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It's Monday

Shannon Smith — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:44:00 GMT

Hello to all of you!! Today is Monday and I am just a little tired today. This medicine I take for my neuropathy kinds makes me tired but thats ok I won't be on it too long cause the Lord has healed it completely in His perfect timing!! Now I have been sitting home and when I start to feel that my body is healing I start to feel a little depression sneaking in on me cause I'm not moving and getting fresh air!! So the devil will NOT get me with depression I can assure you of that so I have a plan for that not to happen!! The Lord is good He will give you a plan just so the devil will not get a foothold!! So I'm gonna do a "Things to Do List" everyday that way I have something to do whenever I feel a little depressed!! I also want to start walking a little to get fresh air. May plan is to do 2 miles a day 1 mile in the morn and 1 mile in the afternoon. I have a dog that also thinks thats a great idea!!! I ask you pray for stamina for me. That I will begin to walk and build stamina as well as lose some weight!! I will lose 10lbs as soon as these steroids leave my system and the swelling will go down!! Thanks to all of you for your prayers and thoughts and food and all that you have done for me. I can't thank you enough you have no idea what it has meant to me. I am typing this with tears in my eyes cause I can never repay you but I pray for the Lord to repay you for your time prayers and faithfulness to me!! If for one minute you don't think prayer works please come back to my blog and read each entry cause the Lord has answered EVERY prayer that I have asked you to pray for. I am serious every prayer was answered!!! I have never seen a miracle to such an extent!!! I am such a believer in Jesus that I want everyone to just believe and trust and know that every word in the bible is for each of you and you can put your life on His promises!!! Stand on His word He is very capable of delivering in His time but rest assured He will do it!! I pray for all of you that do have a relationship with Jesus and those of you that don't know Him. His name is Jesus and He died loving each and everyone you us with a passion that we can't comprehend!! He loved the people that were killing Him He asked the Father to have mercy on them!! Think about that....your son is on the cross dying and asked you to love the ones who are killing them and to have mercy on them!!! Love you guys have a great week!!!

4 days after my last chemo ever

Shannon Smith — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:19:00 GMT

So it is Friday night 4 days after my last chemo treatment ever and I can't really feel my hands and my feet hurt and most of the bones in my body hurt and then I get an excrutiating pain in my right leg that almost knocks me right off my feet!! Praise the Lord I am done!! Everytime I think about my pains I just remind myself that I have no more chemo!!! I'm still pretty swollen from the steroids but that will go away as well!! I don't know how long it takes for the steroids to get out of your system but let me tell you steroids are something else!!! They give you energy however the other side effects are not even worth it!! So now if I could ask you all for a specific prayer I would really appreciate it. I applied for disability in Oct. when I first got diagnosised and it is a mandatory 5 months wait. Well the Lord was faithful to take care of us financially through these months. I haven't heard anything from disability so would you please pray that my application will go through the first time and I will start getting disability in April. I don't want or need disability for the rest of my life but however I do need it for a little while while I go heal from all the poison being pumped in my body and the reconstruction that I will be going through. Thank you so much for your prayers you all have been wonderful to me and my family during this time of need!!! Thanks and love you all!!

Hello to you all.......

Shannon Smith — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:06:00 GMT

Yes it is the day after my LAST chemo treatment. I was still wound up the morning on the steroids but I have made a fast crash. Now I will be up & down for the next week or so then I will be on the road to full recovery and healing!! Just can't believe that I am done with all this cancer crap!! I'm thankful to be done and to be healed but it has moved soooo fast. I had a reminder of a dream or a vision I had from the Lord and it was He and I running fast through the woods dodging branches and logs on the ground and He was holding my hand and we were running faster then I could ever dream of running on my own. Now as I look back I can see that the branches and the logs that were in our way were the times I was sick and had to get extra fluids and meds but I can also tell you that it didn't slow us down!!! The Lord went before me He lead me out of the woods and into health and fullness!!! I have never felt so loved and full of joy in my life. Not sure how that happens when you are 36 and diagnosised with breast cancer.....well sorry I do know how that happens His name is Jesus and He is my best friend!! I have cried out to Him during this time of need and I can tell you He was here with me before I ever cried out His name!! I just hope and pray that all of you will get to know Him in your own way. Lean on Him let Him lead your way holding your hand and going before you!! Love you all and May God Bless you abundantly!!

Tomorrow is it!!!

