Cardiologist Update

Shiyan had her follow up visit with the cardiologist today. She is doing great. She gained 1 pound in the past three weeks which is great. The Doctor is very happy with her progress and does not need to see her for another 6 months.

This is such a relief and blessing. We praise God for her progress and his healing in her body.

Aug 5 update (Full House)

Thought it was time for an update. Shiyan continues to do wonderfully. She has so much energy. For the first two weeks after surgery she required very little sleep. Finally Tuesday we tired her out and are working toward a better schedule but she still stays up very late. She does not tire out like before and is just enjoying life. We go in Wednesday for a check up so pray that everything is working as expected.

Today was crazy. Take our family of 7 and add about 50 teenagers and youth sponsors and that was our house tonight. This is our month to host the youth group for our boys. Their youth pastor told us tonight was record attendance. Amazing to have that many young people jammed into our family room. They were on the stairs, furniture and all over the floor. Sponsors stood in the foyer and kitchen. The girls wanted to be right in the middle of everything.

I told a friend that there is a fine line between faithful and crazy and most days I wonder which side of that line I am on. I hope God uses this event to touch the lives of some of these kids. Only 3 more Sundays of this and we are off the hook for a while.

Hope you enjoy the new photos. To the right is a sunset I shot last week and some of the girls. The one of Shiyan playing Guitar Hero with Andrew is great.

On another note we learned yesterday that the beautiful little girl that hugged Andrew at the orphanage in China is being adopted. This is such an answered prayer for us. The other little girl we have been praying for has not been adopted yet but we will continue to follow her story to see how it goes.

Have a wonderful week.


Forrest, Robin and kids.