by David Demian
This past Christmas my wife Ruth, I and 6 of our 7 kids, went on what we hoped would be the family vacation of a lifetime. Through a blessing we received, we were able to take 5 weeks to travel to Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. We were so excited! 2005 had been a very busy year and I had spent a lot of time traveling away from my family. Now all of our labours would be forgotten as we took time just to relax and have fun and enjoy ourselves. But we were not prepared for what would happen next …