It was obvious today that some of the medications that dad has been taking are working. Since Sunday, today was by far the best we have seen dad. His mind was more on par to what we are used to. He was cracking jokes, laughing and smiling, and able to hold a decent conversation. We even saw him get up off his bed and walk a little bit. He was very tired today and slept off and on through out the day.
Because dad was able to take in liquids on his own, he was also taken off the IV. This made him quite happy as he wasn't "tied" up anymore.
In regards to the CT scan that he had yesterday, the doctor ordered this scan to see if he had any clots in his lungs. As it turns out, there was none, however he does have some fluid around his lungs. Tomorrow there will be an internal medicine doctor coming to see dad to discuss removing some of this fluid. This will also help in his breathing, although his breathing has already improved in the past 24 hours.
Part way through today dad was also moved to a different room. He is now in room 401 at Langley Memorial Hospital. This is a private room which allows his family and visitors a much more intimate time with him. This too is providential.
We continue to see improvement in dad's health so it is hard to say what the future holds. We know that our Heavenly Father has dad's life all planned out and we just live day by day. We are thankful for the time that we still have with our earthly dad/opa and in a lot of ways hope to have many more, but we also understand that soon, he will be with our heavenly father in paradise and this is something that excites us too.
We thank all of you who are following this blog and praying for our family in these trying times. We continue to ask the Lord for strength not only for us, but for Mom too, who is being strong through these days.
As my father has often said on this blog, Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Peter jr.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Update Oct. 18 2011
Dad's situation does not seem to be improving as much as was hoped. His calcium levels continue to be to high and his hemoglobin levels to low. Yesterday he had an x-ray to see what was causing him to be short of breath too. The doctor told us that he has a partially collapsed lung because of being in bed all day, but mostly because the cancer continues to grow on his lung. He also has a type of pneumonia. The doctor continues to treat these symptoms with anit-biodics. His heart rate is also elevated and normally to control this, he would be given blood thinners, however, in his situation, this would greatly increase his chances for a stroke.
This morning he was given a blood transfusion to help with his breathing as this has been difficult for him lately too. Last night he said was rough due to a hard time breathing. As the days progress from morning to evening, his mind seems to get clearer. The mornings are definitely rougher then the evenings. From time to time he mentions that he is in pain, but he is on a heavy dose of pain medication.
This afternoon he was brought in for a CT Scan on the lungs. We hope to get the results of this soon. Stay tuned.
This week dad had plans to go to Vancouver to get some tests done in connection to the trial drug he was going to be taking, however, it looks more and more that he won't be able to take the drug. One of the prerequisits for this trial is that he is able to be mobile on his own strength for at least 50% of the day. He is not able to do that at this time. The paliative doctor meet with mom today and mentioned that if his calcium levels don't come down in the next day or two, we might have to think about dad going to a hospice. However, that being said, she mentioned that it could still go either way and that it is still a little to early to predict anything.
Dad continues to have strength in his faith and shares that faith with those around him. We can all praise our Heavenly Father for all that He has given us and also during this time we can see the Lord's hand at work in dad's earthly life. We pray to God for the continued strength for Dad and Mom and the rest of the family and hope that one day soon, Dad will be able to be pain free and with his Heavenly Father.
This morning he was given a blood transfusion to help with his breathing as this has been difficult for him lately too. Last night he said was rough due to a hard time breathing. As the days progress from morning to evening, his mind seems to get clearer. The mornings are definitely rougher then the evenings. From time to time he mentions that he is in pain, but he is on a heavy dose of pain medication.
This afternoon he was brought in for a CT Scan on the lungs. We hope to get the results of this soon. Stay tuned.
This week dad had plans to go to Vancouver to get some tests done in connection to the trial drug he was going to be taking, however, it looks more and more that he won't be able to take the drug. One of the prerequisits for this trial is that he is able to be mobile on his own strength for at least 50% of the day. He is not able to do that at this time. The paliative doctor meet with mom today and mentioned that if his calcium levels don't come down in the next day or two, we might have to think about dad going to a hospice. However, that being said, she mentioned that it could still go either way and that it is still a little to early to predict anything.
