Welcome to our memorial page for our precious daughter, Adrienne.

December 25, 1989 - January 15, 2003

Scripture that appears on her grave marker:

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."'
"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them." Rev. 14:13


Adrienne Nichelle Nelson was born on Christmas Day, 1989 at Lajes Field, the Azores, Portugal to Alvin and Nichelle Nelson. She was the oldest of four children: Brandice, Tre' and Charis.

Adrienne received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at the age of 4 1/2 and was water baptized in the East China Sea in February of 1995. She was active in Awana Club and won many awards for Bible memorization. Her favorite verse was "The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble." Psalm 9:9 In May of 2002, she was praying all night with a friend and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

She began taking piano lessons when she was seven years old. She could play by ear and received awards for doing well in her lessons. She had a beautiful alto voice and was always singing no matter what she was doing. When she was ten, she was part of an adult choir and loved to give the alto part their note, she also loved to tell the tenors when they were off. Adrienne and her family were often invited to churches and other events and asked to sing together.

When she was four years old, Adrienne saw a dance worship team for the first time. She almost kicked her mother because she wouldn't let Adrienne get out in the aisles and dance with them. From then on it became obvious that Adrienne was destined to dance for the Lord.

When she played soccer, instead of watching the ball, she would be out in the field doing pirouettes and kicking her toes up in the air. In September of 2000 she was invited to become apart of One Accord Ministries, in Austin, TX as a dancer. She also danced occasionally with Worship in Motion, another dance ministry in the city and also had her own dance ministry, Ordered Steps, all before her 13th birthday.

Adrienne and her sister, Brandice were very close. She actually had a very special relationship with all her family members individually, but she and Brandice were 20 months apart. They slept in the same room, shared secrets, and yes, got into trouble together.

She had all the characteristics of a firstborn: reliable, compliant, abide by the rules. She was a very doting big sister. Like all her siblings, Adrienne was homeschooled from three years old. She learned to read by age four. She liked to read mysteries and realistic fiction. Her favorite subjects were math and science.

In September 2002, the family left home to go to their favorite family vacation spot in the world: Disney World. They spent an unforgettable week at the Wyndham Palms Resort and Country Club. Adrienne and Brandice had their own private room with a queen size bed for each of them.

On December 23, 2002, while preparing for Adrienne's Christian Bat Mitzvah, she complained of a headache. Her parents thought she was coming down with a cold or flu. On Christmas Day she turned 13, and on Saturday the 28th, her Daddy walked her down the aisle of a church so she could dedicate her teenage years to the Lord. Her parents and her grandmother had the opportunity to tell her how much she was loved and how very special she was to everyone. They'll always be grateful that she left this world knowing how much she was loved and appreciated. She was sick during the service, but no one had any idea just how sick she was.

Over the next couple of weeks they were back and forth at the doctor's office several times. Continuously her parents were told she had a bacterial infection. Adrienne's symptoms grew worse and worse, she was sleeping most of the time, she'd lost 13 pounds and finally her eyes began to cross. Her mother took her to the emergency room to get a second opinion, and the doctor basically told her that she was being lazy and needed to be made to get up and moving.

Finally, on Saturday morning, the 11th day of January, Nichelle was praying and the Lord spoke to her and said that she and Alvin were to INSIST that Adrienne be hospitalized. After speaking with her doctor that morning, the doctor complied and admitted her to the hospital.

That night, Adrienne received an MRI and a golf ball-sized tumor in her right thalamus was discovered. The next day she was put in the care of a pediatric neurologist. She was put on Decadron to reduce the fluid build-up in her brain. She became alert and talkative for the first time in three weeks. She wanted to call everyone on the phone that her family had been stationed with in the Air Force and tell them to pray for her. She was constantly telling everyone not to cry.

Her parents were shocked by the news of the tumor, but were prepared to fight. Adrienne had dances she needed to finish choreographing. She planned to go to college at UT and study child psychology. Once she was under the neurologist's care, Alvin and Nichelle really expected her to get better.

On Tuesday morning, January 14th, Adrienne was eating breakfast with her Daddy. They were listening to some praise music. She asked him to move the table back so she could get up and "get her praise on." She got up and danced around the room with her daddy and then sat back down and finished her breakfast. She had a doughnut that she's ordered for breakfast against her mother's nutritional counsel.

When her mother arrived later that afternoon, she couldn't wait to tell her how good the forbidden doughnut was. She got up and went into the bathroom a little later. When she came out, she hugged her mother and kissed her. She said, "I love you, Mommy. Thank you for taking care of me." Her mother had no idea that Adrienne was saying good-bye. Adrienne called for her siblings. She spoke to them all one last time. Within a couple of hours she lost consciousness. The tumor had begun to bleed, and was shutting down her nervous system. The next day, the doctor told her parents that she was gone. Just three days after receiving the diagnosis.

On the morning of Adrienne's Home-Going service, five days later, her great-grandmother, Barbara Jean Sherrod, joined her in Heaven. They are both rejoicing in the presence of the Lord. Her family is certain that Adrienne is dancing in the processional that proceeds the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 2:7
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God."'

E-mail Author: rejoice_first_lady@yahoo.com

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