What's next???

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

This verse is so true and I love that I can see it and live it everyday. It is so nice to know that I have a God on my side that knows everything about me, and every direction that I will be going good or bad. I knew from the beginning of my cancer journey that God had a plan for me. He had a plan to use this miserable season in my life. I tried to hold on to that as a source of strength and continued hope to get me through. And that is exactly what happened. So through this whole process I have been praying and I have also been asking for people to pray for me. For me to see what it is that God has for me, what does God want to do with this season in my life, and how can I help others. Well I am happy to say that I have that direction, It is still a work in progress (it will all be a work in progress) and I know that God is going to show me more ways to make this idea work, but I have to get it started. Get it out there for others who are about to go through there own journey. So here is the idea! Check it out at www.thechemocrew.com. I am hoping that through this website and being able to meet with people, I can share with them the tools that made my journey as bearable as possible. Basically I want to help others get through there chemo journey. Whether it be with information or actually providing them with that team(Chemo Crew). Again, I was so blessed to have such a huge support system helping me through my journey. Not everyone is as fortunate as I was. I want to be that support for others and hopefully be able to show them God's love through the whole process.

So as I start this next journey and begin to piece the puzzle together, I would ask for prayer to help me keep God as the #1 focus. I want God to get all the glory for everything this organization does. Over the next several months, I will be submitting all of the paperwork to start a non profit organization. So please pray that things go smoothly and there are no hickups along the way.

In the meantime, while I am getting everything put together to be able to start taking donations, If you know someone who is going to start the chemo process or is caring for someone who is going through chemo, direct them to my website. I hope that it would be a source of encouragement and maybe offer them some tips on how to deal with some of the challenges that they will face. Let me know what you think too about the site. I will be adding alot more information over the next few weeks, so check back and see what is new!

Love you all,

Bridgette Eilers

Remission!

Remission=

1. 1. The act of remitting.
   2. A condition or period in which something is remitted.
2. A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement.
3. 1. Medicine Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
   2. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
4. 1. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation.
   2. Forgiveness; pardon.

As I was sitting in the Dr. office last Thursday anxiously waiting to hear that word, it got me thinking about what that word really meant. Yes, I was so glad to hear him say your cancer is now in remission, but what changed? Nothing really changed. I still have the possibility of the cancer coming back, I still have the thoughts of what the cancer did to my body. And ny hair still has not grown back. There are lots of things that make it very hard for me to really wrap my head around that word "remission." It can't change my thoughts, my appearance, or the future, but it carries so much weight. It is almost like everything should change after that word was spoken about my cancer. Yes, it is the word I want to hear, but it does not mean that the cancer will not come back. The more I think about this word it makes me think about my spiritual life. When I sin or am going through a tough time in my life, all I want is to be in remission, free from that sin and on with my life. I believe that God wants us all to be in remission, released from the sins of the world and forgiven.

So I say this because yeah my cancer is in remission, but I am excited because I have learned that I want to be in remission in every area of my life. It is a daily thing that I will ask for because I am a sinner and we live in a world of temptations and lies. I hold on to the hope that God wants to forgive me and take my thoughts, fears, and sins from me and put me in remission. And know that it is that simple. All we have to do is ask and He will forgive us and give us that hope.

Matthew 7:7-8
7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Love you all,
Bridgette