A Lot...all at once

It has been one of those weeks where you're afraid to answer the phone or check email for fear of something else going on. We have several people from our congregations in the hospital or facing surgery or just getting out of surgery and recovering.

Then we have some issues within our family. My Gramps (dad's dad) was taken by EMS to the hospital Thursday evening. We think right now that it was just a virus that his body is fighting, but we're still waiting on tests results to rule out a stroke. He is improving and home with Granny now.

Then my sister-in-law, Tonya, is facing some tests and some physical things. Please keep her in your prayers. We hope to receive news next week on all the details.

Then on Tuesday we got a call from Ron's parents saying that Ryan was going to the doctor. None of us knew what was going on, but his family doctor sent him to his oncologists (which he got into Friday morning) and from their he was told that a bulge in his neck (that has been growing for over 2 months) needed to be biopsied. The surgeon (whom he got into Friday afternoon) said that it was in fact a lymph node and needed to be removed. Right now it looks like that surgery will be on Monday and then a PET scan on Tuesday and all the results late next week. Would you join us in praying?

It is scary how much these appointments remind me of just a few short years ago with Ryan. We are hopeful that this bulge is an infected lymph node, but won't know until they remove it, do the biopsy and the PET scan.

Please keep our family members in your prayers. We serve a God who knew Gramps, Tonya and Ryan long ago and knew these days were ahead. Please pray for wisdom for all of us and a peace that overcomes all else.

"Jesus, please touch Gramps, bring him healing. Jesus calm Tonya's nerves, be with the doctors and please help us to get a good report. And Jesus, with Ryan, we pray Lord for only infection. We ask that you would perform a miracle in his body and his life. Jesus heal him from the sickness that is in his body. Lord please help Granny, Jay and Holly too. Give all of your peace and your comfort. Thank you Jesus!"