Wow, what a surprise. Two friends stopped by with a couple of gifts. It was Emily's birthday so we thought they were just gifts for her. Little did we know! We had Emily open the first gift (thinking it was for her) and discovered five orange t-shirts. We opened the next gift which was a huge matted frame with signatures filling in every single white spot. These were people who had bought a Courage to Shine t-shirt as part of a fund raiser for us. Along with this was a letter explaining the fund raiser that was done on our behalf. We were speechless. I can't explain the feeling of freedom this gave us. The stress of the mounting medical bills was taken away.
bkrogalske@sbcglobal.net
04/14/2007 10:00 PM
Okay so I knew you were all awesome prayer warriors but I didn’t know how sneaky you were! We were blessed this morning with five beautiful bright orange t-shirts, a beautiful frame filled with encouraging words and signatures and an extremely generous check! I’m at a loss for words. Tears took place of our words this morning as we absorbed what you have all done for us. I felt a huge burden lifted from us both financially and emotionally. We are all in this together and you all have shined back at us so bright we have our sun glasses on! I have to admit this process has been taking a toll on us and what you did for us has reminded us of our purpose in this – to SHINE! I can’t imagine going through this without all of you. There is no way we could ever thank you enough! You’ll never know the impact this had on our family. Thank you for shining with us during this dark time. God’s light is brighter than any darkness. Let’s shine together and show this world just how awesome our God is!!!!
Love & hugs,
Brian, Kristi, Ashley, Nathan & Emily
