#ScharfyStrong

Sometimes, even in the nicest of communities, terrible things happen. September 2nd, a boy in Leah's class suffered an aneurysm and was rushed to the hospital. Jackson Scharf had bleeding on the brain. He underwent surgery, they removed a part of his skull and were able to repair the brain bleed. He was born with a condition called AVM that no one knew about. Our community has rallied. Leah has had many questions that I have tried to answer. We pray for her friend, for his family...we even attended the community prayer vigil.

Thankfully, Jackson has begun to show improvements. He is speaking some, he is responding to his mother and the cues when they ask him to squeeze with a hand or wiggle a foot. Today he has been transferred to Ranken Jordan Rehabilitative Hospital in St. Louis. We pray that he continues to get amazing care while there, and that his family will continue to feel the love of God as well as from our community. This has been an eye opening experience for my young girl. She wants to give, she wants to help...and more importantly its shown her what a community can do when it comes together. Over $10,000 has been raised to help the Scharf family...we are #mtzproud and #scharfystrong