GOOD SHEPHERD NEWS, Spring 2011

Praying for a Mom and a Friend
Ministry leader and pastor's wife Linda Johnson asks prayer for her mother Shirley Jackson

February 22 -- Good Shepherd's Linda Johnson asks friends to pray for her mother, Shirley Jackson, 74, as she recovers from breast cancer in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Friends gathered together at a hotel in Grand Forks the day before Shirley's surgery for treatment. Those pictured below include Shirley Jackson (second from the left), Linda and Hannah Johnson (at middle, with the baby), Linda's sister Beth (left), along with baby Jana (Linda's niece), as well as BIble school students Erin Harris, Josiah Nelson, Ben Dahl, Caleb and Katy Dahl, along with Michael Johnson. Surgery held on Feb. 22 showed that a negative result for cancer on the lymph nodes. "That was good news to us," says Linda. Shirley and husband Pastor Harvey Jackson are living in Park RIver, North Dakota.

We're praying for a quick recovery. Linda expects to return home to her family and husband on March 2. Tests following the surgery indicated no immediate need for radiation or chemotherapy, and Shirley is now recovering well at home with husband, Rev. Harvey Jackson.