Blessed

Hello to our friends, I am sorry for my lack of blogging lately, after returning home with my beutiful wife Leslie, and my lovely daughter Beau and my sweet son Shiloh, I took a break from the blogging world. I have filled that time with a variety of different tasks around the house, I have enjoyed spending time with my wife and daughter, and just doing an incredible amount of reflection on the the past few months............what a ride. I have said it before and I will say it again, I am very proud and impressed with my wife. I am also so thankfull for each of you and your heart to love on Leslie and our family, this has truly bein a blessing. I recieved another bill today for services rendered on 1/4/09 and 1/5/09 ...........it takes me back.... Our God is a wonderful and mighty God.


Thank you Father for today and the incredible opportunities you lay before us....

God bless JRP

long time- no blog

hi all.
it has been too long since i have checked in with you... the days are flying by and yet there is a feeling of being 'stuck'...
the grieving process has begun and there are many long and sad days, i know this may sound strange considering that Shiloh went to be with the lord almost 4 months ago...
it is hard to explain, but the joy i felt from just being alive was hard to cover up. my grief over losing Shiloh took a backseat to my gratefulness. all i can say about that is: that was all God. He carried me through. praise God.

God continues to carry us - but the reality of losing another child weighs heavy on our hearts. this week is made more difficult as I approach Shiloh's due date 4/28 . Daily, i wrestle with HIS WILL...

therapy is going OK. i am having a serious shoulder issue and i am scheduled for a cortisone shot next week. hopefully, that will enable me to continue with therapy. also - and i know what a trivial thing this sounds like...but my hair is falling out by the handfuls - side effect of coumadin- go figure.
any way - i sound like a whiner...and that is one huge obstacle in my recovery is needing so much help. i have so many loving family and friends, but it is hard to ask for simple things - cutting up meat, putting on clothes, folding clothes, etc....it is all so tedious. its getting easier for me, but - lets just say i can't be in any kind of a hurry. ha - now i have an excuse for always being late!!

hey - thank you to all of you who continually offer words of encouragement and for your prayers. what a tremendous gift of prayer we have - i
can not thank you enough.

with love, Leslie

wondering

hi all...
i was wondering if anyone was still listening to this blog?
jeff and i are well...
i think we are both still wondering where the Lord is leading.

i am missing both of my boys and trying not to focus on the 'what ifs'
have been thinking alot about 'shiloh'....my baby, and the place where God resides...i am comforted by my childs name...

having some difficulty sleeping- i guess that is to be expected? i dont mind so far...it gives me some quiet time to pray.

God bless,
Leslie

give us a shout out if you continue to seek this blog for our progress.

p.s. i start outpatient therapy later on today...should be interesting.

All are welcome..

We have been asked if the service for Shiloh is private,it is not.All are welcome...
Thank you again for your prayers.

Love and God bless
Jeff Leslie and Beau

Service for Shiloh Ross Power

Hello friends,

Saturday morning at 11:00am Febuary 21 2009 we will lay our son Shiloh Ross Power to rest, this will be a time of honor not only for Shiloh but for our Lord and Savior and what he has done in our lives. We want to glorify God and honor our son with this time of fellowship were we love and lift one another up as he has called us to do. Each of you have been so wonderful in your prayers for our family. Leslie and I cant thank you enough for the love. Just a note for each of you, Meredeth Campground is a historical building that has no heat, so it would be a good idea to have a jacket with you if you are planning to attend the service Saturday morning. There will also be provided for us all a lunch that will be served after the service.

Location of the service, Chapel at Meredith Campground, Walton Texas. From Dallas go East on I20 to Canton Texas, take Hwy.19 South towards Athens, Turn right on Hwy.1861
go 1 mile and take left on 3900, go 1 mile take right on 3901, go 1/2mile to Meredith Capground.





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Sunday Evening Feb. 15

I am sorry for the lack of info from us lately, it has just been very nice just to spend time with one another, and there has bin allot of other things that have fill our days as opposed to being held up in the hospital for days on end. Leslie is pretty amazing, she has continued to progress so well in her recovery and now that the first week back home is behind us, I think we may be getting a routine in place... I want to take a moment to talk a little about my sons service, I have had several people ask about Shiloh's service this coming Saturday, wanting to know if it is just for family, it is for all who want to celebrate the life of our son, and the gifts God has brought into our lives Leslie and I want to share this time with whoever feels called to be there, and we know how important it is for us to be able to show our love for one another at times like these. Over the next 48hrs there will be more detailed info on Saturday, but I can tell you, both funeral and burial will be located at Meredith Campground, close to our home, it will be in the morning hours before noon, and there will be lunch afterwards at Meredith Campground. We will give exact times and more detailed directions soon.....

Thank you all for coming to check on us again, and thank you for your continued prayers and love for our family....