Shannon Smith — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

My very last ever chemotherapy appointment is tomorrow!!! It's awesome how it is on the first day of March...new beginning as of March 1st!!! The last appointment and the first day of total healing and recovery!! This has been a long but fast journey for me but praise the Lord I made it with only a few scratches and bumps and bruises!! The Lord is good he poured his grace and mercy on me each and everyday. The days that I just didn't think I wanted to do this anymore He always found a way to change my mind and to remind me that healing was here and I would never ever ever have to do this again. I heard a Charles Stanley sermon this morning and it was awesome. He was talking about David and Goliath and he said the reason David was able to kill the giant was because he saw him dead when he volunteered to fight the giant. David believed the Lord was always with him and wouldn't leave him in this time of need. So we need to see each giant that we face as being already defeated. This is fully trusting in God....I had never heard that preached before and I was really blessed by that. Thank you all for your commitment of praying for me!! I love you all!!! Thank you again and May the God of the universe bless you and battle your giants for you!!

Today is Tuesday

Shannon Smith — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Well its been a week and a day since my last treatment and I was actually able to run some errands and make dinner and manage to stay awake all day!! Yesterday was my low day for my white blood count so I was in bed all day. I was awake just long enough to take clothes out of dryer and put clothes in the dryer and a new load in the washer. Folded that load and climbed back into bed and slept again!!! My feet and fingers are really feeling the effects of the neuropathy that comes with this chemo. My fee are numb but I can feel the pain....my fingertips are tingly and numb but I can feel the pain that rushes up my forarm. I don't understand it but its the truth!! Crazy!!! Numb but feel that they hurt oxymoron? Should start to feel a little better for the rest of the week and then on Monday I get my last treatment!! Tommy is gonna go to my last treatment maybe we will throw a party at the cancer center since this is my last treatment!! I don't know if that would be rude to the other patients but they could certainly participate in the fun!!! For 14 weeks I have been pumped full of poison I have fault my way back to feeling seminormal all to be pumped full of more poison and to start the cycle all over again and to think that my last dose is almost her just make me soooo happy you have no idea!!! When I first started all the chemo I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it through the first chemo and I really just wanted to give up and go to heaven cause it was awful.....then the 2 chemo came along and it is sooo much easier but I am so done!!! I am ready to get on with the new season of my life. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for me!! I hope and pray its something fun and exciting!! Well it is 6:45 and I am ready for bed!! Can't hardly keep my eyes open...maybe a little nap til 8 then watch American Idol!!! Love ya guys may the Lord pour his grace and mercy on each of you this week and keep you in his warm arm during this nasty rainy damp days!!

We sent Jesus to the cross!!

Shannon Smith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:04:00 GMT

Yes Alisha I know what you mean.....we sent Jesus to the cross and then we think just because we are Christians that we shouldn't suffer...WOW what a big mistake...Jesus was inoccent He was perfect He never sinned He loved everyone He was honest He was more forgiving then we will ever be and yet we killed Him!! A horrible death tortured Him beyond recognition and yet we still think we shouldn't have heartaches and pain!!! Who do we think we are...we are sinners who need a savior so we can go to heaven so while we are on this earth we are gonna have pain and troubles BUT if we turn it all over to Jesus all is good!! Thank you for sharing your heart it makes my day when people share their hearts with me!!! You know Vickie told me one time and I have never forgotten it!!! I wanted to do something and I wanted it to be done immediatly and I asked Vickie to be praying for me and all I heard her say was.....God knew what He wanted you to be doing 10,000 years ago!!! That was so powerful to me and I think about that all the time!!! He knows whats gonna happen and He's already gone before us!!! Thats good news and I will never forget that one piece of advice that she gave me cause it has really reshaped my life!!! Please keep sharing your heart it makes me think a little deeper!! Love to all of you and your family!!! May God bless you abundantly!!!

New medicine

Shannon Smith — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:54:00 GMT

Ok I have a pretty colorful past and have tried many different drugs but I am here to tell you that I haven't been this high in years!!! WOW I can't believe this!! After my 2nd Taxol treatment I developed neuropathy and my doctor gave me Lyrica and when I first started taking it I felt the same way. So yesterday I went to doctor and told her the medicine was working but was wearing off in between taking it so she uped my dosage and I'm just sitting here starring at my computer!! Yes my body will get used to it and I won't feel like this for too long Praise the Lord!!! I just want to sleep!! I just keep telling myself one more treatment I can do ANYTHING one more time!! With the Lord's help all things are possible!! I just love Jesus with all my heart and soul and I can see everytime the Lord carried me and held me close.....He has held me and carried me everyday since I was diagnosised!! He is a gracious and merciful Lord and you will need Him at some point and time in your life.....so I encourage you to get to know Him NOW and everyday He will meet your needs!!! We don't always understand why we have to go through things but I always understand that He's in charge!! I love you all and I pray you all know my best friend Jesus!!

