As I write to you this morning, Cora is lying in her bed unaware of what is going on around her. We have been giving her morphine to relieve her pain and slow her breathing. It has been a month since she has had food and her last fluids were a week ago on Tuesday, February 6th. But as I look at her I know she is still very much alive - it is still my Cora! Yesterday a hospice nurse came to see Cora. She said her heart rate and respiration were normal and her lungs were clear. She couldn't believe it but said there was real peace in Cora's room.

Over the years the Lord gave us many indications that it was His will to heal her and send her out as His special messenger. The particular incident I have been praying about occurred at a women's Bible study 20 years ago in San Jose. At some point in that study one of the women said the Lord told her He would raise Cora up as she lay there grievously ill. She didn't understand what it meant since Cora seemed fine at the time, even though she had been diagnosed with MS.

But this is surely the time when she is grievously ill! The Scripture I have been meditating on is in Romans 4. In verse 18 it says, "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed ...". And in verses 20 and 21 it says, "Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised."

Remember that the promise Abraham had at the time was just a word he heard from God - it was not yet recorded in Scripture! That is why we have been asking others to pray for healing as Cora's means of deliverance - because we totally believe that is God's will. So once more I am asking you to join us in praying for her deliverance (to be set free) through healing (since that is just as easy for the Lord to do as death). This world needs to hear those many messages the Lord has put into Cora as her letters just barely scratched the surface.

We have no idea how the Lord is going to work, but we do have a GREAT sense of confidence and peace that He is in charge. Sunday morning He led me to Psalm 33:18-22 that I memorized years ago but He made it very alive for me at this time. It says, "But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in You."

Thank you for your many prayers and wonderful support and encouragement. I will update you soon. May His will be done. We sure love and appreciate you.