The Heymann Family Journal

Thomas asked me if I would give him money to buy football cards. I guess all the boys at school are trading them and he wants to get in on it. I gave him the money for a package of cards (to start). He and Philip buy 3 packs of cards ( one package for Sarah). Well, they pick Sarah up from kindergarten and go play with the cards. I ask Sarah if I can see her cards. She had a handful of old stickers. Thomas kept Sarah's cards for himself, and gave Philip an extra card just to kept quite. So I tell Thomas to give Sarah her cards. A few hours later I find a small stack of hand drawn football cards sitting in front of Sarah's seat at the dinning room table. I guess Thomas REALLY REALLY wanted those cards! You know what? If he is so motivated to have football cards, I could use them to actually get Thomas to do stuff...like home work!

Germany of course played and lost to Spain in the European football championship last night. Our kids took a long nap in the afternoon so they could stay up to watch it. They showed the game on the big screen at our church just after the evening service. The kids were so excited!!! Poor Thomas was crying when he got home from the game. I personally felt Germany had not played all that well this whole tournament. I thought they were lucky to be in the finals. But the whole country hoped they would win. I'm sure there is a lot of joy in Spain!!! There is a national depression here!!! So sad for Germany! The boys washed the tattoos off their faces this morning. Oh, so sad!!!

Nicole has been brushing up on her Mickey Mouse (the older style Disney). All I can say is Amazing!!! If you click on the picture it gets larger and you can see the detail better. It was hand drawn, then painted with water color.

I'm getting very excited about going to Todd Bentley's meeting in LA on July 26Th. I hope that the anointing to heal is also very strong in this meeting. I hope God will use me to heal the sick in Germany. You know, I had my airline ticket booked months before this meeting was announced. I am so grateful I can experience some of the Florida revival when I'm in California. I believe God set that blessing up (not just for me...but also for me). I also love and respect Bonnke, and I'm excited about being able to have breakfast with him on July 26TH. I basically feel honored to be going to America. I will love the time I share with Nicole, and my friends Cindy and Donna. I look forward to seeing my family. The time is far to short. I'm grateful for this time. I ask God to bless every wonderful moment!!! I have been collecting gifts I plan to bring with me. I only have 3 weeks to pack. I keep hearing the words , "God is good". I am so happy for the wonderful...

"You can not have victory with out conflict...you can not have healing with out pain...you can not appreciate the sunshine with out the rain". TD Jakes Victory comes from over coming conflict.

I loaded 3 photo's I took with Juergens cell phone (my camera is broken) to CNN i report fan zone. Look HERE . Philip was on the top page this morning.

I've seen this before but somehow it was the medicine I needed today. Look how hard this father works to serve his son. It is so beautiful. we can not doubt that God, our heavenly father also loves us and has gone the extra miles for us. I pray I can love my kids well today.

Philip says to me very proudly, "Mom, I know what 3+4 is"! I said, "I hope so". Philip says, "3+4 is 8". I said, "no". Then he counts on his figures and says"3+4 is 7". I said" yes" and said a prayer! On the good side, I just got 2 new Toby Mac Cd's for the boys. They just began taking break dance class last week. They were so excited and rushed to their room to give the new music a try. They have so much fun dancing...and man can my boys move!

We were at the Dr office yesterday. I pulled out my camera. I let the kids take some photos. Well, they got a little anxious for their turn and one of the kids grabbed for the camera...it went flying to the ground and broke. Oh boy!!! So I need yet another camera (the 3rd in a year). Killer!!! A friend told me I should just wait and buy it in the States because the exchange rate is so good. I might do that. I won't stop letting the kids use the camera. They have so much joy taking pictures. Do I really look that old?

