Mike & Debbie Lane

Honduras

May 2008 Update from Debbie

Dear Praying Fiends,

Since my last update was a small novel, this is just a quick note to give you the latest news on Mike.  He is doing well and we will be leaving Del Rio and the St. Joseph’s Medical Center next Tuesday, May 27.  We wanted to be back in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for my Dad’s cancer surgery on the 29^th.  Because of our sense of urgency, they’ve given Mike the “concentrated rush job” treatment so, after only a little over 5 weeks of treatment, he is being released.  We firmly believe that this is a direct answer to your many prayers on our behalf!
            When we found out Mike had prostate cancer the last of January his PSA was 3.3.  By the time we came to Del Rio on April 16^th, his PSA was up to 6.9.  His PSA this last Monday was 4.5.  This is good news but, to get a “true” reading, he will have to get another PSA done in about a month after the swelling and irritation goes down from the injections he has been getting  in his prostate.  We’ll see then if we’re free to go on home to Honduras.
             Next Thursday, my Dad (who will be 80 years old this Sept.) will be having about 2” malignant tumor removed from his left kidney.  After he recuperates from that surgery they will concentrate on the best way to take care of his very aggressive prostate cancer.  In the mean time, they are giving him hormone therapy to try to hold it at bay.  Please keep praying for both my parents as they go through this very difficult time in their lives.
             My sweet Uncle Bill, went to Heaven last Friday, May 16^th.   Please remember my aunt, Trula Pennington, and her family in their loss.  He was such a dear man and a precious Christian.  My cousin, her youngest son, just passed away last year at the age of 47, so I would really appreciate your prayers on their behalf, that our Heavenly Father would continue to comfort and uphold them all through this second bout of grief.
             Also, I would like to ask prayer for Barbara, the wife of a fellow patient who passed away on May 9^th.  Barbara stood faithfully alongside her husband during his illness.    On the 16^th, (the same day that my uncle passed away) Roy, another fellow patient at St. Joseph’s, lost his battle with liver cancer, Hepatitis C and cirrhosis  of the liver.  At the time of his death, the cancer was completely gone, but it was complications with the Hepatitis C that took his life. Please remember his wife, LuAnn, in your prayers. Then, on that same day, another patient, Christy, got word that her 29 year old niece had suddenly died with a blood clot.  Christy, who went to be with her sister last Saturday, will return tomorrow to continue her battle with lung & liver cancer. Christy and her family needs your prayers, too.
             It has been amazing to me how incredibly close we have become with everyone taking treatment here in Del Rio.  While we can’t wait to see family and also get back to our dear people in Honduras, it will be hard to say goodbye to those who will stay here and continue to battle for their lives.  We will carry so many of these dear people in our hearts.  Each one will be in our daily prayers and we will do our best to stay in touch with them and closely follow each one’s progress. 
              We are also going to miss our new found “family members” and prayer warriors at Victory Baptist Church.  What dear, precious people they are!  Even though they’ve been without a pastor for the last five months, their strength and faithfulness to their church, their Lord and the blessed Book has been a joy and tremendous blessing to Mike and I!  How we will miss them!!  Please pray that God will send a Godly man to shepherd this flock, someone worthy of leading this wonderful little church.
               We know that the only hope that any of us have, not only in this life but the next, is the hope we have in Jesus.  Pray for us, as we do our best to be testimonies and bold witnesses to those who do not know that the only SURE hope we have is in the shed blood of our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and his free gift of salvation and eternal life.
               We love and appreciate you all more than you’ll ever know!  Your calls, letters and emails assuring us of your prayers and encouraging us on has been overwhelming! May God bless each and every one of you!!!

 

~Debbie
            Phil. 1:3

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