Here is the latest posting from a missionary team to Albania. They have been there seven years and the wife and mother of small children is dieing.
Lynette has begun to slip away from us. A few weeks ago when we learned that the cancer had begun in her liver we believed that it was at an early stage and that we would still have some time together. Since then, things have progressed very rapidly. 10 days ago a scan showed that cancer had completely taken over her liver and caused her liver to expand to fill most of her abdomen. Since then, she has begun to show signs of liver failure with these becoming acute in the last 48 hours. She is extremely tired, sleeping throughout the night and most of the day. She has begun to lose her motor skills; things like drinking out of a glass have become very difficult. She has spilled her water on herself many times in the last two days. It is becoming difficult for her to think and speak clearly. The doctors say that her time is now very short. Those who are planning to come and visit are accelerating their travel arrangements in hopes of arriving while she can still communicate.
We returned from the girl’s summer camp yesterday. The evening before we left Lynette gathered her strength and mental faculties to spend about one hour speaking to the girls about the end-of-life and preparation to meet our Lord. This was a beautiful time in which the work which God has done in Lynette shown out so clearly. Death is almost never talked about here in Albania and terminally ill people are not told that they are dying so we pray that Lynette’s testimony will help these young women to prepare for a Christian end to their lives.
We continue to be so grateful for the companionship of each one of you on this difficult journey. We have been so wonderfully sustained by you in so many ways. I asked your prayers especially for these last days and hours which we have with Lynette. Though we have known it was coming for a long time, the end has come suddenly and there are still many things which we would like to finish. Please pray that she will have at least a few hours of strength and clear thought and that we will use these moments well. Also pray that those who are coming to visit will arrive in time.
Pray for the children and I, and that we will have a sustaining sense of His presence. My eyes are full of tears as I write but I also have a strong sense of joy. The jewel which I have been privileged to hold a short time is slipping away from me, but I know that she will be held in far more worthy arms until we are reunited. I am so blessed in these days by her joy and her faith and her love. She is truly an icon of Christ to me which is sustaining me.
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