Came across this saying recently....
~Three reasons not to worry.....
#1 God is in control
#2 God is in control
#3 God is in control
=) So glad God IS in control... I can't imagine what it would be like not being able to go to Him with all my worries, doubts, and fears!!!!
I am so thankful for the improvments I have seen. I can actually comb my own hair, I've actually been at school a couple times, I can actually walk a little better, I can actually go to church.... We serve an awesome God!!!!
A chorus from a song i heard recently.... really like it=)
*For the sun is always shining, tho the clouds may hide its veiw, you may not see a silver lining, but any day now, some way an somehow the light from Heaven will come breaking thru....
I especially want to thank-you for your prayers, they mean a lot!!! I would like to add a special prayer request for my friend, Andrea Wagler, who is fighting lymes. She has been an encouragment to me and even if our cases are a bit different it is nice to have someone who knows what its like to have to lay around and just watch the world go by day after day. Currently her condition is not so encouraging as mine so please pray for her and her family.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wow!!! ok so I know i really should have updated way before now!!! But, believe it or not I have been pretty busy!!!! My walking seems to be getting better, and even if it is taking a while I am still happy because its PROGRESS!!!!!! =)
Last Friday morning we (dad, mom and I) left for NYC around 8:45. We got to the hospital about right on 2:00!!! We weren't there very long till they came and said the dr was running a bit late. =( It was about 10 till 3 when they finally took me back. And then same story questions, questions, and more questions!!! Sigh.... so glad its behind me!=) They did take some blood to send to their lab. They 'think' they know wat kind of dystonia I have but the blood work results should tell!=) I didn't really feel like they had much of anything new to tell me.:( Right now were just trying to decide where to go with it all or what we should do next. They said it could be a month or two before we get the blood results back! Needless to say I was VERY ready to get out of there when we finally left at 6:30.
*I don't know about 2morrow I just live from day to day, I don't borrow from it's sunshine for it's skies may turn to gray, I don't worry ore the future for I know what Jesus said, and today I'll walk beside Him, for He knows what lies ahead! (chorus) Many things about 2morrow I don't seem to understand, but I know who holds the future, and I know He holds my hand!!!!*
Thanks 2 my dear friend Mel I was able to go out to school today and collect my stuff and do a few things for this coming term!!! (Thanks so much Mel!) Yes, I do have plans to be at school this year again, but instead of teaching classes I hope to do more of the secretary work along with helping out some in the high-school room! I am really looking forward to it.
So, no I do not know what all lies ahead but my Heavenly Father does and I know that He will always be right beside me!!!!=)
Last Friday morning we (dad, mom and I) left for NYC around 8:45. We got to the hospital about right on 2:00!!! We weren't there very long till they came and said the dr was running a bit late. =( It was about 10 till 3 when they finally took me back. And then same story questions, questions, and more questions!!! Sigh.... so glad its behind me!=) They did take some blood to send to their lab. They 'think' they know wat kind of dystonia I have but the blood work results should tell!=) I didn't really feel like they had much of anything new to tell me.:( Right now were just trying to decide where to go with it all or what we should do next. They said it could be a month or two before we get the blood results back! Needless to say I was VERY ready to get out of there when we finally left at 6:30.
*I don't know about 2morrow I just live from day to day, I don't borrow from it's sunshine for it's skies may turn to gray, I don't worry ore the future for I know what Jesus said, and today I'll walk beside Him, for He knows what lies ahead! (chorus) Many things about 2morrow I don't seem to understand, but I know who holds the future, and I know He holds my hand!!!!*
Thanks 2 my dear friend Mel I was able to go out to school today and collect my stuff and do a few things for this coming term!!! (Thanks so much Mel!) Yes, I do have plans to be at school this year again, but instead of teaching classes I hope to do more of the secretary work along with helping out some in the high-school room! I am really looking forward to it.
So, no I do not know what all lies ahead but my Heavenly Father does and I know that He will always be right beside me!!!!=)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Even the desert blooms in God's perfect time!!!! =)
Yes sometimes this journey does (did) feel like a desert. But I am sooo thankful for all the wonderful friends and family God has given me to go thru it with me! Sometimes it feels so overwhelming when I think of all people have done for me, I feel so unworthy! I just want to say a BIG HUGE thank-you!!!! My prayer is that God would richly bless everyone!!!!!=) Most of all I want to especially thank-you for your prayers! God has been so good to me and even tho I still don't fully understand why, I know God has a reason for this, and one of those is (was) to draw me closer to Him!!! I want HIM to recieve ALL the honor and glory! I also want to thank my friends, youth group, and most of all my family for accepting me just the way I am! I feel so blessed the way people treat me just the same as they did before I got sick! I realize it must be hard sometimes but I think that is the biggest healer for me right now!!! It's exactly what I need!!!!=)
Health-wise..... WOW!!!!! When I look over the past few months I am soooooo thankful for God's grace! I am definatly doing MUCH better! =) My walking has improved quite a bit an with a little help from mom I am able to put my hair up!!!! My movements have also gotten a LOT better! All I can say is.....prayer!!! I have my appointment in NYC this Friday. Please pray that they would be able to give me a specific diagnoses. Also pray for wisdom and direction for us, that we would be able to know the best route to take as far as treaments and such!!!!
