Counting my blessings

Dear all,

I just wanted to count my blessings today:

1. I got a haircut and a deep cleansing scalp treatment (that came with a head message) today! My last haircut was at the end of February on the Saturday right before I went into the hospital the following Tuesday. I chopped a lot of hair off and I feel very refreshed!

2. I live very comfortably in a very well air-conditioned apartment in hot and muggy Tokyo.

3. Jong loves me more and I love him more every day.

4. I have such easy access to the internet which allowed me to set up our blog and be a part of the Hannah's Prayer ministry, making it so much easier for me to communicate with family, loved ones and old and new friends, and because of my blog and HP, I have so many people praying for our precious little Isaac and us.

5. After going through a very difficult pregnancy, the very premature birth of our babies, the loss of our precious Rachel and having Isaac in the hospital for so long, God has made it clearer more than ever to me that He is GOOD, that His love for me endures forever and that His blessings continues to overflow for me and my family.

6. I got to hold Isaac with his head against my heart for a little while today. He seemed very happy there which made this mommy's heart very full.

7. Despite being born at 23 weeks, the only problems that Isaac is currently battling is Chronic Lung Disease, a very noisy and bright Growing Care Unit and nurses that don't pay enough attention to him (so he doesn't get fed promptly and doesn't get diaper changes often enough). (Yes, there were things I was frustrated with today but then I realized that its a blessing I am only worried about these things right now.)

8. Jesus died for my sins on the cross, resurrected and saved my life.

9. Jesus can and is healing my heartaches, my pain, my sadness, my bitterness and my brokenness.

10. Jesus is my Lord and Savior and He is enough.

Here are the pictures of me cuddling with Isaac today. He was grumpy when I first picked him up but very quickly settled down and it was such a great feeling having him on my heart.

The following is a video of our cute little boy being burped by the nurse after his feeding today:



May the Lord bless you richly as well,

Sonia