October 21st

It was 6 pm on a Friday, one year ago. I was giving Tyler a bath and waiting for the sound of footsteps running up the stairs to tell me that the tumors were benign. It never came.

The next morning, Val and I went to a soccer game. A light rain was falling As she sat in a lawnchair. I could tell that her mind was a million miles away.

I don't know how many dear souls have traveled this journey with us. The counter on our blog, added in February, stands at 33,115. But God knows beloved, and He has heard all your prayers.

Time is an odd thing. According to the Bible, a man's life is three score and ten, 70 years, and then things start going downhill. But a more important Bible truth is this; with the Lord, 1,000 years is as a day, and a day is as 1,000 years.

The Interpretation of this seeming contradiction is this;

• 1,000 years of this difficult journey is like one day in God's economy. The words of John Milton in Amazing Grace were true when he wrote, "when we've been there 10,000 years bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we first begun."
• The value of one man's life lived for God's glory for one day is greater than 1,000 years of another man who lives for himself.

Those of us closest to Val wish that we could share her pain and struggles. Couldn't we in some way just carry the burden for her? But I know that He who is closest to her does feel all her pain.

Some people have said that this Blog has been meaningful to them. That is nice but the real purpose of this Blog is to testify as witnesses to the beautiful life of Valerie Sloan McCrea. A warrior's life being lived for God's glory in an epic struggle of life and death. Valerie Sloan McCrea, a true American hero.

As we begin this next year, there is one thing we will not do. We will not hesitate to move quickly to research the latest medical and holistic treatments for cholangiocarcinoma, stent, and pain management.

The American author George W. Cecil wrote,"On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the dawn of victory sat down to rest. And resting, died."

Beloved, we are at the dawn of victory. Our God will honor all that we do on the human level by his mighty power. This is His promise and this He will do.

Val called from Kauii last night on her way to a Luau. She is feeling well. Continue to pray for her well being in Hawaii. She is facing Chemo 22 at USC next Thursday. We will schedule a PET/CT for the following week. Pray that God will reach down and strangle the life out of this enemy. My vision is to look at a PET that shows a landscape of dead tumors.

Godspeed