Blessed Assurance

With God ALL things are possible!

Where do I begin! What a month and a few weeks this has been. We have been here in Santa Barbara for this time, Visiting Family,had a new arrival-- grand baby girl Ella, and

Dr's Visits, it seems one affliction after another,along with spiritual warfare and trials!

Ron and I continually tested through it all! Praise the Lord He has been with us in every situation helping us in our weakness, sweetly rebuking in our resistance,and carrying us in our pain, refining us in those areas of our lives that Our Lord Jesus wants to be in full control and center of. I will confess there have been some hard days and many hard days to come. Today we had our appointment with Dr Linda Liau Neurosurgeon at UCLA

Ron and I woke up this morning after a hard night the enemy wanted to mess with us big time,Ron prayed over us before we slept, the Bible says we are not to let the sun go down on our anger,for this will give the enemy a foothold, We woke up and had our coffee talked a minute,then went into Prayer,confessing to the Lord, just so sorry for grieving the Lord and each other,asking for His forgiveness,what a refreshing the Lord gives us when we go before Him pouring out our souls to Him, confessing our sins to Him and each other,the burdens are lifted!

We bless you Father God.---------From that moment on we were on a mission we had a trip to to trek--LA, we got in the car at 10 am Ron said I forgot my wallet,we turned around and went back to get it now its 10:30 am---- we are still on schedule, thank you Lord---- we take the coast hwy 1 down through Malibu,Santa Monica, get off at Sunset take it in route to UCLA

I asked Ron if he had gotten directions this way-------- He said no,

"so we said Lord help us get there quickly", traffic,stop n go,winding, rough, narrow roads, bumper to bumper our appointment is at 1pm its 12:15 stop lights, traffic, Ron's starting to feel sick from all the jerking and stopping and wrestling of me driving, -------poor guy He looks like the hula doll in the back window of a car, bobbing all over the place,

usually I drive enjoying the scenery, "NOT TODAY" We've got a 1:00 appointment and we can not miss it! 12:30 were still making our way -------time ticking away----- Oh Lord help us, we come up to a stop light and see the road veterans way,-----I say Dad I think that is the road we took last time, Ron---Oh I don't know----I guess go ahead and take it,----------then Dad says hopefully the street Gaily will be ahead--------- wouldn't you know it! --------It was the next street, -------we follow it around and I tell Dad -------I don't know where to go from Here, Oh Lord help us, as were winding down the hill-- Dad sees "medical plaza parking" pull in there--- I pull in get a ticket------thank you Lord----- we need a parking space close because were 12:45 now --appointment is at 1-----

Lord Help Us, --------As My Mom say's HA!----------------the Lord had a spot just for our truck right in front right by the door and the space in front of us was easy out right to the exit! Now we could have never planned it the way our sweet Jesus did for us, Praise you Father God! Your Our master provider "Yahweh-Yireh "

Ron and I looked at each other and started laughing and praising the Lord, we were praising and thanking Him the whole way to the Dr's Office,

By the way------ this happens quite often things like this,we are always amazed how our Lord works,but not surprised!

We ended up being in the Dr's office for 3 hrs mostly waiting,when Dr Linda spoke with us after looking at Dads MRI She explained everything and answered our questions,

Ron has a

"Primary Malignant Neoplasm oligodendroglioma grade 3" they grade Brain tumors 1-4 ---4 being the worst. What this means is cancer-----NON CURABLE-------how she determined this is by the way the tumor is lit up more than last time---------when Ron gets a MRI they shoot a dye into his veins this dye has broken past the "blood barrier" of the brain,

the blood brain barrier acts very effectively to protect the brain------- So for the dye to leach into the tumor it is lighting up the cancer which has covered a good portion of Ron's tumor,

The Dr told Ron "don't wait"! to put this surgery off ---------she believes she can get a good portion of the tumor and then use the tumor as a test vaccine to fight Ron's tumor--------- it's really a double edged sword at this point, the tumor will continue to grow causing great pressure on his brain, inevitably, paralyzing Ron,and worse!

The Blessing in all this is Ron is very healthy and looking at Him the Dr was surprised that He was doing so well, for the size of His tumor, Ultimately Our Lord God has complete control over Ron's Life, the Lord has kept this tumor from doing what it should and could have been doing these past years, Everyday we have to put our total trust in Jesus no matter what it looks like through our eyes, this is to over whelming to us if we do not!

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good and a refuge in times of trouble, He cares for those who trust in Him.

So

Ron is scheduled to have brain surgery June 14th

we are excited to get back to Friday Harbor have some real down time soaking in what time the Lord Jesus has given us to enjoy and get prepared to come back.

I will be able to stay with Ron in the Hospital, Ron may need physical therapy or speech therapy which is a great possibility the Dr says, ---Or not it all depends after the surgery, they have to tell you these things.

He will be able to be at their in patient clinic. Another Blessing is we let her know we are living in Friday harbor and would she be able to refer us up in that area and she said yes!

Praise our Lord Jesus Christ. We walked out of there feeling so Blessed,thankful and full of hope. We will take one day at a time, we thank you so very much "family", "friends" for keeping us covered in prayer, we feel the presence of the Lord upon us daily even in the midst of our weary days, today we rejoice! I'm Pooped!

Blessings