Today we celebrated Aaron's 2nd birthday. We can't believe that our little man is already 2. Our day started out with a trip to our favorite donut spot - Sandy's Doughnuts. Aaron enjoyed a delicious donut and watching the two busses that were parked outside the shop.  We took Daddy to the chiropractor and then had lunch and a nap. After naptime we played outside all afternoon running through the sprinkler, playing in the sand box, eating popsicles and enjoying the beautiful day!

We are beyond thankful for the amazing miracle that God blessed us with 2 years ago. Aaron - we love you so much little buddy!

 

Hello to all.  I would like to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers for our family.  We were very humbled by the outpouring of blessings from the benefit many of you attended and helped out with.  I would like to say a very special thank you to Doug and Jane Rogness, Ben and Natalie Sand, and Ernie and Cathy Shied for spearheading the benefit for us.  I would also like to thank my second family at First International Bank & Trust for all they have done for me which goes far beyond just the benefit.  We love you all very much!!  

 

 

The reason I am posting tonight is to share with you some of what the Lord has been doing in our lives.  I know that is a lot of what we post about but that is what we the Keller’s are about.  I know many of you reading our blog have wondered about our choice to quit radiation and chemotherapy.  In most circles this is the only way to treat cancer.   When they told us that is what we had to do after the first surgery we didn’t question the doctors.  We went along with what they said.  It was not until I almost died from the treatments that we started questioning what we were doing.  Every time we meet with the oncologists they say I was not dying, but they are wrong.  In the 11 days I was doing treatments I was in the emergency room 3 times, admitted to the hospital twice and in ICU once.  When I went to Rochester I weighed 205 pounds and I now weigh less than 180. 

 

 

While in Rochester we started the Halleluiah Diet which is mostly eating raw fruits and vegetables.  It also includes juicing and drinking carrot juice three times a day.  I know many of you think this is crazy, but the medical treatment was killing me, and I decided I would rather be around for my family then dead in another few weeks.  Well so far it seems that what we are doing is working.  While in Rochester my wife and I found a lump on my forehead.  When I find these I have to have them cut out by my dermatologist Dr. Flach (he is the bomb!!) cut them out.  Since we got home and really started the diet it has been steadily shrinking to the point where it is almost gone.  This has never happened before.  Every time they grow, and grow quickly.  This time it is shrinking, and the only thing that has changed is how we eat.  I can not say that this diet has killed all the cancer in my body, but I can say it is killing the tumor in my forehead. 

 

 

The reason I am posting this is that for family and friends that are told that there is no hope, there is.  Take some time to read a few of the testimonies on this website http://www.hacres.com, and you will be as shocked as I was at what can be done by changing the way you live.  Again we love you all and are praying for you as you are praying for us.

 

First of all, thank you so much for your prayers. The other night was very difficult, but I feel like I was able to work through some things and draw closer to God and Jack.

This morning our family had a sweet time of devotions. Amidst the many challenges and difficulties of these past months, there have been wonderful blessings. One such blessing is that Jack has been with us literally 24/7. We have had some precious times to bond together as a family and for Jack to especially bond with the boys. This morning, we read out of one of our favorite devotionals - the title for today was Faith That Doesn't Ask. I want to share an excerpt with you:

Asking God for a miracle may indicate a lack of faith. Some feel that they demonstrate great faith by continually asking God for miracles. They assume that in every situation God wants to do the spectacular. They presume, for example, that God wants to heal anyone who is sick or provide a miraculous escape from every difficulty they face. Jesus condemned those who insisted that He perform miracles, because He knew their hearts. He recognized that they could not believe Him without constantly under girding their faith with signs. Their faith was not strong enough to survive without the regular supply of the miraculous. Jesus condemned their lack of faith and left them...Sometimes the greatest act of faith is not to ask for a miracle. One of the most amazing statements of faith in the Old Testament came from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as they faced the fiery furnace because of their obedience to God. They expressed true faith when they assured king Nebuchadnezzar. 'Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, not will we worship the gold image which you have set up' (Dan. 3: 17-18). They were confident in God's ability to deliver them, but they trusted Him so completely that they did not ask to be spared.

These words struck my heart with amazing force today and rolled around in my mind and heart all day. As I took inventory of the many many times I have asked for miracles and to be spared from different situations, I realized my apparent lack of trust in my Miracle Worker...I realized that sometimes I long so much for the miraclous - so much for God to "show" me something - that I forget that He already has. He has showed me the greatest miracle - new life and salvation. He has spared me from the greatest pain and heartache that I could possibly imagine - eternal separation from Him - if it were not for the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus.

Jack and I know that God is able - able to do the miraculous and able to strengthen our faith and trust without them (miracles). I have been challenged to change the way I pray....I have been challenged with what faith really is and where my confidence rests. Don't get me wrong, I will continue to ask the Lord for GREAT things in Jack's life...I will continue to trust that God is able to do GREAT things in Jack's life....but I also want to be able to say with  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, "But if not, I will still trust the Lord!"

I don't want my faith to be dependent on signs that I can see with my eyes. We don't know how this journey will end with Jack. We are desperately thankful for everyday that God gives us to be alive and together as a family of 4. We are deeply grateful and our faith has been deepened with  the miracles that we have seen happen in Jack's life because there has been so many and so much that the Lord has done. Tonight I feel such a longing in my heart to know that no matter what happens....if this story ends "my" way or not....that God is still God and He is still deserving of my greatest trust - regardless of what I can see with my eyes.

I will leave you with the challenge that ended our time of devotions this morning, "Does your faith need miracles to sustain it? Or do you trust God so totally that you can say, "But if not, I will still trust the Lord!"?

 

Please pray for Sarah.  She is really struggling with how to go on.  Everything is catching up with her.  Please, please pray that the Lord would show up and show himself faithful. 

We are home with Jack from the ER. He was taken by ambulance this afternoon after spending the morning and early afternoon very sick at home. When we made the decision to take him in, Jack was so sick and weak that he was unable to move out of the bed and so we called the ambulance. When he arrived at ER they started an IV and did some blood tests, which all came back fine. They took a couple of stool samples to test for a possible infection in his GI tract. We are waiting for those results - we should get them in the next couple of days. Jack is feeling a little better tonight - he is still not doing great but feels well enough to visit with me and watch "mow mows" with Aaron before bedtime.

Thank you for your prayers!