Hope

Some of you who have been following this blog know about a friend of mine named Emily and the loss of her daughter to leukemia a year and a half ago. What you may not know is since then Emily and her husband, James, had the opportunity to become parents to a beautiful newborn baby boy through adoption. However, the birth mother changed her mind and the Haughery's were left empty handed after a month at home with baby Griffin. As you can probably imagine this was devastating to them - especially after everything they have already been through. Yet, Emily and James have not given up hope of having a child and are now trying to conceive via IVF. However, the money is needed up front and they do not have it. Their faith and love remains in the Lord and they have a huge support around them, but they need all the help they can to raise this money. Go to this website and see how you can help or learn more about IVF. If you don't know the struggles that Emily and James have gone through in the past 3 years I strongly urge you to check out Emily's blog under the link 'Alivia's Story' to the right. Please keep them in prayer; they are truly amazing people who desperately want to be parents.

I also want to ask you to be praying for my friend Amanda and her Husband Seth. Amanda goes in to be induced this Sunday. They know it is a boy and they have named him Matthew. This is a very stressful and nerve wracking (and exciting) time for them as they too suffered the loss of a baby. Amanda's blog is to the right under 'Amanda's Corner' if you want to learn more about her story.