The Story of Joshua~ Chapter 3.5

Rocky the raccoon. 

      Though with this story and stories to come, we will be sharing some of Joshua's Joys.  They are all intertwined with sickness and many times horrors. By this time in his life, because of the injuries he had sustained, he was constantly having to go to the chiropractor.  And was blessed enough to find a family physician named Dr. Ludwig, who was a retired military doctor who served in Korea.  A man who knew so much as he had once told Joshua that he had performed over 1000 surgeries on wounded/injured soldiers in a 24 hour period.  An old school man's man standing about 6'8'' and weighing about 350lbs.  Though he had helped Joshua in many ways. The testing available at the time, mainly the technology, was not available.  Though many of his family members were plagued with illness, and Joshua had many of the same symptoms, because his family were very selfish people, was not a consideration or was really ever noticed the problems that he was suffering.  And though at this young age he was a man in his own right, and children are resilient.

There was no way possible with him to associate any of these things with severe illnesses.  Which makes what he has accomplished that we will be sharing that much more powerful and inspirational.  Because the illness, the gifts, success, that he had and has accomplished, though for him it's simply joys, these two things must be intertwined to understand how hard he had to work and push to accomplish what he has in his life by understanding the illnesses that he had and has.  He has worked hard for so many things, but has never been able to  get to the place where he needs to be and the rest of the world needs to see.


And to make it clear, many of the people in Joshua's story will be left out for they are far to personal and far too painful for even us to speak about let alone write about. And that is not what this page is about. As of the next few stories of his life, we will be talking about wonderful strides he had made, the unbelievable accomplishments, yet the nightmares of being sick and the people around him that have hurt him so tremendously there is no reason why he should be alive today. Injury after injury, sickness after sickness, beating after beating, want to emphasize on what he has done for himself, but mainly for others. Always helping and changing people's lives for the better.


 He cared nothing of fame, money, or being on tv as he grew up in a different time, all he wanted to do was play professional basketball. Though Joshua's always made right choices, based upon morality, faith, discernment and purely the heart that he was given.  Being such a convicted, but beaten down young man, what you will see is how other people and situations in life can affect someones life so drastically that it can be ended.  How much people can push if they truly care for themselves and for others. As a Christian, living his life in faith.

All the stories now, and to come, he and our team hope shows, how from the simplest thing to the biggest thing, can affect a person's life.  Their heart.  Their spirit.   Hopefully, helping people to build, not to destroy.  As what he had grasped early on, is how the smallest thing in an individual's perspective, can change the life of another person's drastically.  Again, destroying their life, or bettering them.