A New Prayer Request

As we are now a few weeks into ordinary time, my heart feels ready for an ordinary season, but it seems we are not quite there yet. 

My radiation treatment ended on May 28th and less than two weeks later, Jason was laid off for the second time in about a year. 

In April of 2025, he was laid off from Fred Hutch after working there for 25 years. Then in July, he began a job as a manager at Expeditors. Later that year in September, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and have journeyed through treatment for the past nine months. Being a new employee at Expeditors, Jason was unable to be as present or to care for me through surgery, chemo, and radiation as he would have if he had still worked at Fred Hutch.

Then, a week ago, Jason was let go with 229 other employees from Expeditors, a company that has prided in not laying off their workers. and we have another bump in our road. 

This spring, Jason built me new raised garden beds after several fallow seasons. I will be spending time in my garden this summer tending, watering, weeding, singing, praying, and God willing when the time is ripe, reaping the fruit of the harvest, mindful of how fallow seasons are followed by bountiful ones. Waiting on the Lord can be such a challenge, but it is another invitation to trust that He is working for our good even when we cannot see it and that good things are to come. 

Gratitude overcomes fear and anxiety and magnifies hope and joy. I have been concluding my day in prayer with a gratitude journal, reflecting on God's blessings poured out everywhere. 

For the days when I feel weak, I am ever thankful for the love, support, and prayers of our family and community. We are a bit emotionally and spiritually tired and your prayers are a deep and profound comfort. Please pray that God will make haste in providing a new job for Jason.