Dear Praying Friends,

 I appreciate all of you that have been praying for my mother and our family.  It is wonderful to know that our Christian brothers and sisters are concerned about how we are doing during this hard time.  The unsaved world is truly missing out on such wonderful blessings. When they go through trials like we are they do not have so many hundreds of prayers giving them strength to move forward. Our family is at one of the most difficult times we have ever faced and your prayers mean more to us than ever.

 My mother, Carol, has been told by her doctors to go home and do what makes her happy. The cancer has not been slowed much by the intense chemo treatments and is aggressively attacking.  She will be starting hospice care in just a few weeks. As we go through this time with her we know that God’s timing is perfect, but there are times that knowing this will not make losing our mother any easier. My brothers and I are heartbroken, and only those that have lost a spouse know what our father is going through.  I beg you all to pray more for us than you ever have before. 

 My father’s name is Joe. My brothers are Dan, Don, and Bob. If you would lift up all our names individually it would comfort us very much. My oldest brother has five children who love their grandma very much. Their names are Andrew, Russell, Joseph, Madison and Whitney. This will be very hard on them.  My oldest son, David, will be very confused why his grandma is not around to give him wagon rides and such anymore. Please pray for my mother’s grandchildren, for they will miss her tremendously.

 I thank you all again for your prayers and love for my family. Our own church family is doing a wonderful job at making us feel loved. There will be many people close by for us to turn to when we need them.

 I am so glad that saying goodbye on this earth is not permanent with those that know the Lord. We will see her again, and to her it will be like she just left us.

 In Christ’s Love,

 Holly & Justin