Thursday, January 10, 2013

Update - 6 month check up - Jan. 10, 2013

First of all thank you for all your prayers. God has answered again. Praise the Lord! Everything is OK, my CA125 was 10.2. I am good for another 6 months. I asked when I will go to once a year and Dr. Soliman said after the 5th year after my last chemo. So this May it will be 3 years for me. I am just blessed and thankful for God's healing again. As we were driving to MD Anderson we were talking about this May will be 10 years that we have been making trips back and forth. Remembering my first appointment in May of 2003 and feeling overwhelmed and scared as to what lied ahead. So thankful for each and everyone at MD Anderson that took care of me or even just shared a word of encouragement. Again, if you know of anyone going through cancer, this is the place to go for treatment. It amazes me how people who live right here in Houston that may be going through cancer choose other options for their treatment. Also, please continue to pray for our co-workers who are going through cancer just to mention a few names for you to be praying for: Dawn, Becky, Marie, Pattie It seems everytime we turn around someone else has cancer I was thinking back when I was a child and hearing that my grandmother's sister (on my dad's side) had cancer. I don't know what kind it was but remembering thinking "I wonder if I can catch it". It use to be that when you heard the word cancer, you automatically thought of death. I remember them telling me I had cancer, and that was the furtherest thing from my mind. I am so thankful that I had the Lord to lean on and trust for my healing. We ought to thank the Lord for everyday HE gives us.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Happy New Year - January 2, 2013

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. Hope y'all are looking forward to a great year. It has some time since I have since I have written on my blog. I guess it started August of 2012, when a man came by our house and asked if it was For Sale. We had had it up For Sale but nothing serious. Scott told him "Maybe". Apparently they had seen the house when we had it For Sale and came back to check. So the process began, and it was a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg process. We had hoped the house would of sold during the summer, since our work schedule is alot better, time wise. He signed a contract and I started packing. We also were in earnest looking for a house for us to move into. We were looking at foreclosures, while some were really bad and then were some out of our price range. With all this going on, thinking we would close sometime at the end of September. Also, school had started and our hours back to crazy plus all the work at the church. We found a house we liked but was still too high, so I continued to look. One day I was looking and I told Scott the house was off the market. I was sad. But I continued looking and found it was still on the market but the price had dropped by $10,000. He said let's call and check on it. So we made an offer and waited. In the meantime, we were not going to be able to close by the end of September. So we moved all our stuff to the church. Oh, yeah now we have no place to live??????? A preacher friend had offered us to stay in their profit's chamber for a couple of weeks. Then we found out from Scott's sister that her mother-in-laws house was empty with all the furniture still in it. Thank you Lord. So we moved into her house, thinking it would be just a couple of weeks. We had stuff at the church and now stuff at the house we will be staying at. The buyers for our house decided they needed an extension so they could get more money to do some work on the house. We are NOT happy. We moved out of our house on October 5. Alot of things going on with both houses, revival at church, and while the revival was going on we took the preacher and others out to eat. By the time Scott & I got to the house we were staying at, we were sooooooooo sick. FOOD POISONING, now we miss work along with everything else. Our stay at this house was 4 weeks, missed work for sickness and now we have to take off to close on the houses. That was another story, of where we had to go to sign and the deadlines, but God helped us through it all. Scott finally took time off and got us moved into our new house on Nov. 6. It has been very stressful and hard months, but am looking forward to enjoying our new house. If you are on facebook you can see the pictures of our new house. To update you on my health I am doing great. My next appointment at MD Anderson is January 10. So please be in prayer for good results again. God has been so good to me. Also, be in prayer for a couple of our co-workers Dawn & Becky they both have cancer. Hopefully I will be better at keeping my blog up to date.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

