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He's finally home! After 12 days in the hospital, he's finally home! They were long, hard days. But, even when he was "confused" and "in another place" one thing remained the same, he loves Jesus and wants others to know and love him too. This picture is him on his phone in the ER. He kept saying, "We need to do it." I was like, "Do what?" He then said, "Read 1 Corinthians. We keep saying we are going to do it, but we don't." I'm like, "What?" (Totally thinking, we have definitely not talked about this). So, I gave him his Bible. He gave me a weird look. I said, "Would you rather listen to it on your phone?" He was like, "Duh?" (For the record, he doesn't "listen" to the Bible, he always reads it.) I pulled up 1 Corinthians on the Bible app and started playing it. He looked at me like I was crazy. He got huge eyes and was like, "Who is that?" I just laughed. He grabbed his phone and pulled up Ephesians 3. What a sweet message. Here it is: Ephesians 3: 14-21 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. We know without a doubt that God CAN do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine and we are hoping and praying for God to do big things in Nathan's body. We are praying for complete healing. God is absolutely able. But if not, we will still love and follow him. He's proven that he is worthy of all our trust. He's worthy of all our love. He's worthy of our very lives. So, we leave it all in His hands. Prayer Requests: *Please pray that Nathan will get into Stanford as soon as possible. He is going to see a Multiple Myeloma specialist there and we are praying this can happen ASAP. *Pray that this round of chemotherapy would be effective without any major side effects (no more hospitalizations PLEASE!) *Pray that Nathan would be able to get in-home therapy to help him regain his strength and endurance after being in a hospital bed for 12 days without much movement. *Pray for our family. This is hard on everyone. Thank you once again for all the things! We know countless people are praying for us and we need all of those prayers, so keep them coming! Thank you for all the meals! Thank you to the people that tore down our rotted gazebo and hauled away all of the mess! Thank you for every call, text, and visit! It all means so much to us! WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL!!