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01/15/2020

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Happy 31st birthday in heaven sweet Staci! 31 years ago you made us all so happy! Love and miss u tons!

Since 2005, 15 trips to the cemetery on your birthday to decorate your headstone with flowers. Really wish you were here instead. That’s what sucks the most.

A victim of viral myocarditis-
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Dear Staci,

Wow, January 15, 1989 at 7:11 AM – the birth date of You - Staci Aleece Stephens - God blessed us with YOU! When you were born, it was clear we have a loving GOD. Your birth was perfect. You were the textbook pregnancy, labor, and childbirth. Twelve hours of labor, no one in the labor and delivery room – Just me, Dad and YOU. It was like GOD made your birth special where it was all about YOU. Little did we know that we would only be Blessed by YOU for 16 short years. But GOD knew, that’s why he created you and blessed our lives with YOU.

You’re name was hand picked and had to be S-T-A-C-I so we could put a Heart over your “I.”

Little did we know – on the day that we named you and filled out your birth certificate - that your Heart would be the most special thing about YOU. Now we know, The heart over your name was significant in so many ways. Your heart was the most important thing about YOU. It was also the thing that took YOU away from us.

You were so wonderful. You were the best kid ever. You took care of your brother, raised yourself, you loved dolls, loved Beanie Babies, loved friends, loved to have fun, but most of all – YOU Loved GOD with all your heart.

You obtained all A’s almost all of the time, was Vice President of your fourth grade class, played the Saxophone, clarinet, and a became a Second degree black belt. You ran track, tutored kids, were the BEST babysitter! , worked in Sunday School class with the kids, and picked out the Best Dog EVER, GIZMO --- in the world!. But most of all – YOU Loved GOD with all your heart.

In January of 2004 You accepted Christ and lived the Christian life daily. Wow, You were my role model. What a great thing for a kid who is a Freshman and Sophomore in High School. No many kids your age did what you practiced daily. You resisted peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, and s*x. You wanted to be a virgin when you married. You truly lived the Christian life.

Usually, the parent is the role model for the kids – not true in our case – you were our role model. Wow! What a loving GOD we have!

Also, In June 2004, you came back from Getaway a changed KID. You truly lived like you were a child of GOD. I remember picking You up from sharing your testimony one night after a bible study and you telling me, “ I really FELT GOD” He was so in the room.” Wow, You truly showed us – You Loved God with all Your heart. Yet, your heart is what took YOU away from us.

In your journal you prayed for your own ministry, not a copy of anybody else’s – I hope we are doing OK – your Unique ministry is thru student venture, us and your website. We promise to continue sharing your story to anyone that will listen. We are sharing your story and trying to keep your faith alive with so many people – students, adults, coworkers, family and friends. Your ministry is incredible! Your DVD is awesome! You lived the role model Christian life and you died as a Christian. What a legacy - You left us with journals of your faith too, THANK YOU!

Some of your prayers that are inspiring to us include: Let me run for you, let me cheer for you, let me sing for you, and let me dance for you GOD. I want it to be for you GOD and nobody else Lord. You hear me, you see me, you feel me, and you answer me. God, That is so awesome.

And.. Yet I am always with you, You hold me with your right hand. You guide me with Counsel and afterward You will take me into Glory. Whom have I in heaven but you and earth has nothing I desire but you. My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the strength of my heart and portion forever.

Your words of wisdom from Fastbreak last year:

God has given me the best answered prayer:

A feeling of feeling beautiful when he thinks I am most beautiful;

A feeling of confidence and security without makeup

I’m not crying because I am ashamed anymore

I am crying out of pure Joy and Thanks – because of His Love.

Thank You Father for one of the best life lessons – Fastbreak January 2005.

And most of all your favorite bible verse:

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Staci, in closing, I want to thank you for the best life lessons. You are our daughter, sister, grand daughter, cousin, niece, but most of all you are our friend. Your special smile, laugh, personality, and grace will forever be in our hearts. We all miss you so much. We want to thank you for showing us a GOD that won’t quit, a GOD that is passionate and caring, loving and good. Please watch over us as we attend the conference and we hope you have a Great Earth Birthday in Heaven. We only wish you were here to celebrate your Birthday with us but we know you are having a better time.