May 20, 2012

It has been awhile since I posted on my blog. It is a shame that we get so busy that we don't take time to share our thoughts and requests with friends and family. As I see I haven't posted since my last appointment at MD Anderson. Well, it is almost time for my next appointment at MD Anderson again, it will be June 12. So continue to pray that I will receive another good report. If you or someone in your family has had cancer or is going through cancer, this time can be anxious for them. We have several on our prayer list with cancer. Here are a few I would like you to be praying for Missionary Paul Pelletier, Rose Theis, Pattie Walker, Leah Adams, Joanne Nelson, Stella Cheverere and the list goes on. As I mentioned being busy, things have been pretty busy at our church. We just finished up a 5 week campaign and it went very well. We had souls saved every week during the campaign and had families join us. That is what it is all about. Souls to be saved, nothing greater is to see someone get saved. We had a young man get saved this morning. God is so good. Our hearts our burdened for our city, s u[tate, nation, but even more so for our family and friends that are lost. We must take the time to share Jesus with them. Just the thought of someone burning in hell. Wow! Let's all get busy for the Lord. If you are reading this and you don't know Jesus as your Saviour, PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! I BEG YOU TO GET SAVED TODAY!!! Time is very short before the Lord will return. So continnue to read and I will share with you in how you can be saved. After going through cancer twice I wrote a gospel tract and here is what is in. First, alittle testimony and then the gospel. My name is Debbie Netterville, and I am a Ovarian Cancer survivor, twice. In May of 2003 I was diagnosed the first time with Ovarian cancer. I was treated at MD Anderson and went 6 years cancer free. Praise the Lord! Then on December 22, 2009 at my yearly check up I was told that it was back. That was my worst night mare. So then I was scheduled for surgery on January 4, 2010. My last chemo treatment was May 27, 2010. As of my last check up, I am still cancer free. Again, Praise the Lord! I thank the doctors at MD Anderson for everything they have done for me, but I just want to introduce you to my "GREAT PHYSICIAN". I could not of gone through cancer twice without Him. He gave me and my family the grace and mercy to go through these hard journeys. The doctors can do all tha they can do, but he has healed me." My verse for the first round of cancer was "...I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee:" II King 20:5 The verse for this second round is, "...This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." John 11:4 So my mission is to share my "GREAT PHYSICIAN" with everyone I can. You Can Be Saved And Know My Great Physician The Fact of Sin is that all are sinners. Romans 3:10 "...there is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" The Penalty for Sin is Death and Hell. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death..." Rev. 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving...shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone:" Jesus Died to Pay for Our Sin. Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." The Individual Response to the Gospel means that one cannot work to save himself, one must turn from self or religion and ask God to save them. Romans 10:9,10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." If in your heart you believe and are willing to meet THE GREAT PHYSICIAN to be saved you must repent of your sin and place your faith in Jesus as Saviour. Call upon the Lord by praying to Him: "Dear Lord, I confess that I am a sinner. I repent of my sin, and ask you for mercy and forgiveness through the shed blood of your Son, Jesus. I believe your promise, that from this moment on, according to your Word, I will be your child and that you will reserve a home in Heaven for me. Thank you for saving me, in Jesus name. Amen." Now, if you have received the Lord as your Saviour, please let me know. Going through cancer is an awful thing for you and for your family. The best way to travel through this valley is with the Lord. He gives grace and strength just when you need it the most. Also, share this with your family and friends.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Praise & Prayer Request - March 13, 2012

I wanted to inform of you of the results from my appointment at MD Anderson on February 28. My exam went well, my mammogram was fine and my blood work for my CA125was 11.3. That means that I am doing fine and my next appointment will be in June.

Thank you for all your prayers.

Now for another prayer request. This one is for our co-worker Pattie Walker, she will be having surgery Thursday, March 15 for breast cancer in both breast.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Another Home Going - February 25, 2012

We got home about an hour ago from going to the homegoing celebration of Penny Wilkins, she was the wife to Dr. James Wilkins. As her program read, "left on vacation to Heaven, February 20, 2012, now fellowshipping with family, friends, and converts. Waiting to be re-assigned a position in the Thousand Year Reign under her beloved Saviour, King Jesus." We were blessed to have worked with Miss Penny and Dr. Wilkins. Sitting there listening to testimonies and then hearing Bro. Wilkins preach was awesome. Miss Penny was 82 years young. If you knew her, you would understand.
She was known for her faithful prayer life and her soulwinning life.

