For those of you who have been praying, and for the tremendous love and support you have given our family as we have walked through months of cancer diagnosis and treatment with Daddy, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your prayers have been felt and heard. The Lord is bringing healing!!!!!!

"Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."
~Isaiah 41:11-13

These are the verses the Lord gave Daddy during this cancer ordeal, and they have been very TRUE.

The last bone scan came back clear, with no new lesions! This was a first!!!! The existing lesions are all healing or healed, and he is able to use his hands and right arm again, as well as being able to get around without a wheelchair. As of yesterday, he is finished with regular chemo treatments and will now remain on a maintenance dosage. Thank you for your continued prayers as the journey continues!  He is steadily improving and gaining strength. God is faithful. He has been very near, more than ever before, through the storm and darkness and pain. He does ALL things well!

~Allie

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I am so thankful for God's faithfulness. In every situation, He is here. Be still and know Him. This is LIFE! Knowing Him! Daddy's health is more stable and he is still undergoing chemo. Thank you all for your prayers!!! God is working through them!

~Allie

Update on Clark

Thank y'all so much for all your prayers for Clark recently! At his last appointment they discovered several more lesions on his bones, and found that one of them was preventing his broken arm from healing.

Today he started chemo and radiation pinpointing the main lesions on his knee and shoulder. Please pray that this will kill the cancer cells, and that he will not have the usual side effects of these traditional treatments. 

What We're Praying

Recently, our local family helped us compile a list of the specific things we are praying in all this:

Not much of an update....

because not much has changed. The cancer Daddy has is rare- about 150 cases a year- so there is not a lot of information to guide decisions. There are treatments that look promising, and choosing which way to go is where we are. Meanwhile, Daddy is stable, looking to God for the answers, and walking out what faith really is: moment by moment dependence on God. God is here, IN the waiting, and more and more I see that that is the point. Knowing God!

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." ~Psalm 91:1

It's true!!!

~Allie

One step at a time

God is faithfully leading us, not in a "Here is the whole big picture" way, but one step at a time. (Oh wait, that's how He tends to do things, huh?) He has led us to a doctor who is familiar with cases like Daddy's, and who has given us more information and a better working plan than we've had thus far. Praise God! We are confident that God will continue to show Himself faithful, as He always has! Thank you for your prayers!

~Allie

Waiting...

What is there to say when there are more questions than answers? I know many of you want to stay updated so you will to know how to pray, and that means so much to us right now! 

Believe it or not, we really do not know much more than the last time I posted. There have been more tests and more appointments, more lesions and more damage, but no more answers. The doctors are puzzled, but God is not!

So, our specific prayer requests are:

~Healing

~Clear direction for the next step

I personally am very comforted and held by God in the middle of this storm, and have never found him to be so REAL and near. He has not brought us this far to leave us now, and He knows exactly what the next step is. 

      "Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: 

set yourselves, stand ye still, 

and see the salvation of the LORD..." 

~II Chronicles 20:17

Thank you for praying, believing He is hearing and answering!

~Allison

A very quick update.

To those of you who have shown our family the love of God through your prayers, encouragement, and gifts during this time, we cannot say a thank you big enough to even begin to express our gratitude. We are amazed, humbled, and so very thankful for you!!!

The surgery to repair Daddy’s arm went as planned and he is recovering well from it. There are many unknowns right now, but what we do know is that some form of multiple myeloma is responsible for the bone lesions. The two main concerns now are:

1. Structure, preventing any further injury to compromised bones.
2. Cancer, identifying and treating it.

The Lord has opened doors and directed decisions this week in a way that reassures all of us that He is HERE, in the storm!  Thank you for continuing to pray with us as we find out what’s next.

~Allie, for the Wilsons

Prayers needed.

As many of you already know, Dad has been having some pain in his knee and shoulder for awhile. Then about 3 weeks ago, they found several lesions on his leg and shoulder, and have been trying to determine exactly what they are. They said it was definitely something that attacks bone, But none of the tests have been telling for sure what it is. Then on Monday afternoon he was working and was going to throw something, when he did though, it broke the bone in his right upper arm that was weakened from the lesion. It actually twisted the bone in half so it will have to be operated on to reset it.     So all that said, surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 6 am. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated and needed! And thank you to all that have been praying for us! 

PS. Please excuse the poor punctuation and general mayhem I have probably made of this post, for writing has always been my most hated subject and still is! :)) 

     

Jacob, for the Wilsons

A Short Update On Life...

Here are a few random pictures of our life!

Jacob and Levi graduated from ALERT Academy Basic Training in May...

after 9 weeks without them we were thrilled to get them back!

Not sure what the meaning of this would be...

Don't Mess With Mississippi maybe?! 

Sister photo shoot, courtesy of Jacob:)

                                 We got to go to Iowa and visit several friends there... Here is Daniel                                  helping feed calves at the Bontrager's!

 We got to do a last minute mini concert at their Church on Wednesday.

 And meet this sweet baby Jeremy whom we all fell in love with!:)

 Gardening:)

Lana writing on the walls.

 Jonah setting up for a concert.

 Luke with our friends sweet baby Canaan:)

 Levi and Keegan.

Rachel loved having so many beautiful little girlies to play with:) 

 Beautiful Iowa sunrise!

 Working with friends on their remodel:)

 Jacob and Canaan:)

 Relaxing after a good natured wrestling match

 Corn:)

Rachel and Kaylee:)

...And there ya have it!

Have a great day:)

More from Wyoming!

May I present a post full of random and uncategorized photos from our visit with the Smiths. Whether we were hunting, shopping, playing games, working together…every minute was a blessing and we are so thankful to God for the gift of  friends and good times spent together!

The Foster family, also friends of ours, came up and stayed a few days while we were there…the guys of all three families had a blast hunting coyotes together!

This was in downtown Cody, where a festival of some sort was going on…it was charming!

The girls! Allie, Rachel, Lana, and Lundyn. And then we were photo bombed…

Gotta love him! :)

“how many people can we fit in the elevator?”

L to R: John, Dana, Logan, Luke, Allie, Jacob, Seth, Clark, Denise, Levi, Daniel, Rachel, Lana, Jonah, Lundyn

Photo creds to all the usual people, and also I forgot to include Allie in the credits from the Yellowstone post…my apologies!