Today

Shannon Smith — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:46:00 GMT

Well today is Wednesday and I am so feeling the effects of the chemo!! Chemo is cumulative so with each treatment it starts effecting me sooner!! Oh well just one more treatment praise the Lord!! So Bryce has been home with me for the last 3 days and I'm ready for him to get back to school!! Seriously Lake Forest whats the problem!! Hes just so bored and I can't do anything! Oh well we will chaulk it up to bonding....yeah thats what we will call it bonding!!

One addiction I'm gonna have to break when I go back to work is The Dog Whisperer!! LOL I love it love it love it!! I can't get enough of it....

Well everyone have a great night at church if you go on Wednesday's....I surely do miss it!! I will be so glad to get back to my normal life!! Love ya all and may God Bless you!!

Alisha about the wigs.........

Shannon Smith — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:11:00 GMT

Well I wore they wig one day and allllll day it just wasn't right....I tried combing it, I tried hair spray, I tried teasing it, I tried flipping my head upside down.....are you sick of the wig yet??? I really was convinced that I was going to wear the wigs but I could really care less about it. I love hair I love having different styles all the time...I love to color it and do crazy stuff with it but it really has to be my own and if its not I would rather just throw on a hat!! I can't believe how comfortable I am in my hats I am really surprised!!

You are so right about recovering in spring when things are made new again!! I never thought about it that way but the is so true. That is so refreshing to think about thanks for that tidbit!!

Janice thank you for the info on the lady in Wyoming. I am going to go to this place in PA first. He does a full body exam to find out what needs healing. He manipulates the body somehow to find out areas that really need improving. Tom and I know a couple of people that go up there and have had wonderful responses. One guy is our age and was just diagnosised with ALS. There is really no conventional medicine for that diagnosis and the life expectancy is at max I think 6 years!!! So hes decided to go to this guy and really likes him.

So everyone today was my treatment and I can't tell you how happy I am that I only have one more treatment. Let me just tell you that the Lord has POURED out his grace and mercy on me through this whole ordeal!!! I was talking to a gentleman at church and he was tell me that he just finished radiation and several surgeries on esophageal cancer. He made a comment that I have felt from the very beginning but I didn't know if anyone would understand. He said hes had peace from the very beginning in knowing that he was healed. That is what I have felt as well. It's like I don't even have cancer I don't hardly even say the word! I totally believe that is the Lords perfect grace poured out on a sinner that has been saved and healed by the blood of Jesus. I'm not saying that I haven't had bad days because I certainly have but after sorrow comes JOY!!! Today I have JOY in knowing I am a child of the most high God!!

Ok God Bless you ALL!!

SNOW!!

Shannon Smith — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:31:00 GMT

Well I haven't written on here in a while wasn't sure anyone was reading my entries until 2 of my friends wrote to me!! Anyway I have absolutely been loving the snow!! It has forced us to stay home and believe me it was certainly much needed!! I have spend more time with Tom over this last week and a half and it has been wonderful!! I hope we get even more snow to be honest with ya....I know some of you are not going to agree with that but I would love to have another week with my hubby!!!

So I am going tomorrow for number 3 out of 4!! March 1 will be my last chemo treatment and I am soooo done!! I have gone to 2 reflexology appts. and I think I will continue to go while I'm being treated. I didn't get to go this week because of the snow. I'm not sure if it really helps with the chemo but it isn't hurting any. My new thing is Chinese herbs...I think I'm gonna go to this place in PA and start herbs!! No not the smoking herb LOL just had to assure some of you!!! I really feel that chemo has so damaged all of me internal and external. I really feel like the Lord put natural medicine on this earth long before we had doctors so why not use them!! My internal organs have been damaged and theres really no way to know to what extent they have been damaged so I'd really rather not take another pill that will possibly heal one organ but damage another. Maybe I can find an herb that will help my hair grow FAST for the summer cause i certainly don't want to be wearing these fleece hats in the heat!!!

May God Bless each and everyone of you!! He has so blessed my family and I during this season of our lives!!!

Our anniversary!