Please don't stop praying and may God bless you all with a superb week!!!=)
Yes sometimes this journey does (did) feel like a desert. But I am sooo thankful for all the wonderful friends and family God has given me to go thru it with me! Sometimes it feels so overwhelming when I think of all people have done for me, I feel so unworthy! I just want to say a BIG HUGE thank-you!!!! My prayer is that God would richly bless everyone!!!!!=) Most of all I want to especially thank-you for your prayers! God has been so good to me and even tho I still don't fully understand why, I know God has a reason for this, and one of those is (was) to draw me closer to Him!!! I want HIM to recieve ALL the honor and glory! I also want to thank my friends, youth group, and most of all my family for accepting me just the way I am! I feel so blessed the way people treat me just the same as they did before I got sick! I realize it must be hard sometimes but I think that is the biggest healer for me right now!!! It's exactly what I need!!!!=)
Health-wise..... WOW!!!!! When I look over the past few months I am soooooo thankful for God's grace! I am definatly doing MUCH better! =) My walking has improved quite a bit an with a little help from mom I am able to put my hair up!!!! My movements have also gotten a LOT better! All I can say is.....prayer!!! I have my appointment in NYC this Friday. Please pray that they would be able to give me a specific diagnoses. Also pray for wisdom and direction for us, that we would be able to know the best route to take as far as treaments and such!!!!
Please don't stop praying and may God bless you all with a superb week!!!=)
Monday, June 28, 2010
OOHHHH MMMYYY! i dont know where to start!!!! The last few days have been soo full of fun suprises and many answered prayer!!!!
As i sed in my last post, we had an ordination in our church this weekend! I had requested to especially pra tht i cud be at church fri. eve. an sun. morn. an eve. Well not only was i at church fri eve but i also went to watch the youth pla vbal afterwards!!! it was sooo much fun an jus what i needed.!!! i was aslo at church sun morn an eve. thnks grandma an granpa for coming an bein my driva!!!:) had a bit of a struggle with gettin my hair to cooperate but with a lil help frm frends an fam i had them up altho they threatened to fall down quite a few times! it was just what i needed an thnks everyone for overlooking the way i looked an makin me feel so accepted. ALLLL the encouragement i recieved wow words cannot express my gratitude!!! For those of you who didn't find out, Ivan Stoltzfus was ordained! I have no doubt that he will do a good job! Thanks again Ivan (an family) for the encouragement you hav been to me! You are in my thoughts an prayers!!! =)
Now for the shocker!!! I had a dr appointment this morn again an she was pleased with the progress shr saw especially with my walking! Thanks for all the prayers, my walking does seem to be much better. It still works best if I have someone or something to hang on to!! but anywa the shocker..... We got bac frm the dr visit around 12 or so. I was feeling quite good and was jus bored stiff! around three thirty i got this notion that I want to go shopping!!!=) my hold back was my hair soooo i decided im gana see wat i can do! welll i got my band in an tried rather unssucfully to get them up tight enough.:( soooo mom bless her heart came to my aide!! thanks mom i luv u! I put the band in an rested my head on my hands bout like i used to do wen i was a lil squirt!!!=) my head actuallly held still enough for her to put them up in a bob!!!! All i can say is God was answering prayer! We serve such a BIG God an yet He cares about every tiny detail of our lives!!! Ok so Colleen an i leave with plans 2 stop at k-mart an depending how it goes there we will decide if we can go anywhere else! Well since my walking is still hardly good enough to actually walk around in a store she went an got a wheel-chair and off we went!!!=) Im sure we got quite the stares but well u jus sorta do wat u gotta do!! Till it was all sed an done we had been at k-mart, khols, target, and 5-below!!! I had a trip an cudnt help but laugh at the few minor misshaps!!! The funniest was def at target. We decided that we wud get a basket for me to hold on my lap so things wudnt fall off my lap so often....anywa Mom wanted us to get a six pack thing of paper towels and a big bag of dog food!!! So there we were, Colleen had her hands full with pushing me around so of course we didnt hav a cart. oh yes an Colleen had seen one of those big body pillows so i told her i wud get it for her birthday!=) sooooo there we were this big pillow kinda behind me an i wuz sorta resting my head on it. but help we hav this huge bag of dog food tht we needed sooo she put that on my lap then put the basket with a few small items plus the big 6-pack paper towel half in half out of the basket on top of the dog food. We were only a little overloaded!!!!=) ha ha!!! i just laughed but poor Colleen i think she was a little embarrased! bless her heart she didnt say too much! ohhh myyy sigh i think if we ever do tht agan we will take a third person to push a cart!!!!! lol! anyway it got me out of the house an i wuz able to get a few things that I wanted...needed!!!
