Thank-you to all who have been praying for Isaac’s family and friends.  Your concern and care means so much in a time of unspeakable grief. 

I would like to give you a few names to especially bring to God today.  I understand there were 6 other young men with Isaac at the time of his accident.  While we know God’s grace has been with them, this tragedy has gone deep into their hearts.  Would you please pray for them especially today, as the searching and burial is now past, and they are left with a lot of difficult memories to deal with.  I talked to one of them just after Isaac disappeared, and I felt the terror and helplessness in their hearts.  This is very real.

Daniel Troyer (Isaac’s brother-in-law and friend), Micah (one of Isaac’s best friends), Philip (Daniel and Micah’s little brother),  Michael Brubaker (another very dear friend who really loved Isaac), David Walker and Caleb Kanagy, whom I don’t know well, but were there, too, and I’m sure were touched by his life as every person who knew him was.  I hope I didn’t miss anyone.  If you would carry these dear ones on your heart to God today, you will be doing a great service to Isaac’s mother and family as well as the families of these young men. 

Thanks so much and God bless you.  Also pray for the ones who traveled down in the last two days (some are still enroute) to be with the family.  Among them are friends who were very close to Isaac’s heart.  They will need mega doses of God’s grace in the next few days especially.  I believe God will use each one of them to be a minister of comfort and grace to the Coates family.