Wee Man is doing well today. By the time morning rounds were over, he was off the ventilator and had the breathing tube removed. He’s been in and out of consciousness, but we’ve been able to talk to him and have him talk to us. To hear that sweet little voice again was a huge blessing. He’s in a bit of pain, mostly discomfort from the drain tube in his chest, but that’s why God invented morphine. Yay! Oh, and... Read more
God Girl on NPR’s “The Story” on Friday Last week, I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Dick Gordon, host of “The Story” on NPR, to tell Vasco’s story. That conversation will air on radio stations across the nation tomorrow, Friday June 12. HOW TO LISTEN….** Live Stream: www.wunc.org 1:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. (EST) In the top right corner, under the red LISTEN NOWcategory and choose a live stream program to play theinterview from your desktop. **In... Read more
Our brave little man went in for surgery about 1:20 p.m. CST today – 2.5 hours later than expected. (Back up in the OR, apparently.) We’ll keep you updated as we can. Surgery should take six hours or so. UPDATE: 3:45 P.M. CST Nurse practitioner just came out to brief us. Vasco is doing very well. They’re just finishing the (Gore-Tex) patch of his ventricular septal defect, have cinched closed another small opening at the top of his aorta, and... Read more
Prayer Request VASCO HAS SURGERY WEDNESDAY MORNING Dear friends and family, Vasco is scheduled for open-heart surgery at 11 a.m. (CST) Wednesday, June 10 at Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Surgery should take about six hours. Please watch this space for updates. And thank you for bathing our sweet little guy in prayer. Blessings and amazing grace,Cathleen and Maury FOR UPDATES WEDNESDAY, PLEASE VISIT VASCO’S HEART Read more
Dear friends and family, Vasco is scheduled for open-heart surgery at 11 a.m. (CST) Wednesday, June 10 at Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Surgery should take about six hours. Please watch this space for updates. And thank you for bathing our sweet little guy in prayer. Blessings and amazing grace,Cathleen and Maury Read more
One of the everyday things Vasco has enjoyed most since arriving in Chicago from Malawi five weeks ago is being able to go into the kitchen and pour a cool glass of crystal clear water, from the sink or the refrigerator door. As much as he wants. Whenever he wants. That’s a new experience for this 10-year-old child from sub-Saharan Africa who, when he had access to water at all, had to walk to the community borehole with a plastic... Read more
GODSTUFF WATER OF LIFE: WEE MAN DOESN’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED (AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU) One of the everyday things Vasco has enjoyed most since arriving in Chicago from Malawi five weeks ago is being able to go into the kitchen and pour a cool glass of crystal clear water, from the sink or the refrigerator door. As much as he wants. Whenever he wants. That’s a new experience for this 10-year-old child from sub-Saharan Africa who, when he had... Read more
Thursday’s Media Blitz: USA Today and Moody Radio God Girl will be a guest on the morning show on WMBI-Moody Radio (90.1 FM, 1100 AM in Chicago) for about a half hour beginning at 7:10 a.m. CST Thursday to talk about Sin Boldly. To listen online, click HERE. Also check out GG and Sin Boldly featured in a story by crack religion scribe Cathy Lynn Grossman in USA Today in Thursday’s editions nationwide (click HERE to read it online). And... Read more
God Girl with Good Will Hinton To hear GG’s interview on Will Hinton’s Podcast, click HERE. Read more
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