its so much fun getting out more and things definetly are better than they had been!!! I don't know where all God is going to take me in this journey yet but I know He has a plan for everything He allows and He will be right beside me thru it all!!!
As i sed in my last post, we had an ordination in our church this weekend! I had requested to especially pra tht i cud be at church fri. eve. an sun. morn. an eve. Well not only was i at church fri eve but i also went to watch the youth pla vbal afterwards!!! it was sooo much fun an jus what i needed.!!! i was aslo at church sun morn an eve. thnks grandma an granpa for coming an bein my driva!!!:) had a bit of a struggle with gettin my hair to cooperate but with a lil help frm frends an fam i had them up altho they threatened to fall down quite a few times! it was just what i needed an thnks everyone for overlooking the way i looked an makin me feel so accepted. ALLLL the encouragement i recieved wow words cannot express my gratitude!!! For those of you who didn't find out, Ivan Stoltzfus was ordained! I have no doubt that he will do a good job! Thanks again Ivan (an family) for the encouragement you hav been to me! You are in my thoughts an prayers!!! =)
Now for the shocker!!! I had a dr appointment this morn again an she was pleased with the progress shr saw especially with my walking! Thanks for all the prayers, my walking does seem to be much better. It still works best if I have someone or something to hang on to!! but anywa the shocker..... We got bac frm the dr visit around 12 or so. I was feeling quite good and was jus bored stiff! around three thirty i got this notion that I want to go shopping!!!=) my hold back was my hair soooo i decided im gana see wat i can do! welll i got my band in an tried rather unssucfully to get them up tight enough.:( soooo mom bless her heart came to my aide!! thanks mom i luv u! I put the band in an rested my head on my hands bout like i used to do wen i was a lil squirt!!!=) my head actuallly held still enough for her to put them up in a bob!!!! All i can say is God was answering prayer! We serve such a BIG God an yet He cares about every tiny detail of our lives!!! Ok so Colleen an i leave with plans 2 stop at k-mart an depending how it goes there we will decide if we can go anywhere else! Well since my walking is still hardly good enough to actually walk around in a store she went an got a wheel-chair and off we went!!!=) Im sure we got quite the stares but well u jus sorta do wat u gotta do!! Till it was all sed an done we had been at k-mart, khols, target, and 5-below!!! I had a trip an cudnt help but laugh at the few minor misshaps!!! The funniest was def at target. We decided that we wud get a basket for me to hold on my lap so things wudnt fall off my lap so often....anywa Mom wanted us to get a six pack thing of paper towels and a big bag of dog food!!! So there we were, Colleen had her hands full with pushing me around so of course we didnt hav a cart. oh yes an Colleen had seen one of those big body pillows so i told her i wud get it for her birthday!=) sooooo there we were this big pillow kinda behind me an i wuz sorta resting my head on it. but help we hav this huge bag of dog food tht we needed sooo she put that on my lap then put the basket with a few small items plus the big 6-pack paper towel half in half out of the basket on top of the dog food. We were only a little overloaded!!!!=) ha ha!!! i just laughed but poor Colleen i think she was a little embarrased! bless her heart she didnt say too much! ohhh myyy sigh i think if we ever do tht agan we will take a third person to push a cart!!!!! lol! anyway it got me out of the house an i wuz able to get a few things that I wanted...needed!!!
its so much fun getting out more and things definetly are better than they had been!!! I don't know where all God is going to take me in this journey yet but I know He has a plan for everything He allows and He will be right beside me thru it all!!!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Just a quick post....
Lord willing we will be having an ordination this weekend. I would REALLY like to be there Friday night an Sunday morning and evening! I am just going to ask you all to pray that I could be there. My biggest hold-bac is my hair. It is very hard to get them up tight enough that they stay up. Also, please pray that my body could relax!
