this is a miracle story happening to our best friends.....a story of God's divine mercy on a little one, his divine appointment and calling for two sweet believers we called our friends and a redemptive and beautiful story of how God can use a little soul to teach others of God's grace......
Dear Ones,
Steffen and I (Rachael) are in the process of becoming guardians for a little guy we will call Matt Patrick. He was born on Tuesday at 7lbs.1oz, and his mother (15yrs.old) did not wish to have any interaction with him. Matt is now out of the hospital and doing quite well despite the fact that he has a terminal brain anomaly known as Holoprosencephaly, at least we think it is terminal. Apparently the doctor's feel his prognosis is not good as they have already put him into hospice care. There are still a lot of legal details to be worked out, but we are getting close to taking responsibility for Matt. (Though given the details of Matt's birth, I am confident that even after we have guardianship of Matt, it will be his Heavenly Father--through His body the church--who will continue to look out for this special little one). This is not something we had planned on doing at this point in our lives. Nonetheless we are thankful that at least for today, God has given us the grace to love Matt as he is. God has mercifully provided for all of our needs in abundance through you, His church, in a multitude of ways. We have been blessed beyond all that we could have asked or imagined through your tangible gifts or prayer, adoption services, childcare, food, baby items, legal services, encouragement, wise councel, cuddling, tears of compassion, monogrammed blanekts, church leadership, and so much more. Thank you!
Despite the tragedy inherent in this story, we know that God is good because He has used His body to demonstrate His love for us and Matt through such a variety of integrated and yet unique gifts. Grace and Peace to you all.
Love,
Rachael (for Steffen, Emma, Jack, and Matt
please continue to follow his story at his page
www.prayformatt.blogspot.com
7 comments:
This is incredible. And He is so gorgeous!! I would love to know more about sweet baby Matt.
Wow...what an amazing family! God is so good to provide for our needs...even a little man who knows nothing about what is going on. He is so loved. Thanks for sharing this story.
o wow awesome! matthew is a beautiful name. even tho this wasn't something you had planned, i know that you and your husband will be great parents to this blessing from god. i will pray for this child and all of your family!
He is amazing! It is so heart warming to see the body of Christ at work. Children are such a gift! Matthew certainly is being treasured. Praying for all of your sweet hearts!
I love looking at his picture. Our Larson had Holoprocephely, along with other things. I know this baby will thrive under the care of these precious people. What a gift they are giving...even if they don't think that. Beautiful..just beautiful.
What a precious boy and what a wonderful, beautiful family! Praying many blessings on them as they care for this precious one...
What a beautiful story! I will be praying for them. Thank you so much for sharing...
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