Praise the Lord...

This is Kevin at home

Kevin with his parents, Jenn and Stephen and his little brother, Levi ~ the Christmas pic!

Kevin Petkau has had a bit of a rough go ~ here are some random pics of him with different family members and he had plenty... This pic is Kevin, his brother, Levi, his nanny and her twin sister and his mom...

these are random pics from a church activity at Open Door Baptist's cabin in S'toon. Also, this is his new walker to help him have more independence and it did!

He was so cute ~ as a button!

He had a feed tube for quite a while. His parents, Jenn and Stephen had a wonderful testimony of faith the entire time they struggled with Kevin's illness and hospitalizations.



This is a public television interview with Kevin and his mom, Jennifer just this past fall... Oct 2007


Kevin passed away last night in his dad's arms after midnight.

Here is a note I rec'd this morning...


Dear Friends & Family,

Well, we find ourselves typing out this note with both feelings of joy and sorrow. Around midnight Kevin took his last few breaths and then went home to be with our Lord. He was awake all of last night and seemed to be in pain. This morning we gave him morphine. A few hours later, we were suddenly shocked to find his breathing had majorly slowed down. They gave him a drug to reverse the affects of the morohine just in case that had caused the breathing problem. For a very short time he seemed to come back to life and seemed to be in pain again. We were happy when he very quickly slipped back into a deep sleep. Stephen was holding him when he died. It was a blessing to think he went straight from his earthly father's arms to his heavenly Father's. It brought joy and relief to our hearts as he died with the most peaceful look on his face. All the staff at the hospital commented on how he was the most peaceful looking they'd ever seen him.

Though our hearts feel heavy with sorrow, we are very thankful to know that God will give us the strength to bear the grief. We are also very thankful to Him for giving us the honor of being Kevin's parents for a short time. We also feel joy as we now know that our little "angel" is in Heaven and healed - God has fulfilled His promises to us! We are thankful that we can say..."the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord..."

Love,
Stephen & Jennifer


Please join us as we pray for this family who are sorrowing their loss but rejoicing at heavens gain!