Fighting in COMMUNITY

Read the first part of this story here: Fighting for LIFE and Fighting in FAITH.

   Yesterday we loaded up 21 people (family members and Sunday school teachers) to make the trip to Managua to visit sweet Jayson and his momma. This excursion was completely planned by my Sunday school teachers (pictured right). They saw Jayson and Auralia’s needs and their hearts broke. They wanted to go and visit them bringing along their family and supplies that they needed for their extended stay at the hospital. They decided to take a special offering for the family both in Sunday school and in the Sunday evening church service. The children and the church gave so generously and we had more than enough to buy all that Jayson and Auralia needed. I love to see my youth moved to compassion and to see the church function as a family.

    It was so wonderful to see the reunion between Auralila and her family (family pictured below left)! She has really been fighting alone for so long there at the hospital. I think it was incredibly encouraging to her to have a day of really fighting together with her family and community. It was such a sweet reunion! The biggest blessing for Auralia was getting to see her baby girl, Griselda. Griselda is almost 8 months old and her mom has been gone for two months now. This has been one of the hardest sacrifices that Auralia had to make in order to take care of her son. It was beautiful getting to see her holding her daughter and talking and laughing with her siblings and mom. We laughed and talked together. We prayed and fought together for Jayson’s life.
    A couple of us were able to enter in to Jayson’s room and visit with him for a few minutes. As I walked into the room and made eye contact with my sweet boy, my heart dropped. He looks so much more frail and less responsive than he did when I saw him two weeks ago. His arms and legs are skin and bones while his stomach is swollen because his body is no longer producing waste like it is supposed to. A week ago he developed an infection in his blood and lungs. He has been receiving medication for this infection, but the medicine is not working. The doctors continue to say that there is no hope. We need a miraculous intervention. Please pray for God to do the impossible in Jayson’s life!
    Jayson was awake when I saw him. He opened his eyes and looked right at me as I spoke with him. You could see him trying to smile at me as I told him about all the people that had come to see him and that we had brought him a new outfit for when he feels all better and his mom takes him home. He can’t quite move his mouth into a smile, but he certainly was trying. It was so amazing to see a glimpse of his joy behind the veil of sickness and frailty! I spent some time just praying for him and speaking LIFE over him.
    Please keep interceding for Jayson and his family. There is nothing more the doctors can do except keep him comfortable and continue to help him breath and feed him through his feeding tube. Jayson needs the Lord to intervene in a miraculous way. Join us in asking for healing.