Dad Is Home!

Thank you for all your prayers for my Dad. He went home today and is so happy to be home after 5 nights in the hospital. He is feeling better and we are so thankful! Thanks to all the ladies in West Monroe who fixed a big meal for today and tomorrow for Dad and Mom. It means so much for your kindness and thoughtfulness. Please continue to keep Mom in your prayers. She will see a neurosurgeon on the 3rd. We serve a great God and believe that everything is going to be fine with her. She is feeling great and feels even better to have Dad home! Tomorrow afternoon Tom & Tim will be there, Mark is already there, and Steve & I will be home on Monday!! There's no place like home for the holidays!!! It is so great to be a part of God's family and to know that we have such great friends like you praying when we need it. Thanks again for your prayers. We love you!

Dad & Mom

Thanks so much for your prayers for my Dad. He is doing better. . . .still weak, but they are taking great care of him. He appreciates everyone's prayers.

Please be in prayer for my Mom as well. She went to the doctor yesterday to get the results of a cat scan and a couple of tests. They told her that there was an aneurysm on her brain. They have recommended her to see a neurosurgeon. She hopes to do that later this week. She feels great and her spirits are high! Dad & Mom live on a horse ranch about 14 miles out right off of I-20 and she is keeping the roads hot between there and the hospital as well as other running around that she has to do. They found scar tissue there that they thought was from a light stroke. Mom has never had a stroke. Mom is very positive about it all. Yesterday afternoon, I asked God to help me and to give me a peace being this far away from them. I felt his presence so strong and such a peace came on me. My brother Tim said he had a prayer meeting at his school in Stockton. . .just he and God! Of course Tom & Mark both have as well. Dad will be 81 next week on the 28th and Mom is 78. We have been blessed with both of them having good health.

We appreciate all of your prayers for Dad and Mom. We serve a great God who can do anything!! We will all be there together in West Monroe in a few days!

UPDATE

Dad is resting and glad to be getting help on his way to feeling so much better especially with all of us kids being home next week for Christmas! The pneunomia is in his left lobe of his lung. We are thankful that it was caught at this time before it spread. He and Mom are very appreciative to each of you for your prayers.

Prayer Request

Please be in prayer for my Dad, Fred Foster. He has not felt well the past couple of days and has been weak with not much of an appetite. He went ahead and taught his Sunday School class yesterday. He had to sit on a stool to teach. But if you know Dad, you are not surprised that he did that. This afternoon, after a call to his Doctor, they sent him to the emergency room at Glenwood Hospital. They found that he has a touch of pneunomia and admitted him. As of a few minutes ago, they have not put him in a room yet. He is in great spirit. Thanks for your prayers.

Singing In The Rain!

Being raised in the south where it rains often, I never thought that I would miss the rain, but I do! After living here in southern California for just a few months and no rain, I was talking to my Mom on the phone while it was pouring there. She went outside, raised one of the garage doors, and held the phone for me to hear the heavy downpour!! That is something that I used to take for granted, but now I love a good rainy day or night like today! It may go for months here with no rain. But right now, I'm sitting here hearing the rain and loving it!! There is something about hearing the rain splash on the window! I know to all of you who live where it rains often that this sounds so funny! A little while ago, I went to our front bay window and took the pictures above. I even went outside in the front just to watch it rain! This is the rainy season for us, but nights like tonight are few and far between. I will enjoy sleeping tonight hearing the rain! Back in September it rained very hard, the first rain in over 4 months! Our dog Bauer who is almost 3 years old did not know what to think of that kind of hard rain. He had never seen it! While home in West Monroe back in the summer, I found myself up in the middle of the night looking out the back of my parent's home watching the hard rain hit the pool and the pasture behind it. Before I moved here, that would have been just another rainy night! I never thought I would say this but I love the rain!!!! What does the song say. . . ."Singing in the rain!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK FOSTER!! Today is my oldest brother's birthday! Mark pastors my home church, The Pentecostals of the Twin-cities in West Monroe, LA. Mark is pictured with his wife, Paulla and their granddaughters, Jayden & Jesi. Mark, Steve & I hope you have a great day! We love you!!
This is a week of birthdays in the Foster family. Yesterday the 3rd, was my neice Cheyenne's birthday and Thursday, the 6th is her husband, Robert's birthday! Cheyenne & Robert live in Wheaton, IL. where Robert is working on his Master's at Wheaton College. Cheyenne & Robert are pictured below with their beautiful little Shiloh Grace, Cheyenne's Dad (my brother Tim), and Grandaddy, Fred Foster. Happy Birthday Cheyenne & Robert Johnson! Uncle Steve & I love you both!!

Thank You For Your Prayers!

I want to say "Thank You" to all of you that have been praying for my Mom through her surgery and hospitalization. She came home last night (Sunday PM) and is glad to be at home to recuperate there under the care of my sister Margaret who flew down on Thursday and is going to be with her and Dad for a few more days. It's great to have friends and family to rally with you in the time of need!

With much love and appreciation!

Steve