Dear Friends and Family,
This update will be short, as the Lord has filled our days with many joys and many struggles. Both are gifts from God. We hope to be able to share more details with you at another time. In the mean time, Colby has started his last week of radiation and Emily’s demands at work have increased considerably. We are asking for your prayers again, knowing that your prayers have been an incredible source of blessing and protection for us. This week promises to be a challenging one, but we know that the Bible says, “`My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong (2 Corinthians 2:9-10).” How glorious it is that when we are weak, the power of Christ simply rests upon us to provide strength rather than to crush us!
PRAISES:
1. Our neighbors have continued to provide meals for us. We are overwhelmed by their generosity and commitment to shoulder our burdens with us! Their generosity has opened up more consistent quality time together for us as a family.
2. Colby has made it through 6 weeks of chemotherapy and radiation with minimal side effects so far! He has been able to do cardiovascular exercise on most days and still goes to work every day. We are amazed at how well he has done. And while Jireh and Emily had colds recently, Colby has been able to avoid getting sick so far.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. Healing: We believe that God can completely heal Colby if He so chooses. This last week of radiation is the last bit of radiation that he can have during his lifetime. We are praying for effective treatments. Please pray, also, that Colby continues to remain healthy despite being on chemotherapy.
2. Endurance: Colby noticed that he is much more fatigued after his radiation treatment today than he has been over the last many weeks. He feels the impact both mentally and physically. Please pray that he will tolerate this final week of radiation therapy and that his mind will continue to remain clear. Please pray also for minimal long-term side effects.
3. Patience and grace: With the rising fatigue anticipated this week, there will be temptation to become more selfish and impatient with one another and potentially also with Jireh. We pray that we will be able to truly support one another this week and desire to be quick to forgive one another when we are not patient or kind.
4. Wisdom: With the implementation of the electronic health record taking place at work, Emily needs to learn efficiency with this new system without sacrificing quality of care and ministry to her patients.
All glory to Christ,
Colby, Emily, and Jireh
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