The Neatest Thing I Have Ever Seen

The light display that we like so much has moved this year because of the traffic flow.

http://www.holdman.com/christmas/

However he also worked on this display in Florida... and I would absolutely love to have it here!

Priorities and Orphan Sunday

Black ice.

A car accident.

Concerns about money.

Oh by the way… nobody was killed.

Priorities.

I think it’s time for a bit of a reality check… a priority reminder.

I think people are forgetting… what really matters.

I am unable to forget.

Little boy fighting his 4th battle with cancer.

http://enhancedchildren.blogspot.com/2011/10/jake-dylan-updates-bone-marrow-donation.html

Family burying their 2nd son in 16 months.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/52845004-78/tyson-peterson-family-brown.html.csp

Father of ten killed when he hits black ice. (More about Derek below.)

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2009/12/25/Christian-singer-Loux-dies-in-road-crash/UPI-93781261761420/

How about if we forget for a minute about the money… and think about what COULD have happened.

How about we be grateful that DIDN’T happen?

How about we be grateful that these 4 kids still have their Dads? While so many other ones do not?

How about we be grateful that our Ali, was born here and not in a country where she may very well be an 11 pound 9 year old… instead of a 50 pound 9 year old?

http://theblessingofverity.com/

What if the money was gone tomorrow?

What would you have left?

What if that car accident had not ended the way it did?

Would you have any regrets?

It is Orphan Sunday…

I would like to remind you of Derek, both for Orphan Sunday and just also as a reminder about priorities.

In Honor of Derek Loux

http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Honor-of-Derek-Loux/218932657260?sk=photos#!/pages/In-Honor-of-Derek-Loux/218932657260?sk=wall

Loux Family Blog – more here:

http://louxfamilyblog.com/2009/12/

Derek, a faithful servant of the Lord, was husband to Renee Loux for 17 years and father to ten children, several with special needs.

The Louxs’ two biological daughters, Sophia (12) and Michaela (9), were joined by five adopted daughters from the Marshall Islands: Telma (19), Teyolla and Keyolla (twins, 18), Leeann (15), and Sana (8).

Of their three adopted sons from the Ukraine, Sasha (7), Ethan (6), and Silas (3), two have Down syndrome and one has spina bifida.

Late in the evening on December 22, after attending a training seminar on how to save children out of the sex slave industry, Derek and his friend Jonathan, began their return drive home from Colorado.

They hit a patch of black ice as they drove through a Nebraska snowstorm, causing their vehicle to spin out of control and flip several times.

Jonathan and a witness of the accident immediately performed CPR on Derek while waiting for the ambulance. Derek was given several different drugs to revive him and after an hour, he regained a pulse.

The doctor’s told the Loux family that Derek had been without a pulse for over an hour and that while being transported to a larger trauma care hospital, his heart rate began to drop and he passed away.

Derek’s life passion was adopting and restoring orphans, particularly those with special needs. He pioneered the vision of the Orphan Justice Center, a haven of restoration for rescued orphans.

Derek and Renee’s firstborn son, Josiah, a special needs child, passed away when he was 2½ years old.

Josiah’s life and death opened the Louxs’ eyes to a whole new world of love for children with special needs.

10 kids when Derek died….

1 year later in December 2010?

Yep… there are two more now.

Renee is determined to continue their mission, even though Derek isn’t here with her to do it.

I would suggest that you visit her blog to see how you can help.

And… maybe read a bit of it. Might give you a different perspective.

Where are your priorities?

http://louxfamilyblog.com/

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