From Betsy

Dear Friends,

There is something I need to set straight regarding Amy's recent surgery. When Amy called me after her surgery, I immediately sat down and relayed the conversation to all of you. Although I thought I used her same wording, "broke down", she later told me it was more like, "choked up." Amy is really concerned that if you give somebody an inch, they may take a yard and the whole thing could really be taken out of context.

While I was up at the lake this weekend, I really felt the Lord telling me to set the record straight, and let you know how monumental the whole scenario was.

As most of you know, my daughter is a cancer survivor. When my child was first diagnosed the day before she was eight months old, I felt the Lord telling us to do surgery first. The surgeon told us, "The current research tells us that we should shrink the tumor first with chemo and then do clean up surgery." If my relationship with the Lord was the same then as it is now, I would have left our wonderful, world renown doctor and found someone who would have done it God's way.

My disobedience almost cost me my child's life.

Years later, many reoccurances, surgeries, and various chemo protocols later, we were told they wished they had listened to us. They figured out that one or more cells had hidden in the scar tissue and had they done surgery first, she probably would have been well after the first protocol.

Seventeen years later, my beloved friend is battling breast cancer. As I was praying for her, again, I felt the Lord saying, "Do surgery first." So I prayed, "Lord, if I am hearing you correctly, please convict THEM to do surgery first." And He did! The Lord convicted the surgeon to do surgery first!

Because of his obedience, he had more than just God given talent. He had God by his side. Is it any wonder he was able to get all of the cancer?

As Paul Harvey would have said, "Now you know the REST of the story."

Some of you might be wondering what difference it makes that I set the record straight. I want everything I say to be filled with truth. I honestly thought I had said it correctly. I am sorry if I was wrong. While I was praying by the lake, I really felt the Lord telling me to clarify things and tell you how monumental it all was.

It is important to God, and that is good enough for me.

Blessings, Betsy