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As many of you know, our beautiful niece,
Maddie went missing nine days ago. And through the incredible work of
law enforcement, the prayers of more people than we could ever count and
mostly our Father in Heaven’s miraculous power and overwhelming
kindness, was found five days later. We will never stop praising God for
the miracle we received. Never.
Of course there is still
healing and recovery ahead, but our sweet Maddie is with us to go
through that journey and we are eternally grateful. In addition,
watching her parents go through this living nightmare has been the most
humbling, beautiful, horrific, painful, inspiring experience of my life.
There are no words.
Please know two things dear friends.
First,
your support and kindness has meant everything to us. You think you
have a small idea of how good people are and then you watch as humanity
blows that perception out of the water (that especially applies to the
law enforcement and what they were willing to do to find Maddie). I’m
just so grateful, humbled, honored and blessed to know and interact with
each of you. Thank you for caring about our Maddie. It has meant
everything to a family numb with pain and grief. And it means everything
to God who sees how we treat each other—how we, His children, treat one
another—and weeps with gratitude. I believe that to the deepest part of
my heart. Thank you for being a part of that and for doing what you
have done so incredibly well.
And second, our God is a God of
miracles. And YES that miracle includes finding our beautiful girl, but
that is not all I am referring to. We have seen intimately and in ways
that I could never describe, miracle after miracle after miracle. And I
will never forget it. I will never stop trusting my Father in Heaven and
my Savior. Far before this experience, but in every second of what our
family has been through this last week, They have earned my trust. And
my love for Them is for ever and for always. As is Their love for each
one of us.
I’m so overwhelmingly grateful.