Hello to all. It's been a while since I've posted. Mark is hanging in there. He seems to have qute a bit of pain, but doesn't want to admit it, so he just stays quiet and withdraws. He will sometimes stay in the bedroom most of the day just laying in bed. He is just tired and weak and worn out, but continues to fight. He is still doing pretty well with his eating. He tries to graze and will do good for a day or two and then have a day where he hardly eats anything. It is frustrating for him and for us to sit and watch. He wants to feel better and we want to help him, so we all feel a bit frustrated. We go back for chemo on Monday. We will see how things look then.
Mark made it out to Calen's football banquet Monday night. It was just over an hour and was quite an outing for him. He had a hard time finding something to put on as all of his clothes are HUGE on him now. Tomorrow night is Colton's end of the year football party, so I'm not sure he'll be up for that one. We will see.
Thanks to all of you who continue to support us. Your words, cards and letters are very welcome and comforting. So many of you have touched our lives in ways that will forever change us. God has brought us so many special friends into our lives and we thank all of you for that. Please continue to lift Mark up in prayer. I ask that you continue to remember Carly Parker in your prayers also. There is one more special request tonight. I met a very special lady today who I believe was brought to me by God, for her messages were so touching and she is such a witness of God. She was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and will be having surgery next week to remove the mass. She has already battled and beat stage 4 breast cancer and is quite the warrior and a true believer in God's healing power. Please remember Marie Hoffman in your prayers during her cancer battle. God bless!!!!
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God Bless You All!
Mark and the Bertus Family are in the thoughts of everyone here in the Business Building, and at St Michael's, every single day. Thank you for keeping us aware of circumstances through the Blog. You thank others for helping you, but actually the debt goes in the other direction. I do not know quite what to say except that our prayers will continue, and I hope that Monday will bring good news.
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Thanks for the update. Please know that not one single day goes by without our prayers lifted up for you all. Keep faith that God is who He says He is, and He can do what He says He can do. We will continue to pray for total healing and total recovery and that God will be glorified through it!
Praise the Lord for Marie Hoffman, the Nichols family have been praying that God would send a person with faith and boldness to your family. One that would encourage you in your walk, one that would know and believe that God is able, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Eph 3:20. We will be praying that on Monday when Mark goes back that God will do immeasurably MORE than we could ever ask for, or imagine, and total healing. He is able. Please let us know if there is anything you need or us to do, be it big or small.
The Nichols family,
Ben, Sydney & Hope
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