Prayer Need

My family could use some prayer and I'm hoping each of you readers will take a few minutes and offer some up.

My brother-in-law, as many of you know, was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer several months ago. The type he has is very aggressive and his survival chances were less than 35%. He's actually doing quite well, which is a testament to the Lord's mercy.

Two family members are struggling with work situations. My brother-in-law, who has worked for the same company for 16 or so years, lost his job last week. The plant is shutting down and no one will be working there by the end of next month. But he's not a young man and has some medical concerns that are a result of job-related injuries, making him a little more of a challenge to employ. Another family member is dealing with some difficult job circumstances, as well.

My father's oldest sister was diagnosed a little while ago with terminal cancer. She's in her 80's and has decided not to fight it. My parents went to see her last month to say goodbye, but it's very difficult for my father to lose the first of his siblings.

Last week, my mother found out that her only brother has pancreatic cancer. She has lost 3 sisters and several brother-in-law's to cancer. Her brother's wife has terminal cancer and, additionally, got radiation sickness from treatments and is in very poor shape.

My mother, grieving for the loss of yet another family member, called her only remaining sister. Her sister broke the news to Mom that the doctors think she has colon cancer but can't confirm it until they do a colonoscopy, which they're having trouble scheduling.

My mother comes from a large family. seven children plus spouses, which is now reduced to 2 brother-in-law's (one who's estranged), one sister-in-law (with terminal cancer) one brother (with cancer) and one sister (with possible cancer). It appears that she might outlive her entire family.

My mother is struggling to deal with this. For years, she's called her sisters in Canada and visited on the phone as if they were in the same city and, now, there's no one left to visit with. It's tragic to lose so many family members in so short a time. My mother is only in her 70's and several of her siblings were younger than her.

Please pray for my mother and her family, my father and his family, and my siblings and their husbands. We seem to be under a tremendous spiritual attack right now and we can use all the support and prayer our friends have to offer.

The Lord bless your day.