Evidence and Good News!

For over a year someone at church

has turned this word Faith around every week.

Sometimes several times on a Sunday.

I would return it to its right direction and

wonder who I was "playing" with.

I figured it was a young person.

I was right!

But I had NOT guessed that it was 

this one......

She and I laughed so hard when 

this disclosure was made.

She had gotten such a thrill out of 

making me crazy.

I'm not a perfectionist but seeing 

that word turned around just made 

me "have to" fix it.

It is all the way at the back of our 

fellowship hall so I made countless

trips out of my way to turn this silly word 

around.....

I love this girl.

Then there is this new development.

Chelsea has been practicing at least two hours a 

day for months now.

Last night she brought the guitar to music 

practice.  She and Pastor Mike worked on

one song.....

many times over.

He was very patient and she got the hang 

of it.  It sounded great!

Then I joined them
on the piano.

Fun stuff....
Making music with my daughter.
I loved making music with my Dad.
I confess it was just a bit emotional.
Tiny tears popped into my eyes.
So...I blinked them away and enjoyed
the moment!

 I don't know when she will join the other youth

that play along with the music

but I'm thinking it won't be too long.

She is almost there.

All self taught from YouTube

and hours of practice.

Once she has a job she desperately wants to 

take lessons.

The man who gives lessons at our

local Christian Music store desperately 

would like to give her lessons.

We stopped in to have the guitar

restrung the other day and when he found

out her commitment to practice he was nearly 

begging us to take lessons.

He said he is lucky if his students

practice two hours in a whole week!

The really, really good news is that we were in Hershey

to see the nutritionist yesterday.

Chelsea is just three pounds away from the end of her

need to gain weight.  

Then she will begin her maintenance.

Its a long story and it has been such a hard journey

but yesterday on the way to Hershey I told 

Chelsea that I noticed a peace about her now

that wasn't there before.

She smiled and agreed.

I asked if it was the guitar

and the music?

She said that while it was a 

distraction and that was a good thing

that she "had to give the credit to God".

I know that this has been and continues to be

the hardest thing Chelsea has faced in her young

life.  But I am so thankful that she has learned that

He is her strength.  

He is the one who is changing her thought processes

and teaching her to be ok with the size and shape 

HE wants her to be.

As her nutritionist has said many times,

we are all healthy at different weights.

Chelsea is very close to her healthy weight.

The one that allows her body to function

without stress.and distress.

We are just past the one year mark

for treatment.

What.a.year!

God has been faithful.

If you all want to keep us

in your prayers for these final three

pounds we would appreciate it.

While it doesn't sound like much to 

most of us, 

each one is still dreaded and the process

remains hard.

Then begins the learning how to maintain.

Her temptation will be to slip back.

But she will just have to learn how to 

stay where she needs to be.

Many hugs to those of you

who have faithfully kept us in your prayers.

Note:  This was shared with her permission.