We close this day with gratitude for a very loving Father In Heaven who hears and answers prayers. As you have read, we did see Sherrie open her eyes and move more. She is breathing on her own, her vitals are strong and she is infection free. All of these are good indications her brain is healing. We spend a good amount of time each day reading to her and playing recordings from our Grandchildren. If there is anything that can repair or pierce through her damaged brain, it is the sweet voices of her beloved grand babies. Many thanks to all of you for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, Ron
A group of Zach's friends got together to "send their prayers for Mrs. Labrum."
So happy for you all. Much to be grateful for today!
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It was great to see Zack at church today administering the sacrament and providing direction to the priests in opening exercises. Those who don't yet know Sherrie will know how great she is through the examples of her children.
ReplyDeleteWe are all anxiously awaiting your return home and look forward to supporting you and your family along the earthly portion of your eternal journey.
Sincerely,
Jeremy and Kathy Price
We are so grateful for good news today!! We are still praying for her in every prayer and fasting as much as possible! We love you guys and literally not an hour goes by without all of you in our thoughts. Much love!
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Ron and family
ReplyDeleteYour friends at CareFusion are thinking about you and sending best wishes for Sherrie's continued progress. Your former Southwest Region team has you and your family in our thoughts and prayers,
Kathy Weber
Ron, Sherrie and Family,
ReplyDeleteThis is GREAT news to hear of Sherrie's progress and impending return home. We all continue to pray and pull together for you as families, Ward members and friends.
We spent this evening in our backyard in a peaceful setting reflecting on all the wonderful experiences we have had with you and your family...New Years Eves, Special Santa Surprises, Sherrie's 50th Birthday party, Graduation Parties, Weddings, Baptisms, Christmas Caroling and Cub Games. We look forward to many more!!
We also have reflected on the great things that you have done for our family and look forward to helping you at this time however you may desire. We stand ready at a moments notice.
With all our Love Rob & Judi OBrien and Family
Ron, Sherrie, and Family,
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the encouraging news. In Crystal Lake 1st Ward our Priesthood lesson was Elder Hales' talk from October 2011 General Conference. "Waiting Upon the Lord, Thy Will Be done".
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/waiting-upon-the-lord-thy-will-be-done?lang=eng
Part of the lesson included reading some remarks from Ron in an earlier post about waiting on the Lord.
It was an emotional time for the entire Crystal Lake 1st Ward High Priests Group. We all could feel the faith for our Quorum President, his wife, and the Labrum Family.
You were in our public prayers today at church.
Warm Regards,
Gary & Annette
We are still praying for Sherrie and your family. Glad to hear the good news!
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Ron and Family -
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about Sherrie's accident but thrilled to learn of her progress. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Craig and Kira Wennerholm
Rejoicing with you in her progress. Thank you for sharing and keeping us posted:)
ReplyDeleteGo TEAM LABRUM! We continue to check multiple times a day to see how you are all doing. We wish we could share with you the extent to which you family and sweet daughter have affected the day to day life of our family. It does not go unnoticed that this great news came as you spent your time in CHURCH. Your example speaks loudly. We are amazed and motivated by your great faith and the closeness and strength of your family. While our relationship with Sherrie and Ron has been limited, we have been impressed by your greatness. As we observe this time of trial and miracles in your life, the great mother, wife, daughter and sister Sherrie has been, continues to speak to those whose life your family has touched. We pray for you, think of you, and cheer for you. May God continue to be with you and strengthen you. We continue to send much thanks and gratitude as well as continued prayers to heaven.
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Amanda, Marcus, Emma, Brielle, Jordan, and Logan
So glad to hear of Sherrie's milestones, and praying for continued progress. We hope all goes well with the trip to Chicago!
ReplyDeleteWe were so saddened to hear of this news. Your mom is such a fun and loving individual. I will never forget her singing the words to apple bottom jeans at the family reunion!! We hope she keeps making progress and meeting her milestones. Our prayers are with her and all of you. Your stories are so inspiring to all of us. I love the pictures. Your mother is beautiful inside and out. Our prayers are with you.
