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This morning was one of those days where you wake up and are completely not prepared for what is about to happen.

Carla's grandmother, who she is VERY close too, has been ill and was rushed to the Hospital a few days ago due to a seizure. They thought she was doing better and sent her home. She then was rushed back by ambulance during the night due to extreme hemorrhaging and is now is in ICU. She is frail and they don't believe she will make it very much longer.

Carla has felt that she needed to go and see her for the past three weeks but we have not been able to afford the tickets to go as they cost approximately $3500 for the family to go. She had even told her dad last week that she felt that something was going to happen soon and she believed her grandmother wasn't going to be around much longer. As soon as this happened this morning she and I both felt that it was important for her to go and be with her if at all possible. Her family said they would help with the plane tickets if she could come, so she found a flight this after noon and her and the four kids left today. They will be there for a couple of weeks.

This presents a couple of dilemma's. I am able to drive myself from point A to point B, but I am not able to load myself in and out of the car. This presents a difficult scenario over the next few weeks. I will be needing extra help to get loaded and to go to doctor appointments. If this is something you would like to help with please let me know. Also, this is going to be an even larger strain on our finances in multiple ways.

Please pray that God would give Carla the words to speak to her Grandmother during this difficult time with the family. They have a very special relationship and I expect for God to use Carla during these next few days to speak life in a way that she can hear. My prayer for her is that she would be able to bring peace to chaos and life to despair. As I told her earlier today, She is like the Levites who Carried the "Arch of the Covenant" to the people. She is Literally carrying the Manifest presence of God with her.

Please pray that He would protect them and keep them safe as they have a long and trying trip ahead of them! Also pray that it will Carla will have an extra dose of Grace, and patients. It takes approximately 12 hours flying, then 2 1/2 hours driving to get to their home town. They are only 20 minutes from Canada. Doing that with two adults is one thing, but making that trip with four children under the age of 6 could drive anyone crazy. Carla is an amazing woman! Brave, confident, and full of the Peace and Power of God, and I have no doubt that she will be fine, but I also know that the enemy will test all of that in her.

Please pray that God will give her grandmother a painless and peaceful experience. We have prayed that God would help her to not be in pain or suffer during this time in any way.

We believe that this is the right thing for Carla to do and the right place for her to be, the next thing is for the provision to follow. So we covet your prayers!

Thank you for standing with us!

The James'