Mark Pratt

Mark Pratt, 39, of South Whitley, the pastor at Victory Christian Fellowship, which meets at the YMCA on Sunday mornings, was surfing the Internet when he came across matchingdonors.com. He was scanning the information when a particular person drew his interest.This man had been adopted, just like the Pratt's youngest daughter Kaylin, a special needs child, with cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation. The tug at his heart began.Pratt read on and found that the man, Craig Dailey, 48, was in end stage kidney failure and their blood type was a match , O positive.
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Pratt called his family together, knowing that this would impact all their lives.
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So, this week, three days after Thanksgiving, Mark and Michelle left for Shand Hospital in the University of Florida's Science Center.
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Two days later, Mark had a bit of a fever and just a touch of pneumonia, which Michelle was not concerned about, but Dailey was out walking the halls of the hospital.
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And to Craig Dailey, just like George Bailey, and thanks to Mark Pratt, it's a wonderful life!
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Mark and Michelle Pratt should be returning home this weekend and the family wanted this story told so that other people might know about the organ donor program.

Mark Pratt

Pastor of Youth Ministries

Mark has been married to his wife Peggy for 18 years and has two children - Carley (age 9) and Samantha (age 5).He loves to read, windsurf, restore old cars and is a fan of NASCAR.He has been in youth ministry for 20 years and his passion is to see young people come to the Lord.

Email mpratt@alliancechurch.net

"There was a lot more we could have done," reflected Mark Pratt, youth pastor of Alliance Church in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, after his church hosted a 2004 Christmas dinner for less fortunate people in his community.His reflection brought to min ... more >>