In 4 weeks from today we fly to LA! I'm getting really excited! What a great adventure we will have! After 2 years of planning and saving it's almost time to go! I feel so much joy!!! I took Philip, Sarah, and Thomas to the Dr this morning. Sarah had to receive 2 vaccinations. Thomas needed tests run to see if he could take drugs for ADHD . I talked to the Dr about sending Philip to a clinic that runs massive tests to figure out what is really wrong with him. Philip was adopted. We don't know if there was Prenatal Exposure to Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco . He has serious learning problems and speech problems. It's so frustrating for us. He now goes to a school for learning delayed kids. They basically just go super slow in the school. He does not receive occupational therapy even though his hands are super weak. He receives no speech therapy even though his language is majorly delayed. I want to pull my hair out. OK, maybe he was a drug baby... but occupa...

I’m sitting here watching Philip do his 2 nd day of Fast forwards. We got the program weeks ago but could not install it because we were given the wrong instillation code. He has to do 48 minutes per day. Yesterday he was crying and shaking as he did the program. I guess he was just so afraid he would not be able to do. He did it just fine…just test anxiety. Today he is much more relaxed. I have to sit here and watch him do it, just to make sure he does the whole thing. The whole program is based upon being able to distinguish different sounds. He has to do it for 10 weeks, 5 times per week. We are bribing him with money towards a new bike. Every time he does the program he gets 1€ . That’s allot of money, but he needs a new bike anyway. He really needs help. After he gets through this program he can do the fast forwords reading program. He is still unable to read (he will be 11 years old in October). Not being able to read is a real handicap. Kids need to read in a...

God is thinking because he is God. Why doesn't God do stuff the way we want, when we want? This is great!!!

"Get heaven to show up and miracles will happen" -Todd Bentley In other words, don't pray for miracles and signs and wonders, pray for the kingdom of God to be here. The kingdom of God is not just words, but also power!

40 Ways to Live a Better Life ~ -Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. -Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. -Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep. -When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.' -Live with the 3 E's—Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. -Play more games and read more books than you did in last year. -Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives. -Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6. -Dream more while you are awake. -Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts. -Try to make at least three people smile each day. -Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and ...

It's just one month until we leave for our big trip. I'm going to Oregon to spend a week with my family and Nicole’s going to build houses in Mexico . Maybe you don't understand why I'm not going to Mexico . The organization Nicole is going with (global expeditions)is a youth organization. They only let old folks like me go when we are leadership. I could have gone as leadership, but I just felt from God I was to visit my family instead. If I had time to do both, I probably would have done that. I see clearly now that I made the correct choice. I feel a real peace I am taking the correct path. I am so happy to see my little girl Nicole growing so much spiritually. She is stepping out in boldness. She has owned this trip, and invested years preparing for it. I'm so certain God will bless the fruit of that labor! Just one more month and then we go. It doesn’t look like we will come anywhere near to reaching our goal of paying for the building materials for one house ...

I get the news letter from cfan (Christ for all nations) Reinhard Bonnke's ministry. Today the newsletter was all about the last outreach he did in India . It was an open air meeting, and it rained the entire time. The place was one big mud puddle, but the people came anyway. They were desperate for God. Over 125,000 people registered cards saying they had accepted the salvation of Christ. Then he wrote, "An environment of expectation is the seedbed of miracles". God showed up and miracles happened. The blind began to see, and the deaf began to hear. Expectation seeds miracles ...I love that! I just told my parents that I'm coming to Oregon one day later then expected. I have the chance to attend a prayer breakfast with Reinhard Bonnke in Anaheim on July 26, and then Todd Bentley (from the Lakeland revival) will be doing a service in Pasadena that same night. So I get Bonnke and Bentley in one day, talk about your faith super charge! I have a heart filled with expe...

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. TD Jake's said that if you don't need anything, (hope for anything) you don't need any faith. Hope leads you to the place where you can see what you want or need. Faith is the bridge that brings you to the answer to that need. If the enemy can get you to lose your faith, he won because it's faith that brings you the victory. Say, Faith...don't fail me NOW!!!