So blessed

I will have to finish blogging about our trip to New Mexico at a later date....but I had to write down how thankful I am for the blessings in my life and for the power of prayer. We pray for our kids by name every night....that includes Brent and Stacie. Well.....we really needed those prayers this week. Stacie was in a car accident....and thankfully she only ended up with a sore arm. The car is pretty bad.....but it is only a car. She is okay....and that is the only thing that matters. When I saw a picture of the car I was so surprised that she wasn't hurt worse. I got on my knees and thanked my Heavenly Father for watching over her. This happened on Wednesday morning. Saturday is email day from Elder Jackson. Our email this morning said "I spent the night in the hospital on thursday" What? Are you kidding me. Now normally this wouldn't cause me to have a minor meltdown....but he is in MEXICO. My heart skipped a couple beats and I got a knot in my stomach as I continued to read. He would have called because they were going to do surgery....but changed their minds. He had been having pain in his arm....but of course....this is the first I've heard about it. Anyway.....it kept getting worse so he showed the mission presidents wife and she told him to get to the hospital. He had an infection in his sweat glands. They ended up giving him stuff in IV's and then he said the infection exploded like a volcano out of his arm. He said "Don't worry mom.....I spent all day THursday at the hospital and spent the night. I'm fine now. I just have a hole in my arm." So....that makes me feel so much better.....NOT. I'm so grateful that he is serving in the city right now and he was able to go to a nice private hosptial. From the pictures he sent it looked very nice and clean. I emailed him back with lots of instructions and he sent me another quick email and he said to stop worrying.....lots of prayers were being said oh his behalf. I know he is in the hands of the Lord.....and I know my children were watched over and protected this week. I am thankful for the peaceful feeling I get when I feel so blessed and I know that God's hand has been in our lives.