Thursday, May 24, 2012

Prayers for Kelsey

My friend Kelsey Stewart needs your prayers. Kelsey has brain cancer. He and his wife Kelly are in Texas looking into options for treatment. He was diagnosed over a year ago and has been doing very well but the cancer has come back and they need to treat it again. He has had two surgeries and chemotherapy and radiation. Kelsey's brother Kendal is a surgeon and a neurologist in Austin, Texas.

They will have to make a choice about what kind of treatment will work best for Kelsey. These are hard decisions to make and they are already exhausted and scared from all they have been through. The Stewarts have five children. Their oldest daughter, Haley just graduated from college and is getting married in the fall. Their other children Noah, Elijah, Chloe and Brianna are all still in school. Kelly's brother Chris also lives in Austin so they have support there.

Please help me pray for this beautiful family. Kelly and her Mom and Dad were the first people to teach me about Jesus when I was just a young girl. Kelly and I have been friends for over thirty years. I know I have asked for prayers for Kelsey many, many times over the past year and I am now asking you again to please help me pray for this family in their time of need.

You may recall me telling you how when Kelsey was in the hospital the first time, before and after surgery he was walking around to patients in the other rooms asking them if they knew Jesus. And Kelly prayed for me for years when I was living a life that was not pleasing to God. I didn't know that until she called me after years of not being in touch and I told her I had just been baptised. That's when she told me she never stopped praying for me and I was so humbled by her love for me.
Please help me pray for my friends.

Thank you,
Kelly

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