Dad continues to have strength in his faith and shares that faith with those around him. We can all praise our Heavenly Father for all that He has given us and also during this time we can see the Lord's hand at work in dad's earthly life. We pray to God for the continued strength for Dad and Mom and the rest of the family and hope that one day soon, Dad will be able to be pain free and with his Heavenly Father.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Update Oct. 16 2011
It has been a while since there has been an update on this blog and that is because Dad was mostly maintaining it himself. Dad has been admitted to the hospital this past weekend so the family will update this blog when there is news to share.
On Friday mom recieved a call from the doctor that dad needed to go to emergency at Langley hospital because his calcium levels were to high. During the week mom was noticing more and more that dad seemed to be confused and not understanding what was going on. He was very repetitive and unable to hold a regular conversation. For those who know dad, not being able to have a conversation with him is a difficult reality to deal with. Since he has been in the hospital, the calcium levels seem to fluctuate, but generally are going down slowly. He will remain in the hospital until his calcium levels are back to normal.
While we were visiting him on Sunday, they did a blood-sugar test and his level was higher than normal, so he was to take some insulin. Since dad is type-2 diabetes, this is another factor that we have to contend with.
On Sunday evening when we visited dad, Kent came with his violin and we were able to sing Psalms and Hymns. Praise be to God for giving us His Spirit to strengthen us during this time.
We acknowledge all the followers of this blog, and continue to ask for your prayers for Mom and Dad as we continue to live out God's plan for dad.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
Pete jr.
On Friday mom recieved a call from the doctor that dad needed to go to emergency at Langley hospital because his calcium levels were to high. During the week mom was noticing more and more that dad seemed to be confused and not understanding what was going on. He was very repetitive and unable to hold a regular conversation. For those who know dad, not being able to have a conversation with him is a difficult reality to deal with. Since he has been in the hospital, the calcium levels seem to fluctuate, but generally are going down slowly. He will remain in the hospital until his calcium levels are back to normal.
While we were visiting him on Sunday, they did a blood-sugar test and his level was higher than normal, so he was to take some insulin. Since dad is type-2 diabetes, this is another factor that we have to contend with.
On Sunday evening when we visited dad, Kent came with his violin and we were able to sing Psalms and Hymns. Praise be to God for giving us His Spirit to strengthen us during this time.
We acknowledge all the followers of this blog, and continue to ask for your prayers for Mom and Dad as we continue to live out God's plan for dad.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
Pete jr.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
September 24, 2011
Good day to all readers:
It has only been a few days ago that we produced our latest blog. However, some developments have taken place and this is a very nice method of passing on news to those who have a keen interest in it.
This past Thursday we visited the BC Cancer Clinic in Vancouver; specifically we spent an hour with Dr. C. Kollmannsberger, Medical Oncologist. From several people we have heard that he specializes in Renal Cell Cancer (Kidney Cancer). Our visit was very pleasant. We covered all past items as well as new ones. We noted that all conventional treatment had been exhausted and that there are still about four options available.
1) To use a Sunitinib type of medicine which has not yet been approved by BC Medicare. It would cost us $5000 per month
2) Go back to Sunitinib itself, but now that would be treated as a third line of defence, not covered and would also cost $ 5000 per month
3) Do nothing and let the disease take its course. He explained that this would entail continued tiredness, nausea, etc., until my system would just close down.
4) To participate in a clinical trial. There is presently a trial being sponsored by a pharmaceuticla company and would cost us nothing but we would have to qualify. This medication has already passed stage 1 and stage 2, meaning that it is an active and useful medicine, but that it must still be fine-tuned in stage three. In order to qualify I must obtain a blood transfusion to increase my hemagloban and a byopsy must be done to ensuure the pharmaceutical company that I do indeed have the type of Renal Cell Cancer that they are treating.
The transfusion has been scheduled for Wednesday of next week at 7:30am. The rest will be scheduled shortly. We hope and pray that no untoward signs show up during these procedures. We also hope that once we are on the new medication that the effects will set in quickly. We hope and request your prayers for the intervening time as well as for the effect of the new medication. We are convinced that the Lord has heard your prayers and has given positive response in the past and we continue to seek the same for the future.
We look forward to the Lord's loving care now and each day as we go forward. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.
Have a restful and edifying Sunday (Lord's Day)
Pieter de Boer
It has only been a few days ago that we produced our latest blog. However, some developments have taken place and this is a very nice method of passing on news to those who have a keen interest in it.
