Urgent Prayer Request

July 28, 2010

To all my very dear praying friends,

Thought I’d give you all the update on me since after 8 days and 7 nights in the Acute Oncology Medical Ward at Auckland Hospital (which I promptly dubbed THE RESORT), I’m finally back at our apartment at IBC. After a couple of days and nights the fever dropped from it 103 and 104 degrees down to 100 and 101 and then began to feel well enough to visit with the other two ladies who were in the room with me. My prayer was to see the Lord lift the depression they were experiencing and have the opportunity to see the one who gives his children joy and blessed hope in all circumstances. “The Resort” ward became a very happy place and provided good opportunities to witness including a nurse and doctor who noticed our room was “peaceful”.

I praise the Lord that because of the length of time I had a great opportunity to witness to these two ladies…… One, Moira, is a terminally ill woman who I had a good chance to talk to and encourage. I left her with a very good salvation tract. The other Lady, Glenda, still doesn’t know how she will go with the second round of Chemotherapy. I had a very good opportunity to witness to her and also left the same tract with her and a new lady that came in as I was leaving.

Both ladies wanted to exchange phone numbers and Glenda wants to get together again for coffee in the near future. Moira, who was not expected to leave the hospital surprised the doctors and is getting to go home today. So perhaps I was there for “such a time as this” Your prayers helped to make it productive for the Lord. I know spending a week in the hospital isn’t how I would have planned a vacation….. but God had His eternal reason. Please pray my time spent with these two ladies whom I would never have met otherwise, will bear fruit.

Thank you all for praying for me. I so much appreciate your prayers and encouragement for me and Steve. Pray I that I will be able to take my next cycle of Chemo next Monday.

Love in Christ,

Lynn and Steve

July 22, 2010

Thank you so much for your prayers and messages of encouragement. Prayer does make a difference. Lynn is responding very to the antibiotic treatment the infection/fever is under control and she is continuing to improve. Lord willing she expects to be released from hospital Monday our time.

Steve & Lynn Spore
Vanuatu

July 20, 2010

Please pray! Lynn was admitted to Auckland Hospital this evening (NZ time). She has a chest infection and they are planning to keep her 4-5 days after which time her white count should be on the way up

Steve & Lynn Spore
Vanuatu

July 20, 2010

Only one more treatment to go. The new drug regime is proving much more difficult on Lynn. Her fatigue levels are much greater and last longer. This is both frustrating and worrying. As I write this Lynn is in bed with a 40 degree C fever from just a common cold. Not a big deal for those of us not on chemo. For her it’s a big deal because her immune system is at its lowest point. She is on antibiotics and hopefully they will kick in before we have to hospitalize her. We really covet your prayers at this time. Our Lord is in control we know this. As a husband this is for me very deep water as all I can do is watch, pray and carry water.

We are also beginning to wonder what next. We asked the Dr how we would know if the treatment has worked. His answer – “if she is cancer free in 5 years” hummmm. This means that we won’t know and can’t know if or until the cancer is detectable somewhere. Please take this matter to the Lord as we really want to continue to serve Him in Vanuatu in the years to come. We do know that He has planned our path and is giving us grace to walk it.

Serving Him

Steve & Lynn Spore
Vanuatu

June 4, 2010

We half way there! Praise the Lord! Lynn completed her 3rd cycle of treatment Monday. She is still continuing to tolerate the therapy well. She is tired a great deal and lacks energy, which sometimes frustrates her. God is giving her grace and we praise Him and thank you all for your intercessory prayers.

On June 21st she will start the 4th cycle. This will involve a completely new group of drugs. We would ask that you pray that she will tolerate these as well as she has the first 3 cycles. The unknown is always a difficult thing to face and her response to these new drugs is very much an unknown.

We are both anxious to return to Vanuatu and continue our labour there. Please continue to pray for our co-labourers, Jim and Ari Hirtzel. They are a real blessing to us personally and to the work.

Finally we say with Paul “… pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course….”

Steve & Lynn Spore

Vanuatu

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May 12, 2010

Greetings

We are now into the second cycle of six. That’s two down and four more to go. Lynn is responding well to the chemo. The rough days are days 3-7 after the infusion. Lots of joint aches and pains, and chronic indigestion and now of course hair loss. She is now in a wig and in hats. A bald head is COLD in the winter. I have joined her in this bald condition. Not really too much to cut off of my head of course <grins>. If I can’t take the discomfort of the chemo for her at least I can support and join her in baldness for a cure.

She is keeping in a good humor about it all.. Frustrations do come and they are difficult to deal with, wanting to do something and not being physically up to doing it. We are anxious to return home to Vanuatu but know that the Lord has us here for His purpose. We are trusting the Lord in all of this to make our time New Zealand a fruitful one for Him. Pray for our co-laborers, the Hirtzels as two people do the work of four. They are such a blessing to the ministry in Vanuatu.

So many of you have written email and cards with encouragement, prayed and helped us financially you’ll never know how much encouragement they bring. You all are a tremendous blessing and encouragement to us, sharing your hearts and prayers with us. We really believe that Lynn’s toleration of the treatments is due to your prayers on her behalf. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We know our great God has everything under control.

Please keep praying.

Steve & Lynn Spore
Vanuatu

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April 19, 2010

Chemotherapy started today. Praise the Lord one down and 5 more to go. Lynn did very well today, no adverse reactions to the medications for which we are thankful. Pray that we will over the course of treatment have an opportunity to share Christ with those who are undergoing treatment at the same time. Today there were 5 men and 6 women all at various stages of treatment.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We are certain that is what is making the difference. Please don’t stop.

Steve & Lynn Spore
Vanuatu

 

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