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Update 41 – Five Years, Ukraine, Baylor Article
Friends, I’m getting ready to leave the country, but I want to shoot you a quick update before I head out: 1. Can you believe you’ve been reading these updates for five years now? On November 1, I’ll celebrate five cancer-free years. Stastics show that people who don’t have a recurrence of breast cancer in [...]
Update 40 – My book’s out!
You probably don’t know the whole story. It started long before I wrote that first e-mail update I sent you. But I feel like you’ve been right here beside me for at least half the journey. And I’m grateful–so grateful I’ve even mentioned you in my book. I wrote about how you prayed for me, and I nodded [...]
Update 39
I’m calling this my Sabbath place. There’s not much else to do in this small town besides rest. And over the summer, I had about six weeks when I barely worked at all (oh, the joys of freelance), so I got even more rest then. During that time, the youth group at my church let me hang out [...]
Update 38
Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery, and he ended up in Egypt running Potiphar’s household. Potiphar’s wife accused Joseph of assaulting her, and he ended up running the jailhouse. He interpreted some dreams for his fellow inmates, and one of them recommended him to Pharaoh. Pharaoh promoted him from prisoner to the number two man [...]
Update 37
My church is amazing. You know that already, but I need to brag again. On Easter Sunday we watched a video of how the gospel is changing lives at The Austin Stone Community Church. I was honored to be included in it. I’m grateful to be a part of this church and humbled to be [...]
Update 36
When I started taking seminary classes, I knew that with a full-time job and a long commute, it would take me ten years to graduate. But I figured I’d be ten years older anyway; I might as well be ten years older with a degree. Five years into this plan, I decided I needed to [...]
Update 35
I’ve recovered from the shingles and rescheduled my last reconstructive surgery. I’ll go in tomorrow (Tues). Today I’m working through my typical pre-op to-do list: laundry, bank, airport (Mom), pharmacy, phone calls, emails, bills, cleaning and anything else that will require arms or a brain for the next two weeks. Because tomorrow my arms and [...]
Update 34B
My doctor called today with the results from last week’s biopsy: No cancer! Thanks for praying! Melody
Update 34
Some of you know that I was scheduled to have my last reconstructive surgery this Tuesday. My plastic surgeon called this afternoon and postponed the surgery because I have the shingles. Yes, the shingles. My mom calls them Job’s boils. After they clear up we can reschedule the surgery. The good news is my parents [...]
Update 33
I’m back on drugs again (I told you I had problems with New Year’s resolutions). For the first time ever, I had to get prescription meds for my allergies. Cedar fever took me down. But steriods up my nose brought some relief. And I’m about to take more drugs. I’m going under the knife again. [...]