Shannon Hayes Benefit

Sunday morning, we prepared ourselves for our singing engagement that afternoon at Gunion Christian church. It was to be a benefit for Shannon Hayes, the young mother of three children, who is battling cancer. The program included our family as well as the Preacher's Quartet, good Christian friends of ours.

Amanda awoke with her face contorted and swollen due to the honey-bee sting the evening before. Since she ignored the stinger that was lodged in the end of her nose, there was considerable swelling. Just the evening before, she had said that the only thing she DID NOT want to happen was to get stung in the face since we were to sing the next afternoon! She had to laugh at the irony of it all. She was a real trooper, and went to church and then attended the benefit. She had a lot of people praying for her swelling to decrease. Needless to say, she wore her hair somewhat covering the right side of her face (to spare the audience from her contorted appearance.) It was one of those "memorable" days that won't quickly be forgotten.

The Preacher's Quartet did a fantastic job of drawing our hearts near to the Lord.

The attentive audience was very gracious and over $1900 was raised for Shannon and her medical bills!

We are continuing to keep her in our prayers. God is almighty!