(Day 10 visit with kids) Our daughters were clearly shaken to be ICU and see people's condition and then shaken to see Momma so weak. None of the girls would touch Carol, so I had to encourage them to hold her hand. Carol was so thankful to have her girls with her and her family holding her. But she is very weak and tired. The girls cried with sorrow for Momma as we each took turns praying for Carol and thanking Jesus for His mercy.
From my perspective, I am leaping for joy! The nurses and Doctors are astounded and smiling with our joy. I let Carol know how many people were praying CONTINUALLY for her all around the country and world. Carol replied: THAT IS ASTOUNDING!
The photo shows the blanket many ladies made with their hand prints sewn on so that they are laying hands on Carol as she is covered with the blanket. Carol was blessed by this lovely gift.
For me, to see Carol without the tubes in her or the 5 antibiotic lines into her veins and arteries is so wonderful. And the Doctors will be having Carol sit in a chair today and continue to strengthen her brain and body muscles. Hope tomorrow to have a plan to move Carol from ICU. YIPPIE, Pastor Craig
From my perspective, I am leaping for joy! The nurses and Doctors are astounded and smiling with our joy. I let Carol know how many people were praying CONTINUALLY for her all around the country and world. Carol replied: THAT IS ASTOUNDING!
The photo shows the blanket many ladies made with their hand prints sewn on so that they are laying hands on Carol as she is covered with the blanket. Carol was blessed by this lovely gift.
For me, to see Carol without the tubes in her or the 5 antibiotic lines into her veins and arteries is so wonderful. And the Doctors will be having Carol sit in a chair today and continue to strengthen her brain and body muscles. Hope tomorrow to have a plan to move Carol from ICU. YIPPIE, Pastor Craig
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Poston Family I am overjoyed for you. Words can not express how I feel knowing you are able to be all together. Praising God with you.
I am so elated by God's great goodness. Carol has no breathing tubes Hallelujah! Able to talk and visit with the children is an overwhelmingly powerful testimony of the love and mighty hand of our dear Lord Jesus. May many come to know Him thru this miracle. I heard the news and my heart welled up with joy for you. Oh how your sorrow is turned to joy by our heavenly Father. I kept waking up throughout the night worshipping our merciful God for his glorious love. Glory to God in the highest!
Pamela Hickson
One Love, Honolulu
I am sooooo thankful to our Lord for this miracle! I cried with joy and thankfulness this morning. I woke up this morning praying for her in the wee hours..didn't realize she had woken up until I received the update! To God be the glory!
my heart is bursting with JOY and humbled for being able to experience this great great miracle. Only God!! Only God! Auntie Debbie
My heart is so full right now seeing this precious picture of Carol and her girls! Praise the Lord, He is good and faithful! Thank you Jesus that Carol is doing so well! Heal her totally and quickly so she can get back to being Mom! <3 Todd and Diane Lay
Thank you for posting this picture. It's so beautiful to see Carol with her girls again. To God be the Glory!!
We are so thankful to the Lord!! We continue to remember you, your children and your precious Carol.
tears ... Praise... tears... Thankfulness... tears JOY!
Psa 108:3-5 I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,And Your glory above all the earth;....
praying for you Paston Family! Praising His Wondrous Love and Mercy! His timing, your testimony of living HIS WORD! HIS TRUTH! HIS LOVE! HIS PROMISES! Praying His glory be upon you all as you GLORIFY our KING! KING JESUS!
Continued prayer for Carol's FULL RESTORATION!
many tears of joy!
Praising Him for His Wondrous Love,
Pam
We are so happy for all of you.
Thank you Lord for healing Carol!
The Meindardus Family
Temecula
God is sooooooo good ! :) the Lord does hear our prayers ! Thank you Lord for your wonderful mercies and grace . By Your right hand we see Your wonders and healings .Keep this family in Your mist . help them to be strong and allow this be a testimony to Your great glory , that we may proclaim Your hand in this , in Jesus's mighty , powerful name . Amen !!!!!
Thank you LORD for this blessing. May your GLORY continue to be shown in Carol's healing and in Pastor Craig's trust. Thank you, Father. Thank you!
Still praying, Craig!
How Beautiful!
we are rejoicing with you all! and will continue to pray and praise Him. God is worthy of all our praise... always. with love, Bob & Steph Harmon
Craig & Family
So nice to see a pic of Carol and the kids... Carol looks Beautiful . We will continue to pray for your family, and for Carol's strength to progress everyday!!! Looking at your situation really makes me want to start going to church and connecting with God more , and more!!! Thanks for sharing.
Your neighbor & friend,
Holly Baker
My heart jumps for joy seeing the girls visiting their momma. I'm delighted that Carol's body has taken control and is beginning the slow process of returning to a healty self.
I send heartfelt grattitude to all those angels on earth who are so generousely helping with meals and childcare. Pastor Craig has had such a burden and you all have helped lighted his load during these darkest of days.
I look forward to hearing more about Carol and the improvement she makes. I will continue to pray that Carol can return home and to the family that needs her.
Praise Jesus! He is so merciful. :)
It is so good to see the girls with Carol!
So so wonderful to see Carol awake and visiting with her precious girls!! So much prayer, so many voices raising, pleading with our God for mercy. I am in awe of our Lord. Thank you, Craig, for your steadfastness and faith which has touched every person who has walked through this week with you. Please, tell Carol I love her and can hardly wait to see her beautiful smile again soon.
With love and continued prayers,
Diana
the body of christ is rejoicing with you!! My heart broke when i first heard about this, imagining what my family would be going through if i was in the place where your wife is, but we serve a mighty God and He has chosen to keep your precious wife here on this earth a while longer~ He isnt finished with her yet!!! Continuing to pray for her full and complete recovery! Praise God
We in Monaco - Monte Carlo felt so sad but we re now so joyful for Carol. This story is so great that only God could write it. It s so fare for this family. We had no ideas God could answer to our prayers in such obvious way.
