Erik keeps progressing . . .

Hello Everyone!
First we hope that you all were able to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. We certainly enjoyed the long weekend together!

We want to give an update on Erik. He continues to make progress and he is working very hard these days to be included and let us know he has "input"! He is moving his right side (weakened from the seizure in 2005) more and more. When we lay him down in the morning upon waking, he moves his right side so much that you would not even recognize a weakness if you did not know he had one! What a wonderful thing!

Since it looks like we will be opening our Monkey Joe's January, 2008, Mom and Dad will be going out of town to Atlanta to tend to Monkey Joe's business this week. We (mostly Mom!) are a little nervous about leaving the kids for 5 nights. Please lift a prayer up for us if we come to mind this week. We are fortunate to have secured 24-hour nursing for Erik which is comforting and his seizure activity appears to be stable for now. We know that God will take care of all of us but as many of you know when faced with applying this kind of faith, it does require that we push ourselves a little!

Thanks again to all of you for your continued prayers and support. We are so excited to be sharing Erik's progress with all of you! Our prayers continue to be focused on the following key areas:

• continued total restoration for Erik
• that he will walk on his own
• that his speech will return
• thanks for the healing God has extended to Erik to date
• thanks for the small "steps of progress" God gives us to keep our faith and hope alive
  

Love in Christ,
Keith, Wendy, Margot, Brigitte, Erik, Nick