Category: A Man Who Loved Jesus

February 15th, 2006 The Pathology report determined that 5 of the 18 lymph nodes removed were cancerous. Since some of them were in the outer layer, I had stage 3 stomach cancer. This put me in a “high risk” category so aggressive chemo and radiation therapy is needed. Of course, we were hoping they wouldn’t Read more

February 11th, 2006 Surgery to remove my stomach was scheduled for early this morning. The night before I was reading through the book of Joel. I remembered why we named our second son after chapter 2 where we believed he would be a man who would speak God’s word like the prophet to “Return to Read more

February 9th, 2006 The doctor woke me up early around 1am with some bad news. The biopsy was malignant. After the doctor left, I completely broke down and wailed for about 15 minutes pleading to God that I don’t want to die and widow my pregnant wife and orphan my boys. Also pleading that He Read more

Most of my family came to visit me and I couldn’t stop crying. The promise I was clinging to was romans 8:28 that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. God was really doing a work in my heart. I thought Read more

February 24, 2006 Well, as you may or may not have heard, I have stage 3 gastric cancer. And for a zillion reasons I am not the same person I used to be. I believe everything on earth happens for a reason and it’s all intended to bring praise to our creator. Some may say Read more