Urgent CMS Prayer Request – Jono & Amy Vink

Urgent Prayer Request – Jono & Amy Vink
Tanzania – 2 March 2009

Amy and Jono were at my church in Terrey Hills
as supporters of CMS we have been sent this prayer request

GP


To our dear friends,

Thank you for your prayers. We are writing to let you know that we will unexpectedly be heading back to Australia arriving Wednesday morning. Amy has been having tests this week in Nairobi because of suspicious breast lump and the results were not looking good so Jono drove up to join her with the kids on Thrusday and we were told the final diagnosis on Friday that the lump was cancer.

We will fly out of Nairobi on Tuesday rather than spend another 10 hours returning to Musoma and 1 or 2 days madly packing and saying goodbyes and then another day to get to Dar on top of an already long flight back to Australia. However, this decision means we have left and packed like we are going away for a weekend rather than a couple of months, we have about 4 sets of clothes each and very little else and our house is not packed in anyway, so we have not emotionally or physically planned for leaving Tanzania or returning to Australia - please pray for us in this speedy transition.

Please pray also that we will be able to get into the public medical system quickly and begin treatment - we have no idea of how to do this and would appreciate your prayers for Gods preparing the way for all that needs to happen. Please pray also for fast and effective treatment but most of all that God will be glorified through our response to all that is ahead us.

Thank you for your prayers, love and concern. We are very aware of God sustaining us at this time and his goodness through Jesus Christ, we are thankful for his incredble care of us and promises in His word. We know He is a good God and will carry us through this time. Pray that we may live lives worthy of all He is calling us to.

Lastly we are very thankful for CMS' care and response to us, bringing a family of 6 back to Australia is a large and unexpected cost especially in these financial times, thank you for all who give and enable this to happen.

we love you all
the Vinksters