1/16/13 - FANTASTIC NEWS!

Hello Everyone!  We have FANTASTIC NEWS to share!

Jas scans came back CLEAR!!!! Praise Praise PRAISE THE LORD!!!! What an incredible relief! We are so thankful for the Lord's healing of Jas' body!

One year out from surgery officially with no recurrence. God is so incredibly good!!! Thank u so much for your prayers! Each scan is a HUGE mile marker for us, providing each year he goes with no recurrence, the better his odds are of it not returning.  Seems pretty straight forward and really is that simple, as we go through this 'watchful waiting' period.  With his type of cancer, there were very high chances of it returning back that first year and the odds greatly reduce each year thereafter. We are thanking Jesus that he has more plans for Jas here on earth :)  We now have six more months until we have to go through another round of scans again- hooray!!! 

As for his stretching, it went well and he isn't even sore today.  Another huge blessing!  After talking to our entire team of Doctors yesterday to get their opinion on whether or not to do a stent, we are leaning toward having one put in March.  If all goes well, and yes we are trying to erase from our memory what happened last time around with the stent, he will be able to keep his stent in for about 2 months without stretchings during that time.  A HUGE break from the every 2 week schedule that we've been on for awhile.  Sounds wonderful and appealing right? Well, there are cons to having it as well.  Jas could have constant discomfort/pain, as it will be pushing out on his esophagus wall constantly during that time.  There is a possibility that it may not be as uncomfortable, since we are a year out from the surgery, and there is a significant build-up scar tissue and less chance of tearing.  So, we will continue to pray whether or not to have a stent put in next month and ask for your prayers for God's direction as well! 

As we continue to transition back to EST from our big trip, we have removed the stress of scans from the table for awhile which will help tremendously!  Even Taylor hasn't been sleeping as well this week, probably feeling the stress that we didn't even know we were bearing.

With that, we hope you all had a Happy Valentine's Day!  It was a wonderful day for us celebrating our love for one another and our love of our Heavenly Father :)  God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:9-11

Taylor's Valentine's Outfit

Time to CELEBRATE life with a long holiday weekend!   :)
With Much Love,
Meg

2/12/13 - Urgent Prayer Request

Hello Everyone - We hope you are all off to a very Happy New Year!  We have had quite an adventuresome one so far - in a good way :)  To celebrate our 11 years of marriage, since we were in the hospital for our big 10 year anniversary, I was able to join Jas on a work trip in Thailand.  Wow, wow, wow!  What an incredible experience and such a blessing from the Lord that we were able to experience it together!  I'll be posting more about our trip in the next couple weeks so stay tuned, more fun stuff coming soon.

On a serious note, we did want to urgently ask for your prayers this week as Jason has another stretching this Friday, February 15th (his 3rd one this year).  Immediately after his stretching this Friday he will have his a CAT scan follow up and we will find out that same day the results of the scan.  We are praying there will be no cancer anywhere and we will be able to celebrate another MAJOR milestone of being one year out from his surgery with no recurrence! 

We are asking for your help PLEASE in praying the specific prayer below for Jason and I daily from now through this Friday to help protect us from the typical stress, fear and anxiety that can easily creep in on a week like this.  So far so good, but we have learned that if we aren't as prepared as we possibly can, the reality of follow up scans can slam you when you are least expecting it.  (Usually when you think you are doing ok...)

Also, if you can please continue to pray for God's clarity on whether Jas should have a stent put in or not that would be greatly appreciated!  Unfortunately his opening to where his new esophagus was "hooked up" is healing in the shape of an oval vs. a circle.  And in between stretchings the ends of his opening are staying open but the middle of the oval is closing up, which makes it difficult to get food down because there are two small holes on the ends of the oval vs. one big opening.  So, now they are back to tossing out the idea of a stent...  We are putting it in God's hands yet again to make it clear to us which way we should proceed.

Thanks again to your loving commitment to our family and willingness to praying the prayer below for us through the rest of the week!
With Much Love,
Meg

JASON & MEGAN WILL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!
Jason and Megan will be strong and courageous. They will not be discouraged. For you, my Lord are with them wherever they go. (Joshua 1:9) No one will be able to stand up against them all the days of their life. As you were with Daniel – and Joseph – I know you are with them. You will never fail them and you will never leave them. Never.(Joshua 1:5) They will meditate on your Word and will follow you alone. (Joshua 1:8)

Because of Your Word, Jason and Megan are overcomers. They overcome the world, the flesh and the devil by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. Greater are You, Lord that is in them than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4, Rev. 12:11) You came that they may have life, and have it in abundance. (John 10:10) You are a shield for them, their glory, and the lifter of their head.(Psalm 3:3) You always lead them in triumphal procession and through them you are able to spread the knowledge of who You are. (2 Cor. 2:14)

Jason and Megan will set their dwelling in and among You, and their soul shall not despise, reject or separate itself from you. (Leviticus 26:11) Amid all these things they are more than a conqueror and gain a surpassing victory through You who love them. (Romans 8:37) No weapon that is formed against them shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against them in judgment You shall show to be in the wrong. This peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition is the heritage that they have through You. (Isaiah 54:17)

Though Jason and Megan live in the world, they will not wage war as the world does. The weapons they fight with are not the weapons of the world. They have divine power to demolish strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:3,4) They will put on the full armor of God so that they can take a stand against the devil’s schemes. They will stand firm with the belt of truth around their waist, with the breastplate of righteousness, their feet ready with peace, the shield of faith to extinguish the arrows from the devil, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is Your word. They will be alert and will always be praying. (Ephesians 6) 

JASON & MEGAN WILL HAVE NO FEAR!
You have chosen Jason and Megan and have not rejected them. So Jason and Megan will not fear for you are with them. They will not be dismayed, for you are their God. You will strengthen them and help them; you will uphold them with your righteous right hand….For you are the Lord, my God, who takes hold of their right hand and says “Do not be afraid; I will help you.” (Isaiah 41:9-13)

Jason and Megan praise you because they are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14) For you created and formed them. They will not be afraid for you have redeemed them. You have called them by name and they are yours. When they pass through the waters, you will be with them; and when they pass through the rivers, it will not sweep over them. When they walk through the fire, they will not be burned; the flames will not set them ablaze. For you are the Lord my God, the Holy One of Israel, their Savior. (Isaiah 43:1-3)

Jason and Megan will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day. (Psalm 91:5)  For God did not give them a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7) And they are more than a conqueror through him who loved them. For they are convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate them from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus my Lord. (Romans 8:36-39)

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