Natalie Dorsey

#Natalie’sJoy

DREAM TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD
& GIVE KIDS THE WORLD VILLAGE

Goal: $5,000

Unfortunately, Natalie never got to experience what normal life was since she developed her initial diagnosis in utero. Once my wife and I received the news, we cried and cried together, prayed, fought, and were both absolutely devastated and destroyed. This was our firstborn child, and we had no experience with something like this. We lay lifeless on the couch for many days prior to her birth, with constant tears fearing the worst. This diagnosis, however, changed our family for the good. We believe the Lord Jesus Christ healed the original doom diagnosis she was given. We prayed and prayed prior to her birth and one night, I heard the Holy Spirit speak some scripture to me that gave my wife and me great comfort.

Psalms 139: 1-18
“O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know, when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there, your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness, I can not hide from you. To you, the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. You made all the delicate inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God? They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!”
The Lord transformed our family and our faith because of what happened to Natalie, and it empowered our faith and testimony to others. The Lord has been carrying our family ever since and continues to do so.

As for missed events, Natalie would love to go to Disney World to meet Elsa, Anna, & Olaf. She absolutely loves Frozen! It’s her favorite movie, and loves Moana as well. We have not been able to take her due to finances as a result of all of this, but that would be a dream come true for her. She also loves splash parks and would love to go to an indoor one like Great Wolf Lodge. She also loves to go to playgrounds and swing, but we have not been able to purchase a swing set either for her. Our family has also missed out on several summer vacations together, countless hours of uninterrupted quality time together, as well as time just to enjoy our two little girls and be a normal family without all of the medical concerns and issues. One thing that really broke my heart was how sad it was when we had to seek our family Jeep due to financial constraints. Natalie has always had a love for trucks and ATVs since she was very little, and some of her first sayings were, “Dada’s big truck!” Meaning our Jeep. She loved to ride in it with me and my wife, and after we sold it, she asked, “Dada, where is the big truck?” I started crying because it just broke my heart with it having to be taken away from us. Also, not being able to buy a dependable van has made things so difficult for us as a family. If we weren’t facing this crisis, we could have a nice safe, dependable van that I could have security in to get my family to and from appointments safely. Crystal has had some close calls in it due to distance and weather, and this circumstance just weighs in my mind.

- Ryan Dorsey