Catch Up

  It feels like it has been forever since I blogged! My laptop hit the dust right before we left for Minnesota, so I have not been able to blog. Chris' parents have loaned us a laptop until we can get another one. I am hoping there will be some good deals on them after Thanksgiving! Hopefully I will never have to go this long without blogging again!
  We are doing great! Chris' healing has begun! For example, at the Mayo clinic he could not hop on 1 foot during the medical exams, but he can now!!! Praise the Lord!!  We know that God is going to heal Chris. We are not in denial in any way and as some have said, "well you have to have that kind of attitude." I'll tell you right now, it is not an attitude, it is FAITH in Holy GOD!!!! Just watch and see whats gonna happen!! I don't know if total healing will come in 3 minutes, 3 days or 3 years, but its coming!! When people of God come and tell us that The Lord has told them that the Lord is going to heal Chris completely it is just more affrimation for us!!  I have no fear of my husband dying young, where as before he got this diagonsis I feared every day that I would loose him or the kids. satan used that fear on me every day, but he can't anymore! God helped me smash that dirty serpant!
    This will sound so crazy, but we are blessed that Chris got ALS. It has brought us to the place we are suppose to be in our spirtual lives. Life is about serving God whole heartly (not straddling the fence)! We have gotten rid of so many of the sinful things in our life and home that the Lord has showed us so far, I know there is more and more he will reveal and we will continue to throw them out.So that we may become more like Christ! As Christians we were trying to live for God and for the world. It does not work!!! We took inventory and have made alot of changes.Some changes were harder to make than others, but where He leads we will follow! If we want all of God's blessings poured out on us we have to be willing to live totally for Him! We are not the Chris & Autumn we use to be.
⁵ Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. Romans 8:5 (NIV)

We were missing out before. Salvation is only the beginning with God!!
So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16 (NIV) 

If you are seeking God's plan for your life, seek Him, spend time in His Word and prayer! He wants so much to be closer to all of us, but we have to reach out to Him!

So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.⁸ Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.⁹ Be sad, cry, and weep! Change your laughter into crying and your joy into sadness. ¹⁰ Humble yourself in the Lord's presence, and he will honor you. . James 4: 7-10 (NCV) 

We had a great weekend last week. The kids got to enjoy several fall activites! We went to 2 fall festivals. One at the Glenwood Country Club and one at the kids school, Glenwood Christian School. The kids had a blast!

Getting a pumpkin painted on his face

Ring Toss

Train Ride

Mario & Blue Fairy

On October 3rd our church, Amity FBC, put on a great benefit for us! So many people came out and were wearing their Fagan Friends in Faith t-shirts! Thank you so much to everyone who came out and to everyone who helped put on the fundraiser!!! We appreciate you all so very very much!!! It was such a wonderful day! Great food, music, fellowship and fun!!

The next day we flew out to Minnesota. They had the most beautiful

autumn foliage we have ever seen in person. We stayed at the

Kahler Grand Hotel right across the street from the Mayo Clinic.

Nice place, but so happy to be home! God Bless!!!

Chris in downtown Rochester, MN

Silver Lake in Rochester, MN

100's of Canadian Geese that live on Silver Lake year around

because of the nearby power plant that keeps the water warm.



Minnesota

Greetings again from the state with 10,000 lakes. Chris is having more testing done as we speak. they would not let me go back for this one....? He will aslo have a spinal tap today. We are praying that it will be painfree and he will not get a headache from it.
   We are soooo ready to go home!!! Hopefully we will be done with all the Mayo clinic stuff tomorrow afternnoon, then Thursday morning back to the Minneapolis airport and home!
  Chris has been feeling pretty good. He does get wore out if he has to walk alot so we have been making use of the wheel chair the clinic provided.
  We had a good 3 day weekend while here. Saturday we walked down  to Silver Lake and saw all the Canadian Geese that stay year round, because of the warm water, provided by a powerplant. There were hundreds of geese, I will post pictures of everything when we get back home. From Silver lake we took a taxi to the theaters and watched The Switch and Sectarait.
   Sunday we went to a local Baptist Church that provided transportation. Herd a great Sunday School lesson and sermon. It was a very welcoming church, really glad we went. Then we took it easy the rest of the day, ate some left overs, read and went to bed early.
   Monday was my 29th birthday and we went to the Mall of America. The place was HUGE!! We had a really good time. We did not buy much, but enjoyed walking around (rented a wheel chair 4 Chris) and looking at all the stores and displays. That night we went out to dinner, and had a wonderful time.
  Hopefully the next time I post we will be back in ARKANSAS!!! :) 
Love you all and thank you so much for all the prayers!!! Much Love!!
  