Just a week ago, another precious friend and special lady that we were blessed to have worked with in the ministry, went home to be with the Lord. Kim Boling, and oh so young (36 yrs. old) left her husband and 4 precious children.

The week just before Christmas a lady in our church was burnt severally. She died January 12, 2012, she was 72 yrs old.

I have been reading about several people dying lately while catching up on Facebook, from teenagers dying in car wrecks, a 50 yr. old preacher dying, and the list goes on.

I read also this week of friends Allen & Alicia Little who lost their young son Kendrick to cancer a couple of years ago. Still ache and feel for other parents who hear everyday that their child has cancer, or doesn't have long to live or have just passed away.

Then I would like to ask prayer for Lucy Seward, I think she is 7 yrs. old who is scheduled to have heart surgery in a few days. Right now she has been sick with a virus, and of course, they can't do surgery if she is sick. The right side ventricle is stretching like a water balloon, please, please pray.

Then a co-worker just found out she has breast cancer in both breasts and is scheudled for surgery March 13. (Pattie)

If you can read about all these situations, of sickness, death, and heartache and not be move to do anything I feel for you. We can ALL PRAY, don't forget about all these families who are hurting. I know having gone through cancer twice it has made a difference in my prayer life. Everytime I hear of someone with cancer, my heart breaks for them, for you see we have been there and know the devistation of that awful disease. Another way all this moves me is to think how short life is and how your life can change in an instant.

Do you think Michael and Kim thought this awful infection would take her life so young? Death comes knocking at the door of all ages, we don't know how much time we have. Scott and I have such a burden for our family to be saved. We pray daily for them.

As family and friends read this, please think long and hard about this next qyestion. Do you know, that you know, that you know, when you die you are going to heaven? If you can't say yes immediately, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you take care of you destiny, RIGHT NOW!

As you read above, we can't say, "I've got time, I'm still young." Or "I'll do it later." Later, may never come, you may be in an accident, you may have a heartattack, what if you were put in a coma and never woke up. This is VERY SERIOUS and is not to take lightly.

The Face of Sin is that all are sinners.
Romans 3:10 "...there is none righteous, no, not one:'
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
The Penalty for Sin is Death and Hell.
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Rev. 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving...shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone;"
Jesus Died to Pay for Our Sin.
Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
The Individual Response to the Gospel means that one cannot work to save himself, one must turn from self or religion and ask God to save them.
Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession made unto salvation."

If in your heart you believe and are willing to be saved you must repent of your sin and place your faith in Jesus as Saviour. Call upon the Lord by praying to Him.

"Dear Lord, I confess that I am a sinner. I repent of my sin, and ask you for mercy and forgiveness through the shed blood of your Son, Jesus. I believe your promise, that from this moment on, according to your Word, I will be your child and that you will reserve a home in Heaven for me. Thank you for saving me, in Jesus name. Amen."

Now, if you have received the Lord as your Saviour, please let me know.

As I sat at that funeral today and Bro. Wilkins was telling a story about someone handing a tract to someone. The person says, "I can't read, but I will follow your footsteps to learn how to be saved." Wow, I thought that is something we all need to think about. If we are a Christian and know Jesus Christ as our Saviour, where would our footsteps lead others? Would it be to the Lord, would it be to church faithfully, would it be out soulwinning, just where would we lead them? Folks, we must get busy winning our family and friends to the Lord, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Also, I would like to ask you to be praying for me this Tuesday, February 28th, as I go back to MD Anderson for another 4 month check up. I will be having blood work, mammogram, and a physical exam.

Thank you for your prayers for me and for others. God bless.