This past Thursday we visited the BC Cancer Clinic in Vancouver; specifically we spent an hour with Dr. C. Kollmannsberger, Medical Oncologist. From several people we have heard that he specializes in Renal Cell Cancer (Kidney Cancer). Our visit was very pleasant. We covered all past items as well as new ones. We noted that all conventional treatment had been exhausted and that there are still about four options available.
1) To use a Sunitinib type of medicine which has not yet been approved by BC Medicare. It would cost us $5000 per month
2) Go back to Sunitinib itself, but now that would be treated as a third line of defence, not covered and would also cost $ 5000 per month
3) Do nothing and let the disease take its course. He explained that this would entail continued tiredness, nausea, etc., until my system would just close down.
4) To participate in a clinical trial. There is presently a trial being sponsored by a pharmaceuticla company and would cost us nothing but we would have to qualify. This medication has already passed stage 1 and stage 2, meaning that it is an active and useful medicine, but that it must still be fine-tuned in stage three. In order to qualify I must obtain a blood transfusion to increase my hemagloban and a byopsy must be done to ensuure the pharmaceutical company that I do indeed have the type of Renal Cell Cancer that they are treating.
The transfusion has been scheduled for Wednesday of next week at 7:30am. The rest will be scheduled shortly. We hope and pray that no untoward signs show up during these procedures. We also hope that once we are on the new medication that the effects will set in quickly. We hope and request your prayers for the intervening time as well as for the effect of the new medication. We are convinced that the Lord has heard your prayers and has given positive response in the past and we continue to seek the same for the future.
We look forward to the Lord's loving care now and each day as we go forward. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.
Have a restful and edifying Sunday (Lord's Day)
Pieter de Boer
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
September 20, 2011
Good day to all of you:
It is only two weeks ago that I sent my last blog. Unhappily there is more news to pass on and the best way appears to be via a blogspot.
Last Friday was the regular appointment with Dr. Murphy, my Fraser Valley Cancer Society doctor.Upon entering the consultation room he announced that I was not feeling very well. He explained that the second cancer pill, Everolimus, was not working and that my calcium had risen too high, and that both my potassium and hemogloben were too low. The consequences of this prognosis was two fold. I had to go immediately to the emergency ward of a local hospital and I had to stop taking the Everolimus right away. In conclusion he noted that he did not have any more bullets he could try.
All of this news was rather unsettling for us. We had to go to the local emergency ward to do as much of a quick fix as they could and there was nothing positive that we could look forward to in the long term.
Now with our world and life view that is an incorrect statement. Both short and long term, our life is in our heavenly Father's hands. And while being in our Father's hand it is surely possible that He would lead us to a short stay on this earth and call us home to His eternal glory in short order. But only after a short stay of about 25 hours we got the word from the resident doctor at Peace Arch Hospital that I was ready to go home, that all the readings that were out of order had fallen back into place with the application of corrective medecine.
Also a number of weeks ago a customer of mine at ITB sent me an email with a note stating that her daughter works at the cancer research center in Vancouver and that she had discussed my circumstances with the head of that center who had said that I should come in for consultation. Given the setbacks I had received from Dr. Murphy I discussed this new development with him. He recommended this course of action heartily. So after some quick phone calls Rita and I have an appointment with a Dr. C. K. Berger at the Vancouver Cancer Clinic at around noon on Thursday of this week.
Of course this does not alter the fact that I suffer from a terminal cancer, but it provides hope that it is still possible that a drug exists that will fight the cancer and bring some temporary relief.
We continue to pray for God's comfort in our situation. We know, and have experienced that He can send healing according to His will. We believe we are in His hands in all circumstances and that He will decide when we are born and when we shall leave this life. Yesterday we experienced that when we buried our still born grandson, son of our daughter Belinda and her husband, Kent Dykstra. Barend Jan Dykstra was born approximately 20 weeks premature without life in him. Our heavenly Father had already taken Barend's soul to heaven some weeks before. Rev. T. Lodder appropriately noted that Barend was already in heaven with his Lord and Saviour yesterday at the grave side. What a great comfort that was to all of us.
