Prayers for William: An Update

Many of you have been praying for little William and his hemangioma. Thank you for continuing to join us in prayer for Jesus to heal Will's eye. A few weeks ago, we met with the Elders at our church and (as is done in the book of Acts) they anointed William with oil and prayed for his healing together with our family. It was such an encouraging time of prayer for us. One of the elders prayed that God would heal Will's eye and use this as a testament to His love, power, and faithfulness in William's life . . . since I am so concerned with it "hurrying up and going away," I had never even thought of that! What an encouragement!


This fall, Will has been battling ear infections and due to the fluid in his ear, he failed a hearing test. We were concerned that the hemangioma was somehow (internally) affecting his ability to hear out of his left ear. We have been waiting and waiting for the fluid to go away. We were excited to find out last week that the fluid seemed to be gone! Today, we went in for his follow-up hearing test, and we found out that William can HEAR! We are thrilled and SO very thankful for this great news! (Like the "I can fly!" song in Peter Pan, I keep singing in my head "He can hear!") We also went to the pediatric dermatologist last week and in comparing pictures that she had taken, it does appear that the hemangioma is, perhaps, a tiny bit smaller than in August. Again, we are so grateful for this! The pediatric dermatologist gave us a "best guess scenario" for the progression of the hemangioma . . . that by age 1 it should stop growing, by age 2 it should have reduced in size (and lightened in color) by 1/8 to 1/4 (at the most), and by age 3 it should be reduced in size by 50%.


Would you please join us in continuing to pray for the following?
-for Jesus to heal William's hemangioma--that it would stop growing completely and that it would get smaller and get smaller faster!
-that God would protect William from any other potential "side effects" (ie: eye sight issues, hearing trouble, or anything else that affects the left side of his eye/face)
-that we would continue to be fervent in praying for William his healing
-that God would, indeed, use this as a way for William to look back and see His work in his life


ALSO . . . many of you have joined us in praying for our friends, the Stones. We are THRILLED to tell you that John was 8 weeks seizure free as of last Friday!! Praise God! Please continue praying for John's development and for his full healing. You can find out how to pray specifically for John here, and you can also leave the family an encouraging note letting them know you are praying for them on their Caring Bridge site.


Thank you, thank you for praying with us for our sweet boys!