Friends who need prayers

We have friends in our church home that have just had their lives turned upside down. Rob and Jaymi are a sweet couple with two little boys under the age of three. Rob is a firefighter and Jaymi has been running a home daycare for the past couple of years. Hunter is their oldest; he's only two and a half. Hudson is the newborn.

On Wednesday, Rob and Jaymi were given the news that Hunter has leukemia. This devastating information spread quickly through our small congregation; we've all been saddened and dismayed.

The good news is that the doctors jumped aggressively into action and they say the disease is treatable. They have given Rob and Jaymi a three-year plan of action. Hunter is already doing chemo at Children's Hospital in Seattle. Seattle is not an easy trip from Port Orchard. It involves either a ferry ride or a long drive around the water. Rob has been staying with Hunter at the hospital while Jaymi commutes back and forth so that she can be with Hunter during the chemo sessions and also be home with the newborn as much as possible.

Jaymi has already had to let her daycare business go because the doctors said "too many germs." Rob has let a part-time job with a construction company go so that he can devote more time to home. They've gone from three jobs to one in a few days.

They need our prayers on so many levels, but of course the most important one is for Hunter's health and well-being.

Will you please join me in praying for this sweet family today?