Goodbye Adelaide!
In the last week here in sweet Adelaide, we’ve been blown away by the outpouring of love and support from friends and family! Dinners, coffees, playdates and much more; what great memories Murphy and the family will have of our last few moments in the tail end of the dry Adelaide summer. For the locals, you’ll be pleased to know we’ve had our fair share of Haigh’s chocolate and Balfour’s donuts! We may need to diet when we land in the USA!
Murphy’s ringing of the bell. A universal celebration at the end of treatment.
Tomorrow we embark on the next chapter of this journey, we head to the USA for Murphy’s clinical trial.We will arrive in Pennsylvania, and go to Penn State Hospital, where Murphy will begin his treatment. We are excited to get this life long cure for our boy.
It has been only 5 weeks since Nat and I stood before our dear friends to ask for support, and from that moment we have seen hundreds and hundreds of people donate to Murphy’s GoFundMe. The humbling reality for Nat and I is that many of the names we see on GoFundMe are of people we have not even met! Thank you to the many of you who have been so generous and responded to the call for support. Financial support given has already been used to help secure accommodation, flights, visas and more. Thank you! As we said 5 weeks ago, Nat and I will close down the GoFundMe once arrive, this is because we knew our faithful God will supply all that we need, and we will not go without! If, however, you still had money to put towards supporting us, or some of you have pledged weekly support etc please reach out and I’ll share our bank details.
Moving ahead, can you please pray that our children settle well upon landing, Murphy’s kidneys hold up for the long flight and that we find and amazing church community to be a part of.
I have personally struggled to find the words to adequately say ‘thank you’ to everyone. However God gave me the picture of your thank you as a long term thank you where your thanks will be in the form of many things to come. In the coming years when Murphy is well and playing sport, thank you, when he finishes school, thank you, when he goes on and lives a full life, thank you. Each stage of life where Murphy grows up is a reminder of our thankfulness for your many faithful prayers over the past 18 months!
God is good, all the time.
Thank you Adelaide for your care and love for our family!
Murphy at an amazing fundraiser put on by these incredible friends!
