Paul,

Firstly before I forget. In replying to you now, I needed to replace your
addy with the lists. Not sure why sometimes one has to do that and other
times not. Hmmm. Are you sending it perhaps off the web and not out of
Outlook or something? I'd think there is something you are doing there.

In reply to your request I have done so. That has got to be difficult to
watch a child suffer so young. But perhaps he'd find usefulness in looking
at other people that endured challenges and made it into a motivation
rather than desperation? Easier said than done, I know from personal
experience in myself.

Brad


At 12/05/2003 on Friday, lion ofgod wrote:
>Hey, Family
>
>You'll remember I asked you a few weeks ago to pray for a chaplain's son
>who has cancer.  The update isn't good.  A tumor was removed from his
>femur bone to prevent the cancer spreading if the bone broke, but because
>it is a rare form of cancer there is a 25% possibility of recurrence and
>possible spread.  Also, if it does spread, it won't be treated with
>radiation or chemotherapy.  The only recommended solution is removal, so
>if it shows up in the lungs (which the boy seems to be worried about),
>they would have to cut part of his lungs out, etc.  He had hoped to join
>the Army but now those hopes seem dashed as well.
>
>The father and son are both very discouraged.  The father told me, choking
>back tears, "I could handle it if it were happening to me, but for it to
>be happening to my son, and powerless to do anything about it, it's hard
>to take."
>
>Please continue to pray.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Paul