The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

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Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w
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In the pictures at the top, Catherine is in a pony walker. She is beginning to tolerate this for longer periods of time. Hopefully it will motivate her to become more mobile because while she still suffers from hypotonia (weak muscles) she is also beginning to develop hyperwill (a strong will)...I made up that word. We are starting to catch on that she can in fact do a lot of things, but chooses not to. Grant it, most of the things that babies do naturally and easily come a lot harder for her. I have yet to see her pull to her feet all by herself but I believe she can do it. This is one of the challenges I believe we will have with her - convincing her to rise to the challenge. Fortunately for her, she's so dang cute that she can get away with it. Sometimes. :-)


Health wise everything is pretty status quo. Her last visit to the eye doctor in Cincinnati showed that there were no developing tumors in her left eye and the right orbit looks great too. He wanted to see her in 4 months again. Dr. Augsburger said that if no tumors develop within 6 months after the initial tumor, the chances of developing more drop considerably. We still follow up with a pediatric oncologist every 3 months, and MRIs every 6 months in Cincinnati as well.


Daniel is growing so fast. Everybody always says that about babies, but I am feeling it acutely this time. One of the blessings of Catherine's disability is that she was a "baby" for so long. She loved to cuddle and was content to sit in our laps for as long as we wanted until about 6 months ago when she started crawling. She still loves to cuddle but she is progressing developmentally, and that's great. But every mom can agree that we all wish our babies would stay babies for a little while longer. I am definitely appreciating Daniel's infancy a lot more than I did with the others thanks to Catherine. He's rolling everywhere, and soon he will be crawling. While Catherine does not care to stand, Daniel can't get enough of it! Perhaps seeing what Daniel can do will motivate Catherine.


Please continue to pray for us as we pray for you.


God Bless!







Comments

Patience said…
Great pictures. Maybe once Daniel is really moving; Catherine will want to follow him!
Do you get any kind or OT or OT advice for her?
5:31 PM
Emily said…
Adorable!!! Love Catherine's curls! And that baby....ohhh I want to snuggle him. :)
10:15 AM
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