Masterspuppeteer

Well, it HAS been awhile since making a journal entry!! So, my wife and I are leaving for Malawi Africa on 5/24 for 3 weeks on a Christian missionary project. We'll be visiting a hospital, 3 prisons, a mountain village, valley village and numerous schools. We will be feeding over 30,000 school children and also providing school supplies and over 100 hand made dresses that my wife and her friends have made over the past year. I'll also be entertaining with music and balloon sculpting. To my Christian friends on this site, I ask for your prayers on our success and safety on this journey. I'll share as much of the experience of this journey as time permits, upon our return. Thank you all......and God bless!

Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! Since my last journal entry, I am pleased to announce that robotic surgery was successful and I am once again cancer free. May the new year bring you all much happiness and prosperity too!

God bless!

I had a pelvic CT scan and a bone scan last week and the results show that the cancer has spread no farther than the prostate gland! All indications are showing that it is an early detection and a complete and speedy recovery looks very promising! I had an appointment scheduled for this Saturday with a urologist that specializes in onocology, but it was moved to 3-31. That's when we will discuss the pros and cons of different treatment options and hopefully decide on what's best at this time. Regardless of how things "look"; I know that I'm completely dependent on God for the results and remain confident in His purposes for all of this! My wife and I remain in good spirits and we are very grateful for the many people who are praying, as well as offering their best wishes to us at this time! That's all I have for an update for now, but will continue to post information as it becomes available.

Thank you all once again ....and God bless!

Not my "sign" either! I had my 2nd biopsy for prostrate cancer last Friday and the results came back today......"positive"!! Well, I really haven't had too much to write about for quite some time here, so I guess it might be good to journal about whatever the future holds in this particular trial in my life?! First off, I will say that there was a sense of relief when I got the news, as the Dr. was struggling with my PSA numbers continually climbing; while my 1st biopsy came back negative. At least things finally make sense, and finally KNOWING gives us a clearer "plan of attack"! While I am feeling rather confident that the cancer has been detected early enough, I also know that there are no ''guarantees" in life, so I'm trying not to be too smug about this whole ordeal. There are further tests to reveal the progression of the disease, and I'm sure that treatment will not be a breeze! Hmmm...will the dA "gestapo" move this under "poetry" for that last line?? (groan!!) Anyway, as a Christian and as a minister of the gospel, I'm sure that God has His reasons for allowing this particular trial in my life. I learned a long time ago that my life is not "mine" anymore, anyway! I was bought at a very precious price and so I can only hope that He is glorified by whatever the outcome is, and that I can show complete confidence in God's faithfulness throughout! I have come to realize that many of the trials that I have endured in my life, has simply been to serve as an encouragement to others, so this looks like another "opportunity"! I have come to really appreciate the words in the hymn "Amazing Grace":
Through many dangers toils and snares, I have already come
His grace has led me safe thus far and His grace will lead me home

In short, even if I DIE of this affliction; I will still WIN!

Thanks for enduring my thoughts on all this.....and God bless!!

Caught via. ~Ziblink

COMMENT AND I WILL :
1. Tell you something I'll learn about you by looking at your dA page for 13 seconds
2. Tell you which color you remind me of
3. Tell you my first memory of you
4. Tell you what animal you remind me of
5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you
6. Tell you my favorite thing about you
7. Give you a weird nickname
8. Tell you what I like most about your art
9. Tell you which anime/cartoon character you remind me most of, with reasons
10. Tell you the favorite of your characters
11. Tell you what i first thought of you
12. Tell you the color of my pants
13. Challenge you to post this on your journal

I will TRY to do this. I will say "I don't know" if I don't know.