As I sat in the hospital I thought about how this New Year came with such a sense of hope.  I guess one would think that maybe being admitted the second weekend of the year does not bode well for the rest of it but I beg to differ.  I fail to believe that God has anything in store for us other than blessings beyond measure!

This journey has led me to meet so many amazing people… in the blog world I have these “friend” who are truly strangers, yet your heart is drawn to people you have never met.  You don’t know why or how but you find yourself thinking of them, hoping with them, praying FOR them… and they become a blessing to you.  I know many of you have watched our life, in all its ups and downs, and have done the same for us.  I know that there are perfect strangers out there whom I do not even know your names who pray and bless us each day.

I would like to ask each of you to take a moment and pray for a few of our friends.  These are people whom God has really placed on my heart.

Eithene Rose is a darling little girl, who is just a few weeks younger than Kyleigh.  Her mom Jessica and I have been friends since we met online in an IA group.  Eithene and Kyleigh have seemed like soul sisters for so long and recently their family was given the news that Eithene does in fact have Mitochondrial disease.  I cannot imagine what a hard day it was for them because it was a day that downright SUCKED for me.  I sat in front of the computer sobbing.  I am crying right now.  Not that I don’t believe that God has them in His hands always but I look at Eithene and at Kyleigh and my heart hurts in ways I cannot begin to explain with words.

Whitney and her husband have been struggling with infertility.  On January 6 they found out that Whitney had miscarried.  Normally I skim through and its not that I am NOT sympathetic to infertility but its something hard for me to relate to.  But Whitney, it seems that every single post on her blog just rips my heart out.  Or makes my heart sing.  Why I am so attached to her, I don’t know but if you would find it in your heart to pray for her body to heal itself from this miscarriage and for God to dually bless her womb… I would be forever grateful.

The Sullivan Family – Sara (mom of this beautiful little group) was diagnosed with cancer while she was pregnant and went home less than a month after her beautiful baby girl was born on September 22, 2009.  Recently the autopsy concluded that it was NOT the cancer that claimed Sara’s life but a seizure which lead to cerebellar herniation (brainstem compression) which eventually made her body functions impossible.  This tears my heart into a million pieces … for all obvious reasons this scares the living daylights out of me…Now her husband, Brad, is raising their beautiful daughter Chloe by himself.  Please join me in praying for them!

There are so many more but today those are the three that my heart is really heavy for.  Also for the entire Nation of Haiti… I continue seeing news footage and I am glued to the television.. my heart is heavy for them also and praying that our country will be able to be a blessing to these people.  Seeing the PEACE on the streets as these people have NOTHING and nowhere to go yet spontaneous praise and worship services are breaking out.  What a testament to the power of faith.  I know that our Heavenly Father will not forsake that beautiful nation and will allow them to rebuild BETTER than they were before!

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