Dad Campbell

Life is precious. I am more convinced of that than ever. God has surrounded each one of us with people who love us, who care for us and who are there. David's father is in a hospital not far from us. Last Thursday he was sitting at his dining table with Mum. They were chatting away. Part way through his sentence Dad started having trouble... he couldn't manage to get out the words he was wanting to say. So unlike Dad. Mum let him struggle to say what he wanted but noticed something was quite wrong. She had trouble getting in contact with a couple of doctors and in the end called for an ambulance. Doctors suspected a lesion on the brain. The doctors have now concluded that he has melanoma cancer (second stage) in his brain (9 tumors - one the size of a fist) as well as in his abdomen and lungs. We have all been in shock. Dad is surprisingly doing ok - says he is in no pain and can communicate though does have trouble with putting his words together to answer more difficult questions. Dad is so precious to each of us. From our human perspective we all so desperately feel we need him here. The Lord knows and it is so painful to hear the doctors say he has months/possibly weeks to live. We grieve.

David returned from the Czech Republic today. He has been to visit his Dad. So thankful that he can be here again.

We rest in the fact that Dad Campbell loves the Lord. He is not fretting, though of course it must pain him to see his love ones watching - knowing that they are likely to loose him soon.

We trust you Lord, knowing that you are aquainted with grief and suffering.

Help us through this time, we pray.
Amen