The Next Step

Hello ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for tuning in. Matt and I went back to the doctor Monday for a blood test. His AFP came back yesterday: 233. That's not exactly what we were expecting. Our biggest concern over the past year has been staying in the midst of God's will. We are not afraid, as God has given us amazing peace and comfort.

We've decided to go to Indiana University and have the surgery to remove a lymph node. I'll be calling tomorrow morning to set something up. We both have peace about this and are united in our decision.

We got to speak with our pastor tonight and he was so encouraging. As I said, Matt and I want nothing more than to be in the center of God's will...and we know His will is for Matt to live. With that in mind we are going to pursue the surgical option and open ourselves up to continue to hear from God and learn and grown as He leads us.

We love you tons and thank you for your support. As always we ask that your prayer for us be that God grant us...continued wisdom :) Thanks!

BC: Take Two

I've typed this already and it didn't post (grrrr). As is usually the case, I don't want to retype to whole thing, I don't remember it anyway and it won't come across nearly as creatively as it did before anyway. So, here we go:

Matt has applied to the Fresh Fire Ministries Supernatural Training Center in Abbotsford, British Columbia. If accepted, he will start class Sept. 10 and they run through April. If it works out, he will go first and I will join him in January, after his Christmas break. We're VERY excited about this! We know Matt needs to go...we really believe this is the year, but if it works out to be next year, that's fine too. Should he head out, I'll be chillin' with the 'rents at their pad for a few months.

What about his health? We know that he's healed. We've been EMBALMING ourselves with healing Scriptures and God's truths about life, death, health and disease. Matt has spent some real time building up his faith in this - God is awesome! He's getting lab work today, but our faith isn't in what the doctor says. Our faith is in the Word, and the Word says that Matt is healed - woo hoo!!

As always, if you have any questions about this and want to know why we believe this and where we are getting our info, please contact us. We love to talk about God :)

British Columbia

Hi again!

Matt is going in this week for a blood test. We haven't really been thinking about the AFP count recently. We've been pretty busy and, since Matt's health is GREAT, its gone by the wayside.

Matt has been completely diving into the Bible and reading, studying and rereading verses on healing. In Matthew, Mark and Luke they relate Jesus' parable of the sower, which talks about the Word of God being the seed, needing to be planted in good soil. Bear with me:)

Luke 8:15 (New International Version)
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

That's been the game plan: hold on to those promises about health until they produce the fruit we need - total healing!

Now that you know that, this is entitled British Columbia: thought y'all should know that Matt is applying to Fresh Fire Ministries Supernatural Training Center for the 2007-08 year. If he's accepted he will start on Sept. 10th and be there through the end of April. The plan, at this point, is for him to go out in September, come home for three weeks in Christmas and then I'll go with him in January. Now, we've had all types of thoughts and advice from people about why he would go out there without me. It's this simple: this is what we beleive God is asking us to do. There are no fears, no tensions, so pussy-footing. It's just what God has asked, and I'd rather be in God's will than in Matt's bed. Wonderfully, Matt feels the same way. Of course, if we're hearing wrongly then we'll do things differently, but that's how it goes for now :)

Okay, I'm off for now. Much peace to you all!!!