Prayer

Dear Lord God Jehovah,  we humbly praise your name. Lord, everywhere we
look we are reminded of you. Stately trees suggest your magesty. The fields
of grass or crops remind us of your providing for us. Air enables us breath
by breath to be envigorated and carries sweet odors. We are awed when we
look at the moon and stars at night to realize how tiny we are compared
with you, and yet you have made provision for each of us individually. The
hugeness of your power and strength is unfolded to us bit by bit as we rely
first on muscle power, then steam power, then atomic power, we know not
what will be in the future. Yet, God, in spite of your immeasurable
strength and power and wisdom you have considered each of us individually
and made eternal provision for anyone who expresses love to you. Such a God
brings joy with tears whenever i stop to consider. Thank you Lord.

Contest

Today i am thinking of a contest.  We could call it the A LS sweepstakes.
Here is how it works.

See if you can remain totally motionless for six hours straight.

Sounds easy?  It may not be!

To begin stuff some cotton in your ears.

Then pick a comfortable single bed with a TV in the room.

You will need an accomplice also.

For instance if you fall asleep someone needs to record if you make any movement.

You see, that is the whole idea of the contest.
Remain motionless For SIX hours!

So you are in this comfortable bed.
You have a pillow under your head and another under your knees.

You will lay there for six hours without moving.. During that time there can be no
eating or drinking.

You are allowed to use a urinal once of course the actual movement of such

a device is wholly up to your accomplice.

The only thing that you can move is your eyes and lips.

You cannot speak but someone may be able to read lips.

Try this as often as you like next weeks.

Please report to failures as well as successes.

HOME AGAIN

Hello to all,

Sorry for not posting anything but birthday greetings these past few weeks. Things are quite busy around the Boersma household. Also, for those of you who have not heard, Dad was admitted into the hospital in the ICU with pneumonia on the 7th of May and after 10 days of IV antibiotics finally was able to come home yesterday, May the 16th. I was not around when he went into the hospital, but am told that he was quite weak and pale. He looks much better now.

So, we are home now. He and Mom are again getting back into the routine. Please pray that he will be able to rest well at night. I will be here until this coming Tuesday when I head back to Jackson before I fly out to Indiana for Mary Julia's high school graduation. David and Rachel continue to be a huge help and support for Mom and Dad, for which all of us other siblings are eternally grateful. I do plan on visiting Ruston often this summer, due to the fact that I am out of school until August.

Many thanks for all the prayers for all of us during this time and for the countless number of people who have been bringing meals and who stop by to pray, rub Dad's feet and legs, read, or just to visit. How beautiful is the body of Christ!

We love you all!

Joanna and the rest of the family

P.S. Dad is enjoying getting used to his new computer that speaks and writes for him just by eye contact. It is amazing how far technology has advanced even in my lifetime. He is looking forward to posting on this blog himself.

Happy Birthday Mary Julia

Happy Birthday Donnie