Mayo clinic

  We are here at the Mayo Clinic. This will be a quick update so excuse my spelling, grammer etc.
The team of neuroligist this morning still think its ALS after 3 hours of exams. He is had several test run today and will continue to have to go all over this huge place thur October 13th for more test, consultations etc. I know the test are necessary to find out what it is for sure, but some are so painful. During the last one they stuck needles in muscles all over his body, including his tongue. Of course he is taking like a trooper. He said "if this helps 1 person get saved, it is so worth it."
    I feel like God wants it proved that Chris has ALS. That way when he is healed there will be no other explanation of his healing other than GOD! This is just so hard to see my love have to go through all this. I really hate it. I feel like a big baby as I sit in this waiting room and fight back tears. Chris is being so stong and I am barely holding myself together.
   He just got done with testing/exams today, they start again tomorrow at 7 am. We will be up here over the holiday weekend Oct 9-11 so maybe we can do somthing fun. I will try to updated again soon. Thank you for all your prayers, facebook & text messages! Some of the scripture I have got today come at just the right time! Love to all! ~Autumn & Chris

A Fun-Filled Saturday

Yesterday we went to Hot Springs for what our little family calls "a kid day." We headed out the the Legends Hot Air Balloon Rally first. Unfourtanely, the Balloons could not fly because of the wind gust, it was to dangerous for the piliots. But we did see a huge car show and the kids got to do a huge inflatable obstacle course while there. They loved that!

First we stopped by our favorite fast food place, Taco Bell, for lunch!!         

As for the car show, I have no idea what models, years etc most of the cars in the pictures are,

I will leave that to you car buffs. Chris was saying what years & stuff, & I was hearing

"blah blah blah" ;) I took pics of the ones I thought were pretty!

The guys scoping out a hot rod

Brittany had had about enough of the car show!

They stand just alike!

They loved the obstacle course

He made 2 out of 3 baskets

After the kids zone we headed to Eryk's Birthday party at Central Bowling Lanes.

He is in Braxton's class at school. The kids had a blast! Thanks 4 letting us come Coleman Family!

Lucky for you the bumpers were there!

Braxton & Carly Beth. Corn dogs, chips, cake & Dr. Pepper

Chris & Caroline (Carly's, Ethan's & Laci's Mommy)

I bowled a high score of 66 I believe. I did get teased that maybe I should have played with the bumpers like the kids did! I had fun though, thats what counts. The Hog game was on while we were at the bolwling alley & the game was going really well for Arkansas. We liestened to the rest of the game on our way out to Bonnerdale to see some of our cousins. Well you all know what happened with the game..... :(  

Out at Bonnerdale we looked at the house my Great Grandmother lived in all her life. One of my cousins is having it completely redone & it looks fantastic. Chris and I sat on the porch and visited with Jess, while the kids played out in the dirt. 

View from the porch where I spent my days until I started Kindergarden

God's Handiwork!

On the way home from the country we got to see the most beautiful sunset.

Such a wonderful way to end the great day we had!

       

County Fair

Today after Chris & I picked up the kids from school we took them to the Pike County Fair in Glenwood. We saved some money by going early before we had to pay a gate fee to get in & the rides were not operating yet. Good for us adults, bad for the kids! I think they had a pretty good time anyway! They got to see lots of animals, arts & crafts, photography & some really cool exibits! We also got to vistit with some friends and had a cheap, but good dinner, and the money went to a good cause, sponsered by the Glenwood Sr. Adult Center. Beans & cornbread for Chris and I and hot dogs & cookies for the kids.

At first Braxton was a little alarmed by all the poulty noises

He liked the fluffy chickens!

What he thought of the cow barn!!

Britt was not wanting her picture taken

but I did get this smile out of her :)

Our dear friend Julie Berry feeding her daughters goats vanilla wafers

Another Berry Farms Goat

Braxton got to pet Haley's Sheep that he said felt like carpet!

Petting a bunny & getting bunny ears!

Braxtons best friend (since birth) & classmate

Carly Beth's Grand Champion Drawing!

Congratulations Carly!