From the Foothills of the Mountains

After 19 hours of driving, we are in Montana! It is nice to just see my mountains (and yes, they are my mountains! The view above is from my hometown. These are the Crazy Mountains). My dad is home and doing well. There is not much to post other than what I have already stated: his energy is improving, and his mind is clear once again. It was to the point before his surgery that he couldn’t concentrate on anything.

There are difficulties, however. He cannot drive for two weeks. My mom is unable to drive as well, so that means they will need help with that for a while (good thing we are here!). He also cannot lift more than five or ten pounds for six weeks. That is not good for someone who does carpentry work to pay the bills. It looks like I am going to have to help quite a bit in the next few days so my dad can get some of his jobs done so he can get paid. That is becoming increasingly important as he hasn’t been able to do any significant work for about a month, and it looks like that will continue for some time. Not good. Pray about that, would you?

Probably more important though, is prayer for God’s miraculous power. The tumor my dad has is cancerous, and only occurs in the brain. It is also very aggressive. The prognosis is not one that is encouraging. With an aggressive regimen of radiation and chemotherapy (at the same time, apparently), he is being given a year to a year-and-a-half of “quality life.” I haven’t been able to speak to the doctor myself, but will next week to clarify. It does appear, however, that this type of cancer is not “curable.” Treatment only staves off the inevitable.

So, the only thing we can do is to boldly approach the throne of grace to find help in our time of need. Would you help us with that? With our great God all things are possible. Since He created our bodies, He can remove the tumor completely. Please pray with us, believing that He is able, that He would remove the tumor to the amazement of the doctors.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly
Than we ask or think, according to the power at work
Within us, to Him be glory in the church and in
Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
Forever and ever. Amen.
Eph. 3:20-21