'It would literally take a miracle,' says famed evangelist ready for Heaven.
In a 12-minute YouTube video, renowned international evangelist Luis Palau revealed yesterday that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.
After Palau and his wife Patricia had “a super busy fall … traveling around the world sharing the Good News like they always do,” explained son Kevin Palau, president and CEO of the Luis Palau Association, his father returned from a long trip to the United Kingdom in early December “with a chest cold … that wouldn’t go away.”
“We finally got Dad to go into the doctor,” said Kevin Palau, “and to our surprise the early report we got just before Christmas was that there was some cancer in one of Dad’s lungs.” A few days ago, they learned that the cancer is Stage 4.
“That’s the reality we are dealing with now,” said Kevin Palau. “We’re praying about what that means. … Mostly we are asking for people’s prayers.”
“It was a shock,” said Luis Palau. “I haven’t been in a hospital one night, except after breaking a bone in 1984 after Mission Rwanda.
“The first thing to do in my case is cry. I could be gone in a few months,” said the senior Palau. But he doesn’t feel “panic or horror.”
“Many people are praying that the Lord would do a miracle,” he said. “It would literally take a miracle.”
On the ministry’s website, Palau wrote:
As we seek the best medical advice and counsel, we’re also trusting the Lord and praying for complete healing. I would ask you to join us in that prayer. We’ll be sure to keep you updated. In many ways, I feel the Lord has much more in store for me. Yet whatever ...
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