Celebrate!!!

Today was a banner day for Amy on campus. To try to explain it all would take the rest of the night, and I doubt anyone wants to read that much anyway. Let me just say that all of Amy's goals/hopes/dreams for the next school year came together in a HUGE way for her today! She was flying high when she called to tell me all that happened when she talked to professors & administrators at lunch. Things are looking up, and it brings tears to my eyes to see something good happen for her after all of the rough days she's smiled thru when she was really hurting. I'm sure her grin was from ear to ear. My mother-in-law said it well..."I firmly believe that it's all because of the many prayers being lifted up for Amy." And it's true! So many times God's very clear answer wasn't what we'd hoped for, but we trusted it was best. His plans are perfect whether we like them or not. Today it was so awesome to see his emphatic "YES" to Amy. Will things be perfect from here on out? Not likely. Will Amy's pain go away? Not unless He chooses it to be so. Will we continue to trust Him thru the days ahead? You bet!!
Many, many thanks to the incredible prayer warriors all over this planet who lift Amy up in prayer. My parent's church and their good friends ask about her every week without fail. We receive postcards and "thinking of you" cards from people we've never even met. Brian's parents and their church friends in AR pray for Amy regularly, as do my brother Tom's friends in Indiana. I know people in Alabama and Bloomington, IN and Golden, CO and Pueblo, CO and San Diego, CA who are praying for Amy. We even have awesome friends who are in Beijing right now who continue to pray for our girl. We love you all...we appreciate you so very much. Tonight you can smile along with Amy as we celebrate her day.