Dr. Vladimir

Vladimir Update from Cliff

Dear Prayer Partners,
I want to give you another update on Vladimir Khursin.
Vladimir has finished his course of treatment in Orlando . He’s been having daily sessions of radiation therapy (5 days a week) and he’s completed his course of chemotherapy as well. It has been a time of ups and downs with Vladimir being sick for much of the time. However, through it all, he has kept a good attitude and while sometimes the news has not been all that good, his faith and hope is solid in the One who is in control.

Vladimir is weak and the headaches have continued and he still suffers with double vision. The vision problem is not going to go away quickly and this is going to render him unable to work once he returns to Ukraine .
A cat scan was conducted on 3 July and the results were very good. After all of the treatment, the tumor shrunk 30-40%.

Hopefully, Vladimir will be returning to Kiev in the next two weeks.
One of the difficult things in all of this is that although Vladimir has completed his treatment in the US , he will need to be on medicine for the rest of his life. This medicine is not cheap. The medicine Vladimir needs normally costs over $8000 for a 6-month supply. Dr. Gary Lehman found a source to obtain this 6-month supply for $1000. This is quite a savings.

We have two big needs at this point.
1) Finding the funds to buy this medicine for Vladimir
2) Finding funds to help Vladimir live since it does not appear he will be able to work once he returns (due to the vision problems).

If you would like to contribute to these needs, you may write a check to the General Treasurer, Church of the Nazarene. Please mark the check with the following: APT 1056, CIS Field Medical Care. The address to send the check (if not through your local church) is Global Treasury Services, Church of the Nazarene, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City , MO 64131 .

I received an email from Vladimir a few days ago. He requested especially that we continue to pray for his sight. Would you please do that?

Thank you for your prayers for him.

Just so you know, we are collecting funds for Vladimir as well (here in Ukraine ). These will be given to him when he returns to help with his living expenses.

Thank you again.

Blessings,
Cliff