One of our AFH leaders who was active on the Regional Committee in Gonaives died suddenly this week leaving his wife with 5 young children to care for. His name is Belguens Ezavier and he was in his 40’s and just fell ill one morning and by the afternoon he had died. We are grateful that he is a Christian and we will see him again someday in heaven.
The second sad news is that my 53 year old cousin, Bruce, has inoperable Pancreatic cancer and may have less than a year to live. Pancreatic cancer is hard to detect and by the time they discovered it, it had already spread to the liver and other places. His Doctor is going to try chemotherapy and perhaps some other treatment that may help. Carol and I will be in PA from June to August and hope to spend some time with him then. Please pray for him and his 2 brothers and sister as they go through this trial together.
God has a way of helping us and comforting us in our sadness. Today I visited a bed-ridden 80 year old woman and had a chance to pray for her health. She reminded me of my own Mother who is going to be 80 years old on March 15th and is not in good health. In the same house was a young woman named Eliana, the same name as a the daughter of a good friend of mine. She is suffering from cancer, just like my cousin Bruce. So I prayed for her and Bruce at the same time. Then I had the simple joy of seeing some of the fruits of our goat project and holding one of the kids born by a female given to one of our leaders.
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