Shannon Smith — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Tom and I have been married 8 years today!! I love him more today than the day I married him and I'm not sure how that happened!! I loved him sooo much the day we married and love him soo much today. I've always heard people say that they love their spouse so much more today then the day they married and I never understood that until now!! When Tom and I got married we were just happy to be together and had no worries so loving each other was easy. We got married and sometime after that not sure what happened just maybe married life settled in and we were just together. Still loved each other but just existing together. I didn't always treat him very good was mean and hateful towards him. I had been married before Tom and he was a jerk so I guess I was just waiting for Tom to turn into a jerk but he never did!! As most of you already know as of October 6 Tom and I got the news that I had breast cancer at the age of 36!! I just can't tell you how that diagnosis has changed the way I look and feel for my husband!! I am a very independant person so to not be able to do everything for myself and to have to have Tom do all for me really challenged me. Quite frankly I wasn't sure he was even up to the challenge and for sure he would never be able to meet my standards!! Well he is up for the challenge and he has met my standards and exceeded my standards!! I can honestly say that this is the man that I want on my side when the going gets rough!! Tom you are the best husband I could of ever dreamed of. I pray the Lords blessings on you each and everyday!! You are the man of my dreams and I can only pray that we will have a long and wonderful marriage!! I know times aren't always easy or happy but with Jesus at the front of our relationship we can get through ANYTHING together!! I love you very much!! Happy anniversay and I pray for many many many more together!!

Yeah the pain is awful!!

Shannon Smith — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:17:00 GMT

Ok the boney pain is awful!!! You know when you have the flu and your body hurts all over well multiply that by about 2000!!!! The more I move the less it hurts but the more I move the more sleepy I get LOL!!! Just let me say Praise the Lord that I'm not sick...I will surely take this chemo over the first chemo!! Thanks again to all of you that have brought us dinner!! You just don't know how much that means to us!! Man you guys can cook too let me tell you!!! Well I'm gonna try something that I've never done had done before. For Christmas I got a gift certificate for $50.00 to get massage or reflexology done. I called the lady and wanted to explain my situation of being in the middle of chemo and not sure if it was ok to get a massage or if there would be a problem etc. She suggested that I have reflexology done....not sure what its all about I know it has to do with my feet. It is supposed to be really good for chemo patients so I'm going on Monday and will let you know about it. If you have had it done before give me some feed back on it so I know what they will be doing or what to expect!!

I have a few things that I would love to have you pray for. 1) No neuropathy 2) Wisdom and clairity on my future store

I thank each one of you sooo much for praying for me!! That is surely the most important of my recovery cause if you think for one minute that the Lord does not hear let me assure you that He does!! Every specific prayer from the very beginning of my diagnosis has been answered and with that I would say He answers!!! Thank you Lord Jesus for your answers and your future plans you have for me!!

New chemo

Shannon Smith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:28:00 GMT

Well Monday was my first new treatment ......today is Wednesday and I am really sore!! Yesterday I felt fine just tired and then this morning I woke up with a lot of boney pain. The more I move the better I feel so I'm trying to just take it easy but move around a little plus I'm soooo tired!!! I think thats because I took 5 steroid pills on Sunday night and then got a shot of steroids on Monday and now I'm kinda crashing from no steroids!!!! I must say though that this chemo is a lot let harsh on my stomach!! I haven't had any stomach pain at all!! Praise the Lord He is good!!! Monday I'm going to have reflexology done. This will be the first time but the lady that I have the appoinment with seems to really believe in it. I got a gift certificate so I'm going to give it a try!! Anyway I've written more than 2 sentences so I am exhausted and ready to take another nap!! Got a Dr's appt. today and only 3 more Taxol treatments!!

New Chemo schedule

Shannon Smith — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:28:00 GMT

Well I went to see Dr. Foote today and she decided that we needed to revisit the Taxol treatment!! I didn't really like that fact that I would be getting treated once a week for 12 weeks but figured that that was the treatment that she wanted to do so I needed to get on bored with the schedule. Well she told me today that she wants to change to once every 2 weeks which I like MUCH better. I will have to go through 4 cycles every 2 weeks. I can do anything 4 times so I prefer this treatment plan much better!! I would really like to ask for specifi prayers during this treatment. Please pray for quick recovery, no neuropathy, and no allergic reaction!! This chemo has a high rate of allergic reactions so I will be given lots of drugs prior to treatment. Starting Sunday I have to take Decadron 2 pills in the morn 2 pills in the evening. Then Monday is treatment day and I will be given Decadron 2 pills in morn and 2 at night and before the treatment gets started I will be given and injection of Decadron, Aloxi (med for stomach), and bendadry. Then on Tuesday more Decadron in the morn and night. Thats a lot of medicine to have to take but thats ok as long as it works and I am able to get treated thats all that matters!

