Grandpa! Can you believe it?!?! Our God that we serve is SO amazing! I want to thank every single person that has prayed for me, thought about me, donated, but most of all, I want to thank the people that have came either to God, or closer to Him. I was/am being used to bring people to Him, you guys are the reason God put me here. And He is still is not done with me!
God has been putting it on my heart to share something with you. The other day I was listening to a song. Well, it was a while ago. Anyway, I had on the shirt my grandma bought me. It has the Mathew verse I posted not that long ago. It talks about how God has taken care of the birds and plants. He will also take care of us. Well, I looked at the shirt and thought, how SELFISH!!!! We are on earth for no other reason than to serve God. Be examples of Him. Why do we need to ask God to make us happy? I am sure He was not very happy when He was on the cross cuz we decided to go against what He planned for us. I don’t know it’s hard to explain. But it really got me to think about how selfish we are as humans.
Thank you to everyone again. God has only started with me. I already have such a AMAZING testimony. I am only 16! I can’t wait to see where God is going to take me next! ALL GLORY TO HIM!!!!
Psalm 73:26
“MY HEART AND STRENGTH MAY FAIL, BUT GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART, AND MY PORTION FOREVER” He is SOOOOO amazing!!!! God healed me! NOTHING is outside of His power.

We serve a good and awesome God!!!
He has healed our Angie!
The transplant team couldn't find anything wrong with her heart.
Her cardiologist confirmed that the transplant tests results were different than the ones from April.
They said that her heart "healed itself."
We know that our gracious God has blessed us! Thank you, Jesus!!
Thank you so much to all of you for your prayers.
We treasure each and every word that was lifted up on behalf of our Angie.
May God bless all of you as much as He has blessed us today!

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers today. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get any answers today. There is a discrepancy in the findings of Angie’s cardiologist team and the transplant team. We are waiting on the 2 teams to get together to discuss their findings. After that, I want another echo done to double check what they have decided together. I know that it’s confusing. It’s been a confusing day. I have lost faith in the team from Tucson. If Angie is listed for a heart, we will be moving to have it done at another facility. I will let you know when I hear back from one of the doctors. Thank you again.

Melissa

Dear Dad,

Angie asked me to write and update you on what has been going on.

Last week Katlyn took her placement tests for the local community college. She did so well that they gave her a scholarship. Her first two years of school are going to be paid. We’re really proud of her. She starts college next week. (sob) We have been riding her a little bit about not having a job, so she has thrown herself into looking for one. It’s going to be weird with her working and going to college. I feel old.

Evie and Angie are both getting ready to start school too. I will have 3 kids in school and they will all still be in the house. Angie is doing an online school and I am home schooling Ev.

Angie had her sweet 16 party on Sunday. For the girl’s 16th birthdays, we buy them upgraded purity rings. They are diamond rings to signify how valuable their purity is. They are good kids so it is worth it. I spent 4 hours in the mall with Katlyn and Jess trying to find Angie’s ring. I usually know her taste, but wasn’t confident about the ring we chose. She was thrilled with it though, so I was very happy. Anyway, we had a house FULL of people here on Sunday. Grandma Malia and Papa Javier were out for that weekend too. You know how Malia is; she took Angie to get her nails and hair done. She got her new clothes, shoes and jewelry. They shopped for 3 days straight. It’s not my idea of a good time, but Angie was in shopping heaven. So, Angie had a great birthday and we are really happy about that.

Tomorrow we go and see Dr. Copeland and the transplant team.. They are going to tell us what they decided as far as listing her. I have a feeling they are going to want us to wait. I am really not happy about the idea of sitting around waiting for her to get sicker. How good is our God that His timing is perfect though? When she’s ready for her surgery, her heart will be too. (That’s so funny. What I just wrote reminds me of David in the Psalms. He starts off feeling overwhelmed by his circumstance and then remembers God.) Next week we have an appointment with Dr. Shah (the cardiologist that Angie LOVES) and with a pediatrician. Everyone keeps asking me who her primary doctor is. She hasn’t had one so we’re getting one.

Well, we are going to be seeing you in a few days. I can smell the beach already! Whoo-hoo!

Love,

Mel

Note: Melissa has asked me to post the link to The Harvest Crusade in Anaheim, CA.
Here is the Link.

Hey, Dad. Well, the wait continues. I talked to the transplant coordinator today. Apparently, when they say they will reach a decision on Friday about whether to list Angie or not means, "We will talk about it and we might or might not make a decision about listing Angie." Sue said that Dr. Copeland is the one who will make the decision and he hasn't yet. She said that we need to come in for the consltation on the 13th to go over the test results. She also said that Angie's numbers looked pretty good. I got the impression that we still might not get an answer on the 13th. Dr. Copeland is going to talk with Angie's cardiologist. This is all that I know to this point. God's timing is perfect and He is the one running the show. I am going to be like Peter (Acts 12) sleeping in the jail cell and not worry.

Love you guys. See you in a couple of weeks! We are pretty excited for the crusade and the beach.

-Mel.

PS You guys should come to the Crusade with us!