Many of you have been praying for our family recently. In the past 3 and 1/2 weeks my dad has had quadruple bypass surgery, my mom's last scan for cancer showed three new growths, and my aunt and grandmother (mom's side) were in a really bad car accident. They are both still in ICU at a hospital in Louisville. Thank you so much for your prayers. Here is the brief update.
My dad is recovering very well. We are trying to make sure that he is doing everything he needs to do to make a full recovery. He still has a long road ahead of him and he gets tired easily. However, we consider ourselves truly blessed as his doctor's words were that he was a "walking time bomb" for a lethal heart attack. Thanks to everyone who visited, brought food, and most importantly prayed for him during this time.
My grandmother has 7 broken ribs, a cracked sternum, and a collapsed lung. The thing we are most concerned about with this situation is that she is 93 and recovery is going to be painful and slow. My aunt has a ruptured diaphram, crushed elbow, and and some heart problems. She has many surgeries ahead of her in the next few weeks. Once again, prayers appreciated.
My sister, Julie, and I flew to Boston to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute to get a second opinion from a sarcoma specialist about mom. We are going to continue this hopefully LONG road of trial and error treatments, experimental meds, and praying for a miracle. The prognosis for leiomyosarcoma is not good, but my mom is a fighter, for sure! We will be traveling to Boston at least a few times in the next few months for some biopsies on the new growths as well as some clinical trial medications that can only be taken in Boston. We are flying back to Kentucky today. Once again, and I think you see the trend, please keep praying for us.
If you would like to send cards or words of encouragement to my mom or dad - here is their contact information. They truly are two of the most amazing people on the planet.
Sonny and Ruthie Fentress
1221 Stoneridge Road
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
I will try my best to keep you guys updated.
About Me
- Sara Beth
- I was born and raised in Kentucky. I graduated from Carson Newman College and Southwestern Seminary. I am passionate about orphan care and advocacy. I have been blessed with the most amazing network of family and friends. I am excited to surrender to the story that God wants to write for me!! I love to help people, analyze people, listen to people, and challenge people. (even when they don't ask me to) :) I am pretty laid back. Not much gets to me, usually.
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Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."
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I pray for strength, perseverance, wisdom, rest, peace and joy during this journey with your family. I pray that each day you wake up you are overcome with amazing energy and a clear perspective (HIS perspective). I love you so much and am lifting you and your family up!
XOXO - Heather
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the lord your God will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9 NIV)
Praying big miracles in each of these situations knowing that the Lord is before each one. Also Praying large doses of encouragement on you and your family! Love you friend!
:) Shannon
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:8
"Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress, be merciful to me and hear my prayer." Psalm 4:1
"Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray." Psalm 4:1&2
"Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish. How long, O Lord, how long?" Psalm 6:2&3
"Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise." Psalm 119:153&154
"I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry." Psalm 40:1
"They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress." Psalm 107:28
"God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer." Psalm 66:19
"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and glory of the Lord will rear guard. Then you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." Isaiah 58:8&9
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"Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all our sins and heals all your diseases..." Psalm 103:1-3
"I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live." Psalm 116:1&2
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