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April 28, 2006
Prayer needed for Andrew Sandberg (Seneff family)
Many of you probably know the Seneff's. They have been family friends of both Courtney and my families for years. Rebecca Seneff (married name Sandberg) and her family are living in Kenya, Africa as missionaries. Their two-year old son, Andrew, had a bad accident a couple days ago and injured his eye. The Seneffs have been a huge support for us through the past two weeks, so naturally I offered to use the network that I've built up to pray for Courtney to help spread the word about Andrew. It's been a tremendous blessing for me to see how many people have prayed for Courtney and I'm sure the Seneff family would take comfort in knowing that you were also praying for little Andrew. Here's the info from Rebecca (I knew her as Becca):
-- from Rebecca --
Hello to all of you…
Well, we leave for the airport in abut 3 hours. We are flying to London and then on to Maryland to Johns Hopkins where Andrew will be seen on Friday afternoon. Most of you already know the happenings of the past 48 hours. But in short, Andrew and Jake were playing with a small metal airplane and somehow Andrew pulled it with enough force that the wing of the airplane cut into his eye. He had emergency surgery and now has 10 stitches stretching from one side of his cornea to the other. The doctor had to cut the iris as it and the pupil had already begun to protrude through the cornea. The wing of the plane went through his cornea, iris and then his pupil. We are not sure if it hit the lens or if there is damage to the retina. We have exhausted our resources here in Kenya thus the trip to the States. The doctor here is unable to assess whether or not there is permanent damage to his sight. We will know more after this weekend. Please pray that there will be no infection in his eye. Please pray that Andrew does not touch his bandage/patch on his eye. Please pray that God would do a miracle and that his eye would be completely healed. We believe that the Almighty is good and that He is gracious. Andrew is His child and Andrew’s sweet blue eyes were formed in the strength and wholeness of God’s hands. We trust that God will indeed watch over Andrew and be with us.
Andrew’s spirit is so beautiful. When we went to the doctors for our initial visit we were really unsure about how bad his eye was. Jake was with me at the time. When the doctor said that he needed surgery and that it was a serious injury, Jake and I started crying. Jake immediately hugged Andrew and told him that he would be ok.
The next day after the surgery the nurse from that office came to our hospital room and told us that when we had left the office they prayed for Andrew.
Andrew has comforting eyes. He draws people in with his eyes. It was astonishing to me to watch Andrew minister with his quiet spirit to all of the people at the hospital. Without any words, he brought a smile to people and somehow made them feel at peace.
Thank you for your prayers and for your love.
Roger, Rebecca, Jake and Andrew
-- end from Rebecca --
Thanks again for all of your prayers for Courtney!
Posted by mark at April 28, 2006 7:26 PM Subscribe (FeedBurner)
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Hi, My name is Joye Johnson Hickey. I was best friends with a Becca Seneff in high school and have been trying to look her up. Is your friend from Winter Park, FL? If so, do you have any contact info for her. I would love to get in touch with her. Thank you.
Posted by: Joye at August 24, 2006 6:25 PM