The Power of Prayer

It has been so long since my last post. I think because when I finished, I just didn't want to think about it anymore. It's kind of like my husband John, who when he is sick of talking on the phone, when he hangs up, he almost throws the phone to get it away from his ear. I guess I feel the same about cancer treatment, so I just had nothing to say.

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. We did. John and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year. I really have a lot to be thankful for. We had 24 people for dinner. It was really a lot of fun. Thanksgiving morning the kids woke up to snow on the ground. They were so excited. It was really a great day. The only thing missing was my family since they are in Nebraska, but I was with them in spirit! My daughter, Susannah said. "This is the best day of my life!" We all have a lot to be thankful for.

As a part of Outreach for our church, I am trying to start an active prayer group to pray for our community, leaders, our prayer list, whatever we are lead to pray for. Any church members reading this, please give me a call and we can get this started in January. Anyway, this journey has taught me the importance of prayer and how important it is to pray for others.

When I was first diagnosed, there was a breast surgeon in New York City who was struck and killed by an ambulance as she was crossing the street. The story went on that she was a pioneer in the field of breast cancer, and what a great loss it was. I was so moved, I began praying for her family, and also her patients. I could not imagine if she were my doctor, and then suddenly killed while trying to save my life. A few weeks ago, I was pampering myself getting a pedicure. I was reading an article in a magazine about a women who had breast cancer and how she is getting on with her life. I was so touched and fighting back tears with my feet soaking when I read that she was one of the people I had prayed for. She said it was her doctor who was stuck by an ambulance all those months earlier. I felt like, wow, full circle, prayer comes back. You never know who will be covered by your prayers, and how you can touch others and be touched.

I have so many other stories about how prayer has touched others and touched me. You never know where your prayers will take you and how God moves to answer them. Sometimes they are answered for the people you pray for and sometimes they are answered for you. Not my will, Lord, but yours.

I ask you all to keep praying for healing for Jessica Kaylor who has breast cancer, for Rosemary Wirth in Minnesota with Melanoma, for Diane Taylor, my aunt who is recovering from her double mastectomy, for Lois, Kristin Severino's mom, for Joan, stage 4 ovarian, and Jim, prostate cancer in Minnesota, and myself. I have another CT scan next week as a follow-up. Just pray that it will be clean! Even though I am done with my treatment and my prognosis is very good, you always have that fear with every pain you have. I have been having some weird abdominal pains that my doctor wants me to check out, so off I go for another CT scan. I'll keep you posted.

Support Connection Walk in October

This is Janette Yetter and myself finishing the walk in October. Janette was with me at the beginning of this journey and it was fitting that we finished together as well.









It was overwhelming how many people were at the event. Many walking in memory of mother's, sisters, aunts, friends who lost their battle. Janette and I were walking for survivors! For myself, my aunt Diane and for Jessica, Janette's neice in Texas who is still battling this terrible disease. Please continue to pray for Jessica! She has been in remission with stage 4 breast cancer, and at her recent scan they found a few more spots of cancer. We will pray for total healing for Jessica!!