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Summer with Team Kelly...

More lemonade stands!! Meg, Crisslynn, Blayne, Tea and Carly :)

Kelly and Will on his 14th birthday at Top Golf

Sam and Parker

Cate, Ben, Sam and the birthday boy :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILL!!!!!

Emma at Stone Mountain

One of God's miracles in Maui is the rainbow eucalyptus tree. Look at the color of that bark! We are thinking of you today as we were reminded that God is Sovereign and can do ALL things.

Love, The McAfees

Jena in Florida

We went to New York for mygrandfather's 85th b-day celebration and ventured into the city for one day.The kids wanted to see the Statue of Liberty and I wanted to see the 9/11Memorial... we were able to do both. As the five of us walked into thebeautiful Memorial in our Team Kelly shirts, all the security guards andstaff that worked at the Memorial were high-fiving us and kept saying "Yes!!We have hope!!" - Of course, my heart was filled! What I didn't know is that"We have Hope" is the motto for the re-build of the current tower and thetheme of the Memorial. So, when we walked through, the staff, etc askedwhat the "Team Kelly" meant. We all explained and the immediate responsewas " we are praying for your friend!!" I thought it was powerful that in aplace where such heartache and fear reigned, that HOPE was the lastingeffect, the lasting feeling. We are given HOPE for a reason - God wants usto always hope for better, for His mercy and His healing effect. You havethat, Kelly - we all have that for you!!!After we left the Memorial, we walked through Battery Park and a homelessguy asked me what our shirts meant - I explained and then he said he wasgoing to pray for you, too!!!!! Of course, my New York cousin that was withus explained to me that I shouldn't talk with random people in New York, but it was definitely worth it!!! :) HA!!!So - the point of this LOOOONGGG story is to let you know that you have somefans and prayer warriors in New York now. :) Love you and hope to see youvery soon!!!

xxoo..... Jennifer & Eckert family.....

Jennifer and Valerie in the Dominican Republic

Dan and Jack in New Jersey

the Owen family at the Grand Canyon

It is so fun seeing all of your TK shirts on your vacations! Thank you for multiplying the prayer warriors for Kelly all over the world. If you sent a picture to us and haven't seen it on the blog yet...resend it! Between texts, emails, and facebook...we may have missed it!

She is scheduled for her 6th and final round of chemo for this treatment plan tomorrow. She also has a trip to MD Anderson set for July 16th.

Specific prayers for the week...
1. Pray for her to be thirsty! She has such a hard time drinking anything once the chemo begins. Then dehydration occurs and makes her feel even worse.
2. Pray her numbers have climbed back up enough for treatment
3. For her nurses to be accurate and for her doctor visit tomorrow
4. For the tumor marker to keep going down
5. For her spirit to stay up and anxiety to stay at bay
6. Pray for the trip to MD Anderson coming up
7. Thank Him for taking care of her...she feels great and is having a really good summer
8. Thank Him for all of TEAM KELLY

Wow is the only word I can think of to describe the last few weeks. It all started with vacation bible school at Prestonwood Baptist. Pastor Marc Rylander asked me if he could share my story in one of his sermons. Of course I said yes. However, I really didn't expect to be there at all because my treatment was scheduled for that week. It had already been 5 weeks of no chemo. I just KNEW after receiving 5 booster shots, I would be in the chemo lounge all day and yucky all week. I guess God had a big reason for putting off chemo for one more week. I was able to see how God is using me to reach lots of kiddos and create new believers. That Wedensday I walked into the church and there were Team Kelly shirts everywhere! It's always overwhelming to see how many people are supporting me. People I don't even know. Pastor Marc shared my story with the 4th, 5th and 6th graders. He wore his shirt and asked the question, "Got Hope?". He told all those kids about my friend who has been with me all my life, Jesus. He is my hope! I just love that word...hope!! Pastor Marc invited them to have the same hope that I have. One hundred and eight decisions were made that day. WOW! What an incredible experience. It brought so many tears to my eyes to see kids asking for hope and praying not only for themselves but for me as well. Kids are so full of love and compassion and are truly a gift from God. While great things were happening at VBS, I had a tugging at my heart. I was struggling with feelings of not wanting to be the center of attention or to take credit for all these new believers. It was just too much. I can't understand why people want to hear my story and pray for me when there are so many others with so much more pain and suffering. What makes me different? I was trying to explain my crazy feelings to Carol (my scribe who is making me write this ;)) and she asked me if I had read our devotion for that day. Here is what it said...

I am creating something new in you; a bubbling spring of Joy that spills over into others' lives. Do not mistake this Joy for your own or try to take credit for it in any way. Instead, watch in delight as My Spirit flows through you to bless others. Let yourself become a reservoir of the Spirit's fruit.

I love how this devotional speaks to me everyday! Did God write this just for me??!!

108 new believers

Now for more WOW moments. All my kids, my nephew plus a couple other close buddies went to Camp Wow in Oklahoma. I was feeling good enough to join them and so happy I did. My old college roomies and I bunked together. Funny how you just pick up right where you left off. Angela is still LOUD and Julie is still sweet. Love these girls. Loved my time with all of us together. Pastor Marc, again, shared my story. The theme of the week was built around the Olympics. He spoke about life being a race and the endurance you need to run the race. He shared how I am running a really hard race but I have Jesus as my endurance. I have to agree with Pastor Marc, this is the hardest race I've ever had to run. But even though it is hard, Jesus gives me endurance with every little blessing and miracle I see in all of you. I feel blessed that I get to be God's tool to work in so many young people. All of my own kids were touched in a big way. My nephew and ben's close buddy both asked Jesus into their hearts that night. It was amazing to be there with Julie and Angela and my kids praying with their cousin, Cole. A moment I will never forget and will cherish always. As much as I hate having to run this hard race, it makes it worth it when I see lives (especially kids) changed because of my story! WOW!!