The First of The Fight
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Greg Anderson
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Greg Anderson
I’ve been battling cancer now for 50 days.
So this personal reflection seems certainly overdue… but I’m just now at the point where I’m ready to share some of lessons I’ve grown through, and what I have learned in the last fifty days, walking out the toughest trial I’ve ever experienced. Unexpectedly, In late August, I was told I had a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. After the doctors told me this shocking news, I was convinced they had “dialed the wrong number”. So in complete denial, I went through the first two weeks believing at some point they would come back to me with an apology and a “corrected diagnosis”, telling me I was totally fine and I could return to “Normal”.
Instead, they came back to me and blessed me with a plan for Radiation and Chemotherapy, starting as soon as possible, and occurring every day. This was to part one of fighting the growth of now 4 brain tumors that had been confirmed. By the way, I’m still in denial. So, I’m having deeper conversations with God, myself, Joannie, my family. I’m beginning to realize….this is not a drill!
On a side note, my doctors and medical team have been fantastic and very supportive, yet no one is telling me that we will overcome this enemy in my head, which currently can not be removed by surgery.
So, with the encouragement of a few friends, I’m going to share in the upcoming days, some of the life-lessons I am learning along this pathway of cancer. My hope is that somehow you are encouraged, challenged and even blessed by what you read.
The Priceless Value of Community
I have spent most of my life and ministry urging and inviting people into a Christ-centered community, believing and knowing that’s God’s divine design. Never in my life have I seen or experienced the value and importance of this community, until I stepped into this dark diagnosis weeks ago. We have overwhelmed and blown away by the acts of kindness, dedication to prayer, generosity from our own kids, as well as our family of faith.
How does anyone go through something like without a community surrounding and supporting them? We’ve been treatment now over several weeks, and as we are there we’ve found some amazing open doors to minister to people who are in so many ways alone.
My sweet wife, Joannie, has been my inspiration and strength though all this. Never complaining and always supporting me. Even when I am gruppie and making no sense in what I am trying to say! She has been amazing, so please continue to pray for her as she is so committed to our pressing through this together.
My 3 children, Michelle, Drew, and Hope have been incredible through this time, as well as Kacie (Drew’s Wife) and Alan (Michelle’s husband) have really demonstrated such a self-less service in this moment and I honestly get choked up thinking about how they and others have come together for a time like this.
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After much consideration, lots of research, and many conversations, we've decided to sunset the Squarespace page and have created this page here on Support Now as a new hub for updates and a space to learn about how to support our family during this season. We’ve so appreciated the prayers and ask that you continue to pray. We trust there is a miracle in the works!
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Jess Campbell
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WE LOVE YOU BOTH so very much and will continue to pray without ceasing. 💐
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All of us believers KNOW that God can do ANYTHING. May God immensely bless you & your family in this journey. We are all praying for you. Stay Strong…..it is clear God continues to do a MIGHTY work in you. In Jesus’ mighty name and by the power of the Holy Spirit we pray for all of these things. Amen. 👊🙏👊🙏👊
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