The Asher Update

Your family is in my prayers. My son rows for CJR and I had heard of Hadrienne's accident from him. I can't even begin to understand the pain your family must be in, but, know there are many people praying for you.
There are no words to express how my heart aches for you and your family. CJR does have some pictures on their website of Hadrienne if you wanted one for your post. Here's the website.
http://cjr.chattanoogarowing.org/index.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&meta=search&search=Hadrienne

My heart goes out to Andy, Gloria and Asher. Your family will be in my prayers. May God's peace cover and keep you.

i just want to say that at the darkest times in my life, i remember what my grandmother said so often. "THE LORD WILL NOT PUT ANYMORE ON YOU THAN YOU CAN BARE" may god bless you and keep you.

http://cjr.chattanoogarowing.org/index.php?name=Search

My heart aches for you in this time of great loss. You are in my prayers, and I've asked others to intercede for you as well. May God enfold and uphold you.

Andy & Gloria, I could hardly believe what I was reading this morning. It broke my heart for your broken hearts - I couldn't even get it out to Jan. I am trusting that our Savior will meet you at every point of hurt and give you strength for each step you must take. I'm staggered by Asher's statement. I can only offer you a passage that has been meaningful to me:
2 Cor 4:7 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.

We're praying for you and amazed at your steadfastness. "Jesus, accomplish your will fully, but we plead your unending mercy for this family...."

Andy & Gloria -
God bless you. I just told Luke that the Lord has strengthened you so very much in these past several months; only in the Kingdom can we ever hope to survive the multiple tragedies you all have faced. I am grieving and interceeding incessantly for you.

I just looked back at the photo of Hadrienne that Asher took a while back with Gloria's help. How incredibly precious it is particularly now.

Scott, the boys and I will be away all this week so will not be at the funeral. How I wish that I could come.

God bless you.
Much love,
Laura

Psalm 88:18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.
Psalm 88:1 A song of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.

My tears and prayers are with you

From Psalm 34....The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

Oh how we love you so much. Our prayers are always with you and your family.

Andy, My family is praying for you and your family. I am so sorry.

Dear Andy,

My heart is broken for you, my dear brother! I so wish that Michelle and I could be there in Chattanooga with you. Hadrienne was a most amazing, special young lady, and my prayers for you is that you cherish the blessed memories you have of her and embrace one another with love. Know that, although this is an extremely painful time, God will see you through.

Andy, Michelle and I love you and are praying for you and your family. I wish I had more words to say... all we can do is love you and pray for you fervently.

Joe Franco and Michelle Gold, Jews for Jesus, San Francisco, CA

I do not know your family personally but have been following Asher's story and progress since his accident through this blog. I was devastated when I logged on and saw this tragedy. Your family is truly an inspiration to me with your steadfast faith in all these trials. You are in my families thoughts and prayers, and may God Bless and Comfort you in this time of need.

God Bless,

Danny, Michelle, and Tristan Hall

Dear Andy, Gloria, and Asher,
I don't know what to say except that when I met your family at Shepherd you were all an inspiration to me. Hadrienne was so kind, compassionate, and dedicated to her brother. Asher is so talented. Andy and Gloria are so strong. I pray that God's love consumes all of you and you may experience His grace. I pray that He will heal your hearts. One day soon we will all be healed and we will see our loved ones once again.
Yours in Christ,
Shannon Trecartin

We love you so much, and our hearts are grieving with you. We are praying for you and so are many of our friends in Rome. Suzanne and Mike

While you do not know me personally, I have heard, for the past year, of the seemingly countless tragedies that your family has faced. Through all, you have prevailed with the strength of Jesus Christ. I am a student at Red Bank High School and heard of Asher's situation through some of his friends-most notably Josh. Several Red Bank students participated in a conference downtown and became aware of the car wreck on Saturday morning, all of us were very concerned and kept you in our thoughts and prayers. I continue to keep you in my prayers. When we heard of the wreck it seemed unreal, almost etherial. Realising the reality of these situations brings pain, but mostly brings insurmountable growth; I was the passenger in a very serious car wreck this summer that, according to officials, should have resulted in my death. I thought that this situation, truely, would renew me spiritually. For a while, I thought about it everyday and was thankful to God for sparing me. However, I selfishly fell out of this pattern after a while. Seeing the movement of God within this family has truely moved me. This has reminded me that if ..."God is with you, who can be against you?" Thank You.

