Journal entry by Jessica Rounsavall —
Good morning everyone,
Tomorrow at 1:45 my dad has chemo so I wanted to hop on here and give a quick update. The past few weeks have flown by! As many of you know my dad is still working full time so many days he is completely exhausted by the end of the day. He powers through work all week long and then goes in for chemo every other Friday. On top of all of that my dad is still visiting people who were recently diagnosed with cancer and doing odd jobs to help out people when he can. It is so evident that the Lord continues to strengthen my dad. As I shared last time my dad got a pretty good report from his doctor a few weeks ago. However, there were some abnormalities with his appendix. Please be praying that whatever it was would go away. Our fear is that if my dad did have to have his appendix removed he would have to pause chemo. We are grateful that chemo has been working really well and we are just praying that he can continue making progress with maintenance chemo for as long as possible. We have some fun things coming up in the next few weeks! My sister-in-law, Jamie, is full term with the second grand baby! Baby Eden could be here any day! We can't wait to meet this beautiful gift from God. Also, Jason and Madison are in full planning mode for their wedding in September! We are excited to celebrate them in just a few short months. In July we are planning a trip to celebrate my grandma's 80 birthday and my mom's 50th in Ireland! Most likely my parents, Jordyn, Jason, Hadley and I will all be going. All that being said we are looking forward to some really fun moments this summer. We love the time that we get together as a family! Also, we will be hosting a worship prayer night in honor of our friend Duane June 2! We are looking forward to praising Jesus and praying for the Sparks family. We are so grateful for the community that we have and the people that have prayed fervently for us and our friends. We love you all and can't thank you enough for your prayers!
Tomorrow at 1:45 my dad has chemo so I wanted to hop on here and give a quick update. The past few weeks have flown by! As many of you know my dad is still working full time so many days he is completely exhausted by the end of the day. He powers through work all week long and then goes in for chemo every other Friday. On top of all of that my dad is still visiting people who were recently diagnosed with cancer and doing odd jobs to help out people when he can. It is so evident that the Lord continues to strengthen my dad. As I shared last time my dad got a pretty good report from his doctor a few weeks ago. However, there were some abnormalities with his appendix. Please be praying that whatever it was would go away. Our fear is that if my dad did have to have his appendix removed he would have to pause chemo. We are grateful that chemo has been working really well and we are just praying that he can continue making progress with maintenance chemo for as long as possible. We have some fun things coming up in the next few weeks! My sister-in-law, Jamie, is full term with the second grand baby! Baby Eden could be here any day! We can't wait to meet this beautiful gift from God. Also, Jason and Madison are in full planning mode for their wedding in September! We are excited to celebrate them in just a few short months. In July we are planning a trip to celebrate my grandma's 80 birthday and my mom's 50th in Ireland! Most likely my parents, Jordyn, Jason, Hadley and I will all be going. All that being said we are looking forward to some really fun moments this summer. We love the time that we get together as a family! Also, we will be hosting a worship prayer night in honor of our friend Duane June 2! We are looking forward to praising Jesus and praying for the Sparks family. We are so grateful for the community that we have and the people that have prayed fervently for us and our friends. We love you all and can't thank you enough for your prayers!
Here is a prayer schedule for tomorrow
1:45- Pray that the chemo wouldn't make my dad sick and that he would feel good!
2:45- Pray that my dad would have opportunities to share the hope of Jesus with people he encounters at work and in the infusion center.
3:45- There are many people we know of that our battling with cancer right now. Some people may have months to live and others we aren't sure. While I can't share every name we would love if you would pray that we can support them well and encourage them on this journey. My dad understands this journey better than we do but pray that we would be able to support the care givers in these families as well.
4:45- Pray for complete healing for my dad! We know it is possible and we want to keep fervently praying for this! Our God is powerful and can absolutely heal my dad and the people that have cancer around us!
5:45- Pray that my dad would not grow weary! Pray that he will continue to be strengthened each day!
We love you all! Thank you for praying!
This is the day the Lord has made we will (continue to) rejoice and be glad in it!
Sincerely,
Jessica Rounsavall