We finished our wonderful week in the MTC on a spiritual high. We got home late Friday and got brought quickly back to reality. We had a call from Roger's sister to say that Roger's mom had had a CT scan that revealed she probably has pancreatic cancer. So, we decided to stay through Monday morning so that Roger could go with his mom to her Dr. appt. (more about this later in the post). We spent Saturday finishing everything around the house and organizing everything. Sunday we went to our ward for the last time. We got to see our missionary plaque that is about to be hung on the wall:
We came home from church and finished packing the car. Okay, let me just say that there is not one single space left in that car for one more thing! 
Here's a couple more views of the packing - one from our view in the front seats and one from the side door:
So, on Monday morning, Roger went with his sisters and mom to see the Dr. He spent more than an hour with them! They drew blood so that they could use the markers to track exactly where the cancer is - only in pancreas or has spread. The good news is that it is not in the lymph nodes and does not show signs of vasculature. (where the blood vessels have increased in size around the cancer site) The bad news is that the survival rate is only about 2 %. So, after going to the temple on Sat., fasting on Sunday, and talking to the Dr. and his mom on Monday- the decision was made that we should go ahead & go on our mission- and leave all this in the Lord's hands. So, Monday about noon we set out and drove to Laramie Wyoming the first night. The next day we drove for 11 hours to got to St.Joseph MO. The trip took a little longer because after leaving Lincoln, Nebraska, we had to take a pretty circuitous route. Apparently with all the flooding of the Missouri River, a large bridge and section of I-29 were flooded - so we were re-routed thru a lot of the farming communities of Nebraska. It wasn't hard to see why these people are called "Cornhuskers". There were cornfields as far as the eye could see... for miles and miles! As we pulled into St.Joseph, MO we spotted the perfect place to eat dinner!
We were introduced to this wonderfu BBQ place when we picked Lindsay up from her mission about 5 years ago. We went to Bandanas in St.Louis. It has wonderful BBQ! They have excellent ribs - with 5 different kinds of BBQ sauce:
Yep, it's an aluminum washtub! ha! Anyway, it was a fun memory of our first trip to Bandanas- and the food it still great! Thanks to everyone for your support for Roger and his mom during this hard time. We appreciate your prayers in our behalf...especially while we leave to serve in Canada.
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