Samantha's Battle with Brain Cancer Please Pray!
Ministry and Prayer Concerns
Written by: Staff
Post Date: Mar. 14, 2011
Update about Samantha: We give all the glory and honor to God for the His healing hands on Samantha. She has survived 10 years with a rare form of brian cancer. She is now a young teenager and is having clear test results for brain cancer. What a miracle and we thank God for saving her life. We do want to inform you that her father Jack, unexpectly passed away last year. So she is orphan. She is cared for by her Grandma Nora and Grandpa Alfred and her Aunt Nora Alice has taken her as one of her own into her family. We ask for continued prayers for Samantha and that she may know God's love and healing touch in her life and that she has such a beautiful call on her life and she shares her personal journey for Jesus in her life.
Here is part of the posting from September, 2004 telling of Samantha's story.
Six year old Samantha Vandenburg, has in the last three years undergone three surgeries to remove a rare form of brain cancer. God had provided the top doctors at U.C.L.A. Hospital to skillfully remove a cancerous tumor one-quarter the size of her brain. She has recovered from the surgeries, but she is in a battle for her life. The intensive radiation and chemotherapy she has gone through to stop this deadly form of cancer has taken a toil on her body but not her spirit. She knows she is loved by God and she draws her strength from Him. She currently has been in remission. Samantha had her quarterly MRI check up on Oct. 4th, 2004 and it was clear of any new tumor growth. This is the first time her MRI check up has been clear. Praise the Lord! Please continue to pray for clear MRI's and complete healing from any illness.
Samantha is a delightful little girl and only child of our stepbrother, Jack. She is truly a Princess in the Kingdom of Heaven worthy to be loved, cherished, to be healed and to live a full life as a Child of God. We ask for prayers for strength of her body to overcome this aggressive form of brain cancer, that she will have full recovery and be healed and regain her fine motor skills and memory problems quickly. We also ask for her and her loved ones to be placed gently into God's hands, to lean on him, draw closer to the Lord, trust him and gain comfort from the Lord during this time.
Here is part of the posting from September, 2004 telling of Samantha's story.
Six year old Samantha Vandenburg, has in the last three years undergone three surgeries to remove a rare form of brain cancer. God had provided the top doctors at U.C.L.A. Hospital to skillfully remove a cancerous tumor one-quarter the size of her brain. She has recovered from the surgeries, but she is in a battle for her life. The intensive radiation and chemotherapy she has gone through to stop this deadly form of cancer has taken a toil on her body but not her spirit. She knows she is loved by God and she draws her strength from Him. She currently has been in remission. Samantha had her quarterly MRI check up on Oct. 4th, 2004 and it was clear of any new tumor growth. This is the first time her MRI check up has been clear. Praise the Lord! Please continue to pray for clear MRI's and complete healing from any illness.
Samantha is a delightful little girl and only child of our stepbrother, Jack. She is truly a Princess in the Kingdom of Heaven worthy to be loved, cherished, to be healed and to live a full life as a Child of God. We ask for prayers for strength of her body to overcome this aggressive form of brain cancer, that she will have full recovery and be healed and regain her fine motor skills and memory problems quickly. We also ask for her and her loved ones to be placed gently into God's hands, to lean on him, draw closer to the Lord, trust him and gain comfort from the Lord during this time.
