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The Fuller Family Cancer Fund

I'm setting up this page in tears as this family is so dear to my heart and Mindy has been my best friend for 20+ years. Tomorrow we will have more answers from the pet scan, but the prognosis does not look good. I will keep updating as I receive updates from her for family and friends. I would like to share for now her journal entry shared with me today with her permission of course. Mindy is a homeschooling Mom and Brad will not be able to provide of course during this time or as we hate to think.. in the future. They are in desparate need of any financial assistance that can be provided for food, gas, rent, medical bills, etc. at this time. 
Mindy's journal entry: 
The Giant in the Land

As Brad and I enter into what is probably our biggest challenge during our married life together the biblical account of David and Goliath has come to my mind repeatedly. David faced the giant Goliath with a sling and a stone. We all have our giants to face; ours just happens to be in the form of cancer. I’m constantly challenging myself to trust that the same God that delivered David and gave him the strength to face the giant will give us the strength we need to slay this giant.

The word cancer makes people do and say things that they wouldn’t normally say. I’m sure I’ve been one of those people. I’m absolutely sure I have. I’ve seen my share of cancer and watched loved ones pass on from it, but I’ve also seen so many people overcome it. I really didn’t want to hear the word cancer, and when I did I’ll confess, I felt like my world was caving in. Brad is so many things to me. He’s my biggest cheerleader in life, my lover, my friend, my husband, the father of our children, and Opa to our little Posey.

I’ve struggled every day with how I can bless my husband and thought to myself, “What will I do if something happens to this man I’ve spent all of my adult life with?” There’s no easy answer here. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. What I do know without a doubt is that I love a God who only has my best interest at heart. I’ve been more at peace over the last few weeks than I’ve ever been. I struggle with serious anxiety at times, but I’m not now. For one thing, should Brad be called home, he’s going to be with the Lord, completely and totally free from pain, sorrow, and suffering. Where that leaves me I don’t know. I do know that it’s selfish to want to keep my husband. I want what’s best for him. If that’s the Lord calling him home, then that’s what I want for him.

The sling and the stone were the means David used to defeat Goliath, but it was more than that. David served the LIVING GOD, and he fought his battle in the Lord’s strength. I’m not a name it and claim it kind of person, but I do believe God’s promises are real and true. God is faithful. He will supply all of my needs. This doesn’t mean he’s going to heal my husband. What it does mean is that I can entrust my husband’s life, mine, and my children’s lives and future to the One who knows. Nothing comes to us for no good reason. There’s purpose in our suffering. Elisabeth Elliot’s statement, “Suffering is never for nothing” rings true to me every day.

I surround myself with God’s promises to me. He will supply my every need. He will give me His all sufficient grace, and He will provide. How and when I do not know, but God is faithful. Every day I have with Brad is a gift. I don’t know what the future holds for us. I only know that God is able.

Organizer and beneficiary

Andrea Lovelace
Organizer
Fredericksburg, VA
BRAD FULLER
Beneficiary

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