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A Heart Wrenching Week
Today I come to you asking for prayers for a dear family. We have friends here in Alaska who are missionaries with Cadence International. They work along side the chaplains (my hubby) on base. Dan and Barb are a blessing to all they come in contact with and have such an amazing heart for the Lord and for sharing his love with others. Barb had been having symptoms of several things for years and was having them treated. Headaches, nausea, vertigo, depression, long hours of sleep, and what they thought was reactions to some of the medications for these ailments. Almost 3 weeks ago, she began to have other symptoms. The doctors decided to do a MRI. They found a very large brain tumor. It was about the size of a plum; an orange if including the sac which contained it.
They were hoping it was a benign tumor but when she went into surgery this past Wednesday to remove it they discovered it was the most aggressive type of cancer they could have anticipated, Glioblastoma multiforme. The first day after surgery Barb seemed to be doing well. She was up a bit, eating a bit, and conversing a bit. The next couple of days as the swelling increased things began to change. She became unresponsive falling into a coma. They went in for surgery again. This is where we wait.
She is in ICU currently. She is in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator at the moment to allow her to rest and heal. They will most likely try to wake her and remove the ventilator today. We hope and pray!
Her family is struggling greatly. They have gone from thinking it was a benign tumor, to knowing it was cancer with an average of 15 months survival, to almost loosing her. We are all still waiting. Her parents are here now. Her sister has been here all along. Her husband, though constantly surrounded by those who love him, is lonely and longing for his wife. His children, though they do not know the full extent of the situation, are struggling to deal with things. Their faith is being challenged.
I ask that you fervently pray for their family! If you want to know more accurately how to pray, they send updates via twitter. Thank you all for your faithfulness to pray!
Wooden Gates
Gospel for Asia
Gospel for Asia is a ministry started by K.P. Yohannan. In each aspect of Gospel for Asia’s ministry, the primary aim is to plant churches among the unreached — those who have never heard the Gospel. Gospel for Asia trains and sends native missionaries because they have proven extremely effective. They are already familiar with the language and culture, and they live at the level of the people they serve, thus removing many social barriers. We have known about this ministry for several years and even were a sponsor for a time. You can sponsor one of these missionaries for $30 a month and 100% of that money actually goes to the missionary and his family.
Gospel for Asia offers a free book, Revolution in World Missions, that will change your life. It brings conviction and gives you a new vision for missions. In this exciting and fast moving narrative, K.P. Yohannan shares how God brought him from his remote Indian village to become the founder of Gospel For Asia. This book will greatly encourage you with stories of what God is doing among the unreached of Asia. I highly recommend this book! It is a book that has brought great impact to my life each and every time I read it! God is truly doing a great work in Asia through this ministry! GFA also has a prayer page, there is a video from K.P. Yohannan about the GFA Prayer Team and the power of prayer!
Wordless Wednesday