Love from the Principality of Monaco. Stephane
"As cold water to a weary soul,
so is good news from a far country!"
I live in Germany and I'm so blessed
to get this news!!! God is so good! I
will continue to pray!!! Blessings and
love ~ Gott segnet dich Carol!!
Pastor Craig, we as a family, have been praying for your family, Carol, the girls and you. We have been following this MIRACLE on Facebook. What an amazing God we serve. We will continue to pray for healing on Carols body....God is so very good.!!!
Our family is ecstatic at the wonderful news!!! Praise be to God the Almighty Physician! I thank God for His present-day miracles and am so happy for your family. We'll keep praying for Carol's full recovery. Oh Happy Day!
A & M Bodjanac family
God is so amazing! So beautiful to see Carol with her girls. What a awesome witness you and your family are to everyone. Your strength shows how God holds us in his right hand and carries us though. Praise the Lord! The Lord God almighty! worthy of all praise
What a beautiful sight...Carol and her girls!!! We are all so thankful that you are on the mend. What a blessing to witness this glorious miracle!!! Praise God!
Craig and Carol,
I am a friend of Darril and Marie H. They have always spoken so highly of you over the years...
I am praising God with you for this answer to prayer and will continue to pray for strength in body, mind and spirit for you both in the days to come. God is good, today as He was yesterday, and in those frightening days before. But how grateful I am that tonight we may praise Him with tears of joy and laughter!
With love,
Kellie
North Carolina
Craig and Carol,
I have been following this for the last few days, my bride since last week. We have been praying together. My bride has been woken in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, and brought to her knees in prayer for Carol. Pastor Craig, your faith through this has been an inspiration. Reading your posts, not knowing the future yet certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that Christ was in control, has been such an inspiration. Willing to accept whatever outcome He had is a testimony that few can truly say they have lived, much less demonstrated.
God is not done with your family, your time is just beginning. Looking for a verse to share, I came across Revelation 12:11, "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death." You did not love your life so much as to shrink from it, but rose to it, and offered it a sacrifice to Christ. The word of this testimony will go far to helping others overcome and know the love of Christ.
You are still in our prayers as we pray for complete recovery and anxiously await future updates.
Ryan & Vanessa Bates
friends of Theresa Ohler
I think we all needed reminding of how BiG God really is. I know I did. I fall on my knees and confess that I have made Him smaller and weaker in my doubtful tiny mind. Thank you Lord for showing us your glory. Thank you for your life giving love.
Praises to our Heavenly Father for his mercies and goodness! So happy to see a picture of Carol awake and with her girls!! Will keep on praying for her to get stronger and GO HOME with NO residual weakenss or loss of brain function. :) Our God is a God of modern day miracles! :)
We are so blessed by God; by His real presence, His deep love,& His beautiful compassion for the precious Poston family and our church family. We all love and need Carol so much! Thank you, Pastor Craig, for showing us how to hold those we love with an "open hand", and let God be God! Your sharing & teaching on Sun. really was life-changing! With joyous praise and so much prayer, the R.& S. Putnam family
Beyond encouraged. No words to express the relief my wife and I feel for you. I told my wife and she cried in joy and said "I just prayed for her!!!!"
Michael Patton
Continuing to be so amazed at the Lord and how He has used this situation and your family for His glory! May He completely restore Carol and May His name Be Praised! You have been blessed by all those around the world who have lifted you up before the throne of Almighty God but you have in turn been such a blessing to all of us, friends and strangers, who have been strengthened in our faith because yours is so strong and courageous. Thanks you Craig and Poston Family
I was overjoyed when I heard the news that Carol had awoken and then to hear that she was speaking and alert was such a relief. We have been praying and asking others to pray. Carol's recovery has been a true miracle. We will continue to pray for a complete recovery. God bless you all.
What a glorious testimony to our Great God. We will all continue to pray for a complete recovery. It is such joy to see your blog. Thank you for sharing with the world. May God continue to bless you and your family through this journey and touch many lives.
Dear Craig and family,
Many of us at Emmanuel Faith Community Church have been praying for Carol to wake up. We were thrilled to see that happen. What a testimony to our God. We enjoyed seeing the children at her bedside. God's love and blessing as you go forward in her complete recovery. We serve a wonderful Savior.
I was made aware of your story through a mutual friend. Just wanted to share in your joy and praise of the God of mercy. Praying you continue to get stronger and stronger in the coming days.
Dear Carol and Craig,
I am a friend of Vicki Hinrichs who was and is deeply touched by your story, from the adoption of your five lovely girls to the devastating illness that has shaken your lives so thoroughly over the past week and a half. Now, I can't begin to tell you how much the Lord has used you, your faith, and your intense reality to touch my heart and the hearts of many others - from California to Alaska, from Oregon to Colorado, from Texas to across the sea)!
Thank you for sharing your heart and faith, Craig. (And great thanks to those who have maintained your blog!) It's been an honor to share your prayer requests, your tears, and your joys. This whole experience has been a faith bolstering blessing. We will remain in prayer for full healing for Carol and for the hearts and emotions of your beautiful girls (and mom and dad, and Martin, too). My heart is simply bubbling over for you! Praise God for His incredible love! What Satan intended for evil, God intended for GOOD.
Rejoicing with you!
Debbie, daughter Kirsti, extended family, friends, and friends of friends
"Don't you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people.
"Easy now, you have nothing to fear; I'll take care of you and your children."
Gen 50:20-21, The Message
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