The Road to Triumph

Joe Scriven was a missionary to the Iroquois Indians in Canada. He and his fiance were both from Ireland. She had just joined him in Canada so they could be married. The eve before the wedding, she was killed in an ice accident. Joe buried her with his own hands and with a broken heart. A year later, he wrote his mother a letter that included this poem titled "Pray Without Ceasing".

"What a friend we have in Jesus,
 all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged.
Take it to the Lord in prayer."

The poem was later set to music and named "What A Friend We Have In Jesus".

Joe was on the road to triumph, even though there were times when the road was rough.

I believe that we're on the road to triumph. We have setbacks and rough times, but we have a Friend in Jesus who is always there and hears our prayers.

One of the procedures they will be doing on Jerry will be tomorrow, Thursday. They will do the other scope next Thursday. They could not get them scheduled on the same day.  They did 3 different blood tests yesterday to find out why Jerry's blood counts are dropping. We have not heard the results yet. They believe it might be some of his medicine. He had to have a platelet transfusion yesterday and will probably have to have one tomorrow also before the procedure. This is just one of those bumps in our road.

We are so  thankful for prayers.