Just when we thought things couldn't get more exciting...

We got back home to Indy late Tuesday.  We had such a wonderful and eventful time down in FL with our family and friends.  It's nice to be back home and settled in to a routine but also sad to be apart from everyone we love down there.  We have good news and more prayer requests.  Our first praise is that my mothers heart cath went amazingly well, nothing is wrong and she is going to be just fine.  Our 2nd HUGE praise is that they had misdiagnosed her with Emphysema!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 3rd is that my fathers cancer is stage 1 and the Dr. does not believe it will be life threatening!!! HOOOORAYYYY!!!!!  We have so much to celebrate!!!  The last few weeks have not gone without some pretty big ups and downs but as you can tell we have SO, VERY much to be thankful for!  My father is having another surgery next Wednesday to go back in to make a second pass where the tumor/mass was just to be sure they have gotten everything and then he will begin what they call a local chemotherapy.  Our prayers are that this surgery will go smoothly, that the Dr's will get anything that might be remaining after the last surgery and that he will have no issues due to going off of his heart meds for these two procedures.  We TRULY-TRULY appreciate the prayers everyone has sent up for my family! We have sincerely felt them!  Like I tell everyone..."There is NO GREATER GIFT you can give than to pray for one another.  

Onto yet another potentially very exciting front...Brandon, Wyatt and I ask for prayers for our family.   We waited 3 years for baby Wyatt and at times it seemed like 3, very long years :)  We have had a special little girl cross our path who is in need of a home and we have absolutely fallen in love with her precious face!  This has truly taken all of us by surprise but we know it's happened for a reason. We have been praying about this for a couple of weeks and we ask that you pray for us and her as well.  When I'm able, I will fill you in on the details but our specific prayer request is that we make the right decision for her and for our family and that we are able to move forward in whatever final decision we make quickly and with complete and total peace. 

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

We love you!!  Big huggies from the Leese family! XOXOOX~ muuuaahhhhh

R, B and W 

Family comes to meet Wyatt

Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed a nice 4th of July weekend! :) We are starting to feel like the summer is just zipping by. Wyatt is now 4 weeks old and has been such an amazing light to our family!! My mom, dad, Will and Jill were in Indy to meet Wyatt a couple of weeks ago and it was such a special time. We missed Auntie Kristen but she had a work emergency and had to cancel her flight. We all just relaxed, laid by the pool enjoyed each others company and of course spoiled our new lil guy.

We did get some news when my father arrived into town on Thursday night. He had gotten sick while my mom was away, went to the emergency room and after testing was diagnosed with bladder cancer. It was very difficult to hear but immediately we all began to pray and give this trial back to God and lift up my father. We know that nothing will happen to my father that is outside of what God allows and that is where we find complete comfort; in knowing he's on his thrown, in charge and holding my father in the palm of his hand. After the news and after my parents left last Tuesday, Brandon and I drove down to Atlanta with Wyatt, Brandon flew home and then I drove the rest of the way with Kristen and Wyatt to Orlando. We have been here since the 1st and will be here through the 20th or so. Brandon comes down tomorrow and both of my sisters are here now which has been really nice. Yesterday was my fathers surgery. The procedure went well and they removed the tumor. We will have the path results back next week but the Surgeons initial thought was that the cancer is not an aggressive kind. He couldn't promise us that but that was his initial hunch. We are just very thankful that the surgery was successful and that we all get to be together during this time :))) We ask for continued prayer for complete healing and strength during this time. We are extremely thankful for everyones prayers, we have definitely felt them!!! As strange as this may sound, the timing of how this has unfolded was just the way it needed to be. We are all in Orlando and able to be together, my fathers surgery went well, my mother is on her summer vacation from teaching, Wyatt is here to brighten everyones days and as a family we really are feeling at peace. As my youngest sister, Jill said..."Wyatt came at the absolute perfect time because he has truly given us pure joy during a tough time". There is just a sense of peace, calmness and comfort right now, as odd as that may sound.

James 1:1-12
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Lots of hugs and love to everyone!!
XOXO
Robin, Brandon and Wyatt