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Zachy Zoober has specifically been in my prayers and it is so good to see his friends supporting him like that. I have kept the school program where he dedicated his performance to Izzy while trying to survive cancer. He has a special place for us! I shed a tear for your great news post--so excited and hopeful to see the miracles happening. ~Kerri
ReplyDeleteWe are so happy to hear of Sherrie's progress. We thank you so much for the updates. We love you all and we pray for her continued recovery.
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President Labrum,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear of Sherrie's progress. I fasted for her and I am praying every moment for her and you. Many members here pray for her and write down her name on the prayer role in the temple.
Sherrie has loved to hear my stories. Here is a story she didn't hear from me. If somebody has opportunity please read this to her. I respect and love you.
Brother Kim
A return home 1
Dah-som was baptized in the afternoon of October 11, 2008 at a chapel located near the Provo Temple where you can see the Utah Lake from far. This pretty 17 year old girl was congratulated with tears by her uncle (her father’s sister’s husband), her aunt (her father’s sister) who helped her join the Church, and about a hundred Church members. I was one of the two witnesses of the baptism.
The story goes way back to a spring of 17 years ago. I was serving as a bishop in Pusan in Korea and was interviewing a newly married couple. Brother Kim was a promising and faithful member and dated a beautiful girl who had been a Catholic and had wanted to become a nun. They fell in love with each other and finally got married. The wife conceived a child that they had been waiting for.
One day Sister Kim went to the doctor’s office for a routine check up. The doctor said that there was a problem with the fetus and referred her to a larger hospital. At Daedong Hospital the CT scan showed that there was a fist-sized cyst in the fetus’s brain, which meant that the baby could not be born normally and could become a feeble-minded child, and in case of being a stillborn baby, the mother’s life would be jeopardized. The couple got shocked at this news and the doctor implied to get an abortion. They cried and cried. “How could our first baby end up this way? We attended the Church faithfully and kept the commandments. Why does this trial fall upon us? Did we do something wrong to God?”
My heart was troubled with their problem and told them about the Church guidelines, which I read to the couple: The Church is opposed to abortion and only when the mother’s health is in jeopardy and when the doctor recommends, the abortion can be a choice. But even in this case it must be decided with a sincere prayer. I suggested that we should fast and pray about it. A week later we met again in my office after we fasted and prayed. I prayed to follow the Lord’s will and the couple was still crying. They said, “Bishop, we will give birth to our first baby even if our baby may become feeble-minded and even if the mother’s health will be in jeopardy.” We embraced each other and cried. The couple had their fetus checked again in a larger University hospital, but the result was the same and they were advised to be careful always and make sure to get the routine check up on time.
At 1:00 a.m. on August 18, 1991, Brother Kim called me, “Bishop, my wife has gone into labor. What should I do?” I replied, “Brother Kim, please wait for me in front of your house and I will grab a taxi and pick you up.” I immediately left home. At 2:00 a.m., at the University hospital there were only a few people waiting anxiously in the emergency room. Very few people were seen in that big hospital. We got checked in and headed toward the labor room. Brother Kim was crying and told his wife to endure the situation. When we reached the labor room the nurse told us to wait there and tried to take Sister Kim to the labor room. (In Korea, even the husband is not allowed to the labor room.) At the very moment, I was clearly instructed, “Bless her! Bless her!” I was not sure if it was a voice or a feeling. I immediately told the nurse, “Wait, please. We are sorry, but please wait a little. We need to bless the mother.” At my firm word, the nurse allowed me to do so. Sister Kim leaned against the window frame in the hall way while holding the pain and I blessed her with her husband. Moved by the spirit, I unknowingly gave a blessing that she would deliver a healthy baby. I felt Brother Kim’s warm tears falling on my hands and I cried, too.