God bless

Leslie Beau and Jeff

Wednesday Feb 11 2009

Well we just finished with dinner, nice to just sit together and talk at the table tonight, we had some nice hot and cheesee Lasagna with buttery garlic bread and a nice cold and crispy salad, then we topped it off with some really pink cupcakes from the ranch, thank you to our little helpers that brought these items over for us. Beau said she really likes Lasagna and the cupcakes were greattttt she said.
Hope this entree finds each of you doing well tonight, and what a beautiful day it was here in East Texas , the storms that rolled through last night cleaned the air and reveled a wonderful blue sky today, and the temp. was just as sweet. Today Beau was not feeling real good so we kept her home from school and just spent the day together, Leslie had an appointment this afternoon with her PT Physical therapist, another great friend added to our list of incredible servants we have had the opportunity to meet over the last few weeks. This week is going to be one of those weeks were we try and get ourselves into a routine, and make a calendar which I am not all that great at, but I know Leslie will help me with that...
Our time together as a family has really bin nice this week, since getting home Leslie and I have had the opportunity to open lots of letters that many of you have sent us , and we want to thank you for your words of encouragement and prayers within.
Tomorrow we get to meet with a new doctor, which means we will be getting out of the house and going on a road trip, this will be fun, hope the day is just as beautiful as it was today...

Thank you all for coming by the blog to check on us tonight. We love you and thank you for your prayers.

God bless,
Jeff ,Leslie and Beau

New friends

Monday was a new day, and an opportunity to meet new friends. Our first visitor was our RN, she came and assessed Leslie and took all of our info for admission into there program, we also were assessed by our PT, I think that they both were very impressed with how well Leslie is doing after having a stoke, so we may see some things change with the treatment plan they had originally set up for us before arriving home. Leslie was ready to go when they both arrived at the house this morning, and I was real proud of how well she did with her new exercises they taught her. We are getting to bed early tonight, sorry to make this short... Good night.

Leslie, Beau and I thank each of you, and love each of you.
have a great evening....

God bless JRP

A beautiful return home

I don't quite know were to start, I am very thankful to have my lovely wife back home with us. Leslie has made incredible strides in her recovery and will begin Monday continuing her therapy from our house. I want to thank our family and friends for taking care of things around the house, it was great coming home to a clean and orderly home. It sure has been nice to also have some good home cooking at the house, home cooking is a little like medicine.

Our journey has been a very unique one for us, starting with some of the problems that we had for our son Shiloh, this was a difficult time for Leslie and I, we had no idea that we were going to be looking at multiple storms in our lives all at the same time , but that is what happened. Monday morning Jan. 5 2009 shortly after delivering Shiloh, the NICU team came to see me in Leslie's room to tell me that they had done all they could for our son Shiloh, and sadly he had passed shortly after birth that morning, my heart was broken for the loss of our son. My thoughts quickly turned to Leslie and how her recovery was going, when they told me she was not out of surgery yet, I took this time to go and be with Shiloh............,he and I spent a long time together before going to see his Momma, he was a beautiful little baby boy , fearfully and wonderfully made . I soon realized that Leslie was not doing real well, so I asked the only thing I knew to ask, Father help me, then it hit me, Shiloh was just fine, he was safe, so I turned my full attention to Leslie and took Shiloh with us as we moved from one room to the next. After we returned from Leslie's CT scan, God delivered a wonderful hearted servant named Amber, she had come as a volunteer to take pictures of Leslie and I, with our son together, but this would not happen, shortly after Amber came into the room the nurses said we were leaving immediately for ICU, so I asked Amber to take care of our son and she did just that with the help of the nurses in labor and delivery at Baylor. I tell you these things because I want you to know about our son Shiloh Ross Power ..........he was beautiful,.... and now our heart is to honor not only Shiloh but our Lord and Savior for the gifts in our lives. The next couple of weeks are going to be very busy ones for our family, we will get Leslie's therapy started up here in East Texas and meet with her new doctor, but we will also be planning to lay our son to rest. We have chosen February 21 2009 to be that day, please pray for my wife during this time, she is just beginning this chapter of our journey.


Thank you Father for the grace and love you have shone us.......thank you for all our family and friends, thank you for there servant hearts and the love they have shone us...........Amen

We love all of you very much
God bless JRP

1 Samuel 1


Hannah Dedicates Samuel


21 When the man Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the LORD, and he will live there always."
23 "Do what seems best to you," Elkanah her husband told her. "Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD make good his word." So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. 25 When they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli, 26 and she said to him, "As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. 27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there.

Friday Feb, 6

Beau and I are off to Dallas to get Momma, we have been doing some things around the house to get ready for Leslie so she can just relax when she gets home, we could not have done all this without the help of friends and family, thank you all for your assistance.

Thank you Father for your grace and love that you have for us.

Thank you friends and family again for your continued prayers, we love you.

God bless JRP