I am blogging tonight to ask you to pray - tonight, tomorrow, all week - for our dear friend Kate. Her husband was our pastor not too long ago, and she was diagnosed with a very rare and serious type of cancer just a few months ago. She is having surgery tomorrow. Here are some details from her CaringBridge site:
Dr. DeCamp said he is going to fight with all his might for us. He seems to us competent, knowledgeable, wise and confident. He wanted us to know the risks and the medical inability to guarantee a positive outcome. He said it's way too early to be talking about a "cure." But this surgery is our best opportunity at changing the medical history of this disease and possibly extending my life. He said it will be a huge surgery; it will take all day and I will go to ICU for 2 or 3 days afterward. I'll be in the hospital 10 days to 2 weeks and the recovery period will take a couple of months.
The truth is that there are never "guarantees" in life. The Lord is in control of all things, and will not leave us nor forsake us - that is the only guarantee we need. We are trusting that He is showing us favor in this trial. Thank you for partnering with us in this journey. We are supported and cared for in so many ways, for which we are profoundly grateful.
If you want to be encouraged to hope and trust in Jesus, please read the on Kate's CaringBridge site. This family has been an amazing example of deep faith and trust in our faithful and sovereign God.
Her husband, David Sunday, preached this message this morning (August 1). He wrote in their online journal today: As Kate prepares to undergo surgery tomorrow morning, I wanted to preach a message today that would help her - and all our brothers & sisters in Christ who are suffering - to have faith in the furnace of adversity.
1 comment:
i am praying katie.
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