- Muddy Creek Presbyterian, Butler, PA
- North Fairfield Assembly of God
- Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, Akron, OH
- Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola, FL
- Parma Heights Baptist
- Reformed Church in America Mission Volunteer Program Grand Rapids, MI
- St. Joseph, Strongsville, OH
- St. Mary's, Marblehead, Ohio
- Stow Alliance Fellowship Church
- The Chapel in Akron
- Trinity Evangelical Free, Amherst
2 comments:
Caleb's and Arrie's (and Micah's) Mommy is sure glad you are with us. We love you, Dad, and cherish our time with you and Mom each time we are able to be with you.
I, too, feel/felt a great deal of guilt that I still get to have my Dad. There must be some reason and I won't be taking it for granted, for sure.
Thanks for sharing the update. It's always great to hear what you are thinking.
Clarence and I are sure glad your around and we are praising the Lord. God says in His Word that He has an appointed time for each of us, that our days are written in His Book (somewhere up there with Him). Questions, like why Pastor went instead of you, will be known one day in Heaven. But rest assured, Steve, you are not responsible. It was God's choice. Just make each day of your life that God has allowed you to have, be the best it can be for Him. Value what is more important in God's work, above what is always necessary, and "take the time to smell the roses." We love both of you as if you were our own!
Love,
Clarence & Barb
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