A return home 2
ReplyDeleteAt 9:00 a.m. I was preparing for a class at my work. Brother Kim called me and I asked how it went. Brother Kim was crying, “Bishop! A miracle happened! The cyst is gone and my wife and the baby are all healthy. It is because of your blessing!” At this news I was exceedingly in joy, but soon fell awe. Is this real? The cyst is gone? It was there just a few weeks ago alone. This is really a miracle! The Lord answered our prayer and performed a miracle. The priesthood made it possible. The Lord performed a miracle through me. I am His servant and the priesthood really works. I never forgot the fact that the Lord performed the miracle through me.
The couple gave the miracle baby a pretty name--Dah-som. We all loved the miracle baby and she grew well. But the happiness didn’t last long. Brother Kim’s business did not go well and finally resulted in failure. They moved to another city.
Later, I heard Brother Kim’s whereabouts from someone, but there was no good news. I sometimes missed Dah-som but they lived too far away and became inactive in the Church. They were hard to contact. Brother Kim also did not call me at all. When they left the Church, the misfortune continued and the couple got divorced and each remarried another man or woman. Time flowed, and it seemed that we forgot each other.
After I left for Chicago for my job, the 17-year-old high school girl, Dah-som, came to Provo from Korea to study and lived with her aunt. I wanted to see her soon. Dah-som’s aunt was a very faithful member of the Church and was a smart person, but she could not attend the college in Korea due to her poor financial situation. After she gave birth to two children she learned violin from my wife and graduated from a music college in Korea. Her husband was doing a business in China and could not visit very often, so she decided to move to America for her children’s education and for her own as well. She is now attending BYU and still working hard to overcome the language barrier.
Dah-som stayed with her cousins and tried to get used to the new environment. She did not like it when her aunt invited her to church. Reluctantly, Dah-som had the missionary discussions but did not want to get baptized. Her aunt even lectured her for her stubbornness.
On October 11, 2008, when I came to Provo for a visit to see my first grandchild who was only a week old, my wife told me “Dah-som has decided to get baptized tomorrow. Her uncle is visiting his family from China for a vacation and he will baptize her.” I was extremely happy to hear that. I wanted to see Dah-som. I saw her for the first time in 15 years on that Saturday at her aunt’s home. Of course, Dah-som could not recognize me. Dah-som was still pretty like her name. I stopped her from raking the leaves in her back yard and I told her the story of her miracle birth. She was in tears with this story and thanked me.
The next day on October 12, 2008, I was a witness for Dah-som’s baptism and congratulated her for accepting Heavenly Father’s love. “Dah-som! You are born as a daughter of God. I know that very well and I am the witness of it. Do not forget that you were born miraculously with His love. The reason why you have been unhappy is because you have not acknowledged God’s presence. Now that you have come back to Heavenly Father in baptism you deserve to regain all the happiness you have lost in the past. Congratulations on your decision.” Dah-som gave me a big smile while in tears. I witnessed another miracle.
Ron that is just AWESOME news!! We continue to keep you and your family in our prayers.
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We are delighted to see the hand of the Lord in Sherrie's continued progress. We look forward to having Sherrie closer on Chicago very soon.
DeleteWe send our continued prayers & love
Jerry & Susana Parkin
No one on this blog knows me, but that isn't important. I work for Fenwal. I too have a wife and family. I have personally prayed for Mrs. Labrum since I heard this tragic news. I will continue to pray for her complete recovery. I also ask our Father to cover Ron and all the other family members during this time. I ask Father God to give peace to all the family. I ask Father God to give rest to Ron's soul and spirit.
DeleteFrom the posts on this website, it's obvious Mrs. Labrum has touched many lives. Isn't that the greatest testament of all; so many people praying for, fasting for and supporting you through this very trying time.
I am not a family member nor family friend, but I am a warrior for God who is diligently praying for and asking He bring peace to all.
Steve