Our summer is over....and we don't have some long or luxurious vacation to look back on; there was only one trip to the river, only one trip to a pool, and a weekend stay with some friends who live close by. BUT OUR SUMMER CHANGED OUR LIFE!
After two months of what we called "summer camp" for John Brady at the Autism Learning Center, we have results that will last longer than any summer vacation memories or photographs. I still sit in awe of the differences in John Brady -- differences that have changed our daily life around here.
A child who three months ago would either ignore you when you came into the room or chase you out of it, was sitting the other day and showing his little sister how to play Lego Star Wars on the Wii....he has even begun giving his father voluntary affection.
And how has it affected him....since there's really only been one real "friend" for him in the last year or so, he learned how to make friends around children who were the "Same Kind of Different"......
And that's why this summer, though void of the kind of FUN most people would be so disappointed to miss, has changed our life......
And for that I will be forever grateful to our friends who worked tirelessly to put together a fundraiser, to the countless people who contributed, to those who prayed us through every day of John Brady's summer camp, and most importantly to a God who is still in the business of answering prayers and performing miracles. ...
Our God is Greater, Our God is stronger,
Our God is Higher than any other...
Our God is Healer,
Awesome in Power
Our God
Our God......
