Everyone,




(Scroll down for ministry news) As I write this I feel a bit like the little boy who cried "Wolf". When Kent and I were on our way to see the doctor Monday I said to him "I just have no idea what to expect. She may say, 'Here is some medicine, you can go home to Greece'; she may say 'We need to do surgery'; she may say 'We need to do a scan every few months for a while'; I just don't know what to expect." When the doctor came in she started by saying "this is all so confusing, these tumors really don't look like ANYTHING we have seen before and I am not sure how to proceed" I asked her what the PET scan showed and she said "Oh that's right, I hadn't looked at that yet" and she pulled it up on the computer. She read the report and said "Oh.........this says you have renal (kidney) lymphoma." Of ALL the things I thought she would say that wasn't on the list! As we talked she said that the radiologist was reading the patterns of how my kidneys lit up as renal lymphoma but that didn't mean for SURE that I had the disease and the only way to be sure was to do another biopsy. She said 90% of the time biopsies are accurate but there ARE instances of false negatives. She said "The question is do we do another needle biopsy and see if we can get more tissue or do we go in surgically and get a bigger chunk so we can be sure". I said that I voted for the surgery and she said that the problem with that was that if it IS lymphoma we want the kidneys to be in the best working condition possible to flush out the chemo and the surgery would compromise them somewhat. Also she said the tumors do not have smooth edges so it would be hard to get a whole tumor. She ended by saying "I want to consult with other doctors and other radiologists to see what is best and to see if they have any other ideas - there are a lot of smart people out there and I need some time to think about this and talk to some other people."



Yesterday I saw the oncologist who I already had an appointment with and he said that he really doesn't think it is lymphoma because all the pieces don't fit but all the pieces don't really fit anything. However the only thing to do is to biopsy again and after talking with the kidney doctor they decided to go in with a needle first and see if they could get a firm diagnosis and if not, then they would go in surgically. So I am having another needle biopsy likely tomorrow or Friday and will probably know the results from that Monday or Tuesday. If the results are negative they will be scheduling the surgery. How to pray? If I DO have lymphoma pray that it will show up on the needle biopsy. Or if I have something else pray that they can get a diagnosis from the needle biopsy. As far as how I am feeling about all this I just sort of feel nothing - it's like too many times of gearing myself up for dealing with whatever comes and never knowing. So right now I am just in a wait and see mode - I'm sure if it comes down to a lymphoma diagnosis it will be hard because I thought cancer was off the table but I said the other day "It is what it is" and Kent said "Or it isn't what it isn't". Thanks for riding this roller coaster with us - we love you all.



Ministry News:


Here are a few encouraging things that have been happening in Greece:


This week at ICF (a local church where one of our team mates attends) there was an Afghan/Iranian couple that has been coming to the ARC. Another older Afghan woman was with them. The husband of this family was sharing from the Bible last week with another Afghan man at our Farsi Meal and Outreach after the talk on Tuesday. Another Afghan woman has been coming to the prayer time at ICF for the last month or so. She also has been coming to the ARC.

Around Christmas during the Men's Meal and outreach, in front of other Afghans a man said "now I believe this". This is amazing to see this man say this in front of other Afghans.

Last Wednesday there was a good group of people at the men’s time and there was a man that used to be part of the Taliban. He is very open to hearing about the Gospel.

At the doctor’s day "R", an Afghan believer, shared her faith with another Afghan woman. After the woman left, "R" and "M" (another Afghan believer) prayed for her. The doctor's day went very well and refugees were blessed, not just in being able to see a doctor or a dentist but in being able to have a day away from their stressful lives, to have a meal, to sit and talk. Many good conversations happened that day. I am attaching a couple pictures from the day.

As always we are so thankful for your partnership with us and with the Lord in this work. We sometimes don't understand why we are "on the bench" right now but God does and we trust in His perfect will and timing.



Serving Him Together,

Kent and Myrna Morley
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Elliniko 16777
Athens Greece
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