After a valiant battle conducted with grace and strength-- hold on folks-- during which she has completed her seminary and internship studies while undergoing treatment, our dear friend will be ordained to the priesthood Saturday morning.

She has not been having a good month. The unlikely remission she won seems to be coming to a crisis point, which we hope will turn toward the positive.

Just a few short weeks ago she was getting test results showing no cancer at all. But the doctors, rightly respecting that Stage Four is Stage Four, went ahead with continued planned treatments. One of those treatments went "a bit wrong" last week, so we hope she has the strength to take her place among her colleagues, as planned, this weekend.

Your prayers, good thoughts, and thanksgivings will be most welcome as we who are working on this Big Event surround her and the event with peace, calm, and orderly anticipation.

~Susan