So we just got a call from Chris's doctor, who called to let us know that he got the test results back. (Drumroll please), he is cancer free! Woot woot!

Things are already looking up. No more cancer, and our car is all better and safely in our driveway.

It is a good day.

Our car was stolen, and yes we have had a pretty crazy month.

We had gone down to NYC for the weekend, having a bunch of people come in from Chris's old STINT (short term international) team. It was a fabulous time. We drove back up to our house and thought we were losing our minds when we didn't see the Honda. Chris asked "I drove home right?"

So we called the cops, and to make a long story short they actually found our car like 3 blocks away, with the key hole stripped, and the stereo ripped out, but laying on the front seat. The cops said they think the people must of gotten spooked or something to leave it all there and that close. Well we're sure thankful that they did. So now we just have to have the ignition fixed and the stereo reinstalled, thankfully there are no other damages.

Scary things is, we actually live in a really nice area of town, all the neighbors are kind of freaked out.

I realize that STL is supposedly the most dangerous city in America, but all I have to say is that in STL, our car never got stolen.

A quick update for those who are wondering, but today was the day Chris got like half his arm cut off.

I'll do more of an update later, we're getting ready to leave out of town for a long weekend, but here's the gist of it.

There was a lot of pain, the numbing didn't take all the way. There are two layers of stitches on each spot. The top layer on his arm has about 30 stitches in it, and the one on his back has about 15 on it's top layer. It's not pretty. If they didn't get all the cancer out with that, well, we won't go there...

So please keep praying for him, as I am sure he is still in pain. He also can't really stretch his arm all the way out or do too much with his shoulder. Also they are on opposite sides so it makes sleeping somewhat challenging. So please keep praying for my husband!

Just to let everyone know:

Chris had gone in a couple of weeks ago to the dermatologist and ended up having to have 3 spots biopsied.

He went back yesterday to get the stitches removed and to find out the results. One spot was fine, the other has a form of dysplasia (pre-cancerous cells) and has to have a larger section removed and in the last one the found Melanoma.

He goes back in on Wednesday to have them cut a pretty large chunk out of his arm and only a medium sized one off his left shoulder blade. If the outer tissue that they cut for the one on his arm (the cancer spot) is clean than treatment will be through. If not, well, we're hoping not to have to deal with that until we find it necessary. The doctor think it's very early on and is expecting to find clean tissue though.

So if you would please be praying for us and him as we go through this process, that it would be a smooth procedure, as painless as possible, would heal quickly, and that the tissue results would be clean.

Thanks for the prayers!