Please Pray for Bill!

Yesterday I received news that one of our Wonderfully Made people from our former church is in the hospital with a bowel obstruction. The doctors expected that she would not make it beyond Sunday. She is in a coma.

Diane is in her 50's and the best way to describe her is that she is a little mentally slow, and yet has been able to function in a "normal" world. Until recent years, she was able to hold down a full time job. She is also able to drive. Diane is married to Bill who is in his 60's. Bill had a stroke as a young child and it left him with a permanent mental disability. About two years ago, Diane had a recurrence of a hernia that the doctors refused to operate on until she lost some weight, and in spite of how hard she tried, she hadn't lost enough. It seems the hernia caused other problems, and then a bowel obstruction. She was rushed to the hospital on Friday, with great pain and with her blood pressure being extremely low and now she is in a coma. Only the immediate family can see her, and they believe she has brain damage.

My heart is broken--not only because I will miss Diane, but because Bill will be lost without her. Diane drove him everywhere and helped him in everything that he did. In spite of her limitations, she did a good job of taking care of him. They dearly loved each other. Please pray for him, as he will probably have to go to a nursing home when Diane is gone. My heart aches for those who have special needs when there is no one left to take care of them. I always relate it to our own son Trent. Oh how we need some good Christian homes! In spite of everything we have done, we are at a standstill. We need a couple with the same faith and the same desires that we have to be on our board so that we can file for a not-for-profit license. That is the first step and we can go no further until that is done. We have prayed and God has not yet opened that door. Please pray with us.

Diane was a happy, lively individual who one couldn't help but love. I know that when she leaves this earth, she will go to be with her Jesus! Praise God! Bill knows the Lord too, but what a difficult time ahead he faces! Only the great Comforter can help him.

Please keep praying that God will send us the people we need to help us out in this ministry to which God has called us.