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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Catherine in Seattle

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Well, it's official. Catherine will be doing a feeding tube wean at the end of this month with some help from Karen, an occuaptional therapist in Seattle! We'll be there for 2 weeks and hopefully at the end she'll be taking significantly more by mouth, Karen says possibly 50%. What will happen basically is that we will cut her tube feedings starting about 5-6 days before we leave, so that when we get there she will be at about 50% of her normal tube intake and then we'll cut further until she's getting only one feed per day and we'll wait and surround her with food. She will continue to get fluids so that she doesn't get dehydrated and her weight will be monitored. I am hoping to blog each day for my own records but also for the information of other parents who are going through the same thing. I can't tell you how many tube weaning stories I've read, but I've learned something from each of them and am so grateful to the parents who took the time to record their journey. Maybe someone down the road will learn something from Catherine's story.

We would most definitely appreciate your prayers! We continue to pray for all of you.


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Patience said…
I will continue to keep her and all of you in my prayers. It sounds so exciting that you'll get the help and support you need for this to happen!
Is there hope that eventually she'll be able to completely lose the tube?
5:51 PM
Nicole said…
Thank you for your prayers, Patience. There is a lot of hope that she will be able to get rid of the tube. There is no medical reason that she needs it now, she just has never experienced hunger and doesn't know what eating is for.
11:39 AM
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