I do have an appointment with a therapist of some kind tomorrow, please pray that that would go well. I have been having some back pain (i think it comes from the weird position my body is in when i walk). I'm hoping the treatment tomorrow will help that at least a little.
I do have some good news too!!!:) I discovered that swimming is good therapy!!! :) Went with some of the youth girls yesterday, was a little sore last night which was no surprise since I used used muscles that most likely didnt get used much for 2 months or so!!! Hoping to do it some more in the near future!:)
I would also like to ask you all to continue to pray for my friend Andrea Wagler and her family. She also has lymes.
uh-oh guess this got a little longer than i expected but just know that i appreciate everything that everyone does for me. Sometimes I feel so unworthy but I pray God will richly bless each and everyone for what you do for me! :)
Lord willing we will be having an ordination this weekend. I would REALLY like to be there Friday night an Sunday morning and evening! I am just going to ask you all to pray that I could be there. My biggest hold-bac is my hair. It is very hard to get them up tight enough that they stay up. Also, please pray that my body could relax!
I do have an appointment with a therapist of some kind tomorrow, please pray that that would go well. I have been having some back pain (i think it comes from the weird position my body is in when i walk). I'm hoping the treatment tomorrow will help that at least a little.
I do have some good news too!!!:) I discovered that swimming is good therapy!!! :) Went with some of the youth girls yesterday, was a little sore last night which was no surprise since I used used muscles that most likely didnt get used much for 2 months or so!!! Hoping to do it some more in the near future!:)
I would also like to ask you all to continue to pray for my friend Andrea Wagler and her family. She also has lymes.
uh-oh guess this got a little longer than i expected but just know that i appreciate everything that everyone does for me. Sometimes I feel so unworthy but I pray God will richly bless each and everyone for what you do for me! :)
Monday, June 21, 2010
Wow!!! We serve an AWESOME GOD!!!! :)
I was at church yesterday!!! :) went after sunday school an sat in the back on a rocking chair!!! It was sooo good 2 be there and it went pretty good! Didnt feel quite as relaxed as I felt at Shari's wedding but wow made me realize how very much I missed!!! Was so good to hear a GOOD message on Father's Day an made it even more special because dad was the preacher!!! :) I love you dad!!! Was good to sing with the church family again!!! :) It was so much fun being around people again!! Thanks everyone for all the encouragement!!! I cant IMAGINE wat it would be like if i didnt have a church family!!!!
As for an update on my health... I was officially diagnosed with lymes so plan 2 meet with a lymes specialist July 19. I am also scheduled to meet with my neurologist next Monday so not sure wat all that will involve. Still many unanswered questions but feels like were at least getting a little somewhere!!! Also seems like my walking still has not improved a lot but I know that God, in His timing will bring healing!:)
I feel so blessed that I have soooo many caring friends and family! Please don't stop praying I know without a shadow of a doubt its the prayers of my friends and family that keep me going. I have def had my share of days wen everything looked so overwhelming... but I am amazed how God ALWAYS knows just wat I need! :)
I have plans to go to my friend Shari's house for a while tomorrow....really looking forward to that. :)
The next few months I have quite a few appointments with different doctors and specialists. So altho I have no idea where all this will take me, I know God does and He will give me ALL I need to face each battle!!!!! :)
I was at church yesterday!!! :) went after sunday school an sat in the back on a rocking chair!!! It was sooo good 2 be there and it went pretty good! Didnt feel quite as relaxed as I felt at Shari's wedding but wow made me realize how very much I missed!!! Was so good to hear a GOOD message on Father's Day an made it even more special because dad was the preacher!!! :) I love you dad!!! Was good to sing with the church family again!!! :) It was so much fun being around people again!! Thanks everyone for all the encouragement!!! I cant IMAGINE wat it would be like if i didnt have a church family!!!!
As for an update on my health... I was officially diagnosed with lymes so plan 2 meet with a lymes specialist July 19. I am also scheduled to meet with my neurologist next Monday so not sure wat all that will involve. Still many unanswered questions but feels like were at least getting a little somewhere!!! Also seems like my walking still has not improved a lot but I know that God, in His timing will bring healing!:)
I feel so blessed that I have soooo many caring friends and family! Please don't stop praying I know without a shadow of a doubt its the prayers of my friends and family that keep me going. I have def had my share of days wen everything looked so overwhelming... but I am amazed how God ALWAYS knows just wat I need! :)
I have plans to go to my friend Shari's house for a while tomorrow....really looking forward to that. :)
The next few months I have quite a few appointments with different doctors and specialists. So altho I have no idea where all this will take me, I know God does and He will give me ALL I need to face each battle!!!!! :)
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