CLICK HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES »

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Joslyn asked us to make a post updating everyone on Jason's surgery. The surgery went very well. Joslyn has seen him, and he was in good spirits. His speech, vision, and motor skills are all fine.

The preliminary results show that it is cancer, but further testing will still be done by the Mayo Clinic. They also inserted wafers that will provide chemotherapy.

Please continue to remember Jason and his family in your prayers, and thank God that the surgery went well.

Cris and Kim Roth (Joslyn's brother and sister-in-law)

Monday, January 28, 2008

Message from Meal Coordinator

Dear Friends, I'd like to set up the meal schedule for the first week of meals, so please let me know by email jeripf@hotmail.com or phone 832-2053 if you can provide a simple supper for Jason & Joslyn's family one night from 2/1 through 2/8. Delivery should be between 5:30 and 6:30pm to their house at 2322 E. Ashby. If they are not home, the meal can be placed in the cooler outside the garage. The only restriction requested by Joslyn is "simple meals, and no fish please". I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks again! God bless you all. Jeri Pfruender

Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Holy Spirit came!

Oh, what a wonderful day it was at church today. I (Joslyn) could feel the Holy Spirit just surrounding Jason and I--it was truly amazing. We want to say thank you to all of the people that stayed after church today and prayed over us--we are so blessed by all of this support. It is so awesome to see God's people come together like this. Jason was not only blessed to be prayed over by the Elders at Messiah Lutheran Church but also at Jason's dad's church, Sanford United Methodist Church. The Lord has many plans and His glory will be revealed at some point and we are just praying that it is revealed tomorrow during Jason's MRI--we pray boldly that the tumor is gone completely and there will not be a surgery on Thursday. May God bless each and everyone of you.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Luke 11:9-10

People wonder why God does not answer their prayers. In reality, this often means they have hardly given God a chance. They may have prayed a few times and not gotten what they wanted. Jesus did promise to give if we ask, but he expects us to keep asking. Prayer should be an integral part of our lives, not just practiced in emergencies. Make talking to God a habit. Tell him about everything, at any time of the day.

The above paragraph comes from the Holy Bible -- New Living Translation.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Praying over Jason

The Elders at Messiah Lutheran Church will be praying over Jason after the 11:00 service on Sunday, Jan. 27th (probably around 12:30) in the main sanctuary at the altar. If you would like to join us during that prayer, please feel free to come in. If you are not able to be at the church, we would still love to have you praying with from wherever you are.

We do feel all the prayers that are coming our way. Thank you.

Meal Coordinator

So many of you have expressed an interest in providing meals for us. One of Joslyn's friends has so graciously offered to be a "meal coordinator" for us. If you would like to provide a meal for us, please call Jeri Pfruender at 989-832-2053 anytime between 7:00 AM - 8:30 PM or you can email her at jeripf@hotmail.com (please allow 48 hours with email as she does not check her email daily). She will give you any information you may need. We appreciate your willingness to help our family out during this difficult and stressful period of time.

Thank you Jeri!

Surgery has been changed

Jason's surgery has been moved to Thursday, Jan 31st first thing in the morning. Please plan to be praying for the surgeon to have steady hands, the knowledge needed for the surgery, peace for all the family waiting during the surgery, and a speedy recovery on Jason's part.

Also, Jason is scheduled to have another MRI on Monday, Jan. 28th so why don't we all just pray that the tumor is no longer there and the God's glory will be revealed.

Discovery

First of all, we just want to say thank you to all of you. We have received many phone calls and emails--please be assured, we have received them, we just have not had a chance to respond individually to all of the emails.

Many people are wondering what made Jason even go to the doctor in the first place. Jason has been having headaches and short episodes of losing his vision (10 seconds, 3-4 times a week) in one of his eyes. Initially, we thought the headaches were migraines and he saw the doctor for it--the doctor seemed to think the same thing. However, in January, Jason decided he needed to go back to the doctor because something just didn't seem right. So he went to the doctor last Thursday, Jan. 17th and the doctor ordered to have an MRI just to rule out all possibilities. Jason had the MRI done on Sat. Jan. 19th. He received the information about the brain tumor on Monday, Jan. 21st. We then saw the neurosurgeon on Tues, Jan. 22nd. We decided that we need to find out what the tumor is before we can make any decisions as to what we are going to do next. We feel very comfortable with our neurosurgeon and feel that we have made the right decision on having him do the initial surgery to obtain a sample of the tumor. The sample will be sent to the Mayo Clinic to be looked at by the neuropathologists there. It will probably be 7-10 days before we will know anything after the surgery has occured.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

This is new for us

Hello all,
We have decided to start a blog so that we can share our story with you. This will be so much easier for all of us--you'll be able to see updates and we will be able to view all your comments. We just want to say thank you to Gretchen and Lizzie for helping us create this blog--we appreciate it so much.

We just want to say thank you to each and everyone of you that have been praying for us, caring for us, and just loving us. We are so humbled by all of your kind offers to help with childcare, cleaning, meals, money, and whatever else people have offered to us.

One never wants to be put in this position, however, God does not give to anyone more than one can handle. We are faithful and God will be our rock throughout this journey.