There is also a shrimp feast at the Legion in Lewes for my benefit this Saturday at 4-8!!! Now I know you can't make every benefit for me but i just wanted to keep all of you updated on what's going on! Thanks to all that came to Bingo on Friday night!! I believe everyone had a fantastic time and I saw the prizes and they were FANTASTIC!!! Praise God that it was really a success!!!

Well today before my doctors appointment I got to hang out with my friend and really had a great time!! I just want to thank God for giving me a friend that really makes me feel comfortable!!! Who just loves me for who I am and loves just hanging out and talking about all God does for us and how He loves us!!!

Thank you all for your prayers and may God bless each one of you in this new year!!

Last treatment, felling horrible, and now feeling like a million dollars!!

Shannon Smith — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:27:00 GMT

Thats a lot to talk about in that title so I better get started!!! The last treatment has been absolutely horrible!! I felt ok then I felt like I was going to meet Jesus!!! To be very honest with ou that was right where I wanted to be!!! Last Wednesday I called Tom to come home cause I just felt horrible then Thursday my mom stayed with me and I was very thankful for that!!! I just felt horrible then I started throwin up!! God up with Dr Foote and she sent me to the hospital for fluids and other meds! Friday I felt ok but not the best so I really didn't want to take a chance and go to bingo. Saturday and today I really feel good!! I got to go to church today and it was awesome!! I so appreciate seeing everyone they are such great people!!! Thank you ENFC you all are wonderful!! Well I have a very busy week!! I have got to CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!! I can't believe how dirty a house can get in just a couple of days!! Again thank you to all that attended Bingo and may the Lord bless each of you for giving!!! Thank you!! Have a great great great week!!

Just can't believe it!!

Shannon Smith — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:41:00 GMT

I am speachless!! I just can't believe what is happening both with the bingo and just random people so willing to help my family and I!!! A lady from Dover saw the article in the paper and called my mom and wants to donate money to me!! Just random people!! When you put all things in the hand of Jesus he will do the work and he does it BIG!!! I just don't know what to say. I know I am repeating myself and I'm sorry to bore you but I am sooo stunned at what is happening.

Ok so anyway I feel like crap today!! 7-8 days after my chemo treatment my white blood count is sooo low along with most of my other blood counts!!! I had to actually call Tom and ask him to come home from work today!! I had a horrible headache and just couldn't even function!! Being the FANTASTIC husband that he is he came right home and started doing everything possible to make me feel better! Oh yes that included making my something to eat cause thats all I do is eat!!! I went to see my doctor today and she was joking with me about looking like I'm 3 months pregnant!!! LOL its ok you can laugh cause I am gaining weight like crazy!!! My excuse is that when I eat it makes my stomach feel better and Dr. Foote did say that was true so I do have medical advise supporting that!!

I will begin the next chemo on Jan. 18 so please pray that I will not have an allergic reation to this chemo. This specif chemotherapy has a high rate of allergic reactions. I will do this chemo on Mondays once a week for 12 weeks. I will have to take Decadron the day before the day of and the day after they will also give me an injection of Benadryl before the chemo!! So I will sleep for the better part of the infusion. This is a long slow infusion so what better to do than just sleep through it!!

I ask for contiued prayer for divine guidance on the store I want to open for cancer patients and family!! I believe this is something that Milford could totally support. Unfortunately cancer is not prejudice it effects everyone!! Even if you never get it you know someone that has been effected by it!!

Thank you all for your prayers!! God Bless you all!!

Back to reality!!

Shannon Smith — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:26:00 GMT

Yuck I like sleeping until whatever time I want and getting in the shower whenever I want!! So that is coming to an end as of tomorrow morning!! Boys back to school so I have to get up to take Bryce to school and then to do laundry cause of course that has piled up on me!!! Neverending doctors appointments and blood draws and taking medicines yuck yuck yuck!!! The bright side is adrimycin and cytoxin are over!! Now onto Taxol for 12 weeks. I must confess that these 4 weeks of a/c has really gone fast so hopefully the 12 weeks of Taxol will fly by as well.

