David

This is David.  Where to begin....  David is 11 years old and I can not find enough words to describe him.  He loves to talk, is very creative/artistic, highly intelligent, has a great compassion for others and loves the Lord. (Remember I love to brag on my kids)
So a typical 11 year old he is...... accept last year David was diagnosed with APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) and Diplopia (double vision).  APD is the brains ability to process the sounds that we hear. David can hear just fine but somewhere between his ear and his brain the sound can get lost.  He can not hear in large crowds (to many sounds), he struggles to listen when given a list of things to accomplish and he sometimes finds himself "lost" in a conversation.  For several years we were told he was ADHD/ADD but his grades were always A's and B's, we were told he had control issues, a strong willed child.  We saw several counselors to try and help us, we spoke with our pediatrician, we read books and we prayed.  Nothing seemed to help.  You see although David was making good grades in school he was also acting out, he would not sit still in his chair, he would talk out of turn allot, he would struggle to get his class work completed and at times could be quite argumentative.  this is where God steps in, one day I received another phone call from our school about David, he had reached his limit in behavioral marks and was placed in ISS (in school suspension) I stopped what I was doing and just began to pour my heart out to God, what were we doing wrong, why couldn't we reach David, why couldn't we make him understand and conform to the guidelines at school, why were we going through this? finally after I had placed all my whys in Gods hands I was quiet (not typical for me I am a doer not a listener) in that quiet moment I felt God tell me to look for a Christian counselor on line sounds funny I know but sometimes it is the simple acts of faith that bring us closer to our Heavenly Father   On line I found the name of a local counselor and I again I felt god telling me to give him a call.  So I did.  After speaking with Josh (the counselor) for over an hour on the phone I found some hope.  He was more than happy to meet with David. I wish I could go into more detail but this is already quite a long post. I 'll close by sharing that Josh noticed suggested we have David tested and after about 4 months we had the answers to all our "whys".  David is now in therapy and is improving greatly.  We have finished our second week of school and he has not even received a warning mark!  He is completing all of his class work in school and has made 100 on all his quizzes.  (I only wish Mrs. Murphy could see him now!)
For David to navigate such huge hurdles at such a young age makes me so excited to see what God has planned for him in the future!