Christmas and prayer

How precious was this Christmas. We had a great time with the kids and my father-in-law came in town to spend some time with all of us. Since we decided to only do three gifts each (which turned in to two gifts with one large gift for all), we asked the kids at the dinner table to answer some questions about Jesus' birth. We thought this would be a great way to not only see how much they knew, but also allow the one with the most answers to be the first to open their present the next day. We were proud of some of the answers and some...well they were just plain old funny! KK told us that the wise men brought Frankenstein along with myrrh and gold. Will told us it was his birthday instead of baby Jesus. But, by far I laughed the most when MiMi was asked what day was Jesus' birthday. She thought real hard and then told us July 4th. I think what made it so funny was how serious she was. Christmas was great though. We had my family over at our house this year. Everyone came except for my sister who is still struggling after having her tonsils out this past Friday. It has been a week today and she still feels terrible:( I hate it for her. I had mine out when I was a senior and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. It seems to be a new tradition in our family though. Will and Ben had theirs out last year just a few days before Christmas. Can I tell you how glad that is over with!!! Today has been nice until my hubby got some bad news. His aunt passed away today. Actually it is good news because she is a Christian and she was struggling so with dimensia(don't know how to spell). I bet she is so happy to have her mind back. I was feeling like tonight was going to be my emotional day because within 30 minutes of finding this out, my brother-in-law told me the most outragious story. He works for Bell South and while working, had to make a call to a call in center. Long story short, because it is a very long story. The man he spoke to wants to come to Memphis (he lives in Birmingham) to pray for my nephew. The quick version of my nephew is that my sister was forced to have a vbac (vaginal birth after caesarian) and she had trouble. He was left without oxygen and at 10 years old he has now been diagnosed mentally retarded. He is a precious child and so loving. He has a lot of issues though...communication being one of the top issues. His teachers are now just trying to teach him enough to get by, not worrying about reading, math, etc. How we have prayed for a miracle. There is a lot more to the story though. The man he spoke with told him he has been through alot healthwise. He has actually seen heaven three times on three seperate occasions. He truely has an amazing testimony that I wish I had more time to write about. I am excited to tell you that he is coming to Memphis to pray for Connor though. He said since his last "visit" to heaven, he has been used by God to pray over several people who have since been "healed". I know this sounds a little off the wall, but God can perform miracles and I know He has the power to use any and everyone. I will have to let you know about it once he comes. He said he couldn't promise anything, but that he felt led to come to Memphis to do this. Isn't that neat that my brother-in-law was at work and this happened?! Be praying for Connor. He is a special kid with a special purpose in life. I pray that God will use him to ultimately glorify Him! Pray on, my sisters!