Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a couple of weeks since my last post. My daughter Elise, who is battling cancer, has been doing poorly, and has been even worse today. I would deeply appreciate your prayers.

This journey with Elise and her cancer has been a marathon—a series of marathons, really. For most of the time, I’ve been OK taking it a step at time. Why worry about tomorrow before it comes? But tonight I have “breakthrough worry.”

Back in December, Elise’s first round of chemo resulted in an infection, and then sepsis, which, quite literally, almost killed her. Every time she has had those same chemo drugs again, it is clearly very hard on her body. She had them last week, after less recovery time than normal from her previous treatment. I had to take her back to the hospital the day after she came home, because she had a fever, and was doing poorly. She’s struggled her way through this week, but she has a fever again, and it has been climbing all day.

I am fully expecting to take her to ER sometime in the middle of the night to come. Since last Friday I’ve had a bag packed for this possibility. It’s hard to anticipate sitting in a utilitarian ER room on an uncomfortable chair for hours in the middle of the night.

But far, far worse, is watching my child suffer and being unable to stop it. It’s far worse knowing that her body is trying to recover from the drugs that almost killed her less than a year ago. It’s worse wondering if this the beginning of something truly awful.

Would you please pray with us tonight? Please ask the Father to end the infection, protect Elise’s body, and bring healing. Please ask him to show us his presence strongly tonight. Ask for peace for Elise, Kari and me, and the rest of the family.

Thank you!