Hello dear friends and all who have been praying for Hannah.

I wanted to give you all an update on things and to let you know what we need prayer for.

Please continue to pray for Hannah's kidneys. They are still not responding to the steroids. The doctors are worried. At the moment, they are just taking it day by day, trying different things, hoping that they will not have to move on to more extreme measures (intense medications, dialysis or a kidney transplant). Hannah's body is extremely swollen, due to her kidneys hardly functioning. Pray that this swelling goes down soon.

Please pray that Hannah's body would completely accept the blood that is being pumped into her body. Hannah's blood count seems to have slightly improved, and we praise God for this.

Please pray for Hannah's encouragement. She is pretty discouraged as she continues to hear bad reports from the doctors and scary statistics regarding her type of Lupus. She is seeking to trust God, but it is hard for her to not fear the coming months and years when she is hearing such discouraging things from the doctors so often. Pray that she is able to completely let go of all the details, statistics and decisions, and be completely at peace in her Father's arms. We all know Hannah for her huge smile, infectious joy and optimism. Please pray these things are stirred in her heart and fill her hospital room. Also pray that God strengthen's her heart as she is away from her children (Adonia, 3 yrs old, and Creed, 8 months). They are being well cared for by dear friends from church, but Hannah sorely misses them. Also pray for Daniel's encouragement as he juggles word, being with the kids, being with Hannah, and trying to figure out all the things the doctors are telling them.

Please pray that Daniel and Hannah would have very clear wisdom and direction concerning what paths to pursue for Hannah's healing. The doctors are presenting many options, and there are also 1,000+ directions they could go in the land of natural remedies. They feel pretty overwhelmed by all these options. Please pray that God will clearly direct their hearts.

We are so thankful to the friends who are aggressively addressing Hannah's dietary needs, and are making extremely healthy meals to help heal her digestive tract. Pray that every enzyme, vitamin and mineral from each healthy bite she eats takes full effect in healing and restoring Hannah's health.

Lastly, I just want to thank EVERYONE for EVERY SINGLE prayer, thought, note, visit etc. In our times of great discouragement, knowing that you all have been praying has boosted our faith, and reminded us to keep our chins up. Our God is overwhelmingly faithful...we are in awe of His deep love for us.

We love you all.

-Chloe (Hannah's sister)