Bill’s official public announcement

 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare  and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

This has been a tough month in the Detlor house.  Gina’s dad passed away after a long fight with MDS.  We have a new member of Team D, Thomas, our 19 yr old nephew is now living with us (Gina’s parents adopted him when he was 4). 

While Gina was in Florida helping her Dad walk his road, I was here at home silently walking my own road.  On June 5th I had an appointment with my physiatrist to review an MRI of my back.  Fully expecting to find a herniated disc, I was met with some unexpected news that there was a mass on my spine.  I called Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and the Lord moved mountains to get me in quickly.  After a couple of weeks of poking, prodding and more scans than you can imagine, I have been diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. 

God is good!  God is faithful!  I’ve always had faith, but understandably when you hear the words “you have cancer” that faith is challenged.  There are two choices, blame God and be angry, or trust that God has a plan that I don’t understand and lean into Him.  I choose the latter.  This past month God has shown up in the big and little moments.  Too many times to list them all here.  We can see how over the past couple of years, the Lord has been making changes in our lives to prepare us for this moment, this battle.   

This is not the road I would choose, it is the road our family has been called to walk, and we will walk this road faithfully knowing that the Lord will be with us every step of the way.  God is good!  God is faithful!

Now it’s time to fight.  Most of you know me well enough to know that I’m a pretty stubborn old wrestler who knows how to push through a tough fight, Lord willing, that is what I plan to do!  No one fights alone!  We will be leaning on all of you as we go forward.  Team D is what we have called our family since we got married.  This past month I’ve come to realize that Team D is much larger than our family of 5.  Team D is all of you, our friends and family!  TEAM D STRONG!!

**We aren’t at a place to share a lot of detail, as things are still pretty fluid.  We welcome and any all comments, please keep them positive. (My fight, my rules 🙂)