Lyrics:
“Can’t go back to the beginning – Can’t control what tomorrow will bring – But I know here in the middle – Is a place where You promise to be. I’m not enough unless You come – Will you meet me here again? ‘Cause all I want is all You are – Will you meet me here again?
As I walk now through the valley – Let Your love rise above every fear – Like the sun shaping the shadow – In my weakness, Your glory appears.
Not for a minute was I forsaken – The Lord is in this place – Come Holy Spirit, dry bones awaken – The Lord is in this place. I’m not enough unless You come – Will you meet me here again? – Cause all I want is all You are – Will You meet me here again?”
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Infusion day today … treatment #3 of this cycle, and this song was my worship and prayer this morning before I left home. I’m not enough, Jesus, unless you come. Would you meet me here again? All I want is all you are … and Jesus has met me again.
I had a new nurse today who Don and I had met back in March when we went through the chemo class before treatment. I love getting to know and interact with all the nurses and hearing their stories. Today, my nurse got to hear about the incredible move of God that is happening in Kenya right now. How we got to that topic was quite funny … but it was fun to have a chance to share Jesus before the IV Benadryl kicked in. Don has been great sitting with me and helping with freezing my hands & feet during the infusion – changing out the gel packs. This has been recommended to help prevent neuropathy, which can be a side effect of this chemo.
I am on track with these treatments. My toe has healed! I have a follow-up Podiatrist appointment on 7/3, and I also had an appointment with my surgeon—the first conversation since March. I will have a PET scan in early July. The PET results will give the medical team the information they need for the next steps. Surgery is likely down the road, and the timing will be sensitive as my body will need to recover a bit from Chemotherapy.
Everything in me wants to make plans and KNOW what is coming … but we must continue to take one day at a time and daily surrender to Jesus. I do let the tears fall when they need to, and have found such freedom in sitting with my Savior, knowing that I am not enough unless HE comes. Oh, the powerful and beautiful mystery of CHRIST IN US and the power of the Holy Spirit at work providing HIS strength, comfort, wisdom and guidance. I lack words to even express all that I am experiencing as I lean in and rely on Jesus minute by minute, day by day.
It makes me smile to think that after almost 30 years of life and ministry together and walking many paths in Africa, Jesus would have Don and me on this new and unexpected path together. Don is the greatest gift and reflects the Father’s love for me daily through his faithful love and care.
Prayer Requests:
- There are nine more treatments in this cycle—every Tuesday is infusion day. Continue to pray for no allergic reactions and for the chemo to be effective with no side effects. (We are seeing answers to this prayer!)
- Early July PET scan – praying and believing for a full and complete response to the chemo and a clear scan. I LOVE being “UNREMARKABLE” when it comes to hearing scan results!
- Wisdom and Guidance surrounding all things surgery. Please pray that Don and I will have peace as the medical team discusses the next steps. A full mastectomy with left axillary and supraclavicular lymph node dissection has been discussed.
- We are praying for God to open a window of time for Don to be in Kenya after I finish Chemo and before surgery.
My heart is filled with gratitude for your faithful prayers, words of encouragement, and love for our family as we walk this journey together.
Because He Lives,
Amy
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