Denver Diary - The countdown begins

Our countdown for our trip to the STAR Center in Denver, CO has begun - we are 5 days away.  This has already been such an unbelievable test of faith, patience, and trusting God.  For me that has not been easy.  It is certainly easy to "talk the talk," but actually "walking the walk" is certainly a different thing.  Going into this endeavor we knew just the monetary expense alone would be massive.  When all is said and done Cade's treatment at the STAR Center, the hotel for one month, a rental car for a month and airfare for two trips will cost us about the same as if we purchased a new car! (and that's WITHOUT us eating or doing any activities while we are there!).  Yes, daunting to say the least.  So we made our reservation at the STAR Center and began to fervently pray...

Long story short, God has revealed Himself in so many ways already.  We took everything we could out of our savings and scrimped for each paycheck to put whatever we could towards the trip.  After doing all we could we came up short about $6800.00.  Again, extremely daunting...but God has begun His work in a massive way. 

In just the last 2 weeks alone we have received several donations from family and friends, as well as the blessings of many prayer warriors who have stepped forward to agree with us.  I hope that each of them truly understands how much our family has been touched by their generosity, and pray that the blessing returns to each ten-fold.  This trip, though taxing in just about every way it could be, has quickly become a blessing to our family.  It is amazing how, when we are forced to rely solely on God, He changes our entire countenance. 

Though we are still short of our final goal, we truly believe God will continue to provide for us.  We know this trip is something we must do for our little boy, and we cannot wait to report back the miracles that occur.  We count it a great honor that God is allowing us to be a part of such an unbelievable move of Him.  During our time in Denver I will be posting daily (hopefully!) updates about what is happening with Cade and all that the therapists at the STAR Center are doing for him.  We are so excited, and very anxious, about the next several weeks.  But we know that whatever else, God will be in control of it all.

Just a reminder of what we're fighting for...