Aidan's Home

Aidan is home - and was quite surprised to see his mom and 3 brothers along with family friends waiting for him at the airport. He had a wonderful time and has lots of stories to tell. I'm sure he will talk non-stop all the way home from Houston. I'll have him provide an update on his trip so you can here from him his story. Thanks for praying for him while he was in Belize.

Wheels are Off!

So many things happened last week that I am just now getting caught up. But one of the most exciting was for Tucker and Cade.

Last Monday, Becky's sister, Angela, was in town. She decided today was the day for Tucker to learn to ride his bike. (Now, you need to have a little back story - last time she was in town, she decided Cade needed to learn how to swallow a pill - and he ended up throwing up all over her when she stuck in his mouth). But Angela wouldn't let something like that deter her from her end result. She took off Tucker's training wheels, put him on his bike, and sent him down the street. Tucker was yelling "don't let go, don't let go" all the way down the street - and she had stopped way back. He took off like a shot and hasn't looked back since. We are now working on him stopping (instead of just falling off his bike like's he has been doing.

The next day, Cade announces he is going to ride his bike. Now, after puking all over Angela when she tried to teach him how to swallow a pill, I was very leery on how this one was going to go. And, since Cade is deaf in one ear due to his middle ear not formed correctly - it leads to some of his coordination and balance issues.

But, Cade, surprising us all, took off and didn't look back. (Of course, we are also teaching him now how to stop and not just fall off - but that's what helmets are for!)

Becky and the boys (minus Titus) took off for Houston today to visit friends. They will pick up Aidan Thursday afternoon at the Houston airport when he arrives for Belize.

Titus and I are hanging out at the house. Lisa is with him during the day, and I'll take care of him during the night. His cough has improved a lot since last week, but he is still having some heavy secretions. We have a new medication that we started yesterday and will see how that helps.

Please continue to pray for Aidan in Belize. We've been getting reports and seen some pictures and it looks like he is having a great time.

My Story - Aidan

As Aidan has prepared for his AWOL Belize mission trip, he wrote out his testimony. And since our pastor's series at church is "What's Your Story?" and there's an associated website (http://10000stories.org/),  Aidan has put his testimony out there.

But, I wanted you to read what he has to say - I am so proud of my son and ask that you pray for him this week as they minister and witness to people in Belize. There are 48 youth that went on the trip and they will be working in 11 different churches in Belize City. Several have asked of us if we felt nervous about Aidan going overseas without one of us and our answer is "no - we have a total peace". And we know it's because God provides a perfect peace when you know you are doing His will (or your son is obedient to God's will.)

So here's his story.

My name is Aidan. I am a 7th grader at First Baptist Church of McKinney. I have gone to church all my life, ever since I was a little baby and have never been perfect. I have always whined and complained just as much as everybody else and I always said “Thank You” because my parents told me to. I always felt empty and that I lacked something on the inside. I became a Christian when I was in 1st grade when my teacher asked if anyone would like to become one, but I did not quite understand what it meant and was to shy to go talk with the teacher about it. I told my parents several months later when my mom asked “Are you a Christian Aidan?” My dad sat down and talked with me about it. Many years later I went to a Student Life conference when I was in fourth grade with my dad. This was when I really got in touch with the Lord. He spoke to me and taught me how to worship. Then when I was in 6th grade my church did a kick start weekend which taught me how to pray. Then my parents had a baby. His name is Titus. Titus has some special challenges, he could not swallow and it is very hard for him to breath. Titus has helped me to understand the power of prayer and that I needed to trust God with everything even my little brother’s life. I now believe with all my heart God sent His one and only son Jesus to die on the cross for my sin and yours to. Jesus loves you so very much and wants you to be a part of His family. I now thank God everyday for that, and ask him to forgive my sin. I feel so full of the over- whelming love of Jesus Christ. Now when I say “Thank You” I say it because I am thankful to the Lord for giving me things to be thankful for. Do you want to become a Christian? If you do just pray to Jesus tell Him that your sorry for your sins and to forgive them, ask him to come and live in your heart. I hope that is what you want if you do He’ll give it to you completely for free, all you have to do is ask.


In Christ’s love,

Aidan