Be Careful What You Wish For...

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"Look mom, a pumpkin!"

Hi Friends and Prayer Warriors, it's been an interesting few days in the Shrader household.  Last Thursday, Lily started vomiting and so began our exciting first round of real sickness with our daughter.  She's had a stomach virus for six days now and seems to be improving today.  Last Thursday, she threw up all over Meredith.  When I got home from work, Meredith was quite upset about the inequity of it all, and asked why it was that she was always the one getting thrown up on.  I said I didn't know, and foolishly remarked that I wished that Lily would vomit on me instead of her for a change.  Though the Lord is certainly not a genie, he did see fit to grant me that foolish wish, and three out of the next four days Lily vomited on daddy for a change.  On a serious note, Lily is still struggling with a little dehydration.  She's made it so far through today without vomiting, but she’s still not drinking enough.  In addition to the stomach virus, she has some molars coming in and doesn't want to eat or drink anything, so we've been having to syringe feed her some liquids which is unpleasant for everybody.  Please pray that she'll be able to hold down enough fluids to get through this illness soon, and that she'll return to eating and drinking normally before her dehydration requires more serious medical attention.

 

In ministry news, our first Thursday food distribution for Second Harvest went very well last Thursday.  We were able to serve 69 households, and many of them were new faces.  We are in the process of recruiting some new local volunteers, and the leaders of that were able to attend on Thursday.  Please be in prayer for this new partnership as it would be a real blessing to us to have some more hands on deck helping at the Storehouse.

People are starting to line up.

We also gave away lots of clothes on Thursday.

This week we're blessed to have Terry and Paula Jenkins serving with us from Texas.  They're a real joy and we're doing our best to put them to work, and I’m sure we’ll have photos up next week.

Finally, please be in prayer for Daniel as he continues to contact local area ministry directors and pastors in an effort to set up some meetings to talk about launching a pastor training ministry in the spring.  This is truly where our heart lies and we are praying that the Lord would open the doors for this to happen.

Thank you for following along the blog and for interceding on our behalf.  We believe the Lord hears your prayers and answers them.  We couldn't be here without you.

Lily likes to sleep up against the bumper.

With mommy at the pumpkin patch.

Lily had a great time taking these little pumpkins out of the bin, and then putting them back!