I wear a heart necklace and the heart has a Hole in it and this is the poem that came with it:

Since Heaven has become your home we always feel alone And though we now are far apart You hold a big piece of our heart. We never knew how much we’d grieve When it was time for you to leave Or just how much our heart would ache From that one fragment you would take. God lets this tender hole remain Reminding us that we will meet again And one day all the pain will cease When He restores this missing piece. He’ll turn to joy our every tear And when we say your name my dear This will become our simple way To treasure our reunion day.

Staci, Thank you for showing us how great our God is. For if we did not have GOD, we could not live in this crazy world without YOU. God is our strength.

Staci, Thank you so much for the great memories and we love and miss you so— Until we meet again--

Love Momma, Dad, and Kevin and all your friends and family…

Dear God, Thank You for Staci. Help us to be more like her. Help us to get through our lives on Earth so we can live in eternity with you and Staci. Ease our pain and suffering on dealing with the loss of Staci, help us to spread your word, and help us to resist peer pressure, help us to follow you.

This is a prayer from “Just enough Light for the Step I am on” where God gives us just enough light for that day:

God, Only You can fill that empty place in the canyon of sorrow that has been left in our heart. You are the one constant in our life that can never be lost to us. All else is temporary and changing. We know you are a good God and your love for us is endless. Help us to cast our whole burden of grief on You and let You carry it. Even though there are times when it feels like we can’t live through the pain we know you will sustain us. Enable us to get beyond it. We realize life must go on, and we ask You to help us take the next step we need to take today. Even though it’s hard to imagine life without the pain we feel, with You all things are possible. Your healing power can restore anything – even our broken hearts. Walk with us Lord. We trust You to take our hand and lead us until we can feel Your light on our face and joy in our heart once again.

Staci Stephens was a bright and beautiful 10th Grade Timber Creek High School Student in Orlando, Florida. On March 13, 2005, Staci passed away suddenly and quickly of Viral Myocarditis. However, in the midst of Staci's death, God has revealed to people all over the world Staci's story.

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01/17/2018

DEATHS
March 17, 2005|By Joseph Rassel, Sentinel Staff Writer

Staci Aleece Stephens was a determined young woman who wanted to help others.

A devout Christian, she led a Bible-study group after school and hoped to establish her own ministry.

She also tutored elementary-school students. The part-time job allowed her to interact with younger students -- and to pay for her own car.

"When she turned 16 in January, we told her she needed to make her car payment, and she and I put together a tutoring business," said her mother, Kristen Stephens of Orlando. "She had enough money to make her payments through June."

Staci, who had hoped to enroll in a leadership program with Campus Crusade for Christ, died Sunday from complications of a viral infection that affected her heart.

Despite the unexpected illness and fatigue during the past two months, the high-school sophomore continued cheerleading and even did extra-credit work at Timber Creek High School, where she was an honor student, Stephens said.

"She did extra credit in all her classes," Staci's mother said. "She was in a gifted program in middle school and attended honor classes in high school. She loved working with freshman cheerleaders and leading a Bible-study group after school. Her favorite thing was reading the Bible and studying passages."

Staci was involved in Student Venture Youth Ministry programs and was actively pursuing being part of the Servant Team, which helps develop leadership skills as part of Campus Crusade for Christ.

While attending a Student Venture conference a year ago in Cocoa Beach, Staci was reborn and redirected her life, her mother said.

"This past January, she was re-baptized at the same conference on her birthday," Stephens said. "She wanted to create a unique ministry, one where she could reach out to the people. She was trying to save the world, basically."

Staci also was athletic. She began taking karate when she was 6 and became a second-degree black belt. In middle school, she was a member of a science explorers group and became a certified scuba diver.

"She really enjoyed doing different things. She was constantly coming home every day wanting to do something else," Stephens said. "That's just the way she was."

Staci was a member of the Timber Creek Wolves freshman and junior-varsity cheerleading squads. She also was on the track team as a freshman.

Staci also is survived by her father, Barry Stephens; brother, Kevin Stephens, both of Orlando; and her grandparents.

North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville, is handling arrangements.

06/16/2017

Staci Stephens

Four and half years after the death of my oldest son, I finally went to a grief support group for parents who have lost children. I went to support a friend who recently lost her son. I'm not sure I

10/15/2016

So many memories, so many prayers, so many people touched by a life taken too soon, so many tears. Amazing legacy still working today.

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