[Magdalen] Please pray

[Sally Davies]

Beautiful story, thank you Jon, and may the grace of God, the love of
Christ and the beauty of the Spirit fill each day you have with Becca.

I love that question - so simple but somehow it's one I never thought of.
May I have permission to share it with others if they appear to need that
thought? They may not [yet] have a better family to formally join, but just
the thought that we can be in the "wrong family" could be very freeing.

I'm aware that a couple of our pub siblings also have that wrong-family
feeling at times (or all the time).

Sally D

On Saturday, October 3, 2015, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> How lovely.  But take the word lovely and remove from it any hint of cliche
> or "cuteness". Just pure Godlike Lovely.  Some folks are blessed to be the
> bearers of God's healing love. A good measure of Love, pressed own shaken
> together and running over.
>
> Such an incredibly joyful story.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > About two years ago a young lady started coming to Trinity.  She was
> > obviously suffering from some major illnesses.  We had talked and prayed
> > with her.  (She has a beautiful alto singing voice.) In talking with her,
> > we realized that her family was in denial about how ill she was.  Nothing
> > she did pleased her family.  Dawn was visiting her at her home and her
> > mother said to her "I have two girls, Becca is the oldest. After I gave
> > birth the second time, God finally sent us a perfect child."
> > (WTF?!?!?!?!?!?)
> >
> > Last October she was horribly raped.  Her first call was to Dawn.  Dawn
> > investigated rapes when she worked in the Florida Keys for the State.
> She
> > helped her through the rape kit, and all those exams.  We took her in
> > because the rapist doesn't know where we lived.  She has blossomed.  At
> > first it was "I'm sorry" this and "I'm sorry" that.  She is now getting
> > property medical care, thanks to Dawn, and feels safe for the first time
> in
> > her life!
> >
> > Right around Christmas, I woke up from a good rest.  Did my morning
> > ablutions, and sat with Dawn and Becca in the living room.  After some
> > yakking, I asked, "Becca, did you ever think you were born in the wrong
> > family?"  She thought.  For a long time.  A slow tear came down her
> cheek,
> > and she said,  "I am so happy now.  Can you two adopt me?" [She's 25] We
> > can, in Missouri! Yay!  All the paperwork is being done and she will be
> our
> > daughter come about Christmas.
> >
> > Becca has CVID, and takes an IV dose of imunogoblin (Sp?) about every
> three
> > week.  A nurse comes in to administer it. She also has Levi Hollister
> > Syndrome, and really bad ovarian cysts.  She's too young to have a
> > hysterectomy or an oopherectomy.
> >
> > The legal system for adoption will take about three months.  Please pray
> > for Becca for the many illnesses she has.  Dawn and I are honored to be
> > parents again, and we love this young woman.  She has blossomed under our
> > care and tells us "I love you two so much!"
> >
> > Grace and peace,
> > jon
> >
>