Well I guess I should share with all of you my future plans so you know what to pray for long term. I want to open a store that sells merchandise for cancer patients. There is not a store around here that sells that kind of stuff so I would love to open one. It could sell stuff for the patients as well as for the family that wants to support them. So if you could just pray for divine guidance for me to make this come true I would certainly treasure your prayers!!

Of course don't forget bingo this Friday, January 8th, at Elks Lodge in Milford!!

Love you all and may you have a healthy new year!!

The day after my last a/c treatment

Shannon Smith — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:11:00 GMT

Well here I am the day after my last treatment and I am feeling a little better then my last 3!!! I don't know if its a pshycological thing or what. I am a sick to my belly but have some terrific medicine that keeps it pretty settled!! Very sleepy always but I'd really like to just sleep through it all!! Its New Year's Eve and we are going to go to my moms and hanging out just for a little while!

I wish all of you a Happy New Year!! I pray for a healthy 2010 for all of you!! I believe 2010 is going to be a year of restoration and new adventures for the Smiths! Looking forward to whatever the Lord has in store for us!

Don't forget Bingo on Jan. 8th at the Milford Elks Lodge!! Should be fun fun fun with lots of fantastic gifts for you to win!

A whole lotta stuff!!

Shannon Smith — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:29:00 GMT

Well it has been forever since I've made an entry! Sorry but I just have not been able to make a complete thought!! The first 3 treatments have been very hard and the 2nd and 3rd have each gotten worse and worse so this 4th I'm hoping will be the easiest since its my last!!! After the 2nd and 3rd I had such a horrible breakdown to Tom! I just didn't think I could do another treatment. I just cried and cried and tried to think about all I have to live for cause believe me heaven was certainly where I wanted to be!! I went to Dr. Foote for my appointment last week and I begged her to give me an early Christmas present and let me skip my 4th treatment and she said absolutly not cause I want you to live!! So with that being said I am going to go into this treatment tomorrow with the choice of life. Please pray that this treatment will be the easiest of the 4 for me and that I will recover fast!!!

I will get 2 weeks off between my 4th cycle of Adriamycin and Cytoxin and my 1st treatment of Taxol. Taxol will be once a week for 12 weeks. It is not as hard as the first 4 chemos and my hair will actually grow back....and I must say that I really have gotten used to getting ready in like 20 minutes and enjoy it!!! Now I'm ready for my hair to grow back FAST!! In this cold weather you really miss your own hair!!

The Smith family had a wonderful Christmas!! Christmas really seemed more meaningful this year!! Its interesting how looking in the eyes of death will give you a whole new perspective on life. Thank you to all of you for your gifts of prayers!! Each prayer has been heard and the Lord is mighty to answer them!! May each of you have a wonderful New Year and be a blessing to others!!!

Just a reminder that on January 8th at Milford Elk Lodge on Elks Lodge rd Holly Fry is doing a bingo benefit for my family!!! There are some FANTASTIC prizes from what I hear...tickets are 20.00 each or 2 for 35.00!!! She has put a lot of hard work into making this happen and she did all of it during the busiest season of the year. Please come and have a blast!!! Just as a side note you will want to sit at the table with Holly and Kerri Fry they are hysterical and competative when it comes to winning bingo!! So doors open at 6:00 bingo starts at 7:00 get there early and find out where they are sitting and take all of their lucky trolls!!!

Love you guys and thank you for your prayers!! God bless each of you richly!!

Matthew 9:29

Shannon Smith — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:48:00 GMT

This was my devotion for the day and thought I would share it with you I really enjoyed it:

"According to your faith let it be to you" Matthew 9:29

My promises are of no avail to you except as you apply and appropriate them by faith. In your daily walk, you shall be victorious only to the degree that you trust Me. I can help you only as you ask. I will meet you at every point where you put action alongside your prayers. Only as you walk will the waters of adversity be parted before you. Overburdened as the world is with trouble and sickness, I need those who have proved My sufficiency in everyday, personal experience to lead the suffering to the fountains of lifel I need those who have found Me as burden-bearer to help bring deliverance to the oppressed.

Never begrudge time given to chronic complainers, but recognize in each encounter the opportunity to speak a word that may lead to their liberation. No case is too hard for Me. Never be taken by surprise when I use you to change a pattern. Do not judge a man by what he appears to be, but see him as what he can be if he gives himself unreservedly to Me.

On Sunday morning Pastor Bill said something that I will never forget...We all need to live with this statement in our minds and hearts...."Faith is not believing in God but believing God"

Have a great week!! Love you all!

Shannon