Throughout the last year and a half many of you and others have contacted us by visits, cards, phone calls, facebook and other means. We really appreciate these methods of showing your care. We also know that so many of you pray to God for us. We know that your prayers have an effect before God's throne. They do not go unanswered. The Bible teaches us that the prayers of the righteous avail much. We are convinced that your prayers have been heard by our heavenly Father and so we covet your prayers now as well.
We are convinced that His Kingdom will come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Pieter de Boer
It is only two weeks ago that I sent my last blog. Unhappily there is more news to pass on and the best way appears to be via a blogspot.
Last Friday was the regular appointment with Dr. Murphy, my Fraser Valley Cancer Society doctor.Upon entering the consultation room he announced that I was not feeling very well. He explained that the second cancer pill, Everolimus, was not working and that my calcium had risen too high, and that both my potassium and hemogloben were too low. The consequences of this prognosis was two fold. I had to go immediately to the emergency ward of a local hospital and I had to stop taking the Everolimus right away. In conclusion he noted that he did not have any more bullets he could try.
All of this news was rather unsettling for us. We had to go to the local emergency ward to do as much of a quick fix as they could and there was nothing positive that we could look forward to in the long term.
Now with our world and life view that is an incorrect statement. Both short and long term, our life is in our heavenly Father's hands. And while being in our Father's hand it is surely possible that He would lead us to a short stay on this earth and call us home to His eternal glory in short order. But only after a short stay of about 25 hours we got the word from the resident doctor at Peace Arch Hospital that I was ready to go home, that all the readings that were out of order had fallen back into place with the application of corrective medecine.
Also a number of weeks ago a customer of mine at ITB sent me an email with a note stating that her daughter works at the cancer research center in Vancouver and that she had discussed my circumstances with the head of that center who had said that I should come in for consultation. Given the setbacks I had received from Dr. Murphy I discussed this new development with him. He recommended this course of action heartily. So after some quick phone calls Rita and I have an appointment with a Dr. C. K. Berger at the Vancouver Cancer Clinic at around noon on Thursday of this week.
Of course this does not alter the fact that I suffer from a terminal cancer, but it provides hope that it is still possible that a drug exists that will fight the cancer and bring some temporary relief.
We continue to pray for God's comfort in our situation. We know, and have experienced that He can send healing according to His will. We believe we are in His hands in all circumstances and that He will decide when we are born and when we shall leave this life. Yesterday we experienced that when we buried our still born grandson, son of our daughter Belinda and her husband, Kent Dykstra. Barend Jan Dykstra was born approximately 20 weeks premature without life in him. Our heavenly Father had already taken Barend's soul to heaven some weeks before. Rev. T. Lodder appropriately noted that Barend was already in heaven with his Lord and Saviour yesterday at the grave side. What a great comfort that was to all of us.
Throughout the last year and a half many of you and others have contacted us by visits, cards, phone calls, facebook and other means. We really appreciate these methods of showing your care. We also know that so many of you pray to God for us. We know that your prayers have an effect before God's throne. They do not go unanswered. The Bible teaches us that the prayers of the righteous avail much. We are convinced that your prayers have been heard by our heavenly Father and so we covet your prayers now as well.
We are convinced that His Kingdom will come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Pieter de Boer
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
Greetings to everyone!
Many are asking for an update on my blog, and they are right, it has been a long time.
Most of the time this means that there has been little news to report, but even that would be of interest for many. So here we go.....
To many who ask I answer that emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, etc I am doing rather well, one could even say very well. Physically I can not give a very accurate response, I usually end up saying, I don't know.
About two months ago the cancer doctor advised me that the sunitinib was no longer working and that the cancer was once again spreading. At the same time he explained that there is a newer drug that they could try. Well, as disappointing as it was, there was still hope, humanly speaking.
During the transition from one pill to another I did notice that the pain in the pelvic bone, left hip had returned.
On the other hand the side effects of sore feet and dryness of mouth and skin had gone away, but they were equally disabling replaced with tiredness and mild nausea in the stomach area. The new side effects have continued on. I am more restricted in doing things because of the tiredness. It varies from day to day, but continues to have affect every day. For the last number of weeks I have the definite impression that the new drug, Everolimus, is working. The pain in the left side, pelvic bone has completely gone away again. I do still suffer from some ache in the right side and do not know its origin. As to the tiredness the doctor thinks it may be due to an under active thyroid and has given a small pill to counter that. However the smallness of that pill corresponds to the effect it is having. The tiredness, in general, continues and has reduced my effectiveness in getting things done. Let the fact that this blog is at last appearing be evidence that there is some improvement though.
