"Trey Tuesday" - November 25, 2014

Teamwork

Your Thanksgiving dinner will most likely incorporate a team of family and friends pulling together to create a scrumptious and beautiful meal!  :)  This journey called life is much the same.

Team Mitlo One has been an awesome community of love and support and prayer revolving around our Super Hero/Young Warrior....and Trey's legacy lives on in so many ways!  One way we would like to continue to support Trey's siblings is through 2 new teams:  Team Bella and Team Joe.  We plan on creating new private Facebook groups for those who are interested in supporting Joe and Bella in extra special ways - cards, visits, prayers, gifts, notes, ice cream, etc.  Please prayerfully consider joining a team if you would like to minister to the kids in this way.  No pressure and no guilt!  :)  The Pray and More for Trey page will continue to include updates and prayer requests about the kids.

If you are interested in joining Team Bella or Team Joe, please private message me and let me know which Team.  Thank you!  :)

A reflection from Trey's Aunt Marcie:

There is a community of believers that have been unified through Trey. Something special happens when "we are one" as Jesus prayed for us in John 17:21. The irony is, we need to remain "one" just as much now, if not more, than when we were praying for his healing. The harvest is ripe. 

Why did Jesus pray that for us? 

"that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me." 

(... So that we would be in Jesus and God, so that the world may believe.)

May we continue to be "one", so THEY WOULD BELIEVE. ❤️

"Trey Tuesday" - November 18, 2014

Q-Tips, Chapstick, Kleenex and BandAids

When was the last time your child asked you for an "adhesive bandage"?
Or a "facial tissue, cotton swab or lip balm"?
Chances are your family uses the trademarked names in place of the common generic terms for many every day items in your lives. 

"Trey Tuesday"

It's not a trademarked name, but it certainly holds a lot of meaning for literally hundreds of people around the world.  "Trey Tuesday" symbolizes an internet community of people which gathered each week to love, support and pray for our Young Warrior and his family. 

You are a dynamic team of faithful prayer warriors!  Read back over some Trey Tuesdays over the years to witness first hand God's amazing answers to prayer!

In October 2011 we prayed:
So as we pray for Trey this week, yes, we pray for God to completely heal Trey from cancer! = done!  :)
And for successful chemo cocktails! = done!  :)
And for a clearing up of his cold! = done!  :)
And for God's peace that passes understanding for Joe and Bella and Jay and Rachel - and Trey, too! = Amen!  Amen!  Amen!  Amen! = done!  :)

From March 2012:
This week Trey and Jay and Rachel are facing a new chapter in Trey's treatment plan. Please pray that Dr. Shaw is preparing an excellent plan for Trey!  = done!  :) Please pray that Jay and Rachel are able to discern their choices with Godly wisdom! = done!  :) Please pray that Trey continues to dance, to sing, to play, to eat, to sleep, to laugh, and to love giving testimony to God's power! = done!  :) And please pray that our Young Warrior and his journey bring many to faith in Christ! = done!  And yet still praying for more!  :) 

Your prayers have had a powerful effect on Trey's life, the life of his parents and siblings and on the entire Team Mitlo One community, encouraging one another in the name of Christ...
THANK YOU! 

Please join us as we continue the tradition and gather for weekly prayer, suitably named,
"Trey Tuesday."

"From Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."  Ephesians 4:16

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Update from Jay and Rachel on Wednesday, November 5, 2014:

Suddenly and in his sleep, our Young Warrior completed his battle with cancer last night.  With his mommy on the floor sleeping by his side he went peacefully, his and her last words to each other being,  “I love you.”

Our hearts are broken, but sweet baby Trey is free.  We can feel your love and prayers even if we can't respond.  Our focus right now is getting Joe (age 11) and Bella (age 9) through this.  Thanks, friends.

Trey Tuesday for November 11, 2014:

God's Faithfulness....

We must remember.
We must remember.
We must remember.

God has shown His faithfulness over and over and over again throughout Trey's life.
And God has shown His faithfulness over and over and over again throughout Trey's death.
And now each one of us must trust God's faithfulness as we reenter into the everyday...

We MUST remember God's faithfulness!

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful."
Hebrews 10:23

I had the most blessed opportunity to spend the past week with Joe and Bella (and Jay and Rachel and many, many other Mitlos!)  :)  It was Bella who began our week long journal which is entitled:  MIRACLES ABOUND!  It started when Bella spotted a rainbow in the sky on Thursday afternoon.  Just one day after losing her brother, this precious princess gasps and shrieks, "A rainbow!" with the most innocent joy!  J-O-Y!?!?  Yes, joy!  :)

Joe's first miracle came in the shape of boy's size 14 slim pants that fit perfectly, found within 2 minutes of shopping!  M-I-R-A-C-L-E!  (Joe said his clip on tie was the perfect size, too!)  :)  Joe and I spent a few minutes in the arcade at the mall.  Can you believe that a teenager approached Joe as Joe was counting the tickets he had earned, handed Joe a huge stack of tickets and said, "Here, you can have these."  Joe looked at me as if he had just hit the lottery, "Miracles Abound, Aunt Cathy!"  :)

Countless, literally countless other miracles abound, but I must at least mention a few miracles of love like the lines of Team Mitlo One friends waiting to pay their respects, the endless trail of tears, the desperate embraces, the powerful leadership and preaching of Jay, the ever so beautiful and strong Rachel, Joe and Bella's friends supporting and distracting them, the humble and thoughtful accommodations of Hebron Church, the intimately embracing Faith Community Church, and even 60 degree sunny skies as we journeyed to the cemetery and then later for my trip (with a full tank of gas!) to return home.

