7x7

I know many of you read Angie Smith's blog. If you don't, you really should. She is an amazing woman of God, and yet when I read it I think she sounds just like one of us. God has used her blog to speak to me many times. One of her latest posts came at just the right time. With the election and all that is swirling around us, it is getting harder and harder to be a parent. My friend Shana and I have had many conversations about how we are supposed to raise our children to love the Lord in this Babylon that we live in. Then I read Angie's post and I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my soul, "this is how." We have to bathe them in prayer. If we don't, who will? I added a button on my side bar. Check it out. It is called 7x7 because it is seven prayers to pray over your children each day.

Just a Few Words

I just wanted to do a VERY short post and ask you to pray. To make a long story short, we have hit a bump in the road in our process to place Ethan back with his grandmother. I know that God is faithful and He will continue to see us through. We have a meeting with our lawyer Monday morning at 9:00am. Would you please pray that it will go smoothly and that God would be in all of the details. Thank you soooo much for being with us on this journey.

We are still here

Hey all - Just wanted to get in a quick post to let everyone know the Hildebrands are still here! We got back Monday from a vacation to Savannah. I'll do a post with lots of pictures when I have more than five minutes. I have a prayer request for anyone willing. After a discussion with our pediatrician and an appointment with a Dr. who deals more with behavior disorders, we are convinced that Ethan has an autism spectrum disorder. Autism presents itself in sooooo many different ways, that is just a "blanket" term. I brought home a very large stack of papers describing the different approaches we could take. We have decided to go slowly and try one thing at a time. Starting with his diet seemed to be the best place to start for us. I have spent the last 2 days cleaning out my pantry and fridge. I have a book of acceptable foods. So I have to check off absolutely everything, right down to his toothpaste! Please pray that we will all be disciplined enough to do this and that Ethan would understand that we are trying to help him. Thanks bunches!!!! More later