February 16, 2009

Dear Friends,

We continue to thank and praise God for the encouraging reports we have had regarding my treatments.  Overall the doctors are very pleased with my progress, but there are certainly a number of areas that still need addressing as my recovery continues.  We have had much good news and I am feeling a bit better and have begun to eat and drink a bit more easily. 

It is only by His grace that we find ourselves so blessed, and we thank you with all our hearts for crying out for us as we have walked through this place. 

So many of you have asked how you can pray specifically for us and we thank you for that too.  You continue to be a true blessing and we are so grateful. 

Thank you again for taking time to  hear our requests and pray over them.  Here are the latest:

• Total and complete restoration of my health

• Healing of esophogitis and other radiation effects as I am still having some severe pain issues and require a good deal of pain medication

• Regaining weight and strength

• I am participating in an anti cancer vaccine program at UNC and have begun to see some sensitivity to the meds associated with this vaccine.  We are blessed to be a part of this program and would really like to continue but have 6 more weekly administrations to go before we are complete with the 1st phase.  Please pray that I would not be so sensitive to the drugs and can continue on with this valuable program.

• That God would continue to have His hand of love and care on my family, especially Andrew who has been through so much this year. 

Again, you are so dear to ask for specific requests and I can’t thank you enough for your dedication to all of us.  God has blessed us with so much, including entire communities of folks to love us and pray for us.  We stand in awe of what He has done.

Kay and family