Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for joining us in prayer for Priscilla's mom Aleyda over the past few weeks. If you missed the previous updates, you can find them here and here. We have seen the Lord answer prayer! Aleyda's health has greatly improved. In fact, she was able to leave the ICU about a week ago and then was transferred out of the hospital to an assisted care facility a couple days ago. We have also seen the Lord moving throughout the family as He gives us peace and draws us to Himself. We are praying that God uses these events to bring unsaved family members to salvation. Although Aleyda has greatly improved physically, there is still a long road ahead before she gets back to normal mentally. She can communicate a little bit with limited words, but she is still confused and disoriented at times. She's still not able to have full, coherent conversations. We really appreciate your continued prayer for her.
Priscilla, the kids and I left California on Sunday and arrived in Colorado the next day. We were rushing to get here before my mom (Susan's) surgery. If you didn't know, she was diagnosed with cancer last fall, finished chemo and radiation treatments and was set for what they hoped would be the surgery to remove the remaining cancerous tumor. However, in the final preop scans that they did last Friday, they discovered new cancer lesions that had spread to her liver and lung. The cancer is now officially stage 4. They cancelled the surgery and are going to begin new treatments involving chemo and other medications in the following weeks. Needless to say, it was quite the discouraging surprise for my mom and the family. After starting the week hopeful and prayerful that she could be cancer-free following the surgery, now she is entering back into chemo treatments and we know the cancer has continued spreading.
Please pray for my mom's continued health and that she and the rest of the family would cling to Jesus during this time. Pray that Priscilla and I would have wisdom with how to handle these major trials in our families and how we can best love and minister to our moms (and our entire families). Thanks so much for praying with us and for us. We love you all.
-Tim, Priscilla, Josiah, Hannah & Abby
Eph. 3:20-21