I wish everyone's brothers could be as cool as my brothers. I love getting to see them! John and Kellen are just awesome people to know and I can't even imagine having to grow up without at least one of them in my life. Even though John isn't here, I still have the memories of us growing up and now that I get to see Kellen doing the same things that we did, it just makes me smile and thank God for the chance to be a sister to such awesome men of God. I came home from my second week of FCA camp at A&M and my little brother (age 9) wants to tell me about what God has been teaching him in the book of Jonah. I mean, he was saved at age 5, baptized at 7 and I have been praying that God would place that desire in his heart to start reading the Bible, not for knowledge, but for allowing God to start changing his heart now at a young age. He's just the coolest and its so awesome to see him surrending his life over to the Lord and see his heart for God's word!
When I come home, the one person that I want to hang out with most is my little brother, either having water fights, watching movies, playing video games, or playing sports with him in our front yard. Someone has said about Kellen that he's a 30 year-old in a 9 year-old body which is mainly true. He has maturity and intelligence far beyond his years (mostly), but he's the one person that I can be 100% Katie around. Not that I'm not a real person around everyone else, its just that Kellen and I think the same way, kinda like how John and I always were. I've always said that my brothers were my best friends and I always hope they are. (Don't worry Laura---you're on the same level :) John was that older brother who was always looking out for me, showing me more of Jesus each day and being that laugh when I needed one. And now Kellen is growing up with a heart for God just like John and I am too excited to see how Kellen turns out. This is the same dude that goes and prays to God at recess before he plays with his friends and then talks to God while he's fishing down at the creek. God has just flat-out filled him with His spirit and I love getting to see His face light up for Jesus!
There are just no words to explain how much I love my brothers and how awesome God has moved in both of their lives. I just have to praise God for giving me these awesome brothers and giving all of us His spirit so that we could and can have true fellowship! Sometimes I'm just so proud of both of them and I don't even know what to say....like when my little brother started witnessing to one of his classmates about Jesus and handed him a Bible! I was completely blown away by how much boldness God has given Kellen and it gave me encouragement to do more like that. I know this sounds corny but its just like how God told us in the Psalms "Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!"
So....my brothers are awesome and thats just the way it is!
