BigFred

Family and Friends, God has blessed us to come this far in a year of unexpected physical hardship. With all the heartache and hospitalization, we still have been blessed beyond measure. I can’t begin to tell of all the wonderful blessings God bestowed on us through his people and even people we didn’t know. Yes, strangers who heard about Frederick were moved to give to us. At times it still seems like a dream, but I heard someone say if it was a dream I would have awakened my self by now! It’s not a dream, but it’s a journey that was preordained and we are learning to praise God through it.

Last night I was searching through the book of psalsms and looking at the verses that say “Sing unto the Lord a new Song”. I looked in the commentary to see what this was really saying. What I found was speaking directly to our situation. As the Lord shows us his wonders and might and power and blessings, we gain new hope, new understanding of who he is and how much he loves us so we sing a new song of understand and spiritual renewal. That’s what we want to do in 2008. Frederick spent some time downstairs in his studio this week and that is very encouraging. He is talking about music and new songs ideas! Praise God for a new song!

Frederick also wanted me to let you all know how much he was touched by a note from the Drape family. As they travel around the world they always remember to pray for Frederick. Last week while in Jerusalem, they wrote Frederick’s name on a piece of paper and slipped it in the wailing wall. This wall used to be the outer section of the original temple that Solomon built. It is now a place where Jews believe God’s presence has never left so the wall is as close as one can get to God’s presence. People flock there so pray. We were humbled to hear that Frederick’s name was now in the wall. Thank you so much Chris, Chrissie, Andrew and Matt. You don’t even realize how special that made Frederick feel.

Frederick continues to eat and is keeping it down. He will see his oncologist in two weeks and we know that we will have a good report. Thank you and please don’t stop sending up your prayers.

We look forward to what God has in store for us in 2008! Happy New Year to you all!

Love
Frederick, Diana and Ericka