The last two weeks have been pretty challenging for Brennen and our family. He has had his usual Monday appointments but has also needed to go into the clinic Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as for chemotherapy. We love our van but it gets to be pretty small when we are spending this much time in it driving. We are thankful that there is a clinic in San Luis Obispo (45 minutes away) that we have been connected with that we can receive some basic chemo treatments and not have to drive the three hours to Fresno.
Last week Brennen had a day of sickness as a reaction to treatment. I cannot be more proud of how he handled being sick every 30 minutes. God has blessed Brennen with a great attitude of dealing with all the things that have come with the treatment of his leukemia. Jenny and I had panned on surprise trip into Yosemite for the day for the kids but we weren’t sure what to do since he was sick. Brennen didn’t want his sickness to keep us from going and seeing where the climbers on El Capitan had climbed. We were grateful that the sickness went away and we had a great time, though it ended up being shorter than we had originally planned.
We love Yosemite! As we were there we stood in awe of the amazing landscapes that God has created. Half Dome, Bridalveil Falls, and Yosemite Falls. Standing at the base of the 3,000 foot rock wall that is El Capitan you realize how small you are. Yet, as we stood in wonder of the creation around us, we were reminded of how mankind is God’s ultimate creation. We are God’s ultimate creation because it was only us that God “breathed the breath of life” (Genesis 2:7) and made us in His image (Genesis 1:27). God has created 6 billion statues to show His glory. Do you see it? Sadly, Romans 1:25 shows what we can often do when seeing God’s creation, “they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator.”
It is our prayer as a family that as we seek to know God as He has revealed Himself in the Bible that each one of you would know Him as not just creator, but also savior from our sins.
Thank you for continuing to remember Brennen and our family in prayer!