Prayer Request

Please pray for the Anderson Family - see Esther's request below. For those of you who don't know Esther, she is my friend who was married to Aaron this June (see pics in the margin). I will send her the link to this posting if you would like to comment directly to her. Dear friend, This is a prayer request for my dad Jim. Yesterday he was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma. This is a very rare and aggressive cancer affecting the smooth muscles (the involuntary ones). It has been found in his liver, lungs, spinal cord, pelvis and in a large tumor behind his kidney. The tumor on his kidney is pressing against the major artery leading to the heart. This is also very serious, as any blood clot could cause a stroke leading to death. Dad is in stage IV, the latest stage of cancer. The doctors are saying that he has an average of six to nine months to live. This all comes as a tremendous shock to my family, especially as my Dad has been in great shape and health most of his life. My Dad is a man of faith and prayer. I know that my Dad will not be promoted to Glory until his assignment here is done. I believe there is more glory for him to behold and share here on Earth. Both my parents are wonderful people and have been very calm about the whole thing. They told me they are choosing to take this one day at a time and to thank the Lord for all the blessings He brings them each day. I'm asking God for his healing—for a miracle. I'm praying for a revival of faith for my whole family. I'm asking the Lord for wisdom on when to visit and what to bring (spiritually) when I go. I'm praying that through this the Lord will receive all the glory that is due His wonderful, powerful and holy name. I want to say that I am so proud of my mum and dad. Mum has been the perfect helpmeet for dad, pressing on with doctors visits in her usual persistent manner! Dad has been humble and faith-filled, and is feeling the best he has felt in a long time now that the fever/shivers are under control. Together they are strong, full of hope, and courageous in the truest sense of the word (ie: not absent from fear but overcoming it). On our end, there have been many tears, but none fall without hope. I pray that God would steady us with His guiding Spirit, teach us to pray & believe, and renew dad to the likeness of His image. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want. In a place of green pasture, there hath He made me to dwell; Beside the water of rest hath He nurtured me He hath converted my soul He hath led me on the paths of righteousness for His name's sake For though I should walk in the midst of the shaddow of death, I will fear no evil, For Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they have comforted me. Thou hast prepared a table before me in the presence of them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and Thy cup which fillesth me, how excellent it is! And Thy mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days. "Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor mind conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him, BUT God has revealed it to us by His Spirit…"(1 Cor 9-10). So, if you will, please pray with me. Esther