Prayer for a friend....

If you have a moment, I was hoping you might take a minute and say a little prayer for an internet friend and his family, that I met via adoption.com, during our Russian adoption experience. His name is Mike Stephenson, and he lives in Texas. He is a wonderful prayer warrior, and prays for everyone! He now needs any prayers, good thoughts, good vibes you could send his way!

He is only 38 and they have found a large tumor in his abdomen-very near his colon. He just had a colonoscopy done to see if it is affected. They are not sure it is cancerous, but suspect that it is. He has a loving wife and 3 wonderful, young kids, one of which was adopted from Russia (Julia) and has had significant emotional/behavioral problems (she has RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder) from all the loss and abuse she endured at the orphanage). This family had had ENOUGH trauma and suffering for a LIFETIME..and to top it off, Mike just lost his Mom only a month ago.



Here is an email Mike sent out:

Dear Friends,
I've only met most of you via the internet forums and such although a few others I've had the privilege of meeting in person. But I feel like I "know" you all so very well. So I hope you don't mind if I write and ask you a favor.I received news yesterday that I have a sizable mass in my lower left abdomen and it's slightly wound around the colon. I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning to explore the tissue in the colon. If nothing is found there (and I hope there isn't), we'll turn to the mass itself. Either way, the GI doc thinks it's malignant and there is a long and uncertain road ahead. I could write so much more but don't want to bog you down with details. Best to just say that yesterday, I was shaken about as much as I could have been shaken. And, of course, all this comes just a month after my Mom's own passing.Honestly, I'm very scared. I saw the film from the CT scan and it isn't pretty, and both docs I worked with yesterday were noncommittal on what is going on. I'm only 38 and healthy, so I can't figure this out, and perhaps I shouldn't really try to. Nevertheless, if I could ask, would you mind saying a prayer on my behalf as well as for Della and the kids. I am going to fight this as strongly as I can. I am scared but I will remain optimistic that I can be healed through this. I am a believer in divine healing. If that doesn't happen, I'm 100% confident in my own salvation... I have no concerns about that at all. The tougher part is for Della and the kids and the pain that they have to experience.That's probably going too far... I shouldn't be talking that way. I would so appreciate prayers for my family. And for me.
Blessings,Mike