JillAline

I saw this on Inspire.  She was a member of our community as well - a lovely person.

Hey CrazyGracie

Your post sent me looking - on JillAline's profile is the address of her blog, http://jillsblahblahblog.wordpress.com/
-with this sad news:

Tears of Sadness, Tears of Joy
December 8, 2010

This is the blog I never wanted to write.

At 2:05pm today, my wonderful sister, Jill, lost her long battle with cancer. I will miss her terribly as I’m sure many of you will. When I’m a little less emotional, I will come back and fill in some details. I’ll just say her passing was very peaceful and I know she is with Jesus right now and probably making all of her heavenly friends laugh, just as she did for all of us while we had her here on earth.

In the Bible, in John chapter 11, Jesus tells Mary who has just lost her brother Lazarus, ““I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” Jill is only gone from the earthly life – she is in heaven with Jesus and I know I will see her again.

Please continue your prayers, especially for Hank and Daniel as they go through this difficult time. Too soon yet for memorial service plans – I’ll let you know.

Debbie
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(a later blog entry):
Merry Christmas (also memorial service info)
December 24, 2010
'by Jill'
Debbie here again. I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you so much to all of you that have offered support and encouragement to our family these last few weeks. It means a lot to us to know that Jill was so loved and cherished by many of you. The family is hanging in there. It’s difficult, but you support and prayers have made a difference.

I also wanted to let you know that we finally have a date, time and place for a memorial service. It will be on January 15th, 1:00pm at Burien Evangelical Church (500 SW 146th St, Burien, WA 98166). If you have memories of Jill that you would like to share, you will have that opportunity at the service. If you won’t be able to attend, feel free to write something here. We’ll print everything out. If there’s enough time, we’ll read them at the service. What we don’t get to read, we’ll keep in a memory book that will be available for everyone to look at.

There are a couple of websites you can visit now to read some more memories of Jill and see some photos.

http://www.scholarsonline.org/Blog

http://www.bethestaryouare.org/Jill.html (We’ll be adding more photos soon and also a place where you can share memories).

God Bless all of you and your families as you celebrate the birth of Jesus. Merry Christmas!
Debbie
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My thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones - especially her son.

xxxGGC

Another sister gone too soon....