Wow! What an amazing thing this has been! A couple of months ago, a few of us "blog moms" decided to try to raise some money for a gift for the Copponex family. This gift would represent all of Rachael and Greg's online community of friends and prayer partner and would hopefully be an encouragement for them as they, with hope, grieve the loss of precious Tripp. Our original goal was to raise about $300 or so dollars... enough to buy a tree and hopefully a bench in his honor. We sent out emails and facebook messages, posted about the opportunity to give on our blogs and let it roll. Much to our surprise, in the end, over $800 was given. But then, its really not surprising at all! People have a heart to love on others and that is just what this online group of friends has done... successfully loved on the Copponex family.
Check out the post about the delivery of the gifts here. And please, continue to pray for their family. Not only Rachael and Greg, but Tripp's grandparents, aunts and uncles... there are SO many who miss his precious face. Who wish we could have seen him grow into a Godly young man...
I said earlier that we grieve "with hope" because as Christians, we do not grieve as those who are without Christ. We have assurance from our Heavenly Father that we will be reunited and in this truth, we find hope. Sometimes, we have to remind ourselves, vocally, of this fact. That while we miss seeing Tripp grow on this earth, for all of us who believe in Christ as our Savior, we are assured an eternity with him.
I look so forward to meeting him. His life, however short, has moved me. He has changed me.
