This is a picture of Josiah with Edsel and Jerry Maddox that was taken back in October when we were out for a visit. (They are Deb's parents who live in Colorado Springs.)
Edsel has been in the hospital for 11 weeks battling cancer and other ailments. The doctors report yesterday said that at this point he would be bedridden, unable to talk or eat on his own for the rest of his life. He had made a living will that very clearly stated that he did not want to live like that.
So Jerry, Deb and her brothers made the very difficult decision to honor his wishes today and took him off of the respirator. They are asking for prayers that Edsel would go quickly..."minutes and hours rather than days." (**As of Wednesday morning, at 10:30 he is still with us. Jerry and Deb stayed up all night with him. Oftentimes singing and praying with him, giving him permission to go.**) (***Edsel passed away, Thursday, May 10th in the evening....peacefully. While we are sad at this loss, we are also celebrating his new life in heaven.***)
Edsel has walked closely with the Lord his entire life and I can only imagine the joy he will experience as he gets to meet Jesus face to face.
Please lift up Deb, Jerry and other family members as they grieve the loss of this precious, kind, generous, loving and honorable man.
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