CHAPTER 10 Kennedy had never spent so long praying for one person before. She’d always had a nagging suspicion that interceding for others was a lot harder than certain pastors and Bible study leaders made it out to be. Even so, she never guessed how exhausting it was to spend that much time in focused, fervent prayer. Kennedy figured they’d prayed at least forty-five minutes and maybe a whole hour, interrupted only a few short times when the nurse popped out to let Sandy know what was happening. Carl’s condition hadn’t changed. Once he got stabilized on the ventilator, the doctor wanted to monitor him for a little while longer in the ER and then send him to the ICU. Sandy took the news with her typical grace, but Kennedy wanted to jump up and scream to the entire hospital that it wasn’t