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LET´S KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS

Hello everybody,
A quick update for ya. I finished chemo!!!! It felt so good to close that chapter of this journey. I even saw my doctor that day and finally got an idea of what’s next. I started taking a pill called Anastrozole (aromatase inhibitor) for 5 years. Its a hormone-blocking medication [...]

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Robert and I went to Israel!

Hello beautiful blogger family,
SO much has happened since the last blog. Let me fill you in. I finished my radiation treatments!!! All 36 of them. I didn’t go to the radiation doctor that week like I was suppose to. I figured I’ll go when I get back. Back from where [...]

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Servolution…

I love the heart of pastor Dino Rizzo, and his passion for the local church. I have known Dino for a lot of years now, and he has never changed. He’s a living example of a servant who lives to make other people’s lives better.
We were invited by Dino to participate in this blog [...]

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The Donut Lady

Hello, hello, hello,
I know, its been too long between blogs. Its a good thing. I’ve been busy. I have been enjoying the last bit of our summer and of course, my lil guys. I’m not supposed to pick them up, which is complete torture. I’m not supposed to even carry a [...]

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Servolution!

On Saturday April 4, we had our big day for Servolution, over a thousand volunteers spread out through Lima, and the shanty towns, to do casual acts of kindness with no other motive than to bless people. The results were amazing! Much better than I thought they would be. I could almost see how Jesus [...]

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New Season

Hello bloggers,  
Thank you for all the wonderful comments you all send in.  I feel so loved and special. I look forward to checking my page to see if someone new wrote.  I pray for you also, so know that someone is praying for you too. 

I had my first chemo last Monday.  I go every [...]

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The Global Church

The globally connected church has been on my mind for the past few days. Recently we joined together with Life Church in teaching a series called One Prayer. We were actually just one of hundreds of churches that took part in this project. Now, we are coming alongside Healing Place Church in Servolution – a [...]

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Surgery Time…

Hello hello hello,
Wow, SO much has happened since I last wrote. I’ll try to fill you all in and try not to bore you at the same time. We had been told by both doctors that the 7c tumor had disappeared and that all I needed was a lumpectomy, which is where [...]

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More Done Than Said…

It is pretty cool to think our church will celebrate our 20th anniversary this coming week. Who would have imagined all that the Lord has done over the years for us. I often tell ministers, anyone can be a hero if you stick around long enough. Over the years, I [...]

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The Summer…

Hello everybody,
I’m finally in the clinic having my 4th chemo and my last for now.  I had to put off this chemo for a week because my blood counts were too low.  I was put on a strict red meat diet, breakfast, lunch and dinner for a whole week.  I ended up eating a lot [...]

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I’am THE Most Blessed Woman on the Earth

Hello wonderful bloggers,

This has been a very productive week.  I’ve had lots of energy (even though towards the evening my skin or bones start to hurt like the flu).  I think its just from over doing it sometimes, but I am thankful for these moments of feeling better.

This Tuesday is my doctors appointment and we’ll [...]

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Fix Your Thoughts on what is True and Honorable and Right

Hello everyone,
How do I begin. There is so much I have been wanting to write about. This is becoming a pattern, me disappearing for awhile and its frustrating to me. I am just not very productive when I feel sick and more than the debilitating sensations, I think not being able to [...]

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Who sinned?

I was thinking about the verse where the disciples asked Jesus, “Who sinned.” It was concerning a man born blind. The idea that if someone is sick, it must be punishment from God in someway. This is such a wrong concept of God. God is good, the devil is bad! Why is it people look [...]

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What does separate us from God?

At the Hillsong conference this past July, they had this statement on their screen for the opening night, “the things that separate man from God, are the same things that separate man from man” Things like envy, jealously, hate, greed. Is it no wonder the world is so divided, its sin that separates nations, ethnic [...]

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Over the Storm

Of all things that unites the church, one of the most effective seems to be crisis, crisis and persecution. As my family is in a health crisis, Karyn has been found to have cancer in her body. We have been amazed, and brought to tears over and over again, how the church family comes together [...]

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The United Church

Every Sunday I say the same thing: I love church. With all that it is; fun, full of life, you know… it’s God’s church. When we love what God loves: his people joined together, one accord, singing, growing together… it’s wonderful. Church is a community with out boundaries, without frontiers… there no such thing as [...]

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Such a time as this

When Daniel saw in prophecy that God was about to move, to set free a nation of captives, he prayed. (Dan. ch 9, and Jer 25.) Why pray, if God said He is going to do it? Because Daniel realized two things, its not automatic, and Gods people were not ready.
Sometimes we feel that all [...]

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History Makers

OK, I’m back, at least I will do my best to keep up with this again…
People said they could not do it, they even felt they could not do it, but they did. The Wright brothers, who’s day job was making bicycles, made, and flew in the first ever airplane. Imagine how they changed history, [...]

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Southern Coast

It’s hard to express what the last few days have been like since the earthquake. By God’s grace we’ve been able to be on site providing immediate help. We haven’t been able to sleep much though knowing they’ve lost everything. It’s good to know though that we can help them start over again. How great [...]

