For Those Who Pray

Do you believe in prayer?

If you do,

Ron Smith,

the husband of one of my 6th grade team mates, 

Bekki Smith,

could use all of the prayers you have to offer.

He was diagnosed with Lung Cancer.

He went through Chemo and Radiation

and, as luck would have it,

the cancer shrank enough that he was able

to go into surgery and have the tumor removed.

Today I received an email from Bekki

saying that when they went in to do the surgery

that the mass was wrapped around an artery to the heart

and was involved with the lymph nodes

so it could not be removed.

Then, they find out that the lymphatic system 

had been "nicked" and they can not stop the bleeding.

As you can tell from the photo, he looks so healthy

and that is why the doctors thought he could

undergo the chemo, radiation and surgery

 . . . he was VERY healthy.

Not only does he have a wife, 

he has a son, 

who Bekki raised as her own, 

who just got married

and two boys still at home in elementary school.

If you have a Prayer Circle

or Prayer Chain

 at your church

please add Ron and his family to your prayer list.

Perhaps, with people all over the world praying for them

God will be so overwhelmed with prayers

he will preform a miracle for the Smith Family

and Bekki and the boys 

will still have their father and husband around

for many years to come.