So, the miracle boys are at it again.

The video attached to this blog post was taken this past Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Wellspring Church. Isaac and Christopher Campbell, soon to reach their third birthdays, were chasing one another around on the steps and platform after the service this past Sunday.

Those of you who have been around Wellspring know about the Campbell twins and their amazing journey. For those of you who don't know Christopher and Isaac, let me give you some background.

These two boys were born very, very prematurely just about three years ago. Together they would fit in their father's hand. Both had major issues that jeopardized their viability, beyond their prematurity. Christopher's esophagus and windpipe were open to one another--had he been fed normally, via bottle or breast, he would have drowned in the milk being given him. Isaac developed major issues in his gut and had all but 14 centimeters of his small intestines removed. Both boys had bleeding in their brains. In short, these two little guys had big, big problems.

Jenn and Brian were told by the doctors that Isaac would never survive--his gut was too short to absorb enough nutrients for life to be sustained. Christopher would need surgery to close up his esophagus and to attach it to his stomach. Both might have severe physical and mental complications from the brain bleeds. Not good news. That was the doctors' report.

But Brian and Jenn had heard another report--the promise of the Lord given prior to birth through a trusted prophet that her children would be fine, not to believe the doctors. They stood on that word.

A new treatment modality was found for Isaac at a hospital in Boston. Then the time came for his intestines to be re-attached to his bowels. But the doctors said they would need to stretch his gut, because 14 centimeters was too short to sustain life. Brian and Jenn and their friends and the whole family at Wellspring prayed--believing God for a miracle. God--you can grow these intestines. Do a creative miracle in this boy's body!

Why not pray this way? We had already seen the Lord do a creative miracle in Christopher's frame. We had prayed for the Lord to grow his esophagus in order to reach his stomach when it was to be re-attached. The Campbells had been told then that the doctors would need to stretch his esophagus, because unattached it would not have grown along with the rest of his frame. But God grew it! When they opened him up--the esophagus was right there next to the stomach, ready for the doctors to stitch it on!

Then God did it again for Isaac! His intestines had grown out to 34 centimeters when they opened him up to re-attach it to his bowels.

Score at that point on the creative miracles front: Isaac one and Christopher one. On the messed up because of brain bleed front: Zero for each.

Yeah God!

That is the old news. About three weeks ago we got word from Jenn that Isaac needed more prayer because he had not grown hardly at all in the last year and he was not absorbing enough nutrients to sustain healthy life and growth. So we prayed as a congregation, while the elders laid hands on Isaac and commended further healing to him from the Lord.

Then last Sunday we watched our prayers being answered. Go Isaac--chase your brother Christopher! Go boys! Run hard, because the goodness of God is chasing you both!

The Campbell Boys from Wellspring Church on Vimeo.