As I have said somewhere above, this is all from the human perspective. God has given us many good gifts in the field of medicine and we may use them with thankfulness. But at the same time we must always remember that He is in control of life and death, and that for believers death is the opening of the door to eternal life. This knowledge and comfort is with us always. He has been gracious to us in strengening our faith ongoinly.
We pray that He will continue to do so and not leave us to our own resources because they are too weak to depend upon. He has promised to remain faithful and He will do so. In conclusion we will depend on Him alone and He will remain true to His Word and promises.
Throughout my illness and especially more so lately again we confirmed in the fact that many of our brothers and sisters continue to pray for us. We covet those prays, knowing firmly that our Father hears the prayers of so many of His saints
Rita and I would also like to use this medium to thank those many of you have offered condolences at the time of the passing on of her mother and my mother in law, Mrs, Oma, Mom Wendt/Berends. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
Pieter de Boer
Greetings to everyone!
Many are asking for an update on my blog, and they are right, it has been a long time.
Most of the time this means that there has been little news to report, but even that would be of interest for many. So here we go.....
To many who ask I answer that emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, etc I am doing rather well, one could even say very well. Physically I can not give a very accurate response, I usually end up saying, I don't know.
About two months ago the cancer doctor advised me that the sunitinib was no longer working and that the cancer was once again spreading. At the same time he explained that there is a newer drug that they could try. Well, as disappointing as it was, there was still hope, humanly speaking.
During the transition from one pill to another I did notice that the pain in the pelvic bone, left hip had returned.
On the other hand the side effects of sore feet and dryness of mouth and skin had gone away, but they were equally disabling replaced with tiredness and mild nausea in the stomach area. The new side effects have continued on. I am more restricted in doing things because of the tiredness. It varies from day to day, but continues to have affect every day. For the last number of weeks I have the definite impression that the new drug, Everolimus, is working. The pain in the left side, pelvic bone has completely gone away again. I do still suffer from some ache in the right side and do not know its origin. As to the tiredness the doctor thinks it may be due to an under active thyroid and has given a small pill to counter that. However the smallness of that pill corresponds to the effect it is having. The tiredness, in general, continues and has reduced my effectiveness in getting things done. Let the fact that this blog is at last appearing be evidence that there is some improvement though.
As I have said somewhere above, this is all from the human perspective. God has given us many good gifts in the field of medicine and we may use them with thankfulness. But at the same time we must always remember that He is in control of life and death, and that for believers death is the opening of the door to eternal life. This knowledge and comfort is with us always. He has been gracious to us in strengening our faith ongoinly.
We pray that He will continue to do so and not leave us to our own resources because they are too weak to depend upon. He has promised to remain faithful and He will do so. In conclusion we will depend on Him alone and He will remain true to His Word and promises.
Throughout my illness and especially more so lately again we confirmed in the fact that many of our brothers and sisters continue to pray for us. We covet those prays, knowing firmly that our Father hears the prayers of so many of His saints
Rita and I would also like to use this medium to thank those many of you have offered condolences at the time of the passing on of her mother and my mother in law, Mrs, Oma, Mom Wendt/Berends. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
Pieter de Boer
Saturday, July 23, 2011
July 23, 2011
Greetings to all:
It is high time to update matters concerning my health. Every time I was about to do so something new was on the horizon and I thought it better to wait. In any case, now is a good time to provide some new and additional details.
The most recent event is that this past Wednesday we went to our regular six week cancer doctor visit. This time his news was surprising and not so good. He explained that my cancer had mutated in a way that made the sunitanib (the medication I was taking for the cancer) ineffective. As a consequence I was told that I could not receive the medicine any more. However, he did explain that there is an even newer medicine as a back up to the sunitunib, but he would have to apply on my behalf to see if I would qualify to test it and to try to block the cancer in a different way than the sunitunib had been doing for the past year.
Only late Friday evening did we find out that I qualify for this new medicine, called Everolimus. The intended benefits of this drug are to "destroy and/or limit the growth of cancer cells in my body. This treatment may improve my current symptoms, and delay or prevent the onset of new symptoms. It may take several treatments (a four week cycle of one pill daily) before the doctor can judge whether or not this medicine is helping."
