Symanzik Family Update

Every Friday Jerard has physical therapy. He works hard and usually sleeps an hour or so after each session!



Practicing standing. He usually cries and fusses during this
exercise, but he is getting better about controlling his trunk
and maintaining some semblance of balance.

Ben's 4th grade class presented a cute skit on Psalm 23 yesterday in chapel. They also sang some great songs reminding us that the Lord truly is our shepherd and He really does love us.

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. 3He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

"Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion."
― Brennan Manning, Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging