Vacation Bible School
This week is the beginning of Vacation Bible School at Parkwood Baptist. Each year we partner with the fine folks at Parkwood and every year it's a huge success. I marvel and am amazed each year at all the folks that are willing to volunteer at least two hours of their evening to spend time with these wonderful children. Thanks to all the volunteers from both Parkwood Baptist and Deep River Friends Meeting. Vacation Bible School will end Friday evening with a hot dog supper. It starts each evening through Thursday at 6:30 PM and ends at 8:30 PM. Keep all teachers and children in your prayers.
Bailey Shea Sarvis Update
We have all been praying for Clint and Jennie Sarvis' new baby girl, Bailey Shea. Born premature, Bailey is still at the hospital under the care of the fine doctors and nurses and putting on weight. Here is an update from Jennie posted as of yesterday (July 26)
Sunday afternoon- We get good news that she will have her ventilator tube removed this afternoon and be put back on the cpap, she is done with another round of anibiotics, and she is tolerating her feedings. Oh,,,and she is now 3lbs big!! To you that sounds like nothing, but to me she is starting to get "fat". I put another bill next to her just to measure her growth and I looks like she has come a long way.(in my head) Monday, I will get to hold her again after a tough week of just being able to watch her outside her "condo". Its amazing that she knows my voice and will start to breath more heavily and try to open her tired eyes at me when I come and visit. Gosh, she is so beautiful!
I think back to the days of me on bedrest in the hospital. In talking with some of the nurses that I had each day, I would ask about other patients on my hall-no names but just their condition. Perhaps to see if there were others close to the same week I was.(23-27) or a patient who was a few weeks further along that would give me strength. Some days the nurse would come into my room and I would ask. "Is everyone behaving today?" (meaning- are the other patients ok and is everyone still holding on to their babies) Some days the answer would yes and other days the answer would be no. Several times I have been asked how I can keep my head up through all of this. The answer is that some of those girls on my hall which have no faces or names to me, don't have what I have right now- a baby. I feel so blessed-not lucky- to have Bailey right now. There were so many days when the answer was no to that daily question. I have to keep going strong b/c this chance of motherhood is and will always be so delicate. God is awesome! Prayers heal people! It is truely a miracle to be a parent. I still go and visit the nurses that had me on that hall and joyfully keep them updated on Bailey's progress too. No she is not out of the woods yet, but what progress from where we started from. -Jenny
Continue to keep Clint, Jennie, and Bailey in your prayers!
California Bound
This Friday, Chad and I will be flying out to California to meet up with Erin and Sarah as we get ready to bring them home. We will be leaving Los Angeles on Sunday morning and arriving in North Carolina on Thursday evening. Along the way we will pass through Las Vegas, Utah, Colorado, Kansas (with an evening at the Kansas City Royals ballpark!), and Kentucky. Keep us in your prayers and I will be posting on my "California" blog to keep everyone update.
I hope everyone has a great week! Remember, God has already gone ahead of you and has prepared this week for you! Be aware of what God is up to in your life!
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