Friends...

"Any woman who sews or knits or weaves, blends colors in a tapestry or creates a patchwork quilt, knows by the feel that a single thread is weak. But the weaving, the blending, the intertwining with many others makes it strong.

Any woman alone without friends to sustain her, to nurture and support, to hold with loving arms, like a single thread is weak. But the weaving, the loving, the nurturing of others, the networks of friendship makes her strong."

---Barbara, 1994
The Kinship of Women

As of this morning, the amount of money raised for Kelli and her family is $5,600.00. This is the sort of thing that makes a heart happy and it makes me happy to be a part of this blogging world. On our own our power to help can be small, but in pulling together our strength is increased--always.

God is good.
God is faithful.
God hears our prayers.

Please continue to pray for Kelli as she awaits a kidney transplant. Pray for her family as they wait each day for answers.

Pray...

For Kelli

Today's post is for Kelli. Kelli is a wife and a mom of two children. She is a lover of life and, more than that, she is a lover of God. This shows through so profoundly as she works her way through an intensely difficult set of circumstances that God has allowed in her life.

Boomama has put together an opportunity for us to come together and give Kelli a hand. Here is what Boomama says about it on her blog:

"But the fact of the matter is this: Kelli needs a kidney transplant. Desperately. She is currently on daily dialysis, though she can’t continue with it indefinitely. She has made her way through the bulk of the process to become an organ transplant candidate, and on the medical end of things, the prospects look pretty good. She needs a donor, of course, but in terms of her being a suitable candidate, everything looks fine. She’s been poked, prodded, questioned and tested - and she’s passed with flying colors.

Kelli has been on my mind and on my heart a lot lately, mainly because I can’t imagine being the mama of two teenagers and knowing that death is a very real possibility if certain events don’t fall into place."

If you would like to help Kelli financially, please click here. If you would like leave Kelli some words of encoragement, please click here.

Remember that every little bit helps and that God will provide the increase that Kelli needs!