Please please pray for Audrey Carolina, a 19 year old Brazilian girl who had her stomach removed today. She has stomach cancer and the doctors discovered today that it has spread to other organs. Audrey Carolina does not yet know that she has cancer. She didn't know that the surgery she was undergoing was to remove her stomach. This is common here in Brazil to not tell the person who is inflicted with a terminal illness. The doctors said that she has up to a year to live, if that. Now her mother has to tell her everything, about losing her stomach, about the cancer and about the prognosis.
Her cousin, Debra, also 19, was over at our house for dinner the other night. This is when we first heard about Audrey Carolina. Debra was very upset that her aunt had not told Audrey Carolina the truth. Debra and her sister, Sara, are dear to us. Their mother is a good friend of ours (Audrey Carolina is her sister's daughter). Her husband, Debra and Sara's father, committed suicide in a horrific way while we were back in the U.S. We had been in touch with them over the phone after it happened. The girls are very upset about their cousin's prognosis. Audrey Carolina had a relationship with the Lord, but has since fallen away. We pray that she returns to know His love for her, even more through what she is facing. We pray for her healing. Please pray with us for her life. I can't imagine being 19 years old and hearing this kind of news. My heart is aching for her and her family.
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