What sign can you do?

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John 6:30-35 If I wasn't in the same boat as these sinners following Jesus I would probably be laughing right in their face. I often wonder how Jesus kept from rolling on the grass laughing at what some people do. Today we hear the crowd ask Him, "What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do?..." Is this not the same crowd who in verse 2 we are told - "followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick ."? Are these not the same people who in verse 14 " when they saw the sign he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world."? Yet still they seek a sign. However, they are not seeking a sign so that they might believe, they are wanting to be fed. Jesus worked a "sign" with the loaves and the fishes and now they want Him to do it again. Wisely, Jesus is using their bellies to get to their hearts; He is using earthly things to move them,
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Day 4

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We made it to Seattle this afternoon (evening? jet lag...) after a very uneventful trip, which is a good thing if you're traveling with 2 small children. We are staying at the Ronald McDonald House and are very thankful to be here.

Catherine is at a reduction of 60% today and towards the evening it looked like she was feeling hungry. She actually hasn't eaten very much in the past couple of weeks, but on Day 3 (yesterday) she started licking food again. Today on the airplane she went back to one of her old favorites, puff cereal. She ate 8 or so. Then at supper tonight she licked and took teeny bites of a small peanut butter sandwich cracker. She did this for about 20 minutes and I would say she had about 1/8th of it. It's not a lot in quantity, but it's amazing if I look at what she was doing 3 days ago. So, we are cautiously optimistic!

Tomorrow we begin working with Karen. I will update then.

Thank you for your continued prayers!

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Anonymous said…
Jocelyn Mainard passed on your name. We have an almost 6 year old son with Down syndrome who was tube fed for 3 years. We did our own weening program at home, lots of encouragement with food, lots of being hungry, and a few pounds lost, but he gained it all back when all was said and done. Mostly we just stopped day time tube feeds and fed only from bedtime to 4 am. May God give you patience and may the Holy Spirit encourage you daily in your journey. Feel free to call us for support, we prefer phone to e-mail. 503-654-5810.

In prayer,

Linda Hungerford
2:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi, this is Ben the Dad of David. Have lots of options for her to try. I remember David survived on Goat milk, then Peanut Butter and now Guacamole is a major portion of his diet. If he won't eat something, we put Guacamole on it! (He doesn't really like Peanut Butter now, but with the high fat it was a blessing for him at the time.)
I remember when we finally stopped. I took the kids camping and left the pump at home. We kept the Mickey Button in just so I could give him extra water.
Blessing on your journey.
Ben Hungerford
4:11 PM
Nicole said…
Thank you Linda & Ben for your prayers and words of encouragement!
4:33 PM
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