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 Update

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It still amazes us to look at Catherine and watch her actually eat. After having five typical kids, eating was definitely something I took for granted.

She weighed the same this week, 23 lbs. 13 oz. so we are still keeping the one tube feed around for awhile longer. Yesterday we had a couple of firsts. She ate a whole piece of toast with butter and melted cheese, usually she eats just half. This morning she ate a whole piece of peanut butter toast. Yesterday she ate red beans and rice, and she let me spoon feed her most of it! I'm guessing she was feeling sorry for me trying to finger feed it, messy! Last week she started showing slightly more interest in the cup. She actually leaned forward, mouth open, and let me put it in her mouth, but no drinking yet. Slow steady progress.

Thanks for your continued prayers and support! We pray for all of you.

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Patience said…
Clearly the tube weaning program was the right move. It will be great when she can just eat and no tubes. I guess eventually they'll remove the implant?
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