peter pan and more :)

Hi there Team Kelly :)  I know it's been a while...we've been crazy busy but want you to know Kelly is feeling great!!  

Here are few of our highlights of the past couple weeks....

Kelly was so excited to see all theses TK supporters at Peter Pan.  What an incredible show of support!  The show was amazing!  Did you know Cathy Rigby is 59 years old?  She was doing ridiculous  stunts!  She was awesome!  Although Sam was pretty dissappointed that she was a she and not a he ;)

the Gewin's shrimpin' in Gulf Shores, Alabama :)

Greg, Jennifer and Hunter at the Angels game in L.A.

Hunter and C.J. Wilson!!!!!  WOW!!!!!

Jennifer, Hunter, C.J. and Greg...so so cool!

Gayla in Hawaii :)

Kasey in Africa!!

these kids praying for kelly makes me cry

Nicole and Ashley at a Premier Jewelry party...Nicole donated a 

percentage of her sales to Team Kelly...sooo very kind!

Another sweet friend Allyson, donated her Cookie Lee party proceeds to Team Kelly back in May, but we don't have any pics to share.  But wanted to thank her for that as well....so very generous!

Blake, Angie, Beau and Ben in the Dominican Republic :)

Katelyn and Eric on the dolphin cruise in Gulf Shores, Alabama

the Bobo family in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Lindsay and Glenda's garage sale for 

leukemia and lymphoma society in their 

got hope shirts...you can read about 

Lindsay's fight with leukemia here. 

A couple weeks ago, Kelly's dear friend Trisha overheard two women talking about surviving cancer. She was talking about what got her through it. She said she just quit asking God to heal her and started thanking Him for already healing her.  She knew in her heart that God would heal her!  So she thanked Him in advance for the miracle.  Her faith was that strong.  After Trisha shared all this with Kelly, on that same afternoon, Kelly read this in the book Trisha's mom gave her..."Circle Maker" by Matt Batterson...

--True faith doesn't just celebrate ex post facto, after the miracle has already happened. True faith celebrates before the miracle happens, as if the miracle has already happened, because you know that God is going to deliver on His promise...Prayer and praise are both expressions of faith, but praise is a higher dimension of faith.  Prayer is asking God to do something, future tense; praise is believing that God has already done it, past tense--

We are now thanking Him for healing Kelly completely. After all our shirts say expect a miracle...so that is what we will do!  We can't  just ask Him to heal her, we have to PRAISE Him for healing her!

She is scheduled for chemo tomorrow at 10am.  Please pray this:

1.  Thank Him for several weeks of feeling great.

2.  Pray for her anxiety over 4 weeks without treatment.

3.  Thank Him for all of Team Kelly and their outpouring love and support.

4.  Pray for her counts to be up so she can receive treatment tomorrow.

5.  Thank Him for a great summer with family and friends.

6.  Praise Him for the miracle of healing Kelly!!!

MD Anderson and TK vacations...

Hi TK!  Kelly's trip to MD Anderson was overall really good.  Her scans show significant shrinkage on the pancreas and tumors on the liver are microscopic!!  Dr. Javle recommended staying on this same chemo while her body is responding so well.  There is another chemo she can try if her body builds resistance to this one.  The yucky part of this news is she was hoping for a less toxic treatment.  But the great news is Dr. Javle told her the scan is remarkable!  The chemo is working!  Translation: God is answering our prayers for shrinking tumors.  And another huge answered prayer was not having to drink that awful barium prior to the scan.  This may sound small to you, but it was a HUGE to Kelly.  She said she has never experienced answered prayer in that way before.  It brought a flood of tears.  Dreading that drink...knowing specific prayers from so many of you to be able to get it down...He blessed her greatly in that moment.  She also was in the scan room without Jason.  Only technicians and other patients were in there with her.  An older man noticed her tears and held her hand.  He was so worried about her.  God gave Kelly a hand to hold onto.  


Returning from Houston, she had mixed emotions.  Seeing such positive scan results was encouraging, but being told to stay with the chemo indefinitely was disheartening.  Lots of feelings stirring in her.  We all have these feelings of fear, sadness, anxiety, anger, etc.  We often don't know what to do with them.  But we have to express them, but don't always know how.  Some sweet friends helped her get some of those emotions out.  She was able to slam a few dishes into the pavement so she can now focus on the blessings.  Here is what our devotion read that day...


--Bring me all your feelings, even the ones you wish you didn't have.  Fear and anxiety still plague you.  Feelings per se are not sinful, but they can be temptations to sin.  Blazing missiles of fear fly at you day and night; these attacks from the evil one come to you relentlessly.  Use your shield of Faith to extinguish those flaming arrows.  Affirm your trust in Me, regardless of how you feel.  If you persist, your feelings will eventually fall in line with your faith.  Do not hide from your fear or pretend it isn't there...bring your fears and anxieties out into the Light of My Presence, where we can deal with them together.  Concentrate on trusting Me, and fearfulness will gradually lose its foothold within you.--

Now here are some of our TEAM KELLY supporters...

she definitely felt your prayers from 

all over the world this past week :)

Shannon and Connie in Padre

The Moore and Hoster families found their way to the top of Sulphur Mountain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains overlooking the city of Banff, Alberta! @ elevation 7600 feet...we felt closer to God and prayed for a miracle for Kelly! 

Shelby in Missouri

William, Caryn, Jonathan and Chris in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Commissioner Staples, along with the officers of the Vocational Ag Teachers Association with their Team Kelly shirts at the Texas Agricultural Science Leadership Institute

Russell Thomas, Ag Commissioner Todd Staples, Sandra Choate, David Reiley

Kristi and Christina in Hilton Head, South Carolina

Dr. Bobo's clinic supporting TK :)

Lauren and Katelyn at YoungLife camp

Parker's new customized TK kicks!

Olivia, Tara and Preston in Padre

Kel caught this rainbow reminding her of God's promise!

  

Meredith and Kristal in Port Aransas

Cole and Shannon in Anguilla in the Caribbean

 On Tuesday, during her MDA appointment, all these TK supporters covered Kelly in prayer...LOVE!

Jill in Chicago at the famous Sears Tower

Melissa's fortune cookie sent the night Kelly left for Houston

Cameron and Dylan in San Antonio

Reagan, Noah and Brandi river rafting in Colorado 

And the latest incredible new member of Team Kelly...

drum roll please...

the.

pioneer.

woman.

If you don't know who Ree Drummond is...she is a blogger, photographer, cook, writer, mom and wife.  She now has her own TV show on the Food Network.  Check her out here.  

You will LOVE her!!  WE LOVE HER!!!!

She even autographed Kelly's copy of her book :)

Thank you all for all your love and support and especially your prayers.  We hope to see you tomorrow at PETER PAN!!!  

Don't forget to wear your shirt :)