Dartgod
02-12-2005, 10:59 AM
I've been hesitant to do this since its not family, but my former boss and his family sure coulld use the power of prayer.
I don't want to go into too much detail because he doesn't know
I'm doing this. Here's the deal though. This man and his wife lost their son to a terminal disease several years ago. The boy was 10 when he died after battling his illness for 3 or 4 years. I didn't know them at this time, but apparently he put up quite a fight.
A few years later, the wife is diagnosed with breast cancer. It's a particularly nasty strain I guess and is in her blood stream. She has good times where the cancer stops spreading and looks like it might be cured, and then crops up again somewhere else in her body. Most recently, she has been doing quite well, but we just found out this week that a new mass has appeared in one of her breasts and an MRI revealed possible bone cancer in another part of her body.
I worked for this man for a year and a half, but have been aquainted with him for a bit longer. I can say that if you didn't know what was happening with his wife and what had happened with his son, you wouldn't know that he has a worry in the world. He is an awesome example of faith and inner stength. I can't think of anyone in the world that I admire more for handling such a tremendous amount of adversity. I'm going to quote the specific prayers he is asking for.
We ask for your specific prayers at this time for the test results to come back that the new area that has been discovered is not cancerous and to pray for relief from the pain [my wife] is experiencing. We also pray for a chemotherapy treatment that will work for [my wife].
It would mean a lot if you would include these people in your prayers. They truly do not deserve what is happening to them. Thanks.
Hopefully a mod would be so kind as to sticky this for about a week.
EDIT: I'm adding this one for Frazod. He posted it below and don't want it to get lost. Sounds like this guy's family could use some help from above as well.
And speaking of prayer requests, my best friend could probably use some. Two months, his baby nearly died from meningitis (sp?) and has frequent seizures. Two weeks ago, he found out his dad has terminal cancer and may have no more than a month to live. He went home on leave last week, and a couple of days ago (I'm not making this up) his mom fell and broke both bones in her lower leg, requiring emergency surgery. While the surgery was going on, the baby had another seizure at the hospital.
And then he has a tour in Iraq to look forward to. :shake:
This is easily as much crap as anyone I've ever personally known has had to endure. And this guy is easily the best person I've ever known - a he is a combination of loyalty, honor, integrity and dedication to his friends, family and country that is generally left to realm of mythic heroes. And while all this shit was going on, two weeks ago he graduated first in his class from a special forces training school, AT AGE 38.
At this point, I don't know whether to pray or file a cease and desist order. God, he's really had enough.
I don't want to go into too much detail because he doesn't know
I'm doing this. Here's the deal though. This man and his wife lost their son to a terminal disease several years ago. The boy was 10 when he died after battling his illness for 3 or 4 years. I didn't know them at this time, but apparently he put up quite a fight.
A few years later, the wife is diagnosed with breast cancer. It's a particularly nasty strain I guess and is in her blood stream. She has good times where the cancer stops spreading and looks like it might be cured, and then crops up again somewhere else in her body. Most recently, she has been doing quite well, but we just found out this week that a new mass has appeared in one of her breasts and an MRI revealed possible bone cancer in another part of her body.
I worked for this man for a year and a half, but have been aquainted with him for a bit longer. I can say that if you didn't know what was happening with his wife and what had happened with his son, you wouldn't know that he has a worry in the world. He is an awesome example of faith and inner stength. I can't think of anyone in the world that I admire more for handling such a tremendous amount of adversity. I'm going to quote the specific prayers he is asking for.
We ask for your specific prayers at this time for the test results to come back that the new area that has been discovered is not cancerous and to pray for relief from the pain [my wife] is experiencing. We also pray for a chemotherapy treatment that will work for [my wife].
It would mean a lot if you would include these people in your prayers. They truly do not deserve what is happening to them. Thanks.
Hopefully a mod would be so kind as to sticky this for about a week.
EDIT: I'm adding this one for Frazod. He posted it below and don't want it to get lost. Sounds like this guy's family could use some help from above as well.
And speaking of prayer requests, my best friend could probably use some. Two months, his baby nearly died from meningitis (sp?) and has frequent seizures. Two weeks ago, he found out his dad has terminal cancer and may have no more than a month to live. He went home on leave last week, and a couple of days ago (I'm not making this up) his mom fell and broke both bones in her lower leg, requiring emergency surgery. While the surgery was going on, the baby had another seizure at the hospital.
And then he has a tour in Iraq to look forward to. :shake:
This is easily as much crap as anyone I've ever personally known has had to endure. And this guy is easily the best person I've ever known - a he is a combination of loyalty, honor, integrity and dedication to his friends, family and country that is generally left to realm of mythic heroes. And while all this shit was going on, two weeks ago he graduated first in his class from a special forces training school, AT AGE 38.
At this point, I don't know whether to pray or file a cease and desist order. God, he's really had enough.