Our princess' testimony

I wanted to put this up here because I know it will change peoples lives either now or in the future. God put us through it for a reason. Kasey and I had our baby girl on April 21, 2009 at 11:40pm. I have never felt like she was such a blessing like I did with her. I love all of my children equally and they really are blessings but Jayel was something different. When I was about 6 weeks pregnant I dream of her. I knew what she was going to look like. I woke up and I was so excited I told Kasey I saw our baby. It's a girl and I told him she is going to have your nose, my lips, high cheek bones, black curly hair, and my shape of eyes. He thought I was just crazy and kept saying yeah we will see. It's going to be a boy because he really wanted a boy. I wanted a boy too but I knew I had seen our baby in my dream already. Well about a week before Thanksgiving as we were leaving Diane and Charles house I was praying because we knew what God was calling us to do but I was still hesitant because our finances weren't how I wanted them to be before we jumped in. As I was praying that night God stopped me in the middle of my prayer and said Do it Do it now or I will get someone else. The amazing thing was it was stern but gentle. I have never heard him so clear like I did that day. 2 day later we found our location for our business and knew it was it. 2 days later was Thanksgiving and we had a big dinner at our house. That next Monday was our 1st ultrasound. We were there for about 3 hours. Little did I know that I would leave in tears that day. The doctor had told by the time we left that the baby had developed a bowel movement but hadn't passed it. She had an obstruction of the bowel. They could not see the 4 heart chamber and only a 3 heart chambered heart. They also seen that her belly was enlarged to where could also be a sign of down syndrome. They also seen a mass/tumor near her heart that would have to be removed. They also seen that her legs were short for her age which also led them to believe that she had down syndrome. They said we needed to get the genetic test to find out if she did have a genetic disorder such as down syndrome. Kasey and I had already made the decision not to have that test done before I was even pregnant because the test results would not change our decision on the baby. We had told the doctor that but she said that even after the surgeries and the chances that she did have down syndrome she had a very low chance of surviving after the 3-4 possible surgeries. The doctor urged that we should probably have an abortion. I was so torn up after having 3 normal pregnancies and then they tell me this. I didn't know what to do. I sat in my room and cried. I was so tempted to tell Kasey not to keep our baby because I wasn't sure if we could do it. Kasey kept telling me you know who has the final word. I knew and it was just so hard to believe. That night I said no I'm not going to let the devil overcome me. I can overcome him. The next morning when I woke up I prayed in spirit for about 20 minutes and cried out to the lord to heal my baby from what ever they see is wrong. That she is healed in Jesus name. That night I was reading my bible and looking for a scripture to speak over her life or pray into her life and I read Psalms 59:1-59:2 which says Deliver me from my enemies O God, defend me from those who rise up against me, Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from blood thirsty men. I told Kasey listen to this scripture. I read it to him and all of a sudden a calmness came over our whole house. It was a sense of peace and I knew my baby would be OK. The next day I asked the Dishman's to keep us in their prayers. I told them most of what the doctor had said and Debbie had me pray with Shondra. Shondra and Debbie laid hands on me and said don't tell no one and praise the lord everyday. She also said do not come out or agreement with Kasey to stay strong everyday. So that is what we did. Then 2 days later the Lord woke me up from dead sleep at 4 am and said to loose angels around my house I was coming under attack. I went downstairs and woke Kasey and told him what he had said. Kasey said ok. Every day and night after that we prayed together and worshiped the lord. All of our kids came with us one night and prayed for our little girl as well. During that month we also listened to a healing scriptures cd that our friends from Missouri done. A month later we went to the doctor and she said well we see a 4 chamber heart now so that is good. Glory be to God. Then she said well the obstruction is gone in the bowel and the bowel movement didn't pass which could have been very dangerous to the baby. Another Glory to God. Then the doctor says well the bowel movement is gone not passed but just gone. Amen. Then she said I see the tumor still but me and Kasey knew the lord would take care of her. Then she said well her length actually looks normal for our height. Neither one of us is tall at all. Then she called us at home later that night and said I don't think there is a tumor by your baby's heart at all. She had us come back 3 weeks later just to confirm it and there was no tumor. Everything they had said was wrong with her was gone. It took so much out of me at first but I knew that God has something big for her. I
even told Kasey God showed us our little girl for a reason. Now that she is born she has Kasey's nose, my lips, the shape of my eyes, and black curly hair.

Her name has a very special meaning as well
Tayla means dew of heaven
Bonnie means the upmost holy and
Jayel means blessed among many.

I am going to put this testimony of praise in to our church as well. Another thing Kasey told me is something that Pastor Ben Gibert once said at the Kingdom Conference in 2008. He said if God put in it he put you in it to win it. Amen for that!!!!