This update is from Steve Elliott concerning his wife Elaine (click here for the earlier prayer request).
Elaine recently began a series of almost daily doses of radiation. This will be the last phase of her treatment for breast cancer. Here is a note from her:
Thank you for your prayers and kind words during the past several months. Please take time for a Jamba Juice or fruit smoothie to join us in marking the end to three months of chemo treatments and their after-effects. The prediction that the last treatment would “hit hardest” turned out to be true, but now I am thankful that is over and I am beginning to feel like myself again. On the 5th of July I will begin the radiation treatments, which will be 5 days a week for 7 weeks. I am not by nature a risk taker, but the many treatments for cancer do involve risk and I would appreciate your prayers that the Lord will minimize the side effects and that “the joy of the Lord would be my strength.”Steve and Elaine Elliott PO Box 3426 Turlock, CA 95381
Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you as you complete the latest series of treatments, and that you will do well with the remaining treatments with minimal side effects.
In Christian Love
Grace Covenant Fellowship
Birmingham, Alabama
Yes, there is always risk. But we have seen many people go through these grueling treatment series and get their lives back to “almost normal.” Hopefully just a few adjustments in diet, stress, etc., will be all you need along with your faith in our merciful Lord. Prayers.
MAY THE GREAT GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH BE WITH YOU AS HE PROMISED AND CONTINUE TO INTERVENE IN YOUR LIVES. HE HAS PROMISED TO NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU AND WE KNOW HIS PROMISES ARE SURE. 2 COR 1:20. YES, THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY YOU INTO THE LIGHT OF HIS LOVE. WE DO PRAY WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE. GOD BE WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU STRENGTH.