Dear Andy, Gloria and Asher,
I am truly so very sorry for your loss. Hadrienne was such a delightful, talented and caring young woman. Please know that you are always in my heart, thoughts and prayers.

Love you,
Terry

Precept Ministries, Int. is praying for you all.
Job 42:2

I was so touched by your words, "our family will be there to both receive and give comfort". It is so amazing how God can minister to you and minister through you at a time like this. When tragedy hit our family I took great consolation in this passage "For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead" (2Cor:1 ). It was through this passage that I learned that God does put on us more then we can bear. May the Lord continue to teach you in your needs.
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness

I was heartbroken when I heard the horrible news about Hadrienne. I had spent much time with her, working with sea turtles, on Wassaw Island. She was truly a beautiful person inside and out and excelled at everything she did, her work with the turtles and her ability to work with others. She was truly an asset for our team and I looked forward to seeing her each year. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to see her this past summer due to Asher's accident. She was not 'out of sight, out of mind' due to her absence - I was really bummed that she couldn't make it and I was also looking forward to having my annual visit with Andy as he dropped her off at the dock for a week with the turtles. Feeling as I do about the loss of Hadrienne (sadness, anger, regret, broken-hearted) I can only imagine the pain her parents are going through - losing such a beautiful spirit.

Hadrienne is in our hearts, thoughts and prayers, as well as your family. We were so heartbroken when we recieved the news. We wish so much that we could be at her funeral to pay our respects to her, unfortunately, certain cicrumstances have prevented us. Although we only knew her for a short time, we will never forget her or your family. *ASHER, jordan and i love you so much. Please keep making progress, as your sister would want it that way*
Thank you for always being there for jordan when he needed you in rehab. We'll be down to see you soon, if you'd still like us to. Please hang in there, I know you can.

LOVE ALWAYS,
Jordan and Kayla.

please call us if you need to talk asher!

I hope that somehow you and Gloria caught a glimpse of what God blessed our city with tonight... the evening after Hadrienne's spiritually moving funeral. When I went back out to the store this evening, I crested the hill by my house and as I looked up, the sky from the top of the heavens all the way to edge of the river was covered with bright pink, purple and blue waves of color. It literally took my breath away. In all my 51 years, I have never seen anything like this Andy. It was SO much more than a beautiful sunset. I noticed many cars had pulled over and were sitting there in awe at the spectacular creation in front of them. I did the same... and just sat there and cried. It felt like a glimpse into the beauty that heaven holds for each of us... and gave my heart some peace that Hadrienne was enjoying that beauty in it's fullness. I hope you saw it... what a blessing!

Continuing to hold you up in prayer,
Shirley Madewell

Andy,
I can't imagine the pain/disbelief at current events that your family is going through. I'm in tears in front of my computer reading your recent entries. We will be holding your family up in prayer. May God strengthen & bless you during this time.
Christie

You have the most beautiful faith that I have ever seen in a human being. May God bless you in all your travels and you're in my thoughts and prayers! I know that all things will end with happiness, joy, truth, and the Lords pure blessing.

Andy & Gloria,

While is has been 3 weeks since the last posting on Asher's blog, we want you to know that while we don't know what is happening in your family right now, we do know that much prayer is going up to our Heavenly Father right now on your behalf. Know that you all are in our prayers, that the God of all comfort will give you His comfort right now (II Cor 1:3-4).

In His amazing Grace,

Roger & Shirley Helle
and the Teen Challenge family