Monthly Archives: February 2008

Hope for NIU

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It was quite an honor last week when I got to work on a special project for Campus Crusade at Northern Illinois.

1.jpg    The movement there is bringing in a student and a Crusade staff member from Virginia Tech to talk to the NIU students about finding hope and faith in the midst of such a tragedy. The event will take place on Thursday. To advertise, the campus team asked our media team to make a full page ad for the school newspaper, t-shirts to give away at the meeting, and a new website honoring the victims and giving students an online place to grieve.

I created the ad and t-shirt, and Ryan made the website. It was quite a feat of strength for both of us. Ryan was sick last week, and worked on the website all weekend. I worked against the newspaper deadlines and the t-shirt deadlines to get everything done in time.

Pray for the 22,000 students who attend NIU and have begun regular classes again today. Pray many will attend Thursdays special meeting. Pray for hearts to be touched by the Lord’s love, even in the midst of tragedy.

Check-up.

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20080206webblog1.jpgWe visited the oncologist today for the first of the every 3-month check-up. John had two x-rays done, front and side. The doc says everything looks good! We are very thankful for the news.

We will continue to see the doc every three months for the next two years. The 3rd year, we will see him every 4 months. The year after that we will see him every 6 months. The doctor said the appointments are arranged that way so we can catch if any other cancer is growing. The longer we go with clear scans, the better the cure rate! This fall (one year from surgery) John will also have an MRI of his leg to make sure it is looking good. They won’t be able to tell anything else sooner.

Thank you for praying for this scan. Pray for us in the future as well. Friends have told us it is trying and tiring to have to be re-checked so much and having to deal with the fear of re-occurring cancer.  Pray for us to trust the Lord no matter what the results and through the emotional ups and downs.

We are thankful for so much, most of all, a God who hears us and answers us.