From: Rachelle MIller [pcm@teleport.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:30 PM

Subject: Prayer and Support needed

Dear Family and Friends,

We wanted to share with you our latest challenge and ask for your
prayers and support through a difficult time.  Peter has been doctoring
for the last 6 weeks or so and has just been diagnosed with bladder
cancer. He had a biopsy last week which showed that it is an aggressive
cancer, and his treatment will also be aggressive.  He will be scheduled
for surgery within the next month, but a CT scan next Thursday will give
us a better idea how extensive the treatment will be and whether
chemotherapy will be required before surgery.  His surgery will be very
major, and he will spend at least a week in the hospital and up to 5
more weeks at home recovering.  The pathology report after surgery will
tell us whether he will need ongoing chemo.

We have told the children, and we are all holding up fairly well most of
the time.  Tears flow a little easier than before, and I think we have
all come to a deeper understanding as to how precious life and health
are.  We are reading quite a bit about the cancer and treatment options,
but other than that, life goes on much the same as usual.  Peter is
feeling quite well although he is still recovering from his biopsy.  He
has been at work throughout this time, and is planning on working up
until his surgery.

For those of you who pray, we are asking for the Lord to provide
comfort, strength and courage for the family and especially for Peter. 
We are asking for a clean pathology report, for skilled hands and keen
understanding for the doctor, and for a safe surgery.  We are especially
asking for healing from this cancer, whether miraculously or through the
art of medicine.  And we are praying for Peter to come to a saving
knowledge of his Lord, Jesus Christ.

Thank you in advance for your support and understanding.  If you have
any questions, please feel free to contact us.  We'll be sure to keep
you updated on the latest word from the doctors as we get them.

God bless you all,

Peter and Rachelle