Emilee has been struggling with lung cancer for the past couple of months. It's been a roller coaster...one day getting a report that she's improving, another finding out more devastating news. Last night, her family visited her at the hospital and said their goodbyes...she's not expected to live much longer.
This is the latest update from her dad, written around 9 this morning:
"For weeks now, Emilee has been saying that her goal was to be back at home by November. It's November 1 (All Saints Day) and Emilee is slowly making her way "home." Her dear, little heart is working extra hard to stay alive but she is now receiving 75% of her oxygen from the BiPap machine.
I don't think any of us will ever know just how much Emilee has wanted to live. Last night with my (Jim) family and Wendy's sister gathered around her bed (while others prayed next door) she told us to make a circle. We did and then she pointed at three scriptures mounted on the walls (Psalm 118:17 "I didn't die, I lived! And now I'm telling the world what God did," Mark10:27 "With man this is impossible. But not with God. With God ALL things are possiible," and Ps. 118:13 "I was right on the cliff edge, ready to fall, when God grabbed and held me.")
She took the verses and placed them on her body and asked us to pray them back to the Lord. We did. My sister, Jen, said that she thought it was Emilee's way of saying, "God, I'm going to ask you once more to heal me and to make me whole." We also sang worship songs to encourage her faith and our faith.
Emilee reminds me of Jacob who wrestled an angel and who wouldn't let go until he got a blessing. She hasn't received the blessing that she had asked for but today she anticipates the blessing of an eternity spent with her Lord.
There are no words to say just how much it hurts to watch her slowly fading away and becoming less responsive by the hour. We're glad to see her struggle with this horrible cancer coming to an end and we're grateful for the hope that Christ has given her to pass from this life into the presence of God. The void that she will leave behind in our lives will always be with us. We are humbled that we have had the privilege of knowing and loving her during her almost 20 years on earth."
I don't think any of us will ever know just how much Emilee has wanted to live. Last night with my (Jim) family and Wendy's sister gathered around her bed (while others prayed next door) she told us to make a circle. We did and then she pointed at three scriptures mounted on the walls (Psalm 118:17 "I didn't die, I lived! And now I'm telling the world what God did," Mark10:27 "With man this is impossible. But not with God. With God ALL things are possiible," and Ps. 118:13 "I was right on the cliff edge, ready to fall, when God grabbed and held me.")
She took the verses and placed them on her body and asked us to pray them back to the Lord. We did. My sister, Jen, said that she thought it was Emilee's way of saying, "God, I'm going to ask you once more to heal me and to make me whole." We also sang worship songs to encourage her faith and our faith.
Emilee reminds me of Jacob who wrestled an angel and who wouldn't let go until he got a blessing. She hasn't received the blessing that she had asked for but today she anticipates the blessing of an eternity spent with her Lord.
There are no words to say just how much it hurts to watch her slowly fading away and becoming less responsive by the hour. We're glad to see her struggle with this horrible cancer coming to an end and we're grateful for the hope that Christ has given her to pass from this life into the presence of God. The void that she will leave behind in our lives will always be with us. We are humbled that we have had the privilege of knowing and loving her during her almost 20 years on earth."
Please pray for her family...
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