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Benson, Arizona, United States
August 21st 2008, I married the love of my life. April 26th 2009, we were blessed with a son- Gabriel (meaning "God is my strength"). He was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at one month old. But we aren't settling for that. We have faith in God to heal him and give him devine health. Gabriel Isaac, "a miracle waiting to happen." And what a miracle he has been already! God continually gives him amazing health! A year and a half later we had the desire in our hearts to try for a second child. We prayed and trusted God not to give us any more than we could handle- hoping for a healthy CF free second child, and deep down wanted a girl. June 15th 2011, we were blessed with a daughter, we named her Ellie Grace "Shining Light". Two weeks later, we found out she does not have CF. Thank you God for all the miracles you let my husband and I witness ♥

Thursday, December 31, 2009

A New Year...

2009 has been the hardest yet the most joyful year of my entire life... April 26th our wonderful son Gabriel Isaac was born, he is perfect in every way, we found out he had CF and were devastated at first but now we feel stronger than ever and have full faith in our All Mighty God to heal him. We've had 5 hospital stays since then, a surgery and MIC-key placement being 2 of them, each and every time I didn't think things could possibly get any worse, and it always managed to. But we kept our faith, I told every doctor that has examined Gabe that I believe in miracles, that I believe CF is not a lifelong thing for my son and that God will heal him. Nothing is too big for Jesus! On top of all of this my husband was in training out of state and only was able to visit about 2 times a month. We made it through it all, and now I have a strong feeling that 2010 is the turn around- The thing we've been waiting for- The light at the end of this tunnel. Gabe is doing good now, gaining weight and ahead of game with developement, but something even better is in store for him I know. My new years resolution is to put God first- tithing regularly and the right amount, staying in the Word, witnessing and just plain winning souls for Jesus! Second resolution is family, to be the best wife and mommy I possibly can. Third would be to get in shape, eating healthier like organic foods. Forth would be to get a professional camera and take a photography class at the college, my dream is to have small little business doing photography, it always has been, I just never have time. Other things I want to change are watching TV less, eating meals at the dining room table, making friends we have things in common with, and finding someone for Gabe to have a little play date with.
God has blessed us more than we could ever imagine. We are 19 and have things people don't usually get til later in life. But honestly all of that means little to nothing, all I truly want in life is for my son's miracle and to just be a family, material objects aren't big to me. I feel that when our son was born so was a ministry for us. God knows what we can handle and what drives us (and our son definitely drives us, our love for him is infinite). It's like our purposes were dug up that we didn't even know about. And we are stoked!

So long 2009, someday I'll know why we had to go through what we did but it was all worth it.

Hello 2010, I can't wait.


Also, we will be attending this miracle service in March!
http://www.bennyhinn.org/events/eventdetails.cfm?eid=872


Love,
Mandy, Robert & Gabriel ♥
Posted by The Black Family at 4:51 PM

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousDecember 31, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    Love you. Many of God's blessings for the new year! Love, Shana

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