PHENOMENAL

Don't ever tell me that our God is Not Real or I will have to differ with
you. Our GOD is an awesome God and He LIVES......He is in the miracle
business and if you don't believe it please look at the photo above.
We went into the doctor's office yesterday anticipating no more
than 25% cure, but we were not prepared for a 85-90% healing....
Our God is Awesome......

Definition I want you to remember:
going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary
b: exceptional to a very marked extent



This a definition for a Word that our Doctor had pretty much
told us in his own words not to expect the first time we met
with him in his office at MD Anderson. He had told us
we had a 20% chance for five years at the most. He also
advised us that it was in Michael's lungs, pelvis and possibly in his
lymph glands. When I read on his report after he met with us after
the first round of chemo that it was also in his spine, rib
cage and pretty much over his entire body, I have to admit I was
pretty down. My first thought was, "God what I have done in my life
to lose my husband, then my mother, and now I am facing the
fact that I might lose my only child anywhere from 6 months to 5
years the best case scenario. I prayed to God the night that we
met with the doctor that I really didn't think I could take
this.......he was all I had. God reminded me that night that He allowed His son to
die on the cross for me and it wasn't because of Alzheimer's or cancer or a
heart condition, but he allowed his healthy Son to die for my sins and here
I was complaining about all the problems I had had the
past 3 years. Michael had told me time and time again that we had the
GREAT PHYSICIAN on our side. God reminded me that He was the
GREAT PHYSICIAN but I had to let go of my motherly instincts
and Trust in Him thoroughly. He reminded me of a verse of
scripture that I had memorized when I was a teenager that says, "Faith
is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of
things not seen." I was not focusing on anything outside the box,
and God had given me this scripture to live by many years ago. He
reminded me that when we lost Marc, we relied on this scripture to get
us through his death. But I was also focused on our life outside the
box. He told me to turn lose of the desires of my heart and let Him have
complete control of Michael Scott Wipperman and he would get us through
this battle. That night, I gave Michael to God and told Him that we
would let Him have control and if it was meant for the cancer to
be rid from Michael's body we would give Him the glory and if it
did not go away, we would still give Him the glory and praise Him for
the time we had. As you can tell by the PetCT photos, the rewards are
miraculous.
The black in the photos on the left photo is the cancer
that was invading Michael's body when we arrived at MD Anderson

except for the skull - which always shows up as being black.

We had scans done on Thursday of this week and the right

photo is the recent scan. As you will note,
the cancer is all but about 5-15% gone. We do not plan to decrease
any treatment that we went down there for. The next treatments
will be as aggressive as the first, but we will probably not see the
dramatic reduction of the cancer since there is not much cancer to
reduce. PRAISE GOD. I promised God last night that if He ever
put someone in my path and I did not give Him the glory or tell
them what a Mighty God we serve, to knock me on my face, pick
me up and knock me down again until I told them. The Dr. told us
when he opened up the images of the scan from this week,
"This is phenomenal! This is phenomenal! " which Webster defines
as above. He then told me he had nothing to do with this, that
Michael was the one that was Phenomenal and I quickly informed
him that Our God, The Miracle God, was the one who was
Phenomenal.........Michael was just doing his part.........Amen?

Love you all,
Terri and Michael