All to the Glory of Him

Our life is nothing short of an adventure...

Wind in our hair and screams of delight but also unpredictable turns and unknown outcomes. We are a family of six; Dave, Susie, Nate, Jake, Sam, and Bella.

God has been faithful in our marriage and through the birth and blessings of our boys.

God has been faithful during our adoption journey and united Bella with us in May of 2008. We were privileged to visit with Bella's birth mother; therefore, Bella's family in Guatemala will always be dear to our hearts.

On October 16, 2008, Bella was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia. We are now battling the disease with 2 years and 3 months of treatment. We believe God will continue to be faithful!

Our family is committed to living life to the fullest...even on the hard days. Thank you for checking in and journeying with us!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Were doing great! Bella had chemo yesterday and the two of us are healing from a nasty cold virus, but all is well. I struggle to update the blog, but please catch me on facebook, I am on that usually at least once a day and I post pics of Bella often.

10 comments:

Margaret Christine said...: yay!! Go Bella! God is Good.; February 9, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Gardenia said...: beautiful picture of a momma and her girlie.; February 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Vanessa said...: What a great shot of you two!! I'm thrilled for you guys that Bella is doing great!!; February 10, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Leah Maya Benjamin said...: what a beautiful picture. Glad youa re all doing well, other then your colds.; February 11, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Amanda said...: I love seeing you two snow bunnies so happy. Sorry about the cold... no fun. But I'm so happy Bella girl is doing so well.

Love to your whole family,
Amanda; February 14, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Pineapple Princess said...: I LOVE this picture of the two of you! Gorgeous!! :); February 15, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Jaimee said...: What a beautiful picture!!! Love it!; February 16, 2010 at 12:45 AM
One Busy Momma said...: Great picture of you both!!!!
Glad Bella is doing so well!; February 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Kara said...: You have a beautiful family!; February 25, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Danyele Easterhaus said...: came by to check up on you all...prayers continue. your bella is such a precious pea! prayers....; March 5, 2010 at 8:32 AM

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We have been so blessed with emails and calls of people who want to help us through this time of treatment for our daughter. Per suggestion of our social worker and friend, we are posting here what we feel will be most beneficial to our family at this time. Although the help is easy to give, its hard to receive, but we have been told by medical professionals an social workers that we will need it. Your love and support mean so very much to us, thank you.

1. Prayer, please see "Pray with Us"
2. Meals
3. Car Pooling from school
4. Continued emails and blog posts with encouraging words. (This means more to us than you can possibly know.)
5. Loving on our boys, this will be a time of sacrifice for them.
6. Child Care
7. GIVE BLOOD! Where ever you live, please give blood in honor of Bella. Save a life!

We want to personally recognize and thank all of you who have graciously helped us in one way or another. Whether its through meals, house cleaning, driving, errands, donations, gifts, etc. We so appreciate you and recognize the blessing from God in all of you. Every moment of every day we are privileged to see the face of Jesus in all of you. From our home to yours, thank you and "May God bless you and hold you in the palm of His hand."
Please note, your emails and posts are greatly appreciated and needed just as much as any monetary blessing, please continue to do so as they lift us up daily.

The Stanley Family (Gretchen and Gillibean)
Candy and Kya Blue
Michelle and Abby Riggs
Deb Vangorder
All God's Children International http://www.allgodschildren.org/
Kentwood Community Church
Kitty and Larry Jerard
The VanderZwaag Family
The Angerbauer Family
The Infante Family
Annie Bulthuis
The Edwards Family
The Ambrose Family
The Claeys Family
The Fabro Family
The DeMarchis Family
Peter Harmon
Joe and Erin Harmon
Mary and Dejan Vukic
Keith and Daphne Edwards
Susie Harmon
Betty Harmon
Courtney and Stella
Sue Marvin
Beth Hartlien
Pam Sult
Keller Williams Realty Grand Rapids
KW Cares Grand Rapids
Sue and Rob Harkema and Family
Jenifer and Brian VanZanten and Family
Action Chemical of Grand Rapids
Celebration Entertainment-Brad Eley
Trish Borgdorf-http://www.vangels.com/
John and Michelle Lawrence
Larry and Kitty Girard
Stacy and Bella
Gail and Johanna
Pam and Rick Foster
Amy, Fred and Grace Nagel
John and Tiffny Harmon
Tom and Sandra Harmon
Nancy and Don Harmon
Ray and Linda Ferrick
Helen Devos Childrens Hospital
Dr. Deanna Mitchell
Dr. Ron Hoffman
Jenifer Gerwig and Family
Jane and David Lautenbach
Greg and Shannon Ferrick
Karen and Chad Janney
Cheri, Donnie and Malaena Harris

Our Praise from Psalm 103

With all my heart, we Praise the Lord,
And with all that we are, we Praise His Holy Name.
With all our heart, we Praise the Lord,
and we will never forget how kind he has been.
His kindness and love are a crown on our heads.
Each day that we live, He provides for our needs
and gives us the strength of a young eagle.
For all who are mistreated, the Lord brings justice.
You oh Lord are merciful, kind and patient,
your love never fails.
How Great is our God!
You are kind to all who worship you,
You keep your promises to those who faithfully obey you
All of you who serve and obey God,
come and Praise your Lord!
With all our hearts,
We PRAISE the Lord!

Our life is nothing short of an adventure...

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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