Prayers Needed...

Parish's grandparents live in Dora Lake, a nice, quiet community where everyone knows everyone, everyone is so close and its a perfect community for his grandparents to be. It is home to them. We love it too - fresh air, trees, wild animals, good fishing, and great friends.

We've experienced severe heartache over the last few months, but nothing compared to what the Dan and LaDonna Adams family is going through right now. To put it simple, please, please say a prayer for them.

Dan and LaDonna are dear friends to our family. Parish's grandparents are with them almost every week. Dan was the Pastor at the Dora Lake church. He baptized Parish and Grandpa and keeps us in his prayers almost daily.

In fact, those of you who were at Gooner's memorial service, would remember Dan. He gave a sermon about how Gooner used to come up to Dora Lake and shuck corn...he was always filled with positive words of hope and faith.

This story that I am about to tell you is what we have heard from our family and friends. I am not sure if this is how it exactly played out, but regardless...this family needs our prayers.

Last Sunday, Dan and LaDonna's son Barney passed away. I am not too sure on the details, but I do know that he had influenza (or at least that is what we were told). Barney was 46 years old, and left behind his wife Julie, daughter Amber, son, Brett and grandson, Odin Adams along with many other relatives. This came as a shock to us who knew of the Adams Family. It was just over 2 months ago that he was at Parish's Dad's funeral...

What's worse, is that Sunday morning Dan was feeling ill. He preached his sermon, stayed his distance from others at the church and went home. He was greeted with the worst possible news ever that his son had passed away. Numb, in shock and still sick, Dan was brought to the hospital and was quickly taken by ambulance to Duluth. Dan was very sick and God had bigger plans for him, because sadly, he passed away yesterday afternoon. I still can't believe that he is gone.

What is EVEN worse, is that LaDonna, Dan's wife/Barney's mother is now in the hospital with pneumonia.

Losing one person is hard enough, but to lose a brother, a father or a son and a husband within days of each other is almost unbearable. The Adams are strong in their faith and I know they will rely heavily on faith, family, friends and prayers to get them through this. Please keep them in your daily prayers...

We don't know if this sickness is contagious (I can only assume that it is), so Parish and I are not going up to Dora Lake, but rather staying in Grand Rapids with Parish's mom. Grandma and Grandpa are up there now, so please pray that this sickness is done and that they, or anyone else in that tightnit community doesn't catch whatever this is.

It's so scary, so very sad and Parish and I just hope and pray that they can make it through this okay.

We will miss you Dan...