An update from Mel

During worship last night, I shared with our congregation the difficult news that Mel and her family received regarding their 17 year old son and brother, Jonathan. If you do not know Mel, she is one of the members of our Saturday night band and has served our Church faithfully in that role for around 4 years dating back to our original Saturday service we called Mosaic.

Mel’s brother, Jonathan was diagnosed with Leukemia in the spring and has been fighting infection in his body for many months.

This morning, Mel provided this update from Jonathan’s CarePages blog. I appreciate you continuing to uphold this family in your prayers.

It’s Mel back. Thank you to a dear friend for posting the update on Jonathan on Friday. Jon is still with us and still fighting, although the doctors say it will not be long before his fight will be over. In the PICU, when Jon could still talk he told my mom that he saw an angel standing at the foot of his bed and that he saw our Dad as well.

He has been moved to the 3rd floor of Cooks. Back home where he belongs with the nurses that know him. He’s spent all but about 4 weeks of this battle here so it feels a little like home. He’s had numerous visitors. I think we’ve seen about half of Birdville High School, lots of church friends, and his childhood friends from Belton drove up to see him. He was serenading by part of the Birdville High School choir and part of the Glen Lake Camp Staff led us in worship with guitars. I am absolutely humbled by the love and support coming his way. We know there are many who are not able to come see him and he knows that he can feel those prayers even if from hundreds of miles away.

Our sister Holly has an uncanny ability to see if he is in pain or not so she’s been in charge of making sure he’s resting comfortably. The staff at Cooks has asked that we reduce the number of visitors in the room so we don’t wear him out today. In addition they may add some time where Jon just needs to rest during the day without visitors. Don’t worry though, he will be able to feel everyone’s love even if you aren’t in the room with him. The balcony and elevator area is still available to anyone who wants to come up and support Jon from a short distance.

It is often asked…what is love?… I truly believe I have seen love in its most pure state. I have been witness to some incredibly beautiful things the last two days, as his friends and family have surrounded him and stood behind him as he finishes this race. He has been able to open his eyes some and every now and then we can catch a little smile as he looks into the eyes of people who love him. This has been the candle to light my dark room this weekend.

To visit Jonathan’s CarePages blog, click here.