Day 644 - March 21 - No Fooling

First, I must apologize for letting this go four days without posting anything at all. Some days there just doesn't seem to be anything in my head, and so there's even less for me to put into a blog! So for those who have been checking in frequently, no, the site's not broken. I just haven't been as diligent this weekend as I usually am.

Yesterday, Allie, her mom Deborah and her friend Jordan made it here and visited with us at the house for about three hours. It was a great time, and good to see Allie stretching herself to come this far, and to see Connor interact with everybody in such a mature and helpful fashion. We pretty much just chit-chatted about things, shared a light meal together and the like, until they had to head back over the hill for home. We really appreciated them coming by!

I got a request about visiting Connor this week through the site, and took a look to see what we currently say about visits on the FAQ page (it's apparently been a while since I've updated any of that information). If you go down to the bottom of any page on the website, you'll see two links - "Contact Us" and "FAQ". First, much of the FAQ info is out of date, so I'll see about getting that updated, but the address under "Where's Connor Now?" is accurate, as is the rest of that answer. We like to have visits, but they do need to be somewhat organized visits, so advance notice is important. Our daily routine doesn't lend itself to surprise, spur of the moment visits very well. So, if you want to visit with us and with Connor, just contact us ahead of time.

Well, how should you do that? The best way, if you've already got our phone number, is to just give us a call. You may get a voicemail if our hands are full at the moment, but we'll call back eventually! If you don't have a number for us, then do this - go to the "Contact Us" page (the link at the bottom, remember?) and find my name, which is currently number five (5). Click on it and you'll be able to send me an email. Let me know what you're thinking and I'll get back to you, usually, with a phone number so we can finalize the plans. Please be patient with us here - it's a bit of a convoluted process, but I don't want to just publish the phone number for the world to see - I already get too many calls from salesmen!

Another thing that I saw when I rummaged through the contact information - much of that information is outdated as well. I'll try to get that cleaned up soon, but in the meantime you can assume that any name that ends in "Williamson" on that contact sheet will get your message where it's supposed to go. The other information is outdated, so please bear with us until we can clean house a bit!

Oh, that reminds me - I've gotten a number of items through that link on the contact page recently, and all of those people are sitting there reading this and saying "Sure, you'll get back to me!" - mostly because I haven't responded to them yet. Oops. Like everyone else, I've got things that fall through the cracks. Here's one, so I'll get those taken care of today - if you're one of those folks waiting for a response and you're reading this now, go check your email sometime today or tomorrow and I'll have a response in your inbox, OK?

Finally, I want to propose something for the community to gather around. In about ten days or so it will be April 1st, or as we like to call it here in America, "April Fool's Day". If you're not familiar with it, people use that day to play little practical jokes on their friends and family for no apparent reason except that everybody gets a laugh out of it. I have no idea where it came from, so don't ask me! But, I would like to announce here today that I intend April 1, 2010 to be a ConnorWatch day of fasting and prayer for my son's healing.

I want this to be really clear - nobody is obligated to join me in this fast. This is an opportunity for me to demonstrate to my God my resolve in my belief that He WILL heal Connor completely. No fooling, if you'll pardon the expression. I believe that God will heal Connor - completely, fully, in this lifetime. I believe it because He tells me to pray and not give up; to pray, knowing that whatever I ask, believing that I've received it, will be done. I believe that now more than I did back in Fresno when I first heard that passage in Luke. And so, like the persistent widow, I continue to bang on heaven's door seeking resolution. Like the hungry neighbor, I continue to knock at the door until He comes down and answers. Like the Centurion, I tell God "I understand authority, because I too am a man of authority. You don't need to come to my house - all You have to do is say the word and he will get up and walk." All He has to do is say the word. And I continue, daily, to ask this of Him. I'm not stopping, though I'm often tired of waiting. I'm not stopping until Connor gets up or God tells me to knock it off. I'm not fooling about this, so April Fool's Day is a good day for me, and for those of like mind, to come together and fast and pray for God to move in Connor's body.

If you look at me and my belief with skepticism, that's OK. Don't join us in this fast. Fasting is for people who believe it accomplishes something. But if you believe with me that Connor will be healed in this life, join me. If you just WANT to believe that such a thing could happen, join me. Fasting is, among other things, about demonstrating how serious you are to a God who loves you. It's saying to God "Lord, see? I'm not fooling around - I'm serious."

So April Fool's is a good day for me to say "No Fooling". Are you with me?

Eric

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