Tuesday, January 20, 9:45 AM

What an amazing God we serve! I just received another emotional call from my dad, but this time tears of Thanksgiving for the immediate progress he's seen so far today with Jonathan.

For nearly 3 weeks Jonathan has been "awake" and talking. Some times he makes complete sense and other times he's so far out in left field it's amazing. Since he's been in rehab the struggle to make sense of things has magnified. They have been trying different medications to see which ones would work, basically as they told us, to learn what his body responds to by trail and error. Well, they must have gotten it right last night! They did give him a sleep aid, which was much needed and Jonathan's body responded accordingly. Dad said he slept for 9 hours straight!! When he woke up this morning he was Jonathan, in every sense of the word. He was lucid, and cognisant. He was calm and cooperative. The speech therapist came in and was asking him some questions - his birthday, the days of the week, etc. Each question he answered correctly without hesitation. She then asked him some other questions to see where his mind really was. She asked if you can see through milk he said no. She asked him if books can fly and he said sometimes. She began to mark that down as a wrong answer and my dad asked Jonathan to explain. In typical Jonathan sarcasm he said, if you put them on a plane or if you throw them they can fly!! :) Such a simple answer that brought such joy to his family. He is coming back to his own. We could not be more happy for those responses. God is a good God, and we give Him all the praise. Jonathan is getting ready to go to physical therapy right now. We got him some new basketball gear to wear, which he is very excited about, and he got dressed, with the help of the nurses of course, but without struggle like before.

Dad is elated and we are so grateful to all that have been praying. Please, please continue. The progress that has been made over night has been monumental, but there is still much more progress that is necessary. We are still asking that this Saturday at noon everyone would be fasting and praying with us for Jonathan's understanding and full recovery. He is on his way, but still in need of prayer. There are still many needs, but we do not want to lack in giving our praise to God for the great things He has done. I can not wait to continue in this theme, and tell you of the many more praise worthy things to come!!