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Another "Pastor Adrian" moment...

Well, our eldest son never ceases to amaze me with the funny/cool things he says!

Tonight, my stomach was bothering me so I went to the bedroom to lay down for a few minutes.

Adrian promptly busted in decarling (while wagging his finger at me): "Mommy! Since your tummy hurts, God will heal it!"

He jumped on the bed next to me, "Let's Pray."

He took my hands and proceeded, "Dear God, bless that Mommy's tummy hurts and bless that you heal her tummy and make it feel all better, and bless we do the things we should. Amen."

He jumped off my bed, ran to the door, paused, "See you when you wake up Mommy."

And ran off to do...well, whatever almost 4-year-old boys do.

Amazing.

PS: When he prays, he says 'bless' before everything. It's too cute!

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Theology by...Adrian Huisman

Nathan and I have been reading a few books to Adrian about Easter this week, trying to help him understand that it isn't a holiday just about hunting eggs (I say 'just' because we do the egg hunt/Easter bunny thing. Yes, I know. And we do Santa. So shoot me!).

Tonight, he said a couple astute things for a 4-year-old kid.

After complaining about his toe hurting (he stubbed it), he declared, "Mommy, God and Jesus are going to make my toe feel better." (Last week, his Sunday School lesson was about how Jesus healed the blind man with the mud).

Then, here comes some major theology. If only my seminary professors could have summarized it this well, I would have saved some cash on those Systematic classes (no offense Stubbs!).

"So...Jesus was here, and he was in the water...and he healed a guy...then he went on the cross for our sins and died. Then he wasn't dead anyway, and he went up, up, up (okay, that part may not have been theologically correct). He's coming back someday."

[Pause]

"When's he coming back, Mommy? [Sigh] He's never gonna come back. I wanna see Jesus' face Mommy. Maybe we should call him. [shouting to the sky] JESUS!!!!"

[Pause]

"That didn't work."

:) Love, love, LOVE that kid!

Jackson's Journey

Jackson is now home from the hospital! Yeah! You can read more about his appendix adventure on his Caring Bridge site: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jacksonhuisman

Jackson's Illness

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Please pray

We appreciate your prayers for Jackson. He is in the hospital (yes, AGAIN!) with a ruptured appendix. It's a dangerous thing for little ones, so he is very sick. We will be here for 5-10 days to get the infection under control, then he will go home on oral antibiotics and we will return after 6-8 weeks to have the appendix removed. He is well cared for here. Right now, the best thing you can to do help us is pray! Thank you.

The Job Cube

In an effort to teach our son about the responsibilities of being part of a family and the importance of contributing to the work around the house, I put together this cool thing called, "The Job Cube." I used a Kleenex box and taped a piece of construction paper on each side. Each side lists a different job, both with words and some pretty pathetic pictures I drew.


Several times a week, Adrian gets to roll the Job Cube and then does the job that appears on the top side. I've decided to avoid the word, "CHORE" as much as possible, hoping that "JOB" will sound much more important to his toddler ears.


So far, so good! He LOVES the job cube and often asks if he can roll the Job Cube and do a job. It is also common for him to get into it so much, that he ends up doing every job on the cube!

Of course, he is 4, and so I do have to help him a little complete the jobs and help him stay on task!It has been a very fun way to involve him in the house work.