Letter from Tim Reinhard

Dear friends and loved ones,

We would like to especially thank each and everyone, of you for demonstrating such love and concern to us during this difficult time. It truly has been a collaborated effort, in God, that made it possible to exit the country with Gabriel’s body the same day of the accident. Our hearts are broken, but it is the love and prayers that are truly carrying us at this time. It was cold and rainy outside, but with the warmth and Love of the body of Christ, we had the visitation and funeral of our precious son Gabriel. Sarah and I have had tremendous healing already within this past week, and we are encouraged at the progress. There are still some concerns with regards to infections, but everyday has been another victory. It is my hope that we would be able to come back down to Haiti in three weeks and start with the process, in every aspect of healing, as a family there as well. We know from experience this does take some time and patience and we will continue to lean on your prayers. A benefit of having lost a child before is the fact that God has proven himself Faithful in this same situation and we can use that as a Ebenezer. A discouraging thought is we know it wasn’t easy and it took a long time to feel really healed. I am thanking God for the wonderful opportunity to be called Dad to Gabriel and to rejoice in life with him for 5 years. At this time we feel a tremendous hole in the family, but know God is God, and he does not have to answer to us. My prayer is that I, or my family, will not ever stand in the way of bringing Glory to his Name or his Kingdom in whatever way he might chose. He never promised the road to be easy, but he does promise Grace, for which we are grateful. Attached are a couple pictures of the before and after to give you a reference of the healing progress. The second picture is a picture of Gabriel right after his passing as I shared some last fleeting moments with him and committing him to God. Please feel free to forward this e mail to your prayer circles. For those of you who are a bit more enthusiastic in searching for pictures or news blogs we have a facebook page called Reinhard connection, and some blogging at horsemeister.com.

Carried by your prayers,

Tim & Joan & Family