Surprised at God.

Dear Prayer Partners,

We ought not to be surprised when the Lord works and undertakes for His people, but so often we are.  He has done this for us and the joy He has brought into our hearts has at times been overwhelming. 
XXXX got the results of her second major scan today, and the cancer has not spread to any other area of her torso.  For that we praise the Lord.  Make this great news a matter of thanksgiving to our gracious Lord for He is enthroned in the praises of His people.  

Also, make this the springboard for even more confident prayer for her healing.  God hears and answers prayer.  Go to Him and ask of Him and He will give you the desires of your heart. 

She goes for her final major (MRI) scan tomorrow morning (8:30) and this will determine more precisely whether or not the disease has spread to any area immediately surrounding the affected area, and enable the surgeon to know what work has to be done.  Pray that she will be given the grace and the peace of God to see her through this more demanding scan, and that the results will again be very positive.  For the Lord to touch her body and free it from all disease will be astounding, and of that He is easily capable; however, He might well have other designs in allowing her to go through the surgery, one of which might be to be a missionary in XXX and to those close to her.  Her strength, calmness, sense of peace and well being, her joy in the Lord, her brightness of spirit, are all eloquent testimonies to the grace of God in her life.

Pray that this will continue, and that through her Christian testimony, non-Christians will be touched by her life and witness.  Her big desire is to see those she loves converted to Christ, and for this we pray.  Please join us in praying that family and friends will come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. 

I will finish this update now, asking you to continue steadfast in prayer.

In Christ Alone, and for His glory.