On October 17th, after months of planning and preperation by Eric's mom and many others, we went to spend the day in St Johns(Eric's hometown) for a dinner benefit and live auction at the VFW. It was a wonderful day spending time with family and old friends from Eric's childhood. We saw people we hadn't seen since our wedding 14 years ago. It really meant alot to us. We want to thank everyone who took the time to put this event together, who contributed items and their services and all those who came to the event. We are humbly overwhelmed by your love and generosity. We are so blessed and loved. There are so many people who are praying for us. This really means a lot to us when people tell us they are praying for our family. Eric's aunt and uncle got us a hotel in Owosso that night so we didn't have to drive home late which was fun for the kids and it allowed us to visit some more with his family on Sunday before we headed home.
Unfortunately, one or more of our family has been sick for the last 9 days in our house. We just can't shake it. Both of my kids are home sick today and I am feeling torn in three directions on who to take care of and to keep sickness away from Eric. This is really getting the best of me today. I was not handling it very well this morning and Eric and I both had to cry out to God to help us in our time of need. We could really use your prayers for good health. Eric's mom is coming to stay with us a few days this week to help us out, we have a meal delivered in our fridge for tonight so please don't feel like you need to come over right now if you could because we are being taken care of. Just pray for us any time you think of it this week. I know God will help us through this tough time.
God bless you!
Eric and Lori
Here is a link for a 6 minute video Lori's dad made of the event, just copy and paste the entire link below into your browser (I know there is an easier way to do this, but I can't figure it out right now)
http://animoto.com/play/D881bLRzM1lJlUtMmPh4bg?utm_campaign=share_email&utm_content=escape_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_email
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Hello Eric and Lori. I just read all of your updates since I last got on online to check on you and noticed one of your commets says to pray whenever you guys come to mind. I have been busy working lately and have found myself more often praying for you strength for your family. I was encouraged that God had prompted me to pray not knowing you had written that in the post. I wrote about Goliath in my blog today and that is probably why I went on line to check your blog. If you get a chance today read I Sam 17 and check out the blog.I know you will find encouragement in His word today!!
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