Wilkins to Hernandez

In early 2016 the Wilkins family as we knew it, came to an abrupt halt. Through a series of tragic events, I (Jen) became a single mama, and my girls became fatherless. God never left us, but instead He lavished His tender care upon our broken hearts and tended to our wounds, while providing for all of our needs and bringing beauty out of the ashes. In mid-2017 I was remarried to a man who quite wonderfully swept me and the girls off of our feet, and we became the Hernandez family! All praise and honor, glory and awe goes to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, Who has never failed us!

To watch the full story of our family transformation, click here.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Romans 15:13

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Prayer for Ella Belle

Please keep our Ella Belle in your prayers. She's been taking short, quick breaths for two days now and coughing so frequently and violently. Yesterday, her coughs were so intense that she threw up. We took her to Quick Care yesterday and the Physician's assistant urged us to go straight to the E.R. because of Ella's breathing, cough, slight fever (but she was on preventative antibiotics for her incision, so it was odd for her to be running a fever), and aches and pains in her tummy. She wanted blood tests and x-rays done to rule out infections and/or pneumonia, RSV, collapsed lung, etc... Feeling frustrated that we had just gone and spent $ at Quick Care and received no answers, we went home and called Ella's pediatrician's after-hours number and talked to the on-call nurse. She also urged us to go straight to the E.R., so we went. When we arrived and after we saw the doctor, he was so busy with a patient that was having heart troubles, that i...

Just a Thought

Tonight I went to coffee with a new friend. It was extremely eye-opening. She revealed to me that she craved in-depth conversations about God and be able to candidly share what He has done in her life without feeling awkward. It just hit me like a ton of bricks, like a freight train or whatever analogy you need...that people are hungry for Jesus and communion with believers, even if they are already saved! We are to live in community with others. How are we to function as the body of Christ if the parts of the body aren't connected? Romans 12:5 "so in Christ we, though many, form one body , and each member belongs to all the others." How many times do I pass people on the street, in the grocery store or even at church and not even make eye-contact? What if all they needed that day was a smile or one "hello" to keep afloat? I commit today to be more intentional and to ask Jesus who I am supposed to connect with that day. Just a...

Trip To the Doc's

Ella's trip to the doctor today was successful. Some of you who follow us on facebook may have read that Ella had a case of Hemotoma (a build up of blood or a pocket of fluid/blood) under the incision. We went into Ella's new pediatrician in Meridian to have it popped and drained. Ella actually did really well! She was really calm as the doctor was squeezing the incision, trying to release the fluid. While she was being poked and prodded, Ella sang and recited Bible verses, until, the doctor had no success in releasing the build-up by just pressing, so she resorted to trying to puncture the "bubble" with her surgical prongs. At that, Ella's attention was fully on what the doctor was doing and started to wiggle and fuss for the remaining 10 or so minutes that the doctor worked and filled gauze pieces with the blood that oozed out after the pocket was popped. Trying to calm Ella down, the doctor asked Ella what her favorite Bible verse was and thr...

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