Thanks!!!!!

Brad here typing this entry.

I really don't have a lot of new news to report, but I just read the blog for the first time since yesterday morning. I am so thankul for all of the kind words for Jordan and our family. We have been surrounded by sooo many friends and family. How someone can live and survive an episode like this without a church family is beyond me! I was thinking about the "abundant" life that disciples have been promised which has been the topic of many of our sermons the last couple of weeks at church, and I couldn't help but know that the support and love of my church family is an example of "abundant" life. It seems strange maybe to say what Jordan and I are going through is "abundant" life, but if you were in my shoes and felt what I have felt and been blessed by so many the way I have since Wednesday morning you would not question this comparison. God is good!

Phoebe is great. She is making a good transition from womb to earth, breast to bottle, Amarillo to Dallas, and mom and dad to grandparents! Eli is confused, but doing good here at Jordan's parent's house. He did say something funny yesterday in the midst of the stress that will stick with me for a long while. After asking mom why she was in the hospital and saying that he knew that the ICU room wasn't her doctor's office (he has been to all of our OBGYN appointments), he asked mom, "When is dad going to get sick?" It was funny, but it highlighted how much Jordan has been through and how unfair life has been for her since she was 11 years old (6 surgeries with 3 seperate cancer episodes now coupled with giving birth 10 days ago). It also made me want to cry because I so wish I could trade places with her and be the sick one for once.

Anyhow, I need to go up to the hospital now. I will try to write again but I don't have a computer of my own here (for some reason I didn't pack well before flying to Dallas). In the mean time, I know that our friends will keep updating the blog with up-to-date information!

In Him,

Brad