Alleluia!

Well, here's some good news! My friend Raphael, who I mentioned earlier, is doing much better! His cancer is out of his blood and he is in France with a specialist who is going to help determine if it is still in his bone marrow. But that's not even the best part! The best part is that Raphael and his mom both feel a peace and believe that God has separately affirmed in both of them that the cancer is gone. He is going to stay in France through the spring (so unfortunately I won't get to see him this Christmas) and will return then!

He still has his apartment in the Minneapolis area and his job is being held for him at the International School in Minnetonka, MN. What a blessing! I know he is thankful for his friends in Minnesota, but I am sure he is happy to be home in Paris for awhile. Now he can be surrounded by his entire family vs. one at a time.