Pray for William

Back in the fall, I sent out a request to help a mother of a Barth Syndrome boy win air miles to their conference this summer. She won. Tonight, I'm asking that you send up prayers for William, who is also a Barth boy. But William is a personal friend and William has the flu. Luckily, they didn't keep him in the hospital tonight, so he will be able to rest at home. But knowing his mom and dad the way I do, they won't do much resting; they will do a lot of praying.

Specifically pray that William is able to battle this illness without losing his strength. Pray that his heart will stay strong during the process. Pray for his parents and brother and sister, that they remain flu free and this is short-lived in their household.

For those of you who hunt, or those of you with hunting spouses (yes, Big Mama, that would be you!), William is also David Blanton's nephew. He recently took William "hunting" and wrote a wonderful article about it on his blog. If I were technologically savvy (Lynne, you can stop laughing now...), I would link you directly there. But since I'm not...I will tell you that you can go to http://www.realtreeoutdoors.com/blanton/ and scroll down until you see a post titled "My Hunting Buddy".

Julie, William's mother, has passed on prayer requests from time to time for other boys and their families. There are only about 100 boys worldwide who have been diagnosed with this so they have a very close group. Recently, a 10 year old boy who had just been to the cardiologist and got very good and encouraging results died of a sudden arrhythmia. So they are always holding their breath. Please say a prayer for William.