The Hope That Does Not Disappoint

First off, thank you, thank you, thank you to any and all who prayed for us yesterday. God answered our prayers in both big and small ways. He got us through it all. For me personally, it was definitely one of the hardest things I've ever experienced in my lifetime. Seeing Lana for the last time, watching people I love suffer that much, and just the plain physical exhaustion of it all was so much to endure. It  felt as thought we were running an emotional marathon. It was hard, it took great strength, but we made it. 

All glory to God. 

This is just another update post for those of you who've been following our story and the events of last week for the Rodgers family. Once again, all the pictures are from my phone. I apologize to those who might be missing our dslr photos. With all the craziness that's been happening, using my phone to capture the little moments here and there just works best. Plus it's challenging my artistic eye ;)

The outside eating area and a nephew peeking out to see the city sights. Cincinnati is a bit strange to us country folk ;)

A niece being tempted by the fountain in the courtyard that they're aren't supposed to play with ;)  

I wouldn't want to go through this with anyone but this guy. He's been amazing.

Total miles driven back and forth to Cincinnati this week? 540. Yes, you read that correctly. 

City sights. 

Night skyline. 

Jonathan taking a shift with Amos and sunset beams on buildings. 

The first time they visited Amos. The quality of the image is less than poor, I know, but the emotions captured are not. 

The medical staff had written this on his 'plan for the day' chart. I thought it was adorable. 

Driving in rain. 

Unexpected smiles found in a package my dad sent and a blooming Tiger Lily.

The sunset before the day of Lana's funeral service. 

I still want to be able to make known the financial needs that have arisen out of all this, but I also want to be sensitive to what my in-laws are going through. As soon as things calm down enough to discuss those types of things I will share with everyone what they would like for you to know. 

Considering what they've both been through, Amos and Timothy are doing remarkably well. Timothy is there for Amos like you wouldn't be believe and is being an amazing daddy despite his own pain. And he's coping well with the help of friends and family. Amos looks amazing. We saw him yesterday and his little face looked basically normal. The swelling has gone done, he can almost fully open his eyes and he's back to his mean, stubborn, adorable self. Such a trooper! 

If you're wondering how me and Jonathan are, I can honestly say that we're alright. There are hard moments of course, we get frustrated or little things set us off. I miss my family and he struggles to watch his suffer under all this. Just today we finally washed the sink full of dishes that had been there since last Sunday night. Our days for the past week have consisted of waking up exhausted, doing small things around our house an spending the rest of the time at the hospital. It's a little crazy, but we don't mind. And, of course, yesterday was extremely hard for both of us. Now that it's over though we're ready to 'do the next thing.' Right Mom? :)

Thank you for your continued support! 


Jesus, You are there for us in amazing, intimate ways. Our Comfort and Strength. Our Healer and Protector. Our Faithful One. Without You, our lives mean nothing. Through You, even the ugly can be beautiful. Even in the dark we can still sing loud Your praises. 


May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in 
believing, so that by the power of the
 Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 
(Romans 15:13, ESV)