Happy Mother's Day to those of you who celebrate it today!
I pray as you read this that the Shalom of God is filling your hearts.
NEW FREEDOM
Ami is enjoying his new freedom from the pressure suit. I hardly see him at home! He's always out with friends, bringing friends over to eat, going to every basketball, volleyball, whatever game that's going on in Ariel, and just enjoying himself. However, he really can't hardly hear anything with the bandage stuffed down his right ear, and the inability to hear well through the left ear.......but this Thursday the bandage will be taken out and we'll see what the situation is.
Somehow, Ami forgets things more than I do! We all seem to be in a stage of brain drain, maybe because we've been through so much this past year, but honestly, plans and appointments go in one ear and out the other, and even when written down, I forget to check my calendar! Ami is the same.
Anyway, he seemed to have forgotten that after the bandage is removed there is another 3 weeks of recovery. When I reminded him, he took it well. After all, he has no choice but to go along with the program - and we know the Lord has been healing at a rate that is phenomenal, and so we await only good news.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Two groups of German tourists stopped by this week. They are people who have been praying for Ami as well, and they wept and clapped when they saw him. When groups come to visit, we don't let Ami listen to the story of the incident over and over again - but invite him to come after the fact. People see the horror of what happened, but then when Ami comes into the room, and they see the results of their prayers and what the power of God alone can accomplish.
We've had many good reports of extended family members becoming interested in the Lord after seeing Ami this summer. David's sister said that her children are taking an interest more in the Lord because they had never seen a miracle before.
LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD
Now when I have flashbacks, they are often positive memories that come flooding back, so many details that I had momentarily forgotten, important and moving moments from this past year.
I remember that when Ami was still in Schneider hospital, where he was first treated for 6 weeks, he didn't want to see his friends from school because- he had changed so much. His face was still marked from wounds, and was discolored from being burnt. He was weak, and in pain, and still recovering from the shock of what had happened to him - and his friends couldn't have understood, even though they too were heavily impacted by what had happened. They were afraid, and full of sorrow, and they came faithfully just to sit in the waiting room, in the hopes that Ami would let them see him. But several pictures come to mind, like the first time that he agreed to speak to some of the kids by cell phone (they were in the waiting room and he was in his room). When one of his friends heard his voice, all he could say was "Ami" and I saw emotion sweep over and overwhelm him. I saw the love that he had for my son.
I remember that the first kids that Ami did allow to see him were the kids from the youth group, the believers. I remember how brave they were to sit with him, and to just talk like nothing had happened.
On a more somber note, we know that this world is turning upside down more every day. We are living in an age of evil that has never been known before. Good is truly considered bad, and bad, good.
Isaiah 5:20 says:
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. "
For those of us who hold fast to the Word of God, we can expect persecution to intensify. However, we have to continue to spread the Good News because hearts that were not ready before to receive Salvation in Yeshua, are ready now.
Yours in the love of the Messiah,
Leah
I pray as you read this that the Shalom of God is filling your hearts.
NEW FREEDOM
Ami is enjoying his new freedom from the pressure suit. I hardly see him at home! He's always out with friends, bringing friends over to eat, going to every basketball, volleyball, whatever game that's going on in Ariel, and just enjoying himself. However, he really can't hardly hear anything with the bandage stuffed down his right ear, and the inability to hear well through the left ear.......but this Thursday the bandage will be taken out and we'll see what the situation is.
Somehow, Ami forgets things more than I do! We all seem to be in a stage of brain drain, maybe because we've been through so much this past year, but honestly, plans and appointments go in one ear and out the other, and even when written down, I forget to check my calendar! Ami is the same.
Anyway, he seemed to have forgotten that after the bandage is removed there is another 3 weeks of recovery. When I reminded him, he took it well. After all, he has no choice but to go along with the program - and we know the Lord has been healing at a rate that is phenomenal, and so we await only good news.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Two groups of German tourists stopped by this week. They are people who have been praying for Ami as well, and they wept and clapped when they saw him. When groups come to visit, we don't let Ami listen to the story of the incident over and over again - but invite him to come after the fact. People see the horror of what happened, but then when Ami comes into the room, and they see the results of their prayers and what the power of God alone can accomplish.
We've had many good reports of extended family members becoming interested in the Lord after seeing Ami this summer. David's sister said that her children are taking an interest more in the Lord because they had never seen a miracle before.
LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD
Now when I have flashbacks, they are often positive memories that come flooding back, so many details that I had momentarily forgotten, important and moving moments from this past year.
I remember that when Ami was still in Schneider hospital, where he was first treated for 6 weeks, he didn't want to see his friends from school because- he had changed so much. His face was still marked from wounds, and was discolored from being burnt. He was weak, and in pain, and still recovering from the shock of what had happened to him - and his friends couldn't have understood, even though they too were heavily impacted by what had happened. They were afraid, and full of sorrow, and they came faithfully just to sit in the waiting room, in the hopes that Ami would let them see him. But several pictures come to mind, like the first time that he agreed to speak to some of the kids by cell phone (they were in the waiting room and he was in his room). When one of his friends heard his voice, all he could say was "Ami" and I saw emotion sweep over and overwhelm him. I saw the love that he had for my son.
I remember that the first kids that Ami did allow to see him were the kids from the youth group, the believers. I remember how brave they were to sit with him, and to just talk like nothing had happened.
On a more somber note, we know that this world is turning upside down more every day. We are living in an age of evil that has never been known before. Good is truly considered bad, and bad, good.
Isaiah 5:20 says:
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. "
For those of us who hold fast to the Word of God, we can expect persecution to intensify. However, we have to continue to spread the Good News because hearts that were not ready before to receive Salvation in Yeshua, are ready now.
Yours in the love of the Messiah,
Leah