VERY Important Prayer Request!!!

many of you either received and email from me or got a bulletin on my myspace, but for those who didn't, i thought what better way than to post a prayer request for this little boy. the little boy's name is brendon, and he is 9 years old! i graduated from high school with both of his parents and was once very close to both of them. obviously how things go when you graduate, we never really kept in touch on a regular basis and for that i am not proud. truth be told i don't think i have really kept in contact with anyone from high school. i often wish i had. anyway, she also has a myspace and posted this bulletin (this is an exact copy of the bulletin i received from amber (brendon's mom)):

Okay everyone. This is VERY hard for me to do but I am going to do it. Please, Please, please pray for my son Brendon. We are currently at Maine Medical Center where he was just diagnosed with cancer.... We are all very shocked by this news. I took him to the emergency room at 2:30 this morning because he was having chest pains. The x-ray revealed a very large mass in his chest. They took us to Maine Med by ambulance and performed surgery on him to see what the mass was. It turned out to be lymphoma. He will be having his bone marrow and spinal fluids tested tomorrow or Monday. He will have to have chemo-therapy... I'm not sure how long we will be here or how long the chemo-therapy will last, but we're told it will be a struggle.. We are hoping and praying for the best for our baby... I will keep you all posted as much as I can.

Thank you all for all that you do.. Give your loved ones a big hug and thank God that they are healthy.

Thank you for your prayers....

i have learned a little more today and wanted to post it here. this is also where you will see updates if there are any. i am not asking questions, just putting what was told to me. i will not go into great detail, but this will give you specifics on what to pray for. today we learned that the mass reaches from his heart and goes to the bottom of his rib cage. it has not attached itself to any of his organs as far as they can tell. they do not operate on this kind of tumor, they will try to shrink it with medication. he also started chemo-therapy today. they did several tests today and will know most of the results tomorrow. that doesn't mean that i will hear anything. i am not going to pester her for imformation as i know they are going through ALOT right now. as i hear things, i will update. i will also try to post a picture of him once i get approval from his mom. the last thing i want to do is overstep my boundries. my main reason for passing this on is because i think the more prayers he gets the better. everyone can use a little prayer and right now, he needs alot, whether you know him or not! so, please pray for him and his parents.

i know i promised pictures from the park, and i will put those here. the kids had fun and we stayed for two hours. it was nice getting together with a friend from the past. we are hoping to do it again soon! i apologize for not writing more, but i think the most important thing is the prayer request mentioned above. here are a few pics:

Kelsey (L) and Kaylee (R)

Kelsey and Jordan

Kaylee walking and Kelsey slidingKelsey (top), Latoya (middle), and Kaylee (bottom)
my friend miranda's little girl Olivia ~ she's 9 mo. she also has a 9 year old son, but he doesn't like his picture taken!

well, that concludes the post, PLEASE pray for Brendon!!!!!!