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Our Story Hits the Newspaper!!!

" What About Paul?"
Book Chronicles Merrillville Family's Journey With Autism

By Carrie Rodovich-Times Correspondent nwi.com
Posted: Sunday, December 5, 2010


Jad Terrebonne, shown with his son,
Paul, 27, said he wrote the book "to
encourage (other families) to not feel
guilty, or to have self–inflicted doubt.
I also don't want people to lose their
faith in God that kept us going."

When Jad Terrebonne's son, Paul, was
diagnosed with autism more than two decades ago, Jad felt like
someone had taken a hammer and shattered all his dreams.

"It was a shock to us," Jad said. "I grew up in a 'boys world'
and had that dream of hunting and fishing with him, like I did
with my father. I really struggled with that for a long time."

Jad Terrebonne recently self–published "What About Paul?
How I Gave Up My Broken Dreams" detailing his family's
journey with Paul, now 27. Terrebonne's wife, Rachelle,
and his daughter, Amy Terrebonne Luarca, also contributed
chapters to the book.

The book is available through Amazon.com.

After the initial surprise of Paul's diagnosis wore off,
Terrebonne said the family made it a priority to help Paul
get all the services he needed.

"I said I was going to fight to see that he could reach
all of his potential," he said.

The title "What about Paul?" came because the question was
one that was constantly asked over the years.

"Everything was centered around him," he said. "If we wanted
to go on vacation, it was, 'What about Paul?' It was a central
question in our marriage."

He said he decided make his family's story into a book to
encourage other families who are struggling with children
with disabilities.

"I want to encourage them to not feel guilty, or to have
self–inflicted doubt," he said. "I also don't want people
to lose their faith in God. That kept us going."

Prayer Requests For Brother, Craig

We now have Craig in a new facility. It is about 5-7 minutes
from us, and just a minute away from the hospital. Craig has
been having MANY infections. Please PRAY that the doctors
can control the infections and get him back on track. Craig
has been more in the hospital for the last 5 months than he
was at the nursing home...

Prayer Request-
I have a brother that has
Cerebral Palsy and a few other
health issues. His name is Craig
and he is 54 years old. In the
last couple of years his health
has Really gone downhill. I want to move him to closer to us.
Please pray we can get through all of the red tape as he lives in a different state so that we can help him better. He is not ambulatory at this time and lives in a nursing home.


Prayer Request-Answered (Amen and Amen!)

My brother is now here by me!!! Praise The Lord! Thank You for all who prayed. Craig and I are very happy for this answer to prayer!!!

My Dad's Death

(A picture of my family)
Update on my Dad-
My Dad died this past April 2,
2011. The whole month of
March my Dad had been really
ill. The two weeks before
he died he became real
lethargic and could barely move around. The last week
that my Dad lived he was taken to the doctor by my sister,
Sherry. The doctor told my Dad that there was nothing he
could do for him. My Dad died 5 days later.

The ONLY regret that I have is that
I was not sure of my Dad's salvation.
I found out at my Dad's funeral that
he and my Grandpa and Grandma were
Presbyterians many years ago. I
started doing some reseach on the
Presbyerians beliefs and I found out that
the Presbyerians do believe in salvation. My Dad went to that church until his teenage years. I am HOPING that my Dad accepted Christ as his personal Saviour!

My Dad who is now 86 is living in a nursing home. In the
last month his health has REALLY declined. He still has the
Congestive Heart Failure, but now has an addition problem.
He is at Stage 4 Kidney Failure. He has stated that he does
not want dialysis done if it would be required. Please Pray
that my Dad would be saved soon. I have been praying for my
Dad for over 35 years. His name is Wayne. Please pray that
God would show Himself to my Dad in a big way and I would
have the opportunity to lead him to the Lord!!! This is my
hearts desire!

Our Book Is Now Available

Our book "What About Paul" has
now officially been published.
A big thank you for all of your
prayers and support during this
project. May it be a blessing
to all who reads it!!!

OUR BOOK IS OFF TO THE PRINTER!!!

Our book should be out in about 2-3 weeks!!! Oh My Soul!!! One of our
dreams for Paul is about to come true!!! Thank You Jesus!!!

