Prayer Request from Mark & Martha Hendrickson

As many of you know, Mark & Martha, known as the M & M Family are missionaries in Costa Rica.  They are serving with the Latin America Training Network training pastors all over Latin America.  The following is an urgent prayer request we received yesterday.  May Mark & Martha be lifted up in God’s hands.

 

Dear Support Team,
We have been writing prayer letters to you for 26 years but have never
had to write a letter like this one before. Yesterday we were told the
news that Martha has breast cancer and needs immediate surgery. We
have decided to have the surgery in Colorado which will enable us to be
close to our girls, parents and family. We really need them right now. This
has come as a shock to us but God has been one step ahead of us and has
prepared the way. In December Martha’s spirit was restless and felt that
we should sell our house (yes the house with the river in back) and get
into a smaller condo where we can be more mobile. We put our house up
for sale in January and the second person who looked at it bought on
the condition we would sell it completely furnished including our 1995
Ford van! We agreed and the deal went through. We closed last week.
The realtors were surprised that it sold so quickly and that it was a cash
deal...quite unusual in these economic times. Little did we know that the
following week we would be packing up.
Mark has been serving as acting director while Keith Anderson is on a
sabbatical. So we are already short handed. Please pray for our team
during this difficult time.
Martha is recovering from the biopsy and we hope to have her in surgery
next week. But a lot has to happen between now and then. So please
pray for us as we . . .
1. Pack up and move out of our house (no small task!) with only six days
notice. We fly out on Friday June 18. Pray for strength. Both of us are
very tired and we’re just getting started.
2. Locate a surgeon in Colorado this week and an oncologist.
3. Try to relay the medical information and biopsy we have here in Spanish
to doctors in Colorado. We want to avoid a second biopsy if at all
possible.
Pray for healing and that God would be glorified. Pray for our girls and
parents. It is hard news for them to hear.
Our dear friends Jim & Leta Van Meter sent us this hymn today. It really
expresses our desire to place our hope on the Firm Foundation of Jesus
Christ our Lord.
We love you all,
Mark & Martha