This medicine, similar to the previous one, will have a number of possible side effects. With the sunitunib I had some side effects that got progressively more debilitating with use, but I also avoided many of the other possible side effects that were listed. Of course, we hope and pray that the side effects of this medicine are no worse than we have had to undergo with the first one.
One significant difference with the new medicine is that there is no scheduled time for relief as with the sunitunib. In the past I tooke the pill for four weeks and went without it for two weeks. This was done to give the body opportunity to recover from the side effects. The new medicine will be taken daily on an ongoing basis. However, the dosage is smaller and it is anticipated by the doctor that the side effects will not increase in intensity but remain the same on an ongoing basis.
As you can imagine these developments were surprising and disappointing to us. It took a good day to deal with the emotional challenges that come along with this news. As always we recognize that also these developments are in the hand of our heavenly Father. We trust that His ways are far higher than our ways. Perhaps this change of medicine is designed to remind us of the temporariness of life; perhaps the new medication will not be helpful and the cancer will continue to grow. Only the Lord knows and is in total control of these things. We praise and thank Him for the wonderful joy He has given us in the past year by allowing us to experience many things that we at first thought would not be possible. He has answered many prays and has been gracious to us.
Now we continue to pray for healing and strength, but also for strength in our faith. We pray that we may put our trust completely in Him. We also value your prayers for healing, but also for a strong faith.
Yesterday we returned from a two night stay in Seattle connected with picking up our son-in-law from the Seattle airport on his way back from Brazil.
We are settling in to our new dwelling and are happy to live to the glory of our heavenly Father, praying constantly to fight against sin and temptations that continue to attack us.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
It is high time to update matters concerning my health. Every time I was about to do so something new was on the horizon and I thought it better to wait. In any case, now is a good time to provide some new and additional details.
The most recent event is that this past Wednesday we went to our regular six week cancer doctor visit. This time his news was surprising and not so good. He explained that my cancer had mutated in a way that made the sunitanib (the medication I was taking for the cancer) ineffective. As a consequence I was told that I could not receive the medicine any more. However, he did explain that there is an even newer medicine as a back up to the sunitunib, but he would have to apply on my behalf to see if I would qualify to test it and to try to block the cancer in a different way than the sunitunib had been doing for the past year.
Only late Friday evening did we find out that I qualify for this new medicine, called Everolimus. The intended benefits of this drug are to "destroy and/or limit the growth of cancer cells in my body. This treatment may improve my current symptoms, and delay or prevent the onset of new symptoms. It may take several treatments (a four week cycle of one pill daily) before the doctor can judge whether or not this medicine is helping."
This medicine, similar to the previous one, will have a number of possible side effects. With the sunitunib I had some side effects that got progressively more debilitating with use, but I also avoided many of the other possible side effects that were listed. Of course, we hope and pray that the side effects of this medicine are no worse than we have had to undergo with the first one.
One significant difference with the new medicine is that there is no scheduled time for relief as with the sunitunib. In the past I tooke the pill for four weeks and went without it for two weeks. This was done to give the body opportunity to recover from the side effects. The new medicine will be taken daily on an ongoing basis. However, the dosage is smaller and it is anticipated by the doctor that the side effects will not increase in intensity but remain the same on an ongoing basis.
As you can imagine these developments were surprising and disappointing to us. It took a good day to deal with the emotional challenges that come along with this news. As always we recognize that also these developments are in the hand of our heavenly Father. We trust that His ways are far higher than our ways. Perhaps this change of medicine is designed to remind us of the temporariness of life; perhaps the new medication will not be helpful and the cancer will continue to grow. Only the Lord knows and is in total control of these things. We praise and thank Him for the wonderful joy He has given us in the past year by allowing us to experience many things that we at first thought would not be possible. He has answered many prays and has been gracious to us.
Now we continue to pray for healing and strength, but also for strength in our faith. We pray that we may put our trust completely in Him. We also value your prayers for healing, but also for a strong faith.
Yesterday we returned from a two night stay in Seattle connected with picking up our son-in-law from the Seattle airport on his way back from Brazil.
We are settling in to our new dwelling and are happy to live to the glory of our heavenly Father, praying constantly to fight against sin and temptations that continue to attack us.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
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