Dave and Irene….
We continue to strongly support you both in our Prayers….One day at a time sweet Jesus…the old song goes…And its so true….Dave the thoughts and flow of the story journaling Irenes illness along with your giftedness will have eternal impact….We are grandparenting in NC until the 12th….Have a Blessed Lords day…Our love to all…Jack
Dave and Irene,
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the copies of “Irene’s Journey of Faith” we ordered when we returned from vacation this week. We plan to give a copy each to several friends of ours who have prayed for Irene over the course of time. Your updates are wonderful, inspiring, and sure help us know the best way to pray day to day. We continue to lift up Irene each day, for the ultimate healing in the long term, but also for just what’s needed to get through each day.
Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking I will hear.”
With love,
Steve and Sue Azevedo
We received this very gracious email entitled “Great book” from our friend, Laura Gschwend (husband, Dave), and thought we would share it…we’re so grateful for the kind words and support.
Dave and Irene,
Dave and I went away for his 55th BD earlier this week and I got to curl up and read your book. It was so heart warming and courageous…I loved every line and testimony and story of how you, Irene, have been climbing Mt. Everest with your faithful family and friends upholding you.
The proclamation of your mouths, the fire in your testimonies, the love in your hearts, and the legacies you both leave behind wherever you visit, leave us eager for more of God.
May God use this book and your precious story, Irene, to bring more and more to Him. May God reveal to you the fruit of your life in ways that will fill your heart with radiant joy.
And may the two of you take great delight in what your marriage and love for one another has built in the lives of so many. Your love for one another is a fragrance that wafts in and out of our lives.
I was also so touched by the mature love of your precious daughters…who love you so much and each in their own way are heroines between all the lines of this journey.
When we stumbled upon your home so long ago on Paradiso Court we had no idea then what lie ahead. The journey has not been easy. But the respect and love that has been built stands the test of time. Dave and I cherish you both and pray blessing upon blessing upon you.
P.S. Irene, my favorite pictures of you in the book were all the ones with you in the garden…for that is where I think you belong the most-growing living things with your love and kindness and courageous wisdom. God has taken that gardener heart of yours and made you into a grower of people too…God is not going to waste your green thumb any more on soil no matter how wonderful that is too! Your nurturing
“Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” -Lamentations 3:22-23
