cyclic update ...an e-letter my dad sent to friends and family.... I figured you all might appreciate a look-see.

Dear wonderful family and friends,

Since receiving the news of her step-mother’s home-going on March 17, Cathy and I have been together under our own roof in Painted Post for a grand total of five nights. It’s been quite the adventure. We have taken turns assisting her dad work through a myriad of issues at his apartment in Florida as well as his apartment in Cleveland . He has been a real trouper. It has been a privilege and an honor to help him through this very difficult time.

As I’m typing this, Cathy is driving home from her sister’s house in West Virginia where she is leaving her dad for the next few weeks. This paves the way for the next adventure for us.

Cathy gets home today; does her laundry tomorrow, repacks her suitcase on Saturday and then flies with me on Sunday, May 14 to San Diego, CA so I can begin the first two-week phase of cancer treatments at the Oasis of Hope Cancer Clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. We are very excited to begin in earnest our plan of attack for my prostate cancer after having been diagnosed in November.

We sat down with our calendars and explored when in our crazy schedule we could fit in two weeks away from home (together); and the 3rd and 4th weeks in May turned out to be the only realistic time in the next many weeks. But that meant that a lot of major hurdles had to be overcome a very short period of time.

We prayed about it and said, “Lord, if you want this to happen, you’re going to have to pull it all together, because it seems beyond us to be able to do this.”

He did. Finances, airline tickets, hospital registration, kid transportation, more time away from the ministry… He took care of all of these things to make it possible for us to go.

We praise God for meeting all of these needs.

We will to Painted Post to begin logging some time under our own roof TOGETHER again on May 25th, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Our love to you,

Jim & Cathy

Prayer Requests:
. Pray for safe travel to and from California (May 14-25)
. Pray for the doctors to have wisdom in my treatment program
. Pray for safety for the boys while we’re gone
. Pray for Dave to find a summer job
. Praise for Jeff finding a summer job
. Pray for guidance in decisions regarding Cathy’s dad  ¶ 5:10:00 PM