Dear Irene, I hope this email gets to you as I am not very computer savvy…It took me a while and hope this works as I want to send you my heartfelt love and prayers as I heard of your illness Irene…I am sure this makes no sense and wonder why me….You might even at times question God’s love and comfort which are all normal…I know there isn’t any perfect thing to say but want you to know that you are never alone as the Holy Spirit is in all of this and nothing surprised Him..  I pray you may come to understand why God allowed you to have this disease and how you may use this to advance His kingdom to your family, friends and strangers alike…  Dear Lord, please comfort Irene as only you can, give her renewed strength to fight the good fight, take the medications, follow the procedures and come out the other end of this trial even stronger.  Keep her eyes on you dearest Jesus and may she never lose faith, love or the hope she has within.  Help her to be an encouragement to her family as they watch, unable to physically help her and only able to do the most important thing of prayer..Answer her prayers and that of Dave her family God and may she rise up one day soon to use this experience to bless even more people than she already has.  Yes Lord, hold her close to you, warm her with your Spirit, give her a smile of confidence on her face and say to you, thank you for not giving me anything more than I can bear…I ask for this in the powerful Name of Jesus our Savior.  Amen…Irene I will try to keep updated on your situation so I can pray specifically for you.

Dave I am praying for you to as I know it is hard for a can-do guy like yourself not to be able to help your wife as you would desire…Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you..

Sincerely Yours, Mark Schwenne