Joshua's Journey: Day 53

All tuckered out!

Today was a great day for the little guy! He fed non-stop for 23 minutes. I couldn't believe it. Yesterday, he fed for about 2 minutes, so it was a great improvement. Hopefully he can keep that up. He also kept all his vitals up while feeding which is important and sometimes hard when they first start trying to feed. He weighed 4 lbs. 11 oz. tonight and is making his way up to 5 lbs.

I really felt God leading us to find ways to be a light for parents that are going through the same stuff we are going through and went through. I felt super passionate about it a couple of weeks ago and the passion had kind of faded a bit. As I was thinking about it today, I couldn't figure out why that was. Maybe it was just my passion and not really what God wanted, but as I was reading a devotional today, it was talking about Mary and how she just was eager to sit at Jesus' feet and learn. I realized that the the problem was that when I became passionate about it, I was sitting at Jesus' feet and looking for ways to serve Him. My passion changed because my role changed from that of Mary to Martha. I have gotten so busy trying to do, that I haven't spent quality time at the feet of Jesus. I truly believe the passion comes alive when I am spending time doing what I was created to do. So, I pray that you will spend quality time at the feet of Jesus and ask you to pray the same for me. I don't just want to have great ideas and never follow through. I want God to make apparent to us what to do with this ministry I guide us in it. I feel there are great opportunities to reach people for Christ when they have no other choice but to trust God. Please pray for opportunites to speak to people and for wisdom in what to say. Thanks so much for all the prayers this far. I can't help but look back on all the many prayers He has answered. So many reasons to be thankful!

I couldn't pick which pictures to put in, so here are some from today.

Spcecifics to pray for:

That he continues to feed well and keeps his vitals up while his feeding and continues to gain weight.

He grows out of his refluxing quickly.

God will show us what he wants us to do with this ministry we now have to NICU parents and how we can continue it when we go home.

For wisdom and blessings for the NICU staff.