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
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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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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, February 15, 2009
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
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, February 11, 2009
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
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
Monday, February 9, 2009
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
Leslie, Beau and I thank each of you, and love each of you.
have a great evening....
God bless JRP
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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.
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, February 6, 2009
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
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
Thursday, February 5, 2009
back to reality
Hello,Beloved.
The countdown is almost over, And as we prepare to leave room 806...I cannot stop the tears. So many new friends that have made my going home possible. I never thought 5 weeks ago, that it would be hard to leave. I have been in 'survival mode' these past weeks,and it is difficult to leave this refuge. It has been hard work and i have missed my home...but my stroke has given me an opportunity to focus on my recovery and to put off grieving my loss of Shiloh. And so, this weekend is the end of my hospital stay...but also the beginning of my healing of my broken heart.
how grateful I am for my stroke. isn't that just like our God?
Jeff and I have said very little about losing our baby on this blog. I guess it is because we were incapable of dealing with my stroke and Shiloh's death at the same time.
so, as Jeff said this is the beginning of a new chapter of this blog. i hope you will continue this journey with us.
I just want to encourage you to turn in your bible and read about Hannah-look in 1 Samuel chapter 1. she was without a son and she prayed to God to remember her...
scripture says she was bitter...then God answers her prayers...and she glorifies the lord with a beautiful prayer..
the amazing thing is that she sends her baby to the temple to live and to worship God. She too, suffers a loss.I I really was touched by Hannah's story when Jeff and I lost our first son,Chet ,3 years ago. we decided to name our baby Shiloh, because, like Hannah, we prayed for another baby...and He heard our prayers.
I am running out of steam. Good night,all.
now I lay me down to sleep.
i pray thee Lord, my soul to keep...
thank you thank you dear sweet Lord.
Leslie
The countdown is almost over, And as we prepare to leave room 806...I cannot stop the tears. So many new friends that have made my going home possible. I never thought 5 weeks ago, that it would be hard to leave. I have been in 'survival mode' these past weeks,and it is difficult to leave this refuge. It has been hard work and i have missed my home...but my stroke has given me an opportunity to focus on my recovery and to put off grieving my loss of Shiloh. And so, this weekend is the end of my hospital stay...but also the beginning of my healing of my broken heart.
how grateful I am for my stroke. isn't that just like our God?
Jeff and I have said very little about losing our baby on this blog. I guess it is because we were incapable of dealing with my stroke and Shiloh's death at the same time.
so, as Jeff said this is the beginning of a new chapter of this blog. i hope you will continue this journey with us.
I just want to encourage you to turn in your bible and read about Hannah-look in 1 Samuel chapter 1. she was without a son and she prayed to God to remember her...
scripture says she was bitter...then God answers her prayers...and she glorifies the lord with a beautiful prayer..
the amazing thing is that she sends her baby to the temple to live and to worship God. She too, suffers a loss.I I really was touched by Hannah's story when Jeff and I lost our first son,Chet ,3 years ago. we decided to name our baby Shiloh, because, like Hannah, we prayed for another baby...and He heard our prayers.
I am running out of steam. Good night,all.
now I lay me down to sleep.
i pray thee Lord, my soul to keep...
thank you thank you dear sweet Lord.
Leslie
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Good Tuesday morning friends
Good morning
Today is our Tuesday meeting with the medical team were we will get Leslie's report card and have the opportunity to ask questions, and I have a feeling there will be many as we approach our discharge date this Saturday. Leslie is doing a great job she is working very hard to get as stable and strong as she can before returning home, we love each of you and thank you again for your love for Leslie and our family. Your payers and words of comfort have truly been comfort to us. Our God is so good and the incredible gifts that our Father has brought into our lives, we are so thankful for.
Thanks for coming by to check on us.
God bless JRP
Today is our Tuesday meeting with the medical team were we will get Leslie's report card and have the opportunity to ask questions, and I have a feeling there will be many as we approach our discharge date this Saturday. Leslie is doing a great job she is working very hard to get as stable and strong as she can before returning home, we love each of you and thank you again for your love for Leslie and our family. Your payers and words of comfort have truly been comfort to us. Our God is so good and the incredible gifts that our Father has brought into our lives, we are so thankful for.
Thanks for coming by to check on us.
God bless JRP
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Wow Wow Wow Sunday morning Feb 1
I don't quite know were to start, first sorry for the lack of info for the last few days, the day is drawing near for us to go home and the days go by so much faster and seem to be much busier with all types of therapy and rest therapy and rest. Friday Beau and I were in East Texas for school, once this was over we headed for Dallas to see Momma, we had a scheduled training with the therapist for Beau and I to get trained on how to help Momma in and out of the car, Leslie did a wonderful job ,her strength has really come back strong and she was able after a few suggestions from the therapy staff to get in and out of the car very well. This training prepared us well for our much anticipated trip away from the hospital on Saturday, man this was a sweet tip ,we went to the Dallas Arboretum, what a beautiful day it was strolling around in the gardens. When we arrived back at Zale we were very tired so we rested for a moment before my wife said cant we get some pizza delivered, an that's what we did, we had a pizza party and watch the Muppet's in Space, we had a great time then we all crashed. Today is Sunday the big game day and my wife, daughter and I are going to watch the game together.. I need to go now , we love each of you and cant thank you enough for your continued love and support for our sweet Leslie and our family.
God bless you
Thank you Father for this beautiful life and all the wonderful people you have brought into our life and the paths that have crossed, we love you Father and pray that we would honor you with our lives.....Amen
love
JRP
God bless you
Thank you Father for this beautiful life and all the wonderful people you have brought into our life and the paths that have crossed, we love you Father and pray that we would honor you with our lives.....Amen
love
JRP
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