I guess there is hope after all…
That’s what I wrote when we found out 50 frat guys from Oklahoma University were headed over to our house to bring Abby a present and visit her. If it had been a group of girls, everyone would think “how sweet”. But for college guys to do something so kind, and be so selfless and mature truly was VERY heartwarming. Here’s what happened:
We got a call a couple of weeks ago from John, who attends our church. He said he heard about Abby at church one day, and just really felt like doing something for her, him and his frat house. “How nice” we thought.
Thursday afternoon we get a phone call to find out that 40-50 guys are headed to our house! Holy cow… we had no idea what to expect. But here they came, down the road like a caravan.
They had traveled a couple of hours the day before to go get Abby a big playhouse for the back yard. The drove TWELVE HOURS, yes 12, to get a little girl a present they had never met. They showed up and set it up in the back yard.
One group of guys took our 17 and 16 year old out to an OU/USC basketball game. Another group stayed at our house for a couple of hours and played with Landis, Sami and Abby (our sister was here caring for Abby medically). Another group went out and bought presents for the kids for Christmas. Another group took me and Michelle out to dinner, made us reservations and paid for the whole thing.
It was truly heartwarming and amazing. I’m going to write a story on it in the next issue of Serious.Life Magazine and not only cover what they did, but talk about their fraternity and some of the members. It will be a good story on a good group of guys.
We could not have been more impressed and touched by what they did.
That’s what I wrote when we found out 50 frat guys from Oklahoma University were headed over to our house to bring Abby a present and visit her. If it had been a group of girls, everyone would think “how sweet”. But for college guys to do something so kind, and be so selfless and mature truly was VERY heartwarming. Here’s what happened:
We got a call a couple of weeks ago from John, who attends our church. He said he heard about Abby at church one day, and just really felt like doing something for her, him and his frat house. “How nice” we thought.
Thursday afternoon we get a phone call to find out that 40-50 guys are headed to our house! Holy cow… we had no idea what to expect. But here they came, down the road like a caravan.
They had traveled a couple of hours the day before to go get Abby a big playhouse for the back yard. The drove TWELVE HOURS, yes 12, to get a little girl a present they had never met. They showed up and set it up in the back yard.
One group of guys took our 17 and 16 year old out to an OU/USC basketball game. Another group stayed at our house for a couple of hours and played with Landis, Sami and Abby (our sister was here caring for Abby medically). Another group went out and bought presents for the kids for Christmas. Another group took me and Michelle out to dinner, made us reservations and paid for the whole thing.
It was truly heartwarming and amazing. I’m going to write a story on it in the next issue of Serious.Life Magazine and not only cover what they did, but talk about their fraternity and some of the members. It will be a good story on a good group of guys.
We could not have been more impressed and touched by what they did.
Abby with all her new "boyfriends"
She now refers to them all as her boyfriends,
and just grins every time they are mentioned.
She was a little docile in this picture having had
chemo that day.
She now refers to them all as her boyfriends,
and just grins every time they are mentioned.
She was a little docile in this picture having had
chemo that day.
The guys unload the new playhouse they drove TWO HOURS to get!
Mission accomplished! The playhouse is set up,
but it would be the next day, sunny and warm
before the kids would get to play on it.
Abby playing outside! That is first for her in several months.
She couldn't wait to get out to her new playhouse,
set up by her 50 boyfriends!
57 comments:
That is awesome! What a wonderful gift for Abby and what a gift for them to get to meet her :)
Okay, how cool is that? Wow! Those guys made MY night. What a blessing to your whole family.
Absolutely amazing!!
OMG how amazing!!!!! What a great joy that must have been to see all the kindness from total strangers!!! Reallly melts my heart!
Hugs,leslie
That is so great-and so rare in the world of fraternity boys. ( We live in Blacksburg-home of Virginia Tech-so we see a lot of frat boys!!) What an awesome and unexpected blessing
I LOVE IT...and WOW girl that is SO SPECIAL ...and I am with Abby...you go Happy 50 CUTE BOYS...HUgs
That is awesome!!! What a blessing these guys are...
That is so special! what an amazing group of young men! Thank I can see how Abby would feel SO special! :)
Love, Sarah Houston
Wow, I am one of the pledges that got to help this family. And seeing Abby's smile while she's playing on the playhouse made everything worth it. Thank you so much for allowing us to do this for you. This is the true meaning of Christmas.
Absolutely AWESOME!
Can't wait to read the article.
I'm so happy for Abby and your family to be touched in such a big way!
God bless those young men!
Love,
Jill
WOW! How neat! And how special that these guys would do this! God bless those guys!
I am keeping ya'll in my prayers! I know God has something special for Abby!
Kathy in West Texas
That was so cool!!! What a bunch of great guys! Abbie looked so happy with all her boyfriends!!!
Hey, Congrats to OU for making it to the National Championship!!!
What an absolutely delightful story! I'm grinning just reading about it! Thanks for posting the pics!
It was good medicine for Abby! We have a good God!
God will continue to inspire others to encourage you on this journey. It is wonderful and amazing how he uses other people's arms to give you a hug.
fantastic! what a blessing.
AWESOME!!! Abby has touched so many lives, including mine.
Gail
what a great story....so heartwarming...Abby must have been thrilled!!!
What a heartwarming story! Totally sweet and refreshing. What sweet "boyfriends" Abby has!
