好友的信（譯）

這兩天頭暈乎乎的，為好友茹失去兒子難過痛心，為她和她的家人祈禱。

十天前茹三胞胎誕生，我們一家到醫院去看她。茹初為人母，很欣喜，毫無倦意，那時她真沒想到會痛失幼子。

今晚收到她和她先生寄給家人和朋友們的信，多少有些安慰，我為信附上中文翻譯。

請為茹，她的先生和他們的兩位女嬰祈禱。願神保守安慰他們一家。

明天上午將去探望茹和家人。

Dear family and friends,
 
It is with tremendous sadness that we are writing to let you know that our son, William, passed away yesterday morning. He was the third of our triplets,born on 8/15/2008, and the smallest, at 3 pounds and 4 ounces; however, from the moment he grabbed a surgical clamp and wouldn’t let go on the way out of the womb, he seemed to be the strongest. He was doing very well until Saturday afternoon, when he suddenly developed a severe infection of his intestines. He had surgery just after midnight, but his intestine was severely damaged and could not be saved. We were able to hold him until he passed away without pain about 3:30am on 8/24/2008. We are so thankful for the time that we had with him, and sorry that most of you were not able to meet our cute little boy with whom we quickly fell in love.

（中文翻譯）親愛的家人和朋友，我們帶著巨大的悲傷寫信告訴大家，我們的兒子 -W illiam昨天早晨去世。他是三胞胎之三，出生於2008年8月15日。是三胎中最小的 - 3鎊4盎司；然而，從他抓住手術夾，脫離子宮的那一刻，他沒有放手過 - 看上去他是最強壯的。他身體一直良好，直到上周六下午，突然他的腸胃受到感染。夜半後作了手術，但他的腸胃被嚴重破壞，已無法複原。我們得以抱著他，直到他無痛地於8/24/2008早上3點30分離世。我們很感恩與他在一起度過的時光，很快我們就愛上了他，很遺憾大多數人沒能與我們可愛的小男孩見麵。
 
We ask that you continue to pray for our daughters, Rachel and Krista. Though both have seemed ok, they have both showed some signs of intestinal problems, also. They are on antibiotics and are not being fed into the intestine right now; they continue on nutrition by vein until they recover.

我們請你們繼續為我們的女兒 - Rachel和 Krista祈禱。雖然她們看上去都好，她們都有顯現一些腸胃問題。同時，她們在吃抗生素，輸入到腸胃裏，她們繼續通過靜脈輸營養液，直到她們康複。

We are comforted by our hope that we will one day see William again with our Lord Jesus in heaven, and that even in such difficult circumstances our God is in control and loves us, Rachel, Krista, and William, very much.

有一天我們將在天堂和我們的主耶穌一起見到William，這個期望給我們安慰。就是在這樣困難境況，我們掌權的上帝仍深愛著我們，Rachel，Krista 和 William。

Information on service times to celebrate William's brief,
yet beloved life follows:
追思慶祝 William 短暫而心愛的生命，安排如下：

Visitation - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Memorial Service - 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Living Water Community Church

We thank you for your prayers and friendship.
 我們感謝你們的禱告和友誼。
Brett and Helen