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To our church family,

Well, we have just come through Christmas, and with the way were told the cancer could have progressed, we are extremely thankful to be still writing these emails. We also thought it was high time that we let you all know how things are going for us.

Overall, I am feeling pretty good. I get a little tired towards the end of the day, but this is mostly diet related, as I don’t get to eat sugar (except fruit), or many carbohydrates, so therefore, not a lot of fuel. I have had a few aches and pains (mostly in my legs and feet) but it’s hard to know whether this is cancer related, diet or completely unrelated. But on the whole, I continue to enjoy good health, for which we are truly thankful.

Lots people have asked what exactly my diet is. Well, there is a lot of juice. I drink 2.5l a day of juice (carrots, beetroot, wheat and barley grass, and herbs from various gardens). Now before you ask, no it doesn’t taste great, and no, you don’t get used to it. I drink it in 10 glasses throughout the day, and its always good to get to the end of it. Apart from juice I eat oats for breakfast, lots of veges, fish, a little chicken and red meat (once a week), raw nuts and a fair amount of fruit. I have also managed to find some organic rice and pumpkin bread, and so I have a slice of that a day. (It’s a bit of a highlight really). Since I can also have natural yogurt, we also make fruit smoothies with ice – another treat. But that’s about it. No, I don’t eat chocolate, cakes, coke, Hungry Jacks or anything else that I would love to devour at this moment.

Its all a pretty full on and busy routine. From collecting the ‘herbs’ for  juicing, making sure we have enough vegetables, collecting carrots from the organic farm, to daily B17 injections and twice weekly Vitamin C infusions – it takes a fair bit of time. Currently I spend 10am-2pm in the office at church, 4 days a week, and preach every second week.

We have our moments, but on the whole we are holding up OK. The kids have found it a bit unsettling, people in and out of the house all of the time, extra stress on Mum and Dad, so we do our best to spend some quality time just with them.

We are extremely thankful to God for all the help we have received over the past 3 months. Our parents have been available when we need them, the church has been amazing in terms of love, and practical support (juicing for us, baby sitting, meals, growing ‘grass’ for the pastor). People from all over the country (and even overseas) have been supporting us in prayer and with encouragements.

God has blessed us already with more months of health than were predicted, and we continue to trust and hope that our lives are in his hands and that is the best place for them to be. We have no idea what the future holds. We live with the tension that I could fall ill tomorrow, or that it maybe next week, or that God may heal me completely. It’s a tough place to be, but every day of health is one that we receive gratefully.

Our plan, at this stage, is to hold off on scans until late March. At that time we will see what God has done with the treatment so far, and make some decisions about what we will be doing beyond that. If God continues to give good health, we will make a trip to Perth in early March to visit friends, and then Tracy and the children will continue on to spend some time with family in Geelong, giving Clinton a rest at home by himself for a few days.

We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued love, support, and encouragement. Words can barely express our gratitude to you, we are thankful for God’s love expressed through the church.

Our love to you all

Clinton, Tracy, Tane, Ky and Kezia.