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Here we are at the end of the week...and we have many things to be thankful for. I'll start with a beautiful sunrise over the Blue Ridge Mountains. I never tire of this scene, and a camera just doesn't quite capture the real beauty:Another very obvious reason to be thankful this week is...."We Have Water!"  The water guys showed up and started working on Tuesday, so we were only without water for 2 1/2 days--long enough for sure! 

Hannah made hot chocolate, and Tom brought it out to the guys to help them in their task on a very cold day:They changed out the old water pump and gave us a new and higher horsepower one. So...over $2,000 later, ugh, we're back in business, but I'm so thankful for hot showers again! Thank you for praying!We enjoyed celebrating Hannah's birthday earlier in the week, and here's the family singing Happy Birthday to "Sweets" as she is affectionately called: And a picture of the Chai Spice Cheesecake I mentioned in the last post. It turned out looking just like Sarah had made it--ha ha--well, not quite! :)Another praise this week...Granny went to her very last Physical Therapy session. She has improved so much in the last two months since she started going. She and her doctor became fast friends, and she gifted him with one of her baskets as a thank you!And now we're about all done with medical appointments for awhile. We have one more hospital visit for an IV antibiotic infusion this weekend--five days in a row of IV for Granny.

We get this done at the Cancer Center where folks are getting chemotherapy--our first time to be in this section of the hospital. Here's Granny waiting for one of those appointments. How very thankful we are that she's so much better and that we weren't there for the same reason as other patients: Hannah has been busy making soap this week. Here she is in the kitchen making Lavender Oat Castile:

And after it's made and cured for a couple of days, it's ready for cutting into bars. Don't those bars look lovely?:Two big mail days for me this week. I received five quilt blocks from a giveaway at Quiltmaker Magazine over at Quilty Pleasures blog. They are delightful blocks, and I will have to decide how best to use them. I'm thankful for the quilters across the US who made these blocks to donate for the giveaway: And a big batch of selvages from a fellow-quilter in Pennsylvania who found out I wanted some selvages to participate in Melissa's tutorial on sewing selvages over at Happy Quilting. Thank you, Kathie! Before I close up, I'd like to ask that you pray for sweet baby Andrew. He's doing very well, and at 9 months old he's becoming a happy, smiley baby!

What a praise to the Lord for getting him this far! He's having surgery on his airway Tuesday afternoon, so please pray that the doctors would help Andrew get to his next level of development. Thank you all!

Do you have any specific praises or requests to share?

~Deb

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Comments

[Holly]

I'll be praying for Andrew. I've been wondering how he is doing. Thanks for the update.

We are giving thanks that our 8-year-old who has been home since April has not only learned to speak English but just completed kindergarten language arts! We are also thankful that the klebsiella mastitis that we struggled with for such a long time is mostly in the past. My husband is SO THANKFUL to be enjoying farming again. I'm also thankful that one of our kids seems to be making deliberate choices to live for God. For awhile her faith seemed more nominal and based on our choices rather than a personal heart change. We are so thankful.

Of course, there's always things that are frustrating...but overall, we are thankful that things on the farm are going so much more smoothly. God is faithful.

[Toni]

Hi Deb! The Lord is Good. I'm so glad your well is running, again. And that cake looks very tasty to me. I've seen some very ornate ones that tasted like paper. ;) Granny is just amazing and beautiful.
I'll be praying for Andrew. God is Faithful.
Have a great weekend!
Toni

[victoria]

We are so thankful for how far our sweet little Andrew has come over the past several months. Lots of prayers going up for his surgery. We're going to go see him today and look forward to seeing his sweet smiley face.
We're also thankful for answered prayers for Granny and getting your water back on. Look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

Blessings,
Victoria

[Tammy C]

How exciting about Granny.

Cute picture of Andrew.He doesn't let the tube get in his way for learning.

Hannah the scientist.Glad she is still making soap.A friend in North Carolina makes and sells her soaps for her non profit that she runs for Grieving people.

Have fun with the quilt making.

Gregory had an abdominal MRI that came back normal.We are very thankful for that result.He has 2 appointments next week

Good news on the hot water.

[Barbara J.]

Golly, Deb, so many wonderful things to comment on. So glad you have water again! When they replaced our pump, it was a lot warmer :). Granny looks wonderful. I use that NuStep machine three mornings a week and really like it. It's very comfortable for people with back pain. And I love the picture of Andrew and his sweet baby hands. Will be praying for him and his doctors on Tuesday. Hope you get to see him soon.

[Becka Loach]

Thankful that Granny is doing so well and that you have hot water again. I will continue to pray for little Andrew. Since we have had several preemies in our family the Lord often brings him (and his parents) to my mind. I would appreciate prayers for our daughter Nora who is expecting again in March. She has had some difficulties with this pregnancy and we are praying that the baby will not come too early. A friend of mine named Kathy could also use your prayers. She is greatly distressed by a son who is far, far from the Lord.

[Cathy]

Thank the Lord for running water! And, it's delightful seeing your mom, and hearing that she's doing so well.

We've been praying for Andrew, and will be praying throughout the day tomorrow.

And, Becka, my husband and I will add Nora to our prayer list. We have a cute g'daughter whose name is Nora, so when we pray for our Nora, we'll pray for yours. And we'll pray for Kathy, too. We pray for one of our sons in the same way.

[Brenda Nuland]

I don't comment much but your blog is one of the few I still make certain I read when a new post pops up!

I'm enjoying having Piper (now six months old!) live less than two miles away, although we don't see each other a lot. Hubby and I understand, remembering what it was like to be a young couple just starting out and super busy.

My daughter-in-law is wonderful, though. She makes certain to stop by so we can get Piper hugs when it has been too long. Piper had a bad reaction to her immunizations two nights ago so we were all praying. My son had a severe reaction at that same age that scared me so badly, he didn't get anymore vaccinations until high school age! Thank God, she was fine.

[Mrs U]

Oh my goodness Andrew is growing so fast!!!! What a blessing!! I'm looking at this post a little late, so I hope and pray his surgery went just like drs wanted! :)

The cake looks DELICIOUS!! And Happy Birthday to Hannah!!!

You mother looks wonderful!!! She certainly is strong!! What a blessing she is to so many!!!