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More Good News, Prayers and Thanks

In one of my previous post I told all of you that we would be pulling Ashley out of the Dance Company.The next day, I updated that post to tell you that Ashley will remain a member of the 5th Dimension Dance Company because someone close to our family has offered to pay to keep Ashley dancing. We have more good news.

Friday night I took Brad to Karate and paid his Karate tuition. As I was handing the check over to the Sensei (Karate Instructor), I was told that they were putting Brad on a scholarship and tuition was free. Can you believe it, now we are saving money on Brad's Karate classes too. God is certainly looking out for us. Now if we can only get Ashley's dance studio to put her on a dance scholarship as well. That would save us about $200 a month. Even if they only scholarship her for the reminder of the year, we would be happy with any help.

I can't believe our good fortune. Hopefully things will keep looking promising. We have had such bad luck over the last three years, it's about time we see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Yesterday, I posted a story about Fiona and her battle with biliary atresia. Please continue to pray for her. She and her family are really scared and need to receive strength from the Lord. Also, pray for Ashley as she undergoes several tests starting tomorrow, February 25 at Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida and at Shands Children's Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. And please pray for all of us as my husband will be in North Carolina this week, and my mom will be traveling down from Alabama to care for Brad while Ashley and I are in Gainesville. It's going to be a crazy week!! Please pray for safe travels for all of us.

Thank you to all of you who continue to care for our family and especially Ashley. We owe are sanity to each of you. We treasure your friendship and love.

Coming soon: Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the Love for Ashley, Recipes for Life Cookbook.

Love and Faith, Laurie

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