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Hard days

Hello everybody,
Sorry again for not writing. I spoke too soon in my last blog, saying that this chemo was better than the first. Well, there defiantly is incredible news, but not without a price. The doctor examined me and could hardly believe that the tumor AND the lymph nodes [...]

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All things…

Hey everybody,
I’m in my guest room, looking out the window at the ocean…what a view, its gorgeous outside. There are guys putting in a few small air-conditioning units and what a mess they are making. I’m stuck in this room all day it looks like, so I’ll take advantage and write [...]

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I went in my 2nd chemo

Hello there bloggers,
Sorry for taking so long in-between writing. I have been busy!!!! THAT is a GREAT word :) ‘busy.’ I have had a great week. I got to go to worship team practice where we worked on Christmas songs…Francisco was sooo funny…if you go to our church, you were able to see him over [...]

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Marveled at life

Hello beautiful bloggers,
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and I have so much to be thankful for. Actually I am one of these kinds of people that see life a little differently than most. I am ALWAYS, over the top, marveled at life and all thats involved. I don’t make my comments out loud too much (when in [...]

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Salvation

Hey everybody,
Yeaaah, I actually felt pretty good most of the day yesterday and today. Towards the evening, its like I have the flu or something, my skin hurts…crazy, but I’m loving not feeling nauseous. I even ate real food like cereal, with milk. I’m testing the waters carefully, I am actually getting ready for Thanksgiving [...]

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Good news

Hello my blog family,
Some really good news. I went to the doctor the other day and he measured the tumor. Apparently it was a size 7 (which he never told us, probably didn’t want to scare us), but when he checked it this time it was a 4. Even he was pleasantly surprised, after only [...]

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I love church!, I love my church!

I LOVE church!!! I love MY church!!! I had the best time this morning. There is something supernatural that happens when we come together and worship. It energizes and strengthens.
It motivates and brings life. Just like I talked about in my last blog, how I was feeling after chemo. Well, Saturday evening, I still wasn’t [...]

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What a bummer few days!

I’m back!!!
Wow, what a bummer few days. Chemo is not fun. Mostly the feelings of nauseous. I have always had weird reactions to medication or anesthesia, so you can imagine chemo.
The day of chemo was actually easy. I went in early, they give you a recliner chair (Robert said it looked like a spa), all [...]

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A temple of the holy spirit

Hello awesome blog family,
Well, I got my hair cut and I actually like it. Its still shocking to look in the mirror. It was very powerful today at the salon. Taylor, Chana and Jenna came with me. Taylor wanted to film it and just be there as a support with Chana [...]

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Hey it’s me again

Went to the doctors today to have the “port” or lets call it a tube, put in my vein. Under the skin. Starting from my neck down to my chest near the cancer. CRAZY! They put me to sleep and it didn’t hurt (until later), but this will make the chemo [...]

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Hello wonderful blog family

First of all, I want to say ‘I love you all.’ I am amazed at the warm response from everybody. You all have made me feel so special, so loved and encouraged beyond measure. I really am shy (I know, nobody believes me) but its true and I really don’t like to be noticed or [...]

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I will…

Hello hello hello!!!!
I’m so sorry for not writing. I haven’t been able to get my computer connected since I got back. But here I am again. There is so much that has happened, I hope I don’t bore you with too many details.
We got home Tuesday late night and Wednesday we were off to start [...]

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Just returning back to Peru

Hey again,
I’m sitting on the plane next to Robert. He’s busy destroying bricks (he, Taylor and Jordan have this on going game on their phones)…I’ve never been into the games…that’s a funny thought; those that do and those that don’t :)
We had the best week! Ps. Dale and Terry O’Shields flew to Dallas just to [...]

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Hello my blogger buddies!

Robert and I have had a great time here in the US. I know this sounds so petty, but when I found out that I had to start tests and chemo this coming week, I knew that once we started, it could be a long journey and I was a little sad knowing that [...]

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We have good news!

Hey beautiful blog world,
Wow, it is crazy the amount of emails and phone calls we are receiving from people all over the world. I personally am overwhelmed!!!! I feel sooo loved!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Yesterday we went to THE best breast cancer doctor in the United States. One of our best friends made [...]

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2nd chemo today

Hello there bloggers,
Sorry for taking so long in-between writing. I have been busy!!!! THAT is a GREAT word :) ‘busy.’ I have had a great week. I got to go to worship team practice where we worked on Christmas songs…Francisco was sooo funny…if you go to our church, you were able [...]

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Joy through hard times

Count it all Joy when we go through trials. How many times have we looked at that verse, and said, sure, right. Can we really get happy, even in the middle of something not pleasant?
Once again, how Karyn has been teaching me lessons on life. The other day, she had to go in to cut [...]

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Hello everybody!

Hello blogging family,
I’m excited to begin (finally) blogging, and hopefully share what’s going on in my life right now. Friday I found out that I’ve been diagnosed with an advanced form of breast cancer. They also did a biopsies of my cervices because they found polyps. The doctors were pretty negative and they said that [...]