December 2010

Friends,

Grace and peace to you.

We continue to celebrate Ruby, her life, and all the amazing things God has brought her through and to. She delights us, and we love her so much! We are grateful for your continued support and faith for Ruby's life, health and supernatural healing. The battle is the Lord's.

Prayer Request: Pray that God would supernaturally heal Ruby's spine and give her the muscle tone she needs to hold herself in sitting.

It has been one of the hardest months we have had since the birth; specifically due to an x-ray that revealed a severe curvature of Ruby's spine. When the spine curves it compromises the space of the other major organs making it difficult for the lungs and heart to function normally. We were given some very grim prospects about inevitable respiratory distress (inability to breath on her own) due to the curving of Ruby's spine. The doctors have made it clear that they cannot correct the curve medically considering the severity of it - but they can try a few things to attempt to delay the process of curving and hopefully gain some correction. Ruby needs a miracle in this area. Pray that God would supernaturally heal Ruby's back and restore her muscle tone.

Praise Report: Praise God for real and dynamic decrease in the vomiting for Ruby!!!!

At the same time we were facing the above mentioned challenge, something really wonderful has been happening in regard to Ruby's digestion. To all of you who have been praying for over a year about this area specifically, I am so happy to share that we have had a major breakthrough the last two weeks in decreased vomiting. With a change of diet (to a homemade blended formula), the vomiting has significantly decreased (from day and night vomiting, to vomiting about once a day). About two weeks ago when Ruby went 24 hours without vomiting and I'm pretty sure it was the first time in her life! Since then, we have had numerous days like that. Our day to day here is changing dramatically for the better because of this progress. I cannot tell you the number of things that we have tried to address this issue with no progress over the last year. This change is a really big deal, especially considering it will enable Ruby to start gaining weight, etc. We are really grateful and are believing God to bring this work to completion. PRAISE GOD for coming to Ruby's rescue in this area!

Jesus is beautiful. He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Keep praying for Ruby - and thanks that you do!

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season!