Church was great this morning - we wrapped our ongoing story about "The Quest," which has been going on seven to eight weekends, by this point. Madison was anxious, as were all the kids - and I think that story did not disappoint! The rest of the service was great too, of course. The message was about the Holy Grail, about the real source of eternal life mentioned in John 4:14. Madison took plenty of notes, so much that Daddy scanned her book and sent it to Pastor Halston to take a look.
We got home, and there was the surprise. Tomorrow we are having a major surgery. Mommy may have to have a portion of her intestines resectioned in order to remove a few polyps, which may or may not be invasive and cancerous. The end result could be a colostomy bag, and in fact is fairly likely based on the doctor's comments and information we've been given. This is obviously not what we want.
So, it came as a wonderful surprise today that Pastor Lance and our dear friend Josh came over to the house, along with eleven others from KidPak. They all had one purpose: to pray for Mommy. We socialized for a bit, and it was so sweet and wonderful to see so many friends there in support. Especially considering there was another church event going on at that moment. But there they were, and soon enough, it was time to get down to business: prayers. Mommy was placed in the middle of great room, and anointing oil was passed along, per James, chapter five. And suddenly there was fervent prayer. Bold prayer. Madison was right there in the midst of it, watching everyone, and joining in with everyone in praying for Mommy. It was such an unbelievably special moment. The thought and love were so evident - all of them drove to our house to meet with Mommy and pray for her.
Tomorrow morning, we go to the hospital. On the social network, we have a lot of people sending out thoughts and prayers - hundreds of them. Mommy is very loved. Madison prayed again tonight before bedtime. We read a bit from the latest Jack Sparrow book, and but Madison wasn't quite ready for bed. She wanted to 'spend more time with Mommy' tonight, so we extended bedtime by a halfhour or so. We are certainly thinking about tomorrow quite a bit, but we aren't thinking about it alone!
We got home, and there was the surprise. Tomorrow we are having a major surgery. Mommy may have to have a portion of her intestines resectioned in order to remove a few polyps, which may or may not be invasive and cancerous. The end result could be a colostomy bag, and in fact is fairly likely based on the doctor's comments and information we've been given. This is obviously not what we want.
So, it came as a wonderful surprise today that Pastor Lance and our dear friend Josh came over to the house, along with eleven others from KidPak. They all had one purpose: to pray for Mommy. We socialized for a bit, and it was so sweet and wonderful to see so many friends there in support. Especially considering there was another church event going on at that moment. But there they were, and soon enough, it was time to get down to business: prayers. Mommy was placed in the middle of great room, and anointing oil was passed along, per James, chapter five. And suddenly there was fervent prayer. Bold prayer. Madison was right there in the midst of it, watching everyone, and joining in with everyone in praying for Mommy. It was such an unbelievably special moment. The thought and love were so evident - all of them drove to our house to meet with Mommy and pray for her.
Tomorrow morning, we go to the hospital. On the social network, we have a lot of people sending out thoughts and prayers - hundreds of them. Mommy is very loved. Madison prayed again tonight before bedtime. We read a bit from the latest Jack Sparrow book, and but Madison wasn't quite ready for bed. She wanted to 'spend more time with Mommy' tonight, so we extended bedtime by a halfhour or so. We are certainly thinking about tomorrow quite a bit, but we aren't thinking about it alone!
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