That is so great! Those young men are amazing!
That is SO NEAT!!! I had tears in my eyes just reading about all they did....absolutely amazing!
That is so awesome. What a great fraternity!!!!
Kris
What a wonderful heart warming story! Can't wait to read the full story.
Julie
So wonderful!!!
What an amazing group of young men!
Abby looks so happy in her new playhouse!!!!!
That is just so beautiful. I am so happy to see her smile. God Bless your family. I pray for Abby everyday.
What an amazing blessing for everyone.
Amy
If you wouldn't mind linking the website of the fraternity, I am sure many of us would send them a little note.... it is so often that Greeks get bad press, so those fellow previous greeks would love to say THANKS to them!
That is really awesome. Fraternities and sororities and wonderful groups filled with nice kids. I am happy you got to see that! Yay, Abby's new boyfriends!
WOW. What a heart these young men have. It is amazing to me how God uses everyone who wants to be used.
Sounds like all of you will remember this day forever. I am sure they had as much fun as you did!
Truly amazing.
Oh my Gosh How amazing..
What a wonderful heart those guys have there parents should be proud to call them there sons!!
And for you and wifey to get a night off by your selves how awesome...
This is so great! How awesome of them....
In constant prayer for your family.
How thoughtful! God is good and works through so many in our lives.
Wow, that is great!! So glad you posted the pictures and told us about that wonderful act of kindness. Love seeing that sweet girl smile. Glad you two were able to have dinner out together.
Phyllis & Kristen
That is about the sweetest thing I have heard in a while. What a wonderful group of young men!
What a great story and a great experience for your family. These kinds of fraternities need more attention.
Wow, a special gift for such a special girl. :)
What a blessing. Still praying for Abby...
Ha! I am sure that is just a little taste of things to come. Doesn't surprise me at all that your beautiful princess would have 50 boyfriends. ;0)What a neat thing for these guys to do! Amy
I am tearing up, that is truly amazing. I love that they did not only do for Abby but, the whole family. I have hope for my generation of men! YOu all so deserved this.
Violet
Truly heartwarming - sounds like they took care of everything! How cool that they not only bought Abby a playhouse, but they also did so many other special things for the WHOLE family! So touched ...
Beautiful!! Way to go guys!! YOU ROCK!!!
What fun and how wonderful for Abby! You're right...there is hope for the future generations. Great picture of Abby playing. She has a beautiful smile!!!
Wow.
Being a Texas Aggie, I was born and bred to think of OU as the "enemy". Not really, of course, but for the purposes of football, heck yeah!
Now, I'm not so sure I can continue to feel that way. Now, I'm going to be grinning and thinking about Abby and her playhouse every time I think of OU. Which, quite frankly, kind of rocks my world. It just ain't right! ;)
Seriously, though, that is amazing. One of the most heartwarming stories I've read in a long time. What they did, not just for Abby, but for every member of the family. Wow. That.is.AWESOME.
Such a neat group of boyfriends your daughter has. =)
So incredible!! What a wonderful day for Abby!!
Thank You Jesus for showering this little girl and her family with so much love. You Lord are always faithful and provide provision at the perfect times. What a wonderful generation of young men. Susie
Thanks so much for sharing this story--what heartwarming photos too! We'll keep praying for Abby and wish these nice frat fellows many blessings in life--their attitude and kindness sure seems deserving!
Oh my goodness..this is so positively amazing! GOD IS GOOD! Tears are rolling down my face at the thought of all those "boyfriends" blessing your family in so many ways! Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us!
Michelle Mann
Alaska
That is totally amazing.. I am so happy for Abby to have 50 boyfriends that truely care for her.. That is so touching that they did that for your family.. God bless those guys..
Wow,
50 boyfriends...Abby I'm so jealous! :) I can't seem to get 1. lol
Hugs and kisses to Abby...this is such an amazing story!
Sunday
This is so exciting!! I was havng trouble accessing my blog roll from here in GUA and then I found you this morning!!
I also want you to know I prayed for Abby at the Hermano Pedro church this morning. I also lit a candle in prayer for her healing. I wrote more on my blog about it because this is something I was not taught to do since I am not catholic!! However I know prayer makes a difference and mine are still with you! HUGS!!
Oh, I just love them! Crowns in heaven for those young men!
That is so heartwarming. Praise God for the little and big ways He shows your family His love during this trial.
Praying and believing for Abby's recovery,
Holly
WOW! That is the best word- WOW! Gives you great hope for to know that these gentlmen woudl care so much to help a little girl they do not know.
Great job Abby's boyfriends- you are very special!
That made me cry. So heartwarming.
I just wanted to say that your daughter, Abby, is such an inspiration as is the rest of your family for enduring the hardships of leukemia. I'm a nursing student who just learned how hard it is on a body to receive chemo and especially a 3 year old kiddo. She's such a brave young lady. I'm definitely praying for your daughter and your family and hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season.
Wow that is amazing!!! Way to go guys!!! What an amazing group and gift!!!
wow what an incredible gift!!!Thats a great group of guys!!
That is truly INCREDIBLE and what a special and wonderful gift from the heart.
Wow...what a great example to us all!
I am an older member in the fraternity, and let me assure you that the mere opportunity to serve was by far the most impacting part of those guys' semester. It is incredible to see how Christ edifies through serving others. Happy New Year to you all and God bless Abby.
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