"Words cannot express our gratitude to all of you for your kindness, love and support to our family during this very difficult time. As many of you already know, Leslie was our only precious daughter and we love and miss her so much. We have been amazed how God has used so many of you to touch our lives with your compassion. Thank you."
Leslie loved, but she also was loved by so many. If only we all are blessed enough to be loved as much as Leslie was.
Please remember the Evans and Bond families in your prayers today. Pray for comfort, for strength and for peace that only comes from our Heavenly Father above. 
Leslie and the twins' service will be at 1pm today at Alameda Church of Christ in Norman.
Cry Out to Jesus by Third Day: "To everyone who's lost someone they love, long before it was their time. You feel like the days you had were not enough, when you said good-bye. And to all of the people with burdens and pains, keeping you back from your life, you believe that there's nothing and there is no one who can make it right. There is hope for the helpless, rest for the weary and love for the broken heart. There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing, He'll meet you wherever you are. Cry out to Jesus. Cry out to Jesus."
Services for Leslie Joy Evans and her infant twins, Marisa and Mac, will be held on Tuesday, October 12 at 1pm at Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, OK. The address is 801 E. Alameda, Norman, OK 73071.
Visitation times are as follows: 
Greeting with family:
Leslie Joy Evans left us to be with the twins and her Heavenly Father this morning. She was at peace and surrounded by family. Her family appreciates the love, support and prayers you gave them during this difficult time. Please continue to check this blog for current updates regarding services for Leslie and the twins.
Many of you have asked where you can send a card to Leslie, Mark and her family. You can send them to Alameda Church of Christ, 801 E. Alameda, Norman OK 73071. Thank you for all of the sweet thoughts and continued prayers for Leslie and her family during this extremely difficult time.
Please, no visitors again today. Thank you for your respectfulness and understanding.
There have been so many visitors to the hospital to be with the family over the last week. It has been wonderful to see the support from so many people. There has been family, friends, co-workers, and even people who barely know Leslie and Mark who have gone up to see them. But today the family is requesting no visitors. They appreciate greatly the prayers and support, but please honor their request to support them and pray from your homes today. They just need time to be a family right now. Thank you.
Just a quick update that there has been no real change on Leslie's status. The family is still with her at the hospital and appreciates all that you have done. Please continue to pray for Leslie, Mark, and the rest of the family.
Today at 4pm about 250 people met outside Norman Regional Healthplex to pray and sing praises. It was amazing to see so many gathered together because of one very special person. We prayed for Leslie's full recovery, but we also prayed for God's will. We prayed that we all can feel the healing hand of God through it all. God was not just looking down on us today, He was there with us. And it wasn't just 250 people praying for Leslie, there were people from all over the world praying for her at the same time as all of us. Now that is powerful. 
God knows we all are hurting for Leslie. She is so many things to us all. Leslie is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, neice, cousin and friend. To some that came today, Leslie is a stranger. They have never met her, but she has somehow touched their life, and they were there, fervently praying for Leslie and her family.
On behalf of the Bond and Evans' family, they thank you all. They are humbled that so many people would take time out of their busy lives to come and pray for Leslie. Joy said she is awed and amazed at how many people love her daughter. They can't thank you enough for all you have done. Not just today, but over the course of the last few weeks. They thank you for your love, your support and your prayers.
Please don't stop praying for Leslie and her family. They can feel your love and the love of our heavenly Father. 
Leslie loves Mark's kids as her own. But she really wanted the experience of being pregnant and raising a kid from a tiny baby on. Mark and Leslie both knew they wanted to have a baby and didn't want their baby to be too far apart in age from Manning.
Leslie went in for a checkup at 8 weeks (without Mark) and found out she was pregnant with twins. She called Mark to tell him and he was absolutely thrilled. They really wanted a boy and a girl. They had chosen the names Marisa Bond Evans and Mac Brodey Evans.
At 19 weeks pregnant on a Sunday morning, Leslie's water broke. They rushed her to the hospital where they immediately admitted her. They found out that it was just a tear in the amniotic sac, so she wasn't losing all of the amniotic fluid. Since they were fraternal twins, it was only baby A's sac that had torn. Baby B was fine.
The doctors wanted to keep her in the hospital, because of an infection risk and could go in to labor at any time. But they were very positive. Leslie was also very positive and would do anything it took to help her babies progress in the pregnancy. She even hung at such an angle that she joked she was hanging like a bat.
Leslie remained in the hospital for two weeks before she went in to labor with the twins. At 12:15pm on Sunday, September 26, baby A was born. Marisa was stillborn. Not long after, she started delivering baby B. Mac was alive, but his lungs were not developed enough to live. Leslie did get to see both of her babies. During the delivery of the placenta, Leslie looked as though she had passed out. But within seconds they realized she had gone into cardiac arrest. A nurse jumped on top of her and immediately started doing CPR and gave her oxygen and resuscitation medicine. Leslie was down for 17 minutes before they were able to revive her.
On March 1, 2008 Mark and Leslie went on their first date. They went to Bourbon Street Cafe and then to Marble Slab. Mark was nervous and Leslie was not entirely excited. Leslie didn't think Mark would be interested because she was young. But they had a good time and got to know each other.
(Mark said this is the first picture of them together. Doesn't Leslie look like she is glowing?)
They then started talking nightly. They really got to know each other over the phone.
They started dating regularly after that and Leslie made Mark say "I love you" first. They had a great date over her birthday weekend. Mark got her earrings.
While on their fifth date, another guy called her, while they were in the car on the way to a baseball game. Leslie actually answered. She was kind of still dating him, she just hadn't broken it off with him quite yet. Good thing Mark didn't know THAT at the time!
They first had a conversation in Leslie's apartment about how important Alameda (Mark's church) was in his life. It had been a part of his life since 1994 and was extremely important for his children as well. A few weeks later, at Panera Bread, they had a question/answer session for a few hours about all kinds of issues that may come up in their relationship. They saw that they had so much common ground. It was very comforting for Mark that Leslie was being so mature about these things so early in a relationship. Leslie then met Mark's kids at the end of May. Mark said a very promising sign was when Leslie and Marli walked hand in hand down a long hallway at Incredible Pizza, right after meeting.
Mark proposed to Leslie on October 18 not long after the OU/Texas game. He had teased her that he was going to get Big Tex to propose to her at the state fair. They had gone on this road trip with Mark's friends, Mike & Adrianne and Jamie & Susan.
Mark had realized he was going to propose a few months before this. (He had designed her engagement ring, so it took a while to get it ready.)The day Mark bought the ring, he took Leslie on a special day trip and proposed. On the way back, they stopped at Pops on Route 66. It is still a very special place for them.
