My story is about a couple that goes to my church. They had been married 52 years that in itself is a rarity. She found out three and a half years ago that she had ovarian cancer. Three times the doctors told her that they thought that the chemotherapy had worked and that she was fine. Three times they were wrong. A few weeks ago they took her off her medication because it wasn’t working anymore.
Her husband is in bad health as well. He has had chronic1 back pain for the past five years. At times his back is so bad that he can’t get out of bed for weeks.
Last week I got a call from him (I work at the church as the church secretary), he was crying and wanted to let everyone at church know that his wife was being taken to hospital and asked for everyone’s prayers. The doctor had just told him that they only expect his wife to live a few more days. I sat on the other end of