Jason is home!

Hi all!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days...I stayed in Birmingham so that I could go each day and tutor Jason on his school assignments! Thanks Cathy and Mike for your hospitality!

Jason came home today with new meds and it seems a calmer spirit! We will be trekking back to Birmingham next Tuesday for a follow up. Thank you all SOOOOOOOOOOOO much for your prayers.

PLEASE continue your prayers for our son for a while. I will be updating weekly instead of every few days maybe through the holidays.

He seems better..the test will be tomorrow as he returns to school. We will be meeting with school counselor one day soon to determine how he is doing and what we need to do to help him or move him(which we don't want to do if we can avoid it as that is just another change he has to go through).

Pray for these things for the next weeks:

1. That we will get back into our family routine and that we will all settle in and get some rest.

2. That Jason will be calmer at school and do his work and follow directions.

3. That his heart will continue to heal as we work with him in all that he has to do to get on track.

Thanks again from all of us and may you be blessed for your efforts of prayer and support along the way. Thanks to all who sent money, cards and food these last two weeks! We love you a lot.

Russ, Lisa, Jason and Steven

NEWSFLASH..later on in the evening!

Tonight we got home and had pizza and watched Flywheel(the same guys who made Facing the Giants and Fireproof...if you haven't seen it..it is a must)Anyway, it was about a guy who wasn't doing the right thing in his life and hurting people through his actions. Anyway, all through the movie, J was watching intently and when this guy got down on his knees and confessed that he had not done the right things, J was tearing up. After it was over, he asked if I saw him crying and he went on to say that he needed to ask Jesus to be the boss of his life...not just his savior. We told him all he had to do was bow down and ask that Jesus be the boss. He prayed one of the most sincere prayers of his life tonight. I have never seen such a sincere, apologetic prayer for all that he had done to hurt his teachers and his family these last few weeks. He asked the Lord to help him do the right thing in class and at home.

We want to share that with you because it is no doubt a product of you joining together as the Body of Christ to lift up a "little brother" in Christ.

Now to add to the other prayer specifics, Jason asked if he should ask forgiveness of each of his teachers tomorrow for being so disruptive. We told him that would be a good idea and that he needed to do it in private. Please pray to prepare his teachers to be compassionate and help him get readjusted to school.

We were amazed but not surprised that the Holy Spirit was working. We had had that movie for a while and not been able to watch it and decided to do it tonight when he came home. Little did we know how God would use it...the theme was right on target for such a time as this!

Love you all!
Lisa

PS When I told Jason how many people were praying for him, he was awestruck! That seemed to touch his heart.


"The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the prayer of the righteous is powerful." (James 5:15-16).