A Word of Thanks From Jeff Looper

Below is a word of thanks from Jeff Looper. Those of you who know Jeff and his family understand where he is coming from. Jeff Looper is a very good friend and a wonderful person. He is married to Lynn Looper, she is a teacher at Wittenburg Elementary School and a Sunday School teacher here at ETBC. I had the great privilege of baptizing Lynn several years ago. His two daughters are Lyndsey and Alexa.
Jeff thanks for the kind words and I love you and your family.







Friday, December 12, 2008
MY GIRL

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY MY BEAUTIFUL 12 YEAR OLD GIRL WALKED INTO FAMILY CARE CENTER IN OUR SMALL TOWN FOR A CHECKUP, SHE PLAYED IN THE CROSS TOWN RIVAL BASKETBALL GAME THE DAY BEFORE AND HAD SOME BRUISES ON HER ARMS, AN HOUR LATER WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN WINSTON SALEM NC....ALL I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT OUR VISIT TO FAMILY CARE THAT MORNING WAS THE WORD, LEUKEMIA...AS WE WALKED INTO BRENNER CHILDRENS HOSPITAL THAT MORNING WE WERE MET AT THE DOOR BY FOUR PASTORS, JAMIE STEELE, CRAIG HAMLIN, MARK CLONTZ AND NEIL BOWMAN, HOW THEY GOT THERE BEFORE US IS A MIRACLE....AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF TESTS LYNDSEYS DR. CAME INTO HER ROOM TO TELL US THAT SHE DIDNT HAVE CANCER, BUT SHE DID HAVE APASTIC ANEMIA, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS DISEASE WAS AS BAD OR WORSE BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE, THEY SAID THE RATIO WAS ONE IN FIVE MILLION..AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS OF TREATMENTS NOTHING WAS WORKING AND ONE DRUG PUT HER IN ICU FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HER HEART RATE WAS AT 160 AND MORPHINE WAS THE DRUG THEY WERE GIVING HER TO KEEP HER SEDATED...I HAD CONTACTED ST JUDES ABOUT BRINGING HER TO THEM AND WE WERE ABOUT A WEEK AWAY FROM THAT WHEN DR MCLAIN CAME IN HER ROOM AND TOLD US HE WAS GOING TO TRY SOMETHING AND HE SAID IT WOULD WORK, IT WAS A NEW DRUG CALLED ATG AND HIS CONFIDENCE HAD TO BE FROM GOD....ONE NIGHT WHEN THINGS WERE AT THE WORST I WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR BESIDE LYNDSEYS BED WITH MY HEAD DOWN WHEN SHE PUT HER HAND ON MINE AND SAID ( DAD NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IT IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT) THROUGH ALL THIS SHE NEVER ASKED WHY ME OR GAVE UP IN ANY WAY, SHE WOULD SAY EVERYDAY THAT THIS WAS NOT BEATING HER AND AT THE WORST TIMES SHE WAS STRONGER THAN ME OR HER MOTHER...AFTER MONTHS OF TRANSFUSIONS AND MEDICINE THINGS STARTED TURNING AROUND..DR MCLAIN AND I SHARED SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS DURING THIS TIME AND BOTH OF US AGREED THAT GOD WAS IN CONTROL HERE...5 YEARS LATER MY DAUGHTER IS A WALKING TESTIMONY OF GODS LOVE AND MERCY, SHE IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN FOR 2008..THROUGH ALL THIS SHE HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRAY AND BELIEVE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IT IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT....AND TO THE FOUR PASTORS MENTIONED WE LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER FORGET THAT MORNING YOU WERE THERE....THANKS.