Believe it or not, Bob's cancer ministry began in his early twenties on Oahu. While landscaping his parents' backyard and wheelbarrowing a heavy load of rocks backwards, he tripped over a landscaping grater and suddenly felt excruciating pain in his left foot. Thinking a dog had attacked him, he shook his foot and was shocked to see a metal rake handle flailing back and forth. Read More by clicking the image
Read MoreWhile he is sorely missed, his legacy will live on through the countless lives he influenced, bearing abundant fruit for years to come. He was a man of great courage, unwavering integrity, and loving-kindness. He ran his race incredibly well! Click the image to read more
Read More“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.” Jeremiah 17:14
A few days before my 60th birthday, on February 23rd, following a battery of tests, blood panels and examinations, my oncologist sat me down and gave me the rather shocking news: (click the image to read more)
Read MoreQuick update on my Stage 4 Terminal Cancer: I’m still ALIVE (yay!)— my PSA is 3.4 (0-4 is normal for my age), my cancer is “presently stable”, my blood work is perfect and, despite the challenges and uncertainty of living with aggressive cancer, my life is filled with fruitful ministry and a heart overflowing with GRATITUDE and THANKFULNESS:
Read MoreWhile most dashed dreams in life are short-lived and of little consequence, occasionally, they are significant and require “Living Life in Limbo”!
It's been over two and a half years since Bob was diagnosed with cancer and I am SO incredibly grateful he's still here and doing well! However, at times it feels like we’re “Living Life in Limbo”
Since being diagnosed with Terminal Stage 4 Prostate Cancer 2 1/2 years ago with a 3-6 month life expectancy, I’ve had many friends and family ask me how I can be so at peace, so joyful, so embracing of cancer and so — how shall I say — “rather cavalier and seemingly reckless” in my response to something so serious and life-threatening
Read MoreBottom line, the various medications and non-medical protocols I’m utilizing along with THE ANSWERED PRAYERS OF FRIENDS LIKE YOU are working to put the “kabbash” on the initial predictions back in April of 2017 of my early demise!!
Read MoreBecky and I were invited by the Wilcox Hospital Infusion team to attend our first American Cancer Society Relay For Life this past Saturday at Kapa’a Beach Park! What a BLESSING to join so many other survivors, caregivers and supporters in celebrating the gift and miracle of LIFE!! 🎉🎉🎉
Read MoreFollowing recent medical tests, my urologist, Dr. Peter Tran, called to let me know that my PSA and full blood panel work up all came back NORMAL!!! Hahaha!! Can you believe it?!?! I should be dead by now, but I’m NORMAL – and that’s saying a lot since I’ve never really been NORMAL!!!
Read MoreOver our many years in ministry, I’ve always encouraged believers to invest their material resources in ministries and individuals who can do things they can’t do and go to places they can’t go so that they can share in the Bema Seat reward accruing to those who are uniquely engaged in the work of the Kingdom. And now, for the first time in 40 years, I’m the one asking! So if you consider us a good investment and are excited about partnering with us, this is what you can do:
Read MoreAfter 23 years of wonderful, fulfilling and fruitful ministry at Crossroads Christian Fellowship on Kauai, Becky and I are pleased to announce our RETIREMENT! We’ve been serving the Lord in church ministry for coming up on 40 years and have LOVED every minute of it (well, almost every minute)!! LOL
Read MoreAre you facing a challenge? Have you suffered a loss or disappointment? Do you have a disability or terminal illness? Did you receive some bad news recently? Have you been misunderstood or treated unfairly? Are you heartbroken or overwhelmed? Are you filled with anxiety and fear over the present or future?
Read MoreNavigating recovery from cancer is a very personal decision involving many choices complicated by a wide variety of treatment options and life circumstances. But all of these choices and options can be grouped into one of two primary treatment categories; 1) Beating cancer or 2) Healing cancer. So, without further ado, let me share with you my “Top 10 Reasons I Refuse To Beat Cancer”
Read MoreTo all our family, friends, neighbors, sister churches here on Kauai and wonderful brothers and sisters across the globe, I want to express my deepest appreciation and gratitude for your kindness, love and aloha in interceding on my behalf before the Throne of Almighty God!! He has answered and continues to answer in REALLY BIG WAYS — I have uninterrupted perfect peace, joy that’s indescribable, non-stop divine appointments and an ever-deepening intimacy with the Lord!
Read MoreThe phrase, “Enough is enough!”, usually invokes images of a frustrated parent scolding a disobedient child! But the phrase could also mean, “Enough (what is adequate or sufficient) is enough”! The first perspective is one of dissatisfaction while the second is one of thankful contentment. This choice of gratitude and acknowledgement for “what is” versus “what is not” is, unquestionably, one of the keys to biblical contentment that the Apostle Paul exhorts believers to embrace again and again throughout his writings (Phil 4:11, 1 Tim 6:6-8, Heb 13:5).
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