Continued Prayer

Dear Friends,

Life's surprises never cease to surprise me, go figure. Yesterday our friend and co-worker Barb went in for surgery to remove the tumor in her brain. The doctor discovered that our hopes for a benign tumor would not prevail, she has a very aggressive form of cancer, called a "Glioblastoma multiforme".
We spent 10 or 11 hours at the hospital yesterday, and were able to be there as Dan talked to the doctor about some immediate treatment. This will also require Chemo and Radiation therapy.

Please pray for this family. For her husband Dan, their children Caleb (10) and Audrey (5) and Barb's sister Carolyn who flew up for the surgery. Pray for their comfort and hope in Jesus, individually in their own ways, and as a family.
Also pray for the community here. This hits everyone in different ways, and is an opportunity for us to help others turn to God in difficult times.

I know almost no details on most of the future. I do know that we love this community, and have loved serving them here. We will be staying in Alaska as long as needed. which means our anticipated move to England has been delayed. And likely our planned trips home to PA and TX will change some too.

Pray for us to roll with sudden change, to be strong and supportive, but also to be resting in God's will for all of this.

Again if you would like to follow updates from Dan to know how to specifically pray you can view their public Twitter page at anytime: http://twitter.com/danbarbevans

Love,
Elaine

Please Pray for Barb

Hello blog-reading friends! We have really loved getting to know Dan and Barb Evans this past year. They have been great to intern with.
Last Friday doctors found a plum-sized tumor in Barb's brain. It was the last thing any of us expected to hear. She had gone to the doctor for severe headaches, dizzy spells, and completely zapped energy.
It has been a long weekend since then. But they have talked to more doctors this week, and scheduled surgery for next Monday. We are still uncertain if it is cancerous or not.
This has hit their family and the ministry very hard. I'm writing to ask for your prayers for healing, comfort, rest, & patience. We serve an amazing God who is completely capable of making this tumor just disappear, should He choose to use surgery, pray for wisdom in decision making and excellence from her great doctors.
Dan and Barb have two children Caleb (10) and Audrey (5) who love their mommy very much, please remember them as well as her caring husband Dan.

I don't know any of the specific risks or concerns, but I'm pretty sure that brain surgery is always risky. If any of you would like to know specific updates and how to pray, we have set up a Twitter account for them to keep friends and family informed:
http://twitter.com/danbarbevans

Dan and Barb weekly invite 65+ people into their home and into their family. There are a ton of us up here praying, concerned, and even heartbroken for this family. Please pray for our community as a whole to be the Body of Christ now to the Evans' family.

That's all. Just wanted to share this with you,
Elaine

More Cale Haugen Videos

Cale was part of a team that came to Alaska to do a work project at the Hospitality House. He filmed the whole week. At the end of his time he put together the Rock, Paper, Scissors video and this one. Just a little taste of the ministry and people we will miss here in Alaska when we leave.