Continue to Lift Them UP

Please continue to pray for the Chappells as they spend a few short moments with their baby and then look for comfort in the Lord, their family and friends.

I am soo thankful for this couple's honesty and openness. They have been so firm in their faith and in their ethical beliefs concerning prenatal diagnosis and all the other challenges they've faced in the last few months. And mostly importantly they've been such inspiriations- remaining firm in the Lord even during periods of uncertainity. And I look forward to the lives they've touched !!!

An Awesome Answer to Prayer

I'm not sure how many of you have been keeping up with the Chappells..... but at 20-something weeks pregnant Casey found out that her little one had some pretty serious conditions. Because of their strong view of LIFE they decided to postpone any tests that had risks....

On Monday they had the amnio (since she's now 35+ weeks preggo) and they received some preliminary results today....

We are also overjoyed to let everyone know that the initial results show that Chromosomes 13, 18 and 21 are normal and there s no sign of a trisomy at this point! This is great news and our great God deserves all the glory for He has given great grace today! The results mean that the "lethal" issues they were suspecting, are not there.

Please read more on their blog, their little baby still has a "long road" but praise God for the glimmer of hope that they are beginning to see. OH, and find out if they are having a boy or girl...they finally were able to find out:)

Prayers for the Chappell Baby

Brian and I have some friends from our seminary days that are expecting their long awaited first child. Casey Chappell is about 28 weeks pregnant and has received some tough news from the doctors concerning her baby's health :(

Her blog is HERE. If you want to know more. Our hearts and prayer go out to the Chappells during this pregnancy and the uncertain days ahead. Like Casey mentions in her blog:

I know that we have to trust in a Hand of a Good God that has only our best in mind. It's hard to understand and it's hard to even trust this big Hand that created this child inside me that I"m being told is probably not going to live more than a few hours or days. But He is Big and He is Good. I know that, Dan knows that. But now we are being called to Live that day by day in a very real and hard way.

Please lift them up in prayer with us.