Friday, May 23, 2008

Maria Chapman - Tragic Loss

You may have seen it on the news, but my heart breaks for the Chapman family. Steven Curtis Chapman (Dove and Grammy Award Winner) and his family has suffered a tragic loss this week.

Steven's youngest daughter, Maria (5 years old), was accidentally struck by an SUV, driven by one of her teenage brothers, in their driveway on Wednesday. Maria was rushed to the hospital via LifeFlight, but died of her injuries. She had just celebrated her 5th birthday a week and half prior. The family was preparing to celebrate Caleb's High School graduation and the engagement of their oldest daughter, Emily, in a couple of hours. Now they are preparing to bury their youngest child tomorrow.

See a video of Maria and Steven Curtis Chapman, taped two months ago.

Steven has dedicated his entire life to the ministry of Yeshua - and has adopted half of his children from China, including Maria, continuing to supporting the adoption of children outside of the US. Satan hates this family - that much is obvious.

Please pray and/or continue to pray for this family - they are most definitely engaged in some serious spiritual warfare. And please pray for the teenage brother (unknown which one) who is most certainly struggling emotionally at this time...

2 comments:

cls said...

"ovulating and nesting." What the hell does that mean!?

And I heard about Maria's death. It is so sad. :(

~meredith~ said...

Oh, I know. This is so sad. I can't even imagine what the teenage brother is going through.