July 10th One Year Anniversary

Well it has been a whole year now. This time last year Matt was in the hospital and we were being told that he would not make it through the night. Boy, have we come a long way since then. I stand back in amazement at what God has done for my family. The only words that still come to mind are amazing, awesome, and miracle. I am so honored that God decided to do this miracle in my family and to show us how real and awesome he really is and always will be. There is not a day that goes by that I don't look at Matt and thank God for what he has done for me and my boys. This has shown God to us in a very real and personal way. Everyone who has prayed for Matt and our family, you are personally involved in this miracle as well. There are so many people that have prayed for Matt over the past year that we do not know, however, we wanted to take the time on this one year anniversary to say a great big thank you to all of you. If your church prayed for Matt please pass on out thank you to them and let them know how much we appreciate their pray and support. Without them we would not know the awesome power of prayer. It is amazing what happens when God's people come together for one cause. So many people came to visit us while Matt was in the hospital, and we wanted to say thank you for taking the time to come and visit with us. On that first night when Matt went into the hospital there was such an outpouring of love and support from the wonderful people at South Park Middle School and we wanted to thank you all for coming to the hospital that night. Matt was touched when I told him how many of you were there that night, but I want to personally thank you all for your support that night. It blessed my heart to hear you all talking and sharing your memories and experiences with Matt. I always knew what a wonderful man he is, but to hear others talk about him and to share what he meant to them personally touched me deeply and filled my heart with joy.

God has continued to put the right people in Matt's path at the right time. It amazes me how He continues to put the right doctor in contact with us at the right time when that doctor is needed. I do not believe that Dr. Chen was in Corpus by chance, it was a divine appointment. This doctor was able to get Matt's feeding tube in and was able to put us in touch with the doctor that glued and blocked off the AVM from about 25 cm to 1-2 cm. After the rupture the AVM was the size of a golf ball and now it is the size of a pencil eraser. The chances of it rupturing again have been greatly reduced.

All of this being said, please continue to pray that the radiation treatment that was just done will work and that the rest of the blood vessels will be blocked off with scar tissue. This is what the ideal outcome of this procedure will be and this is our prayer. God has continued to perform miracles and we faithfully believe that this is just one more step in the miracle that was started one year ago today. You all have a special place in our hearts and please feel free to let us know if there is anyway that we can pray for you or your family. Our God is still in the business of answering prayers and we believe that with all our hearts. We love you all and thank you again for all that you have done for our family over the past year. God is so good!!!!!