Please pray for Abby!

I've posted before about a family in my church, the Riggs family, who are in the midst of what must be one of the most difficult battles ever imagined. Once again, I'm asking you to pray for them as Abby begins the most dangerous part of her treatment for Leukemia. This little girl has been through treatments that have nearly taken her life and this phase will be even worse!

This family is truly dedicated to God and trust that He will carry them through - no matter what the outcome. Of course, they pray for Abby's healing, for the treatment to be successful and for Abby to comfortable - without pain and sickness. They pray that Abby will survive this phase of the treatment and that they will have her here with them when it's complete. This is what we are all praying for!

This is what Abby's dad, Brent, has to say in his latest post:

"Tomorrow, Abby starts a phase of her treatment where she is least likely to survive.

For the past few days, we have been asking everyone to ask everyone they know to join us in praying for Abby, and for God to be glorified through this troublesome journey. We aren't trying to focus on death, or the negative aspects because we feel hopeless... we just wanted to use the four days leading up to this next phase to communicate how serious this time is, and bring people into the prayer group with us.

As we begin this new phase, we want to emphasize that we TRUST GOD and His will. We would be sad if Abby goes to heaven, but know that she will be in a far better place. That's not just poetic rhetoric or a feel-good cliche... we BELIEVE it as sure as we believe anything.

We are not asking people to pray to coerce God, but rather to knit together a community with a common point of unity. Imagine the joy of a Father when His children petition Him on behalf of those He considers the MODEL of who will enter the Kingdom: little children.

Please continue to let other people know, share our blog with them, put us on prayer lists, and let us know how we can pray for you.

Again:
Here is a link that will open up a pre-written, preformatted email asking folks to pray for Abby

We have hope and true joy as we move into the "valley of the shadow" because our hope in is God, and His only Son."

You may also want to read a couple of posts that give some of the important updates:
. . . Some sad news about Abby
. . . Abby's Facebook Prayer Group

In His Love and Blessings
annb