October 9th, 2016 – Please share with our mission community. We got a call from Allison Thursday night at 6:30 saying she was in labor, but not to come right away as she wanted to make sure it would continue. An hour later she called from Tufts Hospital (Boston), to say they could not find the baby’s heartbeat. We jumped in the car and began the long, sad journey, getting to the hospital about 20 minutes before she delivered Samuel stillborn at 3:41 am on Oct. 7th. The hardest part was seeing Allison holding him, and offering a prayer of surrender and thanksgiving to God as we all sobbed. Her pastor came in the morning and spent quality time with us. She came home mid afternoon and we spent a lot of time crying. The hospital made a lovely memory box with Samuel’s footprints, a bit of hair, the tape measure showing his length -16.5 inches, and weight – 3.2 lbs. etc. Thank you all for prayers and messages. We may not get to answer each one. My computer is acting up big time and I’m having difficulty getting a sensible message composed because of issues with it. I’ll be here a week. Bill drove home this afternoon and I’ll fly back later.
Love to all, Carolyn, Bill, Allison, Ricardo and Gabe
Allison’s email is: [email protected]
Their address is 26 Garland Ave., Malden, MA 02148