August 26th

I could not wait to get online and update everyone. Matt is for sure going home on Sept. 9th. GOD is soooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I am still amazed daily at the strength that God allows to flow through Matt. Matt has been working very hard this week. He walked on Monday using the tray table. Now you are thinking how hard could it be to hold on to a table with wheels and walk. Well, he was not allowed to hold on to the sides of the table, he had to leave his hands flat on the top of the table and walk that way. Not as easy as it sounds trust me. Today, he used a walker for the first time and he went half way down the hall. The goal for this week is for him to make it all the way to the end of the hall. The first goal that was set was for him to walk 50 feet and that was surpassed on Monday. I personally think they need to give him harder goals. The speech therapist told us that all the therapist were talking on Monday morning and they all decided that Matt was the star student. They are all impressed with how well he is doing and how fast he is meeting and exceeding his goals that they set for him. I am amazed at the strength that God allows to flow through Matt on a daily basis. He tells me that it is not him that is making the progress, but God through him and he is right, but I also remind him that he has to be a willing host for Gods strength to flow out of. Matt is going home on the 9th of Sept. and guess what that is... Jonathan's first football game. Imagine that, God is working things out again. I just cannot say enough about how much we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. Matt is a living, breathing, walking miracle and you are all a part of why that happened. You are all so AWESOME!!!! Thank you all for everything and please continue to pray for him as he goes on to recover completly from this ordeal.