successful surgery!!!!!!!!

i just got word that lorelei's surgery went really well and that her color looks good. praise God for this great report!! thanks to all of you who got down on your knees on behalf of sweet baby lorelei. please don't stop praying for this family, though. pray for continued recovery for lorelei, as well as rest for her parents, josh & kim. it's quite an understatement to say that this has been a tough week for them.


1 peter 1:3-9
praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! in His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. in this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. these have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

keep praying... surgery this morning

due to another patient being more critical, lorelei's surgery was moved to this morning. i have not heard anything more than that at this point. thank you for your prayers. keep praying.

lorelei's surgery

please, please, please continue to pray for baby lorelei. her condition has not improved in the past week. she is now in the ICU at the scottish rite children's hospital in atlanta. they have been hoping that surgery would not be necessary, but this week has not been a good one for her. they are planning brain surgery today-- not just a shunt, but actually going into the brain. she is in very critical condition. kim & josh have not given up hope, for they know that God is in control of their newborn daughter's life. they appreciate your prayers. i'll keep you posted.

2 cor. 1:3-5, 10-11
praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. for just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows...on Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

He maketh no mistake

i found this poem in college, and it never ceases to encourage me. i thought of it today when writing lorelei's mom an email...

by A.M. Overton

My Father's way may twist and turn,
My heart may throb and ache,
But in my soul I'm glad to know,
He maketh no mistake.

My cherished plans may go astray,
My hopes may fade away,
But I'll trust my Lord to lead
For He doth know the way.

Tho' night be dark, and it may seem
That day will never break,
I'll pin my faith, my all in Him,
He maketh no mistake.

There's so much now I cannot see,
My eyesight's far too dim;
But come what may, I'll simply trust
And leave it all to Him.

For by and by the mist will lift
And plain it all He'll make,
Through all the way, tho' dark to me
He made not one mistake.

please pray for lorelei

one of my college roommates and dear friends just gave birth to a beautiful, healthy little girl on saturday, april 22. all was well with lorelei and family until she began bleeding in her brain this past weekend. i don't know very many details, but i know that she is still in the hospital at this point. she had a good day yesterday, and they were hoping to bring her back home today, but she began vomiting last night. this could be a sign that there is compression on the brain. i ask for your fervent, fervent prayers for my friends kim and josh and their precious baby girl. they have faith in our mighty God Who has the power to heal this sweet child... i pray that God will grant them peace as they watch and wait with so many questions and that He will be glorified through the events of this week and beyond. i know they appreciate your prayers.

eph. 3:20- now to Him who is able to do immeasureably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us. to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever. amen.