WE HAD A REAL BLAST TONIGHT! (Josh on Godtube.com)

Psalm 139:14~~ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Those of you who know our 8-year-old grandson, Josh, know he is very special in many ways. Josh was adopted from Ukraine at age 26 months and captured our hearts immediately when Brian and Amy returned from their adoption trip in June 2001. Josh is smart, loving, inquisitive, and determined. His determination is God-given and comes in handy for Josh was born with a "special" right hand. He has no bone below his wrist and has no fingers ~~ just a floppy thumb and the palm of his hand. As a third-grader, Josh is eligible to join the beginner band at school this semester and had a desire to do so. With his hand situation, there had to be some prayer and thought put into the instrument he might could play. Well, his dad played the trumpet in school and still has his trumpet, so Josh decided to go with the trumpet. His Dad took the trumpet to an expert who re-configured the trumpet for Josh to be able to play with his left hand. Tonight we were at their house for dinner and afterwards, Josh brought out his trumpet to try to blow it for the first time. What fun it was to hear Josh make a real good sound on his first try. His Grandpa and I are thinking that he has a wonderful natural talent and pray Josh will make the most of it and use to bring Glory to Christ. Richard ran home and got the camera so we could capture the moment on video.... You can view it onGodTube at the following URL by copying and pasting into your favorite browser:

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0789578d9e7bd7333efb