21 day fast update

We broke our fast this weekend at the same time we celebrated Seth's birthday.

While it was tough on all of us, we did it.  A fast is always a unique experience and it does bring me closer to God.

The boys did great with their first fast.  They were very committed to it but excited to get to play minecraft again and spent most of Sunday playing it.

Happy Birthday Seth

At this time 10 years ago I had no idea that later in the day I would be meeting my son for the first time.  The pregnancy had been problematic so we had been making frequent trips to the doctor for sonograms and I thought the one we were having that day would be fine just like all the rest.  We were scheduled to induce labor the next day so there was no way we would do anything today is what I figured.

But, after the doctor reviewed the sonogram he turned to us and said words I will never forget.  "Are you ready to have a baby today?"  The truth be known, I was not.

The rest of the day was spent trying to induce Shelley with no luck.  Then things got scary as our little boy's heart rate suddenly dropped and it was decided it was time for an emergency c-section.  Then at 3:37 pm on January  28th, 2003 Seth Reagan Dowdle was born.

Happy Birthday Seth!

21 Day Fast

As a family we are doing a 21 day fast.  We are participating in this with our new church, Gateway, as we are giving the first of our year to God.

Shelley and I are doing a Daniel Fast.  I believe this will be our 3rd 21 day fast and we did a 7 day one once as well.  These always bring me closure to God but they are one of the toughest things we've done.

The boys are giving up playing Minecraft.  They spent almost all of the Christmas break playing it so we thought it would be something meaningful to them and would give them the opportunity to participate.

I will check back in 21 days and tell how we all did.