Sweet Moments

We had a few really sweet moments as a family today. After the church service was over this morning, we grabbed the boys from Sunday School and brought them into "big church" to pray for Noah. Laurie, our pastor's wife, 2 friends, my parents, Grant, Alex and I all circled around Noah. I told Alex that we were going to pray for Noah and that when we do that we touch the person. He reached his little hand out and placed it right on Noah's back and held it there while we prayed. The visual of his little hand on his brother's back will stick with me forever. Noah soon got squirmy and leapt from one person's arms to another's. At one point Grant was holding both boys. They were giggling and hugging one another and we just kept praying over Noah. Alex said "I love you" just plain out of the blue. It was a sweet moment, and also a powerful one. I want my boys to grow up knowing the power of God, the power of prayer, the power of faith. I want to live out our faith with them and have them walk this journey with us.

Since that is our goal, I explained things a little more to Alex tonight as we were walking to the Greek Festival. He was sad that we couldn't go to Gramee and Papa's house (even though they are coming here on Wednesday!), and I was explaining that Noah's heart is "sick," and that we're not going anywhere until we "fix" his heart. We then talked about how big God is and how strong. That we pray for people when they're sick, and we trust God to help them. That when we place hands on someone and pray that God sends his power. So, about an hour later, Grant was carrying Alex home from the festival, and talking about how heavy he was and how big he was getting. Alex said "I get bigger and bigger and bigger. And then I be tall like Jesus!" :)

Also--most importantly, we found out on Friday evening that Alex's echo was normal. His heart is structurally fine, and his EKG is within the normal range for now. It appears that he does not have HCM. Grant and I are relieved and thankful, but I think we are also guarding our hearts. I won't be totally relieved and feel he's out of the woods until we get a positive genetic match, are able to test him and find out for sure that he's in the clear. But, for now, we are happy. I am so glad that we are not going to be going through extensive testing with both boys at this point, making tough decisions with both boys. One is more than enough.

Thank you for your prayers! If you're praying for us, and feel comfortable with it, please write your prayer in the comments of this post. I would love to see them and also be able to see God move. I think it's so powerful to have written prayers and then be able to go back and see how God has answered them. Thank you!