The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His names sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For you are with me;
Your rod and Your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cups runs over.
surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
Psalm 23
We're back! This weekend was all about retreating from the four walls of our house and getting away. We needed it! On Thursday we packed up the kids and joined our friends, Dave and Karen, and their kids, for a long weekend in Central Oregon. We had an amazing time and came back refreshed and encouraged. It was great to see a change of scenery and a lot of sunshine! We were up early every morning and packed in a lot of activity, lots of eating, and managed to sneak in some rest, too.
Marc did great and felt -- in his words -- totally normal. There were a couple of days when we really didn't even remember his cancer. An amazing gift of mercy from God. This was a weekend about just enjoying family and friends. It was a treat!
Tomorrow we face treatment #5. Please pray with me for Marc. These treatments are truly brutal and facing them every two weeks is an act of courage. It gets harder and harder every round to volunteer to sit in the chair and take medication that makes him sick. Just the thought of going to the clinic or the sound of his chemo pump are enough to give him nausea. This is becoming a mental battle -- one neither of us anticipated.
Also, please continue to pray that the treatments keep knocking this stuff down as powerfully as it has appeared to be doing in the past four treatments. This is the one consolation when it comes to all the nasty side effects -- at least it's working!
Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that prayed for all the prayer requests last week. My grandmother is still with us, but it is day to day. Please continue to pray that we can grieve and continue to encourage each other as family. This is a hard time. Also, my brother left for his second portion of training in Georgia this weekend. He will be home in a couple of months on leave before he is deployed to Iraq. Please pray for his safety and health while he is gone. Lastly, we had the first of our legal proceedings the past week regarding the house fire two years ago. It went well on our end and we did not have to be present at the hearings today (allowing us one more sweet and restful day on vacation :) Thank you for praying so faithfully for us --God's hand in all of this is so obvious to us.
So...sorry to be gone from this place for so long. I hope to be back here a bit more this week. In the meantime, here are some fun pics from the trip. We had a wonderful time! A special thank you to Rocky and Patti for letting us use their house. It was great!
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His names sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For you are with me;
Your rod and Your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cups runs over.
surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
Psalm 23
We're back! This weekend was all about retreating from the four walls of our house and getting away. We needed it! On Thursday we packed up the kids and joined our friends, Dave and Karen, and their kids, for a long weekend in Central Oregon. We had an amazing time and came back refreshed and encouraged. It was great to see a change of scenery and a lot of sunshine! We were up early every morning and packed in a lot of activity, lots of eating, and managed to sneak in some rest, too.
Marc did great and felt -- in his words -- totally normal. There were a couple of days when we really didn't even remember his cancer. An amazing gift of mercy from God. This was a weekend about just enjoying family and friends. It was a treat!
Tomorrow we face treatment #5. Please pray with me for Marc. These treatments are truly brutal and facing them every two weeks is an act of courage. It gets harder and harder every round to volunteer to sit in the chair and take medication that makes him sick. Just the thought of going to the clinic or the sound of his chemo pump are enough to give him nausea. This is becoming a mental battle -- one neither of us anticipated.
Also, please continue to pray that the treatments keep knocking this stuff down as powerfully as it has appeared to be doing in the past four treatments. This is the one consolation when it comes to all the nasty side effects -- at least it's working!
Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that prayed for all the prayer requests last week. My grandmother is still with us, but it is day to day. Please continue to pray that we can grieve and continue to encourage each other as family. This is a hard time. Also, my brother left for his second portion of training in Georgia this weekend. He will be home in a couple of months on leave before he is deployed to Iraq. Please pray for his safety and health while he is gone. Lastly, we had the first of our legal proceedings the past week regarding the house fire two years ago. It went well on our end and we did not have to be present at the hearings today (allowing us one more sweet and restful day on vacation :) Thank you for praying so faithfully for us --God's hand in all of this is so obvious to us.
So...sorry to be gone from this place for so long. I hope to be back here a bit more this week. In the meantime, here are some fun pics from the trip. We had a wonderful time! A special thank you to Rocky and Patti for letting us use their house. It was great!
Hubby looking rugged...just hanging out...
The kids at Ft. Rock. A gorgeous view!
The Cowboy Dinner Tree. A fine dining establishment. To get there go to the middle of nowhere and turn left. Then keep driving....
Playing pioneers...
Brotherly love :)
Big man on a little bike. Don't ask.
What would Sunriver be without bike riding?
Jane, i read your post and then saw another email that led me to the Focus on the Family site to listen to their broadcast today and when i was starting to listen i looked down and they listed another program called Focus on the Family International from today and it is called "Cancer- strength for the Battle"! it is a 3 part series and it sounded like something that might help you both. it is a panel of cancer survivors. I hope it helps sister
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