I am building my Ebenezer.  The photos and stories of this past week will forever be a testimony of God's faithfulness, a lasting gift from our Young Warrior....."Thus far the LORD has helped us."

"Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."  I Samuel 7:12


Please keep reading jaymitlo.com for more....

Trey Tuesday - October 28, 2014

It's the Pumpkin's Turn!

A few weeks ago we focused on the apple:  We are the apple of God's eye.

Today we join the rest of the world and focus on:  The Great Pumpkin!
Yes, Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin, pumpkin lattes, jack o'lanterns, pumpkin patches and every other imaginable way to market the pumpkin!  :)

As you carve your pumpkins this week, doing the dance with the matches getting the candle lit without burning your fingers, think of Trey.  Cancer is a dark, ugly disease, but God's goodness shines brighter!  

"For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ."  2 Corinthians 4:6

And please keep praying for Trey in his battle!

For better blood counts - for his platelets to exponentially multiply!

For the best treatment possible for Trey to become available!
For Joe and Bella and Jay and Rachel as they wait!

For health and strength for Trey!

For Trey to be healed!

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."  Ephesians 3:20-21

Trey Tuesday - October 21, 2014

"I know!  I know!"

Can you feel the sass?  Can you hear it in the tone of your closest man, woman, child, teen, coworker, sibling, parent, boss or restaurant server?  The sound of, "I know!" spoken at the wrong time, in the wrong tone of voice, regarding the wrong topic trumps the fingernails on the chalkboard in my book!

But really, what do any of us know for sure?  Since that fateful day of December 24, 2010, we have known nothing about the next step in Trey's life.  Praise God Trey has defied every statistic known to the medical community!  Yet we still don't know what Trey's next treatment or option will be.

We do, however, know where to find answers:

"And if we know that God hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of Him."  I John 5:15

So let's put our hope and faith in the Author of all knowledge and wisdom!

Let's ask Him for complete healing for Trey!

And for continued improvement in Trey's blood work!

And for Trey to be keep making it to school as much as his schedule permits!

And thanks be to God for Trey's excitement to go to school!

And what a blessing to know that Team Mitlo One is always ready, willing and able to love, pray and support Trey and his family!

"Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord."  2 Peter 1:2

Trey Tuesday - October 14, 2014

Apples over Pumpkins

Yes, yes, they're everywhere....pumpkin lattes, pumpkin cheesecake and even pumpkin Oreos!

However, I prefer to focus on the apple during September and early October....pumpkins can wait for jack o' lanterns and Thanksgiving.  Plus, apples work better for this Trey Tuesday!  :) 

Psalm 17:8 paints a beautiful picture of us entrusting Trey and his health to our Almighty Creator/Provider/Protector.  "Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings" 

And so we pray:

Father, keep Trey...we know You already have him, You created him, You know all about him!

As the apple of Your eye...just like we protect the very vulnerable and critical center of our eyes, protect our tender and fragile Trey as he awaits a new treatment plan

Hide him...please God, don't allow the enemies of fear and doubt and guilt to invade Trey's family.

In the shadow of Your wings...we know Your "wings" are over Trey and his family.  Bless them with feeling and knowing they are safe in the shadow of Your wings...

"He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart."   Psalm 91:4

Trey Tuesday - October 7, 2014

How will Trey be healed?

Jay and Rachel so humbly and simply request prayer for a treatment to become available for Trey. They don't whine and beg and scream, but they wholeheartedly know that taking their request before the Lord will bring the results God wants.

Their peaceful confidence causes me to think about the words 'treatment' and 'healing' in the Bible.  No, there were no chemo or radiation treatments in Bible times, but there were plenty of other methods of healing!  Let's take a peek:

Matthew 8:15
"Jesus touched her"

Let's pray for Jesus to continue to touch Trey in huge ways of healing!

Mark 5:34
"Jesus said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you."

Let's pray for all of Team Mitlo One to have great faith in Jesus and His healing power! 

Matthew 9:25
"Jesus went in and took the sleeping girl by the hand, and the girl arose."

Let's wait upon the Lord's healing touch with great expectation!  Will it come via a doctor or a nurse?  A clinical trial or an old fashioned remedy?  A cutting edge prescription or a new hospital with a new technique?  How will God perform His miracle?

Matthew 9:29, 20
"Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened."Let's pray that blindness caused by hopelessness will not be in the Mitlos' vocabulary.
 
Mark 9:27
"But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up."

Let's pray for the strength of Jesus to help Trey stand up strong in his health!

Thank you for standing strong in prayer as the very best form of treatment for Trey!  :)

 Matthew 9:35,36
"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them"