another miracle

I want to share with you an email I got this morning... from a terrific great-grandma and -grandpa. They're great grandsons Ian and Tyler share a really unwelcome distinction: doctors have found a mass in the abdominal cavity of each boy. They are 12 and 9 respectively, and Wednesday night Lou and Betty begged for our prayers for these two precious boys.... Tyler's mass had been found to be benign, but the doctors were certain that the mass about Ian's stomach was malignant, and they were to do surgery to remove it (and further diagnose it) yesterday....

well, here is the email I got this morning:

Ian is doing well. He ended up with only 15 stitches. The doctor and pathologist had initially planned to excise twice as much tissue but decided yesterday to "down grade" the severity of the malignancy. Down grading from WHAT is still the million dollar question. After today's surgery, the doctor told us that he felt that the cancer was going to be gone--he said it so oddly, but sincere.

He then began "spilling the beans" (a little). He shook his head and said that the initial report led him to believe Ian would have to have lymph biopsies to find out how much it had spread and the source. Now, he doesn't know what to say except he doesn't think its there anymore. David and I think that based on their initial findings, they feared it to be so severe that it surely had to have spread. Through the power of prayer, God plucked it from our baby---

David and I are so humbled and blessed. Not because we got good news but because God was glorified through this. The one thing that has always been hard was completely giving 'our children' to God. We would worry and stress about their raising. This past week we were stripped of our selfishness and we gave our kids to God accepting his will for them, regardless. This taught/reminded us that good or bad, everything should glorify him. Some my think it sounds crazy, but we thanked God for that spot on Ian's stomach. It turned into such a blessing for us.

We should get the surgical biopsy report this Tuesday. Pray for us because we are anxious. We will send you an update when we have one. Thank you to everyone that was there this morning. Your presence was so comforting. To everyone, this has happened because of your faithful prayers.

With love,
David and Kristie Brewer
WE ARE SOooooooooooooooooooo PROUD OF YA'LL & TO BE INCLUDED AS FAMILY, GOD BLESS, GMA & GPA PFULB.


wow.

God Bless.... and may we trust His faithfulness, especially when it's so difficult.