TWO IMPORTANT PRAYER REQUESTS

UPDATE ON DAD
Last Monday, June 23 after a full day of a2 related work; me, Janet and the girls loaded up and took the 3.5 hour trek up to Dad and Mom’s house in TN. It was awesome to hang out with Dad and Mom for a few days.

Dad is doing great mentally. His attitude is upbeat and positive. He’s just as sarcastic as ever when it comes to “one-liners” with Mom. We really enjoyed getting to spend a couple of days with the family.

Dad is pretty weak. He has some difficulty getting around. But all in all, he’s doing well.

It’s important to point out, the doc’s report still hasn’t changed. But we are continuing to believe God for a miracle. A God-sized miracle.

Thanks so much for all of your emails, thoughts and prayers related to Dad. God has proven Himself to be so faithful in the past. We are trusting God to come through in a big way today.

Please continue to join us in prayer.


PRAYING FOR MCKAYLEE BORKLUND
Last Friday, June 20 I received this email from Jessica Borklund. As most of you know, Jessica and Stephen’s baby, McKaylee was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. This family has exhibited incredible grace throughout this difficult time. Let’s continue to lift them to God in prayer. Here’s Jessica’s email:

“I just wanted to ask you to continue in prayer with us for sweet little McKaylee. We have made the move up here to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. The doctors have told us that McKaylee has less than a 50% chance of survival and her odds of beating this cancer and overcoming the tumor are small. We are devastated at this news, but still believing in our awesome God for an awesome miracle. McKaylee is being admitted to the hospital here tonight and will start her first round of chemotherapy tomorrow afternoon. It will be 12-15 months worth of chemo for her here at St. Jude's and it will prove to be a very challenging time for all of us. Please lift her up and plead with Christ to heal this precious little girl. We are exhausted and have been worn extremely thin on all fronts; spiritually, emotionally and physically. Thank you for continuing to support and encourage us during this time. Also, I wanted to share this info with you so hopefully you can spread the word about this on your end. Thanks for your time!” ~Jessica Borklund~

I also received this email from someone who is organizing a benefit for McKaylee. I hope you’ll plan on participating. Here’s the email:

“Hi, my name is Misty Alexander and I work for Grifols PlasmaCare in Birmingham Al. I have kept up with McKaylee thru Stephen since the beginning and we have been trying to come up with a way that we could help your family. On July 19th and 20th we are going to hold a Walk-a-thon at UAB track to raise money for little McKay lee. We are teaming up with St. McKay lee to make this possible. While we know that all donations raised by corporate sponsors will have to go to St. Judes, there are a lot of personal donations and sponsors and all of those donations will come straight to your family.

We just wanted your family to know that your in our thoughts and prayers and also to let you know what was going on in case of anybody else you know may want to just come out and support McKaylee on her day. Anyone who may want to walk is more than welcome to come and join us they can just give myself or Trisa Bender a call at 205-322-2400.

God bless your family and we are all praying for McKaylee.”

Please continue to join us in praying for McKaylee’s healing. Let’s also lift the entire family to God in prayer. We’ll try to keep you updated with additional information.