Let me begin by expressing my heart-felt gratitude to all of you who have demonstrated your love and care for our family in the past several weeks. The initial report of Tami's cancer followed by surgery just six days later were something like being broad-sided by a Mac truck! All of this came as we were in the midst of moving our daughter and grand-daughters from Jacksonville, FL to their new home in Olive Branch, MS.
Tami is doing very well. She is recuperating well from the surgery and this past week we received an encouraging lab report showing that there was no indication the cancer had spread outside the tumor itself. All of the margins and lymph nodes were clear. Good news indeed.
The saga is not quite over for us. She is being referred to an oncologist who will probably prescribe some type of chemotherapy for several months as a precautionary measure. We are hoping, however, that any such treatment will be of a mild variety that will not carry with it harsh side-effects.
There are no words that can describe the love we have experienced from Christian friends throughout the nation. We have had calls from people in every church where we have formerly worshipped and ministered. So many have sent cards and many have made phone calls. The food brought to our house by folks here at Goodman Oaks has been abundant beyond measure (and I might add - quite tasty too)!
L.O. Sanderson, a well known song-writer among churches of Christ, and the father of my longtime friend and mentor, Leon Sanderson, wrote a song that sums up my feelings. "Tho I through the valley of shadows, o're mountains and troubled sea, and oft in the darkness have traveled, the Lord has been mindful of me. The Lord has been mindful of me. He blesses and blesses again. My God is the God of the living. How excellent is His name."
