A NEW Year before us!

We apologize for not writing sooner and for being "away" for so long!

There has been much happening among our Borbe BUNCH :)

We REJOICE in the excitment of a NEW year ahead of us. We enjoyed a JOYOUS Christmas with friends and family. We marvel at God's goodness and would like to share with you some things He is doing and continues to do in our lives!

We recently returned from a trip to Children's Hosital where Ezra had surgery on his feet. Some of you may know that he has been wearing casts since mid August in preperation of this foot surgery. He was wearing casts to position his feet to be ready to undergo this surgery which was to correct his bones and "loosen" up the tendon cords in his heels. Pins were placed near his ankles to keep his feet in the correct position. He did very well during the surgery; it was once he "woke up" that the extreme pain set in. It took the nurses a while to figure out a good medication to put him on for his pain, but we soon saw that the love of family is what was the best medicine after all. :) We went to St. Louis as a family and desired to involve the girls and Owen in the whole event. It proved to be a very wise decision on daddy's part, since Ezzy ended up needing to stay one night in the hospital. Daddy stayed the night with him, while mommy stayed with the other kiddos at the hotel. Ezra reacted and calmed down once he was surrounded by his siblings and mommy and daddy. It warmed our hearts to see him "melt" and relax once his parents took over his care. :) Once he was stable enough, we decided to discharge him and keep him one night at our hotel, which was minutes away from the hospital. This way if in the middle of the night his pain was unmanageable, the hospital care was minutes away at our aid. Ezra did great and actually feel sound asleep in his car seat on the drive to the hotel, among the craziness of his sisters! Family love really IS the best medicine, along with MANY prayers for him!!! So he is now in casts healing and will continue to wear them for a while until his feet are fully healed. He will then start major therapy to strengthen his weak leg and foot muscles.

We do ask you continue to pray for a speedy recovery and for wisdom as his parents in caring for him while he is in pain; it is very hard to watch him suffer; we continue to entrust our precious son to the GREAT physician!!! We look forward to holding sweet Ezzy without casts and teaching him to walk! We KNOW God has plans and we await to see what God will do with these little guys feet! We know God has the power to heal him and give him the ability to walk. We often sing a song that talks of God using Peter to heal a lame man and how the man went leaping and praising God....we love making Ezzy dance at that part of the song. We pray that one day for him to dance on his own!

We rest in God's wisdom and His perfect plan...

God has also given us many wonderful opportunities to share with our girls the true meaning of Christmas. It has been a joy to see them so excited to talk of Jesus and how we celebrate His birth during this time of year. We hosted a lunch on Christmas day and had a birthday cake for Jesus, a tradition that Liz did growing up. It was a very packed and fun filled day.

We rejoice with Edwin's sister, April and praise God for a healthy pregnancy thus far and breathe a bit easier now that she has entered the "safe zone" in her pregnancy!!! :) We thank God for His perfect wisdom and for His perfect grace given towards the Markleys. He is a good God and has used them to picture true trust and faith in the power of God!

Here is a blog that they have started to read updates and enjoy some prego pics of April, super cute!!!

We send our LOVE and hugs to you all!

Happy JOYOUS New Year to you! Rejoice in ALL God so lovingly has in store for you this coming year!!!

In His LOVE,

The Borbe Bunch