More News on Esther

Esther made it through the night. She is now in the hospital here in Tulsa. Her grandparents from Colorado arrived safely. Two weeks ago the doctors went in and removed what they could of the tumor. That has all refilled and it has gone into more organs. Her organs are shutting down and the doctor has given her 2-3 days. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray for us. Most of the family went last night to be with her. I stayed at home since it was midnight and her little brothers and sister were sleeping. This morning I will be heading to the hospital to take all her little siblings to see her.

Another Update on Esther

Esther is right now being flown back to her hospital here in Oklahoma. She is still with us. The doctors say that kids seem to fight it and hang on for the sake of their parents. Her Daddy has told her that if she sees Jesus to go ahead and go with Him. None of us want her to go, but we all know that where she will be going is a better place and we will all see her again one day. Your heart still hurts and you still cry. The day has been very emotional and it isn’t through. Keep all of us in your prayers as we continue through this time.

Also keep Adam's parents in your prayers as they are driving in from Colorado and won't arrive till midnight or so.

Prayer Update

Many of you have been praying for my niece Esther, who has cancer. Please continue to pray. I just heard from my sister this morning. They had taken her up to Pennsylvania for a consultation concerning another kind of treatment. While up there here temp spiked and they took her in for testing. They found her kidneys are not functioning properly and enlarged and her potassium level is extremely high. They are concerned about her heart and some other organs. She has been admitted into PICU this morning and will be put on dialysis. We are praying for many things, but one is to get her stabilized and back down to Oklahoma were most of the family is located.

Caleb, Jonathan, Deborah, and Esther. Joshua was sleeping on his Daddy's back. =)

The Start of Furlough

I have now lived in Kenya 2 years, one month and ten days! =) About three weeks ago I flew back to the US to start my furlough. For those of you that are not familiar with the term furlough, it is a time when missionaries report back to their supporting churches, visit new churches with the hope of gaining new support, and spend time with their families. I had a good flight. It was my first time to fly with British Airways. I arrived in Tulsa excited to be seeing my family. They were not the only ones there to welcome me back. My Pastor and his wife and some of the people from my home church came to surprise me. I was also excited to see my sister and brother-in-law and their kids, Esther, Jonathan, Deborah, Caleb, and Joshua, there as well. I didn’t know when I would see them because of Esther’s chemo schedule, so it was very special to me to see them there at the airport welcoming me back. Esther, her sister and her brothers were holding up a welcome home banner they had made for me with African animals drawn on it. When you think about it please continue to pray for her and the family. They did another scan on her last week and the tumors have doubled in size, again.

Last Sunday I was in a Missions conference up in Kansas. We had a great day of services and I had a wonderful time getting to know the people. I gained several new prayer supports as well as promised monthly financial support from the church. Today I am driving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to be in a Missions conference at one of my supporting churches.