THE MANUSCRIPT IS DONE!!!

Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel,
saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me
indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that
Thine hand might be with me, and that
Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that
it may not grieve me! And God granted
him that which he requested.

Please pray that God would use this book for HIS glory!!!

Updates:

Please pray for my Dad, Wayne.
While we were on vacation, we
learned that my Dad has
Congestive Heart Failure. Please
pray that God shows His Love to
my Dad in a BIG way. Please pray
that my Dad would get saved!!!

Our book is about 85% completed.
Amy is still working on her chapter
and Jad is editing our manuscipt.
We would like the book to be
completed by Pastor School 2010.

An Additional Update:

Amy has now completed her chapter,
and Jad has just a few more chapters
to go through and it will be off to
the proof readers!!! Oh Glory to God!!!


One other bit of information,
my Dad is doing a bit better
now. He has FINALLY retired
from work at the age of 85
years! His health has improved
some. PLEASE continue to pray for the salvation of my
Dad!!! I would appreciate it SO...very much!

More updates:

There is still much to do to
publish this book:
1. Proof reading
2. Selecting the right pictures
3. Printing

Please pray that God will bless
the completion of this book!

Another update:

Jad and I have now selected the
pictures we want to be used in
the book. Also, the book is now
in hands of the proof readers.

More...updates:

We have decided to go to
Larry Titak's studio to have the
cover photos done. Also, the title
is now officially copyrighted!
There is so much to do when you
are writing a book! It has made us
very grateful for every Christian
author that sets his goal of
writing a book!!!

Even more...updates:

We are now working on adding pictures
to this blog. We have a ton of pictures
to go through so...be patient.

Another Update...

We have so...many more pictures in our
book about our journey with Paul. I
hope you enjoy the ones on our site.

More Updates...

Well...as you all can see the book
has not been completed yet. I talked
with our editor and she said that she
could not finish the book before PS
because of all of the other books that
she had already taken on. I saw her
last week and she said that she was
working on our book now. Please pray
that the book will be completed soon
and that God would use this book to
help others see the need to open a
Christian facility for Paul and others
like him.

Additional Update:

Jad talked to the editor and she said
the book is almost almost done! A dream
of our is almost ready to be born. Jad
is now working on the cover design of
our book! It is looking beautiful!!!
Soon off to the publishers! Glory To God!!!
Can you tell I am excited???

Another Update:

Today we went to Picture People at our
local mall and got another family picture.
Paul and the rest our the family took some
great pictures. We hope you will like them
also.

Even More Updates:

Today we got the Final Draft of our book.
We are hoping that by this next Monday
or Tuesday this next week we will have our
manuscript in the hands of our publisher.
Thank You Jesus!!! We hope and pray that
this book will be a blessing and an
encouragement to all that read it.
Luke 1:37 For with God NOTHING shall be
Impossible.

Additional Updates:

Our book is now officially in the hands
of a printer. In about 2-3 we should
have our book published. Thank You Jesus!!!

Another Update:

Yesterday we got the Proof Book from our
printers. They sent it to us just to
make sure this is exactly what we want
our book to look like. Oh Glory, next
week we will have the COMPLETED book
in our hands!!! Praise The Lord!!!!!!!!
Please pray for the success of this book!

My Prayer For You

Jesus,

Bless all of my Family & Friends
in whatever it is that You know
they may need this day!
And may their lives be full of Your
Peace, Prosperity, and Power
as they seek to have a closer
relationship with You.

~In Jesus Name. Amen

May this site be a blessing to
you, and may see that with God,
All Things Are Possible!

Lord willing, we will be completing a book about
our life story very soon. The journey has taken
us through many mountain tops, but also through
many valleys. Jad and I have been so blessed these
passed 30 years of marriage. God has given to us
many privileges over the years as we have tried
to serve Him. One blessing has been our son Paul.
Although he is handicapped and will never have a
normal life, he has been God’s gift to us. Jad and
I want to tell you our story about our son, and the
journey that God has allowed us to travel on. Our
hope and prayer for you is that our journey will
be a guide book or a map for your family. May you
prayerfully travel our journey with us.

Our prayer to God is that He would multiply our five
loaves and two fishes.

God Bless You,
Rachelle