Prayer Request

Thank you for the prayers regarding my ribs. It's indeed been a painful healing process and I have to constantly remind myself it only happened less than a week ago. Since I'm on almost complete bed rest, I have a lot of time to pray for others. Thus, please share prayer requests either by leaving a comment or sending me an email.

Below is a prayer request I just discovered this morning after reading the online news' websites. Steven Curtis Chapman is one of my favorite contemporary Christian artists. I just bought his most recent CD two weeks ago. I've always appreciated how he uses his talents and fame to promote adoption. He and his wife - after adopting three girls from China - created an organization (Shoahannah's Hope) to "reduce the financial barrier of adoption". Please pray for the entire family, but especially for SCC's teenage son.

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(Left to right Will Franklin, Maria, Steven, Shaoey, Mary Beth, Stevey Joy, Caleb and Emily)

NASHVILLE, TN...5/21/08... At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Wednesday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter to Steven and Mary Beth Chapman was struck in the driveway of the Chapman home in Franklin, TN, {with the family SUV driven by her teenage brother]. Maria was rushed to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, transported by LifeFlight, but died of her injuries there. Maria is one of the close knit family’s six children and one of their three adopted daughters.

More than five years ago, Chapman and his wife MaryBeth founded The Shaohannah’s Hope Ministry after bringing their first adopted daughter, Shaohannah, home from China. The ministry’s goal is to help families reduce the financial barrier of adoption, and has provided grants to over 1700 families wishing to adopt orphans from around the world. Chapman is a five-time GRAMMY ® winner and 54-time Dove Award winning artist who has sold over 10 million albums and garnered 44 No. 1 singles.