if you aren't already, read the Larsen's blog for current and correct updates. Family members are regularly updating it now...

ecclesiastes 4:12

"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

The Larsen family wants us to come together and wear these bracelets, wrapped around the wrist 3 times, in reference to the above verse. It is a daily, moment by moment, reminder to pray for Life and Lauren and Matt.

Make your own at home if you have to, ours are just made of orange yarn.

Update

I just updated the Larsen's blog. We love them. Please pray with us. And read their update.

Because of the bleeding in Life's brain, they are slowly weening her off of the ECMO. This could take up to 6 hours. She will be breathing on a respirator and we pray and trust that this will be enough for her to survive.

 

The doctors are doing everything they can. Pray for the respirator to be enough because with brain bleeding, she cannot be on ECMO or it causes more damage to the brain...

Pray for her little lungs... she is already a miracle in and of herself... pray that the respirator will be enough. Pray against brain damage.

Lacy said Matt says that there is still hope... and we will cling to that.

PS. I am trying not to post anything I am unsure of. I apologize if I am not getting it all right. It is complicated and there are so many details. But hopefully our posts can give some clarification to your prayers.

Life's brain is bleeding. If it continues to bleed, they will have to take her off ECMO. 

They are putting Life on a large respirator. If her oxygen levels can be from 92-100 then she can survive without ECMO.

Laurel says to, "Pray for not clotting in the brain. Pray in expectation. Jesus will answer. WE will have hope."

Update on the Larsen family

Please pray for the baby this morning as she is having a surgical
procedure done to completely change out the Ecmo machine that is
sustaining her.  Apparently she was having complications with the
current machine.

This procedure is like starting over and she may have set-backs and
lose some of the progress she has made in the last 4 days.
Please ask God to miraculously not allow the set-backs to occur.

And please keep Lauren & Matt in your prayers too.  They are exhausted.

By the way, they have officially named the baby.
Life Lucia Larsen.
Her name, Life Lucia, was inspired from John 1:4

4  "In Him was life, and that life was the light of men."  (Lucia means "light")

so thankful for my iPhone

why, you might ask? because it saves all of your texts with one person as a conversation and you can go back and read them from months earlier, as long as you don't delete them.

 

i just randomly decided to delete my huge log of text conversations and came across the texts between my mom and I, since May 10, when I got my iPhone for my birthday. As I read them all, I miss her so much and wish I could text her and get her often, silly response, of "hehe snort snort, i love you today". (no joke she really wrote that).

 

the last text she ever sent me said: "Have a wonderful day. casting all your cares upon him: for the careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7. Love u, honey." That was on July 8th at 6:36am. She texted me almost daily, in the mornings before work, to tell me she was praying for me or to send me little encouraging notes like this one.

see the Larsen's blog entitled "pray" for the latest update. They are changing out the ECMO pump because some of Life's numbers were rising. Abby and I awoke with a text this morning informing us of these changes. Not sure how it all went yet, but I am believing it went smoothly and quickly! Praise the Lord she is still here with us and continues to be stable. 

16Be joyful always; 17pray continually; 18give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5

small update on Gracen Life:

Today she is starting to be fed! They are taking her nitrate levels down a little (which means her oxygen levels are great) and giving her a diaretic to take some of the fluid out. She is doing well! Thats all I know for now. Continue praying that the infection will be no more and that her brain does not bleed. Thanks friends.

hillsong ::: desert song

this is my prayer in the desert

when all thats within me feels dry

this is my prayer in my hunger and need

my god is the god who provides

this is my prayer in the fire

in weakness or trial or pain

there is a faith proved to more worth than gold

so refine me lord through the flame

i will bring praise

i will bring praise

no weapon formed against me shall remain

i will rejoice

i will declare

god is my victory

and he is here

all of my life

in every season

you are still god

i have a reason to sing

i have a reason to worship

this is my prayer in the harvest

where favor and providence flow

i know i'm filled to be emptied again

the seed i've received by the sower

___________________

last night at the village, matt spoke on confusing things in life, such as someone dying of cancer. his story of watching the process of a loved one dying of cancer was amazingly just like mine. it made me feel not so alone, that someone else knows what this is like, and has been like. matt's message to me was that all of the hard, questionable things happening in life right now, is not about me. none of it is to hurt me intentionally, none of it is done against me. it is for his glory, and his plan and much goodness will come from this, and already has. i thought this was a good thought process to add to my child-like faith pursuit.