January 9, 2009

Jim Munroe diagnosed with leukemia

Dear MAZE community:

On December 18, 2008, I was diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lympho-cytic Leukemia). As you can imagine, the shock of all this has been monumental. My whole life, in a bit of news, has completely changed. As horrible as that news has been, I have been overwhelmed by everything that I am learning through this process. I am also more confident than ever before, that I will be healed from this disease.

After receiving my diagnosis, I checked into the greatest cancer treatment center in the world, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. I quickly began my first round of chemotherapy, and I have been assigned to the leading professional doctor in the world on my particular kind of leukemia, Dr. Debbie Thomas. (She really is the leading world professional on this stuff.) My treatment is going really well. In 15 days, the cancer in my blood has dropped from the 84 percentile to the 2nd percentile. As stated before, I am confident of a full recovery.

The MAZE tour will obviously be placed on hold until I recover. But with that, I am more than confident that the MAZE message will be all the stronger as a result of the trial that I am fortunate enough to get walk through with the Lord.

Please pray for my family and my health as we battle through this season of our lives. I cannot thank you enough for all of your support.

Also, if you’d like a bit of a more detailed look at my story and future updates through these next months, please check out our family blog at www.themunroefamily.com.

Much love.

Jim Munroe

1 Hermann Museum Circle Drive
#1102
Houston, TX 77004