Friday, April 24, 2009

Healing Prayers over the Weekend

Hi Everybody -

Mom and I are going to a religious retreat with Aunt Georgia. I get to meet a lady named Colleen Willard. She was healed from a brain tumor they couldn't operate on. I also get to meet Mother Nadine from the Intercessors of the Lamb in Omaha and a visionary. We are going to pray a lot and it will be really good to be with people who have strong faith.
Mom can explain it better.
Love,
Bree

Note from mom Jennifer;

This weekend at the retreat we will be focusing on God's mercy and for the laying of hands to physically heal Brianna. Please join us in our prayers this weekend that Brianna will be blessed with God's mercy and grace!
I previously mentioned how Brianna has deepened her faith and that her personality is one to always put others first. Two more examples I will share: First, Brianna was in the ER one night with an excrutiating headache and she said, "Mom, I want to say something, but I can't." I said, "What do you mean?" She responded, "I really need to say something, but God will be mad at me." I finally convinced her that she can tell me and she stated, "I feel like hell!" Another example was with her most recent episode which was the worst ever as she was not able to find any relief. She noticed that Bob had become teary eyed and grab him and told him how much she was sorry for upsetting him! If you recall, she did that to me as well...based on her level of pain it's hard to believe she could think about our feelings.
Today, Brianna and I are going to visit my school (Lincoln-Way North High School) so we can deliver Brianna Brigade t-shirts to visit and meet with a lot of my friends who have been an unbelievable support network. They have been so generous and kind during this difficult period and it is very important for us to give and receive LOTS OF HUGS!!
We had a very speedy delivery of the chicken ginger soup last night, secretly delivered by the "Soup Elf." Brianna could not wait to eat it so she decided it would be her afternoon snack! WOW, that was fast service as I only posted a request for the recipe and several hours later the fresh soup was delivered!! Thank you!!
With the long weekend religious retreat and the fact that Brianna will undergo a 3 hour MRI for her total spine, you will have to wait until Monday afternoon to hear from us as to how well things went for us.
Finally, a friend of the family, Katie Slou is organizing a fundraiser where we will be selling spirit cups. I am including her email as a contact in case you have any questions or are interested in obtaining an order form. Proceeds from the sale of the spirit cups will go towards the "Brianna Sharp Benefit Fund." We would like to thank you in advance for your support. (I hear the cups are REALLY cool and hope that you will consider contacting Katie. Her email is listed below:
logan216@sbcglobal.net (Katie Slou)
God bless you all for your kindness and generosity. We are most appreciative of your prayers and words of encouragement as they allow us to face each day with amazing strength and courage. Brianna had a good day yesterday (Wed. she slept most of the day) as Aunt Amy and her cousin Colleen treated us to lunch at Pizza Fusion (DELICIOUS) and she got her exercise by helping me shop at Whole Foods.
"Patience is having faith in God's timing!" Thank you Joellyn for the line about how God laughs whenever anyone tries to spell out timelines. It made me laugh and helped me realize that the news we received from doctors giving us a timeline is a joke!! Only God knows His plans for Brianna and the fact she is so strong tells us that anyone who is given a timeline needs to be patient, take things one day at a time, and live every moment to the fullest, while continuing to believe that His plan is perfect and Brianna will always be safe!
God bless!!Jennifer


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