Friday, February 10, 2012

URGENT, URGENT PRAYER REQUEST - Feb. 10, 2012

My heart is heavy as I type this. Many of you already know what has been going on with Kim Boling. If you are on Facebook you can follow her updates by going to www.facebook.com/pages/Prayer-for-KIM/162305853884715

Some have asked me how I know Kim, we went to church together in Fort Worth, Texas. She was such a blessing to us. She also was in my home church at Faith Baptist Church, Bourbonnais, IL for awhile.

Below is an update that was posted on Facebook.


Kim is on her way to Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa, OK. The outlook from the beginning was 80% mortality and due to the inability to contain the infection her chances have decreased.

She is still fighting. When Michael asked if she wanted the kids to tell her bye, she nodded yes. The staff did a wonderful job concealing everything in the room, so all they could see was from the nose up. They had the chance to say they loved her & was praying for her.

We have not lost hope, but understand that God is in complete control!

Thank you everyone for taking the time to pray for our family!


Friends and family please PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!!! Please pass this URGENT PRAYER REQUEST to as many folks as you can.

Thank you,
Debbie
Jer. 33:3

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Wow! What a busy couple of months! - December 18, 2011

Since my last post it seems like it has been non stop. With work, regular church services, special church services and trying to keep up with things to be done at home and now Christmas just one week away. Like they say, the older we get the faster time goes by. As a child, we think time goes by sooooooooo slow.

Since I missed even posting anything in November, I want to mention some things I am thankful for. I am so thankful for my health, once you have been through cancer twice each day is an extra blessing. I am thankful for my husband who has been there and taken care of me through it all. I am thankful for my family members near and far. I must confess the older I get the more I miss all of my family. I hate being so far away from all of them. On my birthday, November 14th I received an extra blessing. I was reading posts on Facebook and noticed a post from someone on a friend's page by the last name of Billadeau. Well, I just had to go back and check on this person. (My maiden name was Billadeau). So I started chatting with this girl on Pam Britt's page. Come to find out we are related, she was my 1st cousin's granddaughter. So I went to her page to check her out and by her speech was curious to ask if she was saved. So I went back to Pam's page and asked her if she was a Christian. Her reply was "Yes". Not only did I find a long lost family member but she also is a Christian. Thank you Jesus. That is not the end of this story. So I just had to find out how she became a Christian. She told me she was a bus kid at Faith Baptist Church, in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Wow, now I was really exctied and had tears in my eyes!!! Faith Baptist Church in Bourbonnais, Illinois is where I got saved, baptized and served the Lord for many years. This girl also got to attend the school there and is right finishing up LPN school in June and then will be attending Bible College. A couple of weeks ago we even got to talk on the phone. Looking forward to getting to meet her someday.

I am so thankful to Faith Baptist Church and all their soulwinning efforts. I am thankful that I learned many years ago to be a soulwinner there and am still winning souls to Christ. Folks soulwinning is a way of life not just something you do when it is convenient. I am thankful that my sister and brother-in-law cared to share Jesus with me. Stop and think who it was that told you about Jesus, thank them. Then stop and think how many people you have won to Christ yourself and are you still looking for lost souls. Christians there are lost souls out there we just need to go find them. They are someone's mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparents, friend, co-worker, etc.

With Christmas one week away let's remember what Christmas is all about. It isn't all the decorations, presents, Santa, etc. It is all about HIM! It is Jesus' birthday, let's pray about what we are going to give Jesus for his birthday. I have been teaching in my Sunday School class for 2 or 3 weeks now, "What are we going to give Jesus for His birthday? We have been putting things in a red package in our room and next week we will give it to HIM! Maybe you need to be more faithful to church, maybe you need to be reading your Bible more, what about giving, what about going soulwinning, what are you doing for him?



Things at Faith Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas has been doing good. We have had several saved in the last 3 months. Looking forward to what God is going to do in 2012. Again, please pray with us for some help. We need help with our youth, someone who can do Children's Church, we need a piano player and someone to lead music.

Scott and I want to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Picture before Cancer Surgery