The waters asswaged

“And the waters asswaged!” The carpet was not completely dry this morning, but it was getting that way. The odor was there, but it was not too bad. I feel all the carpet will have to be replaced. I also feel that the sheet rock at floor level will have to be cut out and replaced. Now we are waiting on the adjuster to come. All the office work and phones will have to be handled from home (my secretary’s and mine).

We had a great service this morning. Several weeks ago after the morning service, a young mother asked if she could talk with me in my office. She told me she had joined a church when she was young, but she was sure she had not known what she was doing. She told me that something happened two years ago that changed her life. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She had since lived with it for two years because she felt she was too young to have surgery. In December, her doctor told her she should enjoy Christmas with her kids because it would most likely be the last one she would have. It was then she realized she was not prepared to die. There in my office I explained the plan of salvation to her and she asked the Lord to save her.

She told me she had a tumor the size of a baseball and numerous smaller ones in her intestinal track. The doctors said they could probably remove the large one but doubted they would be able to do anything with the smaller ones, there were just too many. At that time, she was preparing for several more chemo treatments before having surgery. We have mentioned her in prayer at every service and had her on our prayer chain.

This morning, she presented herself to the church for baptism and gave a fantastic testimony. In her last visit to the doctor for tests, they found the baseball-sized tumor had decreased to the size of a nickle or time. All the smaller tumors in her intestinal track were gone. We had a shouting good time. This young lady is a single mother with three beautiful children. She will still have surgery and have to take a few more chemo treatments as a precaution. We will baptize her next Sunday. After that service, the water and wet carpets no longer seemed that important.