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Austin Gardner • August 15, 2022

A new lease on life

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Monday, August 15, 2022


Dear friends


Thank you so much for praying for me. God is blessing in so many ways. I can’t describe the excitement we all feel at Liberty Baptist Church, Iglesia Bautista Libertad. Excellent attendance, great attitude, great spirit, and wonderfully sweet fellowship are what all feel at Libertad. 


Betty and I will celebrate 49 years of marriage on August 18. We have some plans right now of traveling to Peru in September and then to Colombia in February for the wedding of a couple of friends. But today’s doctor’s visit may change those plans. 


Medical Update


We went to Dr. Master for a second opinion on my cancer. He is a urologist and a surgeon. He started with urine and blood work today. Dr. Master wants an MRI and other scans. He believes that he can cut out the tumors. He said my case is different, but he deals with that often. It will be a 4 to 6-hour surgery. It will take eight weeks to recover. The only downside is that there is a 50% possibility of the cancer returning. 


He wants me to continue the infusions till the surgery. The surgery could be in the next couple of months. 


We left the doctor’s office very encouraged. 


The people of Iglesia Bautista Libertad have gathered around us and asked God to heal me. Maybe He is in the process of answering that prayer. 


I want to thank all of you. So many of you have expressed your love and prayers. We do not have words to express our thanks. 


We will know more in the coming days and give the next update when we hear something.


Thank you all for all you do. 


God bless




Austin and Betty


Lunes, 15 de agosto del 2022


Queridos Amigos,


Muchas gracias por orar por mí. Dios está bendiciendo de muchas maneras. No puedo describir la emoción que todos sentimos en Liberty Baptist Church, Iglesia Bautista Libertad. Excelente asistencia, gran actitud, gran espíritu y maravillosamente dulce compañerismo es lo que todos sentimos en Libertad.


Betty y yo celebraremos 49 años de matrimonio el 18 de agosto. Tenemos algunos planes en este momento de viajar a Perú en Septiembre y luego a Colombia en Febrero para la boda de una pareja de amigos. Pero la visita al médico de hoy puede cambiar esos planes.


Actualización Médica


Acudimos al Dr. Master para obtener una segunda opinión sobre mi cáncer. Es urólogo y cirujano. Comenzó con análisis de sangre y orina hoy. El Dr. Master quiere una resonancia magnética y otros escaneos. Cree que puede extirpar los tumores. Dijo que mi caso es diferente, pero él trata con eso a menudo. Será una cirugía de 4 a 6 horas. Tardará ocho semanas la recuperación. El único inconveniente es que existe un 50% de posibilidades de que el cáncer regrese.


Quiere que continúe con las infusiones hasta la cirugía. La cirugía podría ser en los próximos meses.


Salimos muy animados de la consulta del médico.


La gente de la Iglesia Bautista Libertad se han reunido a nuestro alrededor y le han pedido a Dios que me sane. Tal vez Él esté en el proceso de responder esa oración.


Quiero agradecerles a todos ustedes. Muchos de ustedes han expresado su amor y oraciones. No tenemos palabras para expresar nuestro agradecimiento.


Sabremos más en los próximos días y daremos la próxima actualización cuando escuchemos algo.


Gracias a todos por todo lo que hacen.


Dios los bendiga



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