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Tammy’s with Jesus

October 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment

For those of you who haven’t followed Tammy’s CarePages updates, she passed away quietly on Saturday morning, with “I Can Only Imagine” playing in the background on Pandora. What a fitting song to usher her into our Savior’s presence!

While our church family is grieving our loss, we are not without hope, because we know we will see her again. And we rejoice in knowing that she is with Jesus – truly a much better place than here!

Please continue to pray for our church family to seek God’s glory amidst the pain, for her family (Shirley and Jack) to be comforted as they find their “new normal” without Tammy here, and for the boy who hit her to accept forgiveness (from both the family and, more importantly, Jesus).

Thanks for praying. It’s been a very emotionally exhausting couple of weeks, and we appreciate your prayers!

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A Child’s Faith

September 29, 2011 by 4 Comments

Things aren’t looking good for Tammy’s longevity on this earth. According to the MRI results yesterday, the damage was extensive and irreversible in critical areas of the brain, and the family is going to honor Tammy’s request (via documents she prepared previously) to not be sustained by a respirator.

In prayer last night, Caleb prayed, “Please help Miss Tammy not to die. Except, if she does, it will be even more fun because she’ll get to be alive with Jesus.”

Now that’s a perspective we can all stand to adopt.

“For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21

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Please Pray

September 27, 2011 by 4 Comments

Tammy with her nieces and nephews


I should have posted this last week, but when something tragic happens, my first thought isn’t “I need to blog about this!”

Last Wednesday, a dear member of our church and our Sunday School class was involved in a moped accident on her way home from AWANA. You can see the brief news article here.

Currently, Tammy is in a coma in the ICU with a major brain injury. Many, many people are just waiting and praying.

Tammy is a single lady, whose mom (Shirley) and brother (Jack) haven’t left the hospital since the accident. Please pray for strength and rest for them.

Tammy is an elementary teacher in the Grand Rapids Public School system. She has affected many, many teachers’ and students’ lives in her years working there. They know she is a devout Christ-follower. Please pray that her testimony in the schools will make a big impact for Christ’s glory.

She is also a long-time member of our church, and a big example of selfless service in the name of Christ. She is our behind-the-scenes AWANA administrator (Need a book? Ask Tammy!), an active member of our Sunday School class, the quiz team leader, and someone who you could count on to share Jesus with others. She loves kids and she has a passion for telling them about Christ. Please pray that our church family will trust in the Lord’s sovereignty and lean into Him for our sustenance while we walk together through this deep valley.

We beg God for Tammy’s complete restoration, and for souls to be saved.

Ultimately, we long for God to be glorified, through this situation and other situations that are breaking hearts in our church family. We want HIM to be lifted high.

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