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Guest Post for Anna Vaprova

Dear friends, I'm writing to you with a heavy heart. My family is in dire need right now, and this is a plea for help. Many of you probably remember me posting about my 2 year old niece Anna in RUSSIA who has been fighting cancer for over a year now. I thank all of our fellow homeschoolers who have offered faithful prayer support, and have inquired continually about her progress. MANY have asked if there's anything they can do..

As you may not remember the details, last December, we received the devastating news of Anna having an extremely rare form of cancer: mixed Germ Cell Tumor (immature Sacrococcygeal teratoma and Yolk Sac tumor), with metastasis in the surrounding lymph nodes and the lungs .

Since her diagnosis, Anna has endured more than most people will in a lifetime: multiple invasive tests as well as a complicated and aggressive surgery.

This is considered a curative type of cancer and prognosis can be very good. Russian doctors were able to achieve remission for a while, but cancer has come back and they can't pinpoint its location. There is simply not enough knowledge about this particular type of cancer and doctors are at a loss as to the plan of
action. Doctors are urging the parents to seek more accurate diagnostics and treatment abroad. There are other countries which have a much wider research base and more innovative technologies/treatment methods targeting GCT.

We have some promising responses from Germany and Israel already, but as you can imagine, being foreign nationals, no insurance or any other benefits will be afforded to them as they seek this treatment.

Dear friends, that's where you come in. Together, we are in a position to make a difference . It is unbearable to know that Anna could be cured but it is impossible because of a shortage of money. We need to raise money in a short period of time for their medical needs. The diagnostics, consultations with doctors, and possible treatments in order to help save Anna's life will cost thousands of dollars.

If God places it on your heart, please consider helping us with this need. please don't pass this by..

Please help circulate about this need among your family, friends, churches, co-workers. Consider posting about it on any social networks you are on

(Facebook, etc.).

If each of us open our hearts and unite our efforts to provide for Anna and her parents, then realistically we can meet this need quickly and Anna can get the treatment she so desperately needs.

Please understand, NO gift is too small. For more information on how to contribute to the medical needs of this family please visit http://www.cancercure4anna.com/ . There are lots of different ways you can help, including an opportunity to make a tax-deductible contribution.

Will you please join our prayer group for Anna and enlist your Sunday School Class, Bible Study and prayer group to pray also: http://www.pray4anna.com/

ALSO, If you have ANY information/ideas/suggestions/insights of what organizations here in the US we can contact and ask for help, please let us know!

"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. " (2 Corinthians 9:7)

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap..." (Luke 6:38)

In HIM,

Ola, Brent Snyder and family