Lance's birthday was on Tuesday! It was so great to see a birthday through a childs eyes again (four out of the eight grandkids in this picture)! They were so excited for Grandpa! We are SO THANKFUL for another year!! I read a verse the other morning and immediately thought of Lance.....It's John 15:13 "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." There is a study note in my bible that says that the highest expression of love is self-sacrificing which spares not life itself.... Our family has witnessed this kind of self-sacrificing love in Lance over and over. Things have been tough for him lately. Even though he is so much better than last year his body is struggling.....it is tired, the meds are taking a toll on him ..... Yet over and over I see him pull himself back up ...smile and do things that he thinks will please us instead of himself when I'm sure he just needs to rest. Thank you for your continued prayers for us .....we are thankful for how far he has come and where he is today....... yet he continues to strive for a complete recovery someday!! Oh by the way the chair is his gift to encourage him to rest outside NOT in my dining room!! Thanks Lance for being my best friend and setting such an example of godly self-sacrificing love!!! ----Penny
