entering blog world

We are entering a new world of blogging here. Welcome. As we said in the email thank you so much to everyone who helped purchase Williams new juicer! He's very excited to get started on his new Gerson diet (more on that later).
We had a great 24 hours away last weekend. (Thank You to the Noltemeyers and Deebs for the wonderful cabin and piece of paradise!) It was great to have time to reflect and just be in Gods creation. (I almost didn't know what to do with myself without any kids climbing on me or needing my attention) While we didn't come to any new or different conclusions concerning Williams treatment, we did get to spend time alone together and in Gods word.  It was desperately needed.  It was only the third night without kids in the last 2 years!
And now the word you have all been waiting for: William has decided not to do the chemo. Logically speaking, there are two reasons for this.  First, William is currently "cancer free".  There is a good chance he will not remain this way, according to the doctors, but right now there is no known cancer in his body. If it comes back, his immune system will need to be in tip-top shape to fight it.  Chemo will destroy his immune system, leaving him defenseless.  Second, the rate of success in treating melanoma with chemo is poor, really poor, and hellish to boot.
What he will be doing is the "Gerson Therapy". http://www.gerson.org/ Simply put "The Gerson Therapy is a safe, natural treatment developed by Dr. Max Gerson in the 1920’s that uses organic foods, juicing, coffee enemas, detoxification and natural supplements to activate the body’s ability to heal itself.  Over the past 60 years, thousands of people have used the Gerson Therapy to recover from so-called “incurable” diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and arthritis."
William was first introduced to the Gerson Therapy 8 years ago when the brother of one of his coworkers was using it to treat the same melanoma that William has. At the time, William knew only that the brother had cancer, not what kind.  Last month, when we first found out that William was diagnosed with melanoma, a good friend of ours who has Lyme's disease sent us a care package. We didn't know what he was sending until we opened the package and found the book "Healing the Gerson Way". The more we read about the Gerson Therapy the more it made sense and William realized the divine nature in which he was introduced to it so many years ago. Nothing surprises our God.
It's getting late so we'll have to post more on the Gerson Diet later.  We (I say we because we'll all be eating differently) will be starting on Sunday. 

James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."