Anyone could do that!

that he had only one other patient of similar
circumstances to mine who was still alive.
“Why do you think God allowed you to live
when so many others have died?” he asked me.
For a moment I was taken aback by his question,
but then I thought of several possible reasons. I
replied that perhaps God gave me cancer so that
I could share the Gospel with him.
Also, it was during my cancer treatment
that God gave me a deep concern for Africa,
especially to the 13 million AIDS orphans. In
the intervening years I have had the opportunity
to begin projects on that continent. Another
purpose for still being alive is that God
continues to work in my life for my good and
His glory.
In a recent discussion with my former
surgeon and now friend, Dr. Froese, in which
we were planning a medical outreach to Africa
with a team of doctors, I related to him my
conversation with Dr. Rivkin. Dr. Froese
concurred about the severity of my cancer and
shocked me by saying that it was one of his
worst cases which survived.
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