Last week we received the news that we knew would eventually come, but we hoped would be much further down the road…my dad's pancreatic cancer had returned and already spread to his lungs. The doctor estimated he has about two months.
We recognize that every one of my father's days over the past year has been a gift from the Lord since the initial mass was discovered during his spinal surgery a year ago February. If that had not happened, we would have more than likely lost my father in March last year.
Though I have worked with my dad over the past months to prepare family, finances and our hearts for this, and I rejoice in the time Jeremy, Nico, Claudia and I have had with him, I don't think we could ever be "prepared" for the news, and what we will continue to walk through in the coming months.
The one true, profound comfort we do have is the assurance we carry that after his body is spent; After his strength is gone; After he leaves the pain and decay behind, HE WILL BE NEW. And we KNOW we will see him again.
"When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
"O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
My dad knows his savior. He knows where he is going. And we know that because of Christ's sacrifice for us, we will get to see him and rejoice with him more deeply than ever before.
For now though, we grieve and push through the wages of sin on our mortal bodies, in assured hope of a brighter future.
Please keep my dad, Robert Abegg in your prayers. Pray for his body and mind during this time. He particularly enjoys and desires to continue writing and recording stories from his childhood and life. Pray that he is able to do so throughout this process and that he would be satisfied with the accomplishments the Lord allows. Please pray for the entire Abegg family as we navigate the grief and major decisions ahead. Please pray for my mom, Bitta Abegg, as she prepares for a future unlike the past 46 years.
Thank you for your encouragement, support and intercession.
God bless.
In His Hands / En Sus manos;
Kevin S. Abegg (for the family) 
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