I just went to my surgeon for a follow-up visit after the surgery.
My doctor visit went well. I don't have to go back for another followup
visit unless there is some kind of problem and I don't think that will be the
case.
I just have to go to the oncologist and get a final cat-scan and I will be
through with the doctor visits for a while.
I have the paththology reports from the surgery and there is no cancer in
any of the lympth nodes and it never broke through the back wall of the rectum
so it was contained to the spot where it was and ther is no cancer in the
tissue around the spot... so it was good report.
I have recovered fully from the heart by-pass and all seems to be going very
well.
I appreciate all the prayers and I still have the peace of God that He has
given throughout all the things that I have been through this past summer.
God is good all the time. His grace is sufficient and it is His power
released into a life that would be unable to handle things in the natural
but through Christ we can do all things for sure.
Blessings on you and your family for the holidays and all year long as well.

Pastor Charles Kitner
http://kitnerskorner.blogspot.com/

The Time Has Come

Tomorrow, October 29, 2008 is the date of a scheduled operation to remove cancer from my body as well as my Gallbhladder. I am confident that Isaiah 54:17 still governs what will happen and the desired outcome of the Lord. He gave me the scripture before I knew I need it and the grace of God has kept me in perfect peace through all the surprises that I have faced physically. Nothing surprises God in our lives. We are the ones that must remember that He has a plan that is for good and not for evil and that plan will give us the desired outcomes of life.
Keep me in prayer for sure as prayer definitely works...God both hears and answers them without doubt.
Keep Dr. Wolfgang Schraut and every person that would have anything to do with my stay in the hospital in prayer as well. I don't want anyone but the right people to touch me in any way.

God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good!

Blessings on you all!
Pastor Kitner

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Surgery Date Scheduled

I had the appointment with the cancer surgeon Dr. Wolfgang Schaurt at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Sept. 29. As a result of this visit and re-examination for the cancer to be removed from my body we have arranged for this to be done on October 29 because the doctor will be away for about a week and a half or two weeks. I will have all the preliminary blood tests done and be ready for this operation, with preaching substitutes in place for several weeks during the scheduled recovery time.

Keep this whole senerio in prayer along with those that are going to be involved with any phase of the operation and recovery. Only those that are ordained by the Lord should be involved and no one that should not be involved.

Isaiah 54:17 still prevails over it all.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Charles Kitner

Cancer Surgeon Appointment Made

Monday September 29, 2008 I have an appointment with the surgeon, Dr Wolfgang Schaurt, that I originally talked with before I needed to have heart surgery. He will examine me and we will go forward from there with the removal of what is there of the cancer mass (if it is there) that was already treated with radiation and chemo.
Isaiah 54:17 is still in effect for my life as given to me before I knew that I had all this going on in my body.


Isaiah 54:17 (NIV) 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.


Blessings on Ya!
Keep me in prayer - thanks I knew you would!
Pastor Kitner

Medical Update on my heart operation

I go back to the cardiologist on Wednesday afternoon for my 6 week heart check up after my operation for a quad bypass. This doctor did my heart catherization and found the blockage in the main arteries at 95% and in several other arteries as well.

I also go back to my surgeon who did my open heart operation on 9-15-08 this coming Monday afternoon. He has to check out his handiwork and see how the Lord has healed me ahead of what is normal.

Keep me in prayer as I will have to, after being released from the current recovery situation, face the removal of the cancer mass from my rectum. That is unless the Lord removes it by His own removal touch. (this is the prefered way)

At least I have gotten a little settled down after having to wait the 6 to 8 weeks after heart surgery to even consider the other. The operation for the removal of the cancer couldn't be done until the heart was repaired and strong enough for me to survive the operation without having a heart attack on the operating table.

Isaiah 54:17 still is in affect for me....no weapon that is formed against me shall prosper...Praise the Lord who is Good All the Time

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Back in the Saddle Again

Sunday August 17, 2008. I preached my first sermon in the church since my heart by-pass operation just 2 1/2 weeks ago on July 31. I sat to preach in a special raised chair. I figured that if Jesus sat to teach or preach, then I could do it also. I felt pretty good, being back in the place where I have been since September 27, 1987. That's right, almost 21 full years in the same place. God has taught me a lot over the years and has used everything I have ever gone through to benefit someone in their lives. I missed the people and the special presence of God that is found within the corporate body as it is gathered together in one place to worship and exalt the Lord.
I preached on traits of a Christian leader. I came at it in this way: Every Christian is found to be in a place of leadership in some way. Everyone is a minister of some sort in the body as every joint supplies something that is needed in the one body of Christ. I know that there are some leaders that are placed within the body for the building up of the same for the works of ministry but everyone has some function within the body and all are lights in this world or should be.
Church needs to be done so the body functions and not just the talking heads. Action is the call of the day not passive pew warming.

Well blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

I'm Back

"The Sunday morning service shows how popular your church is.
The evening services show how popular your pastor is.
Your private prayer time shows you how popular God is!"
- Leonard Ravenhill

Hi everyone!
I'm back home as of Monday afternoon. I was operated on last Thursday and had four by-passes done on the heart instead of five. The doctor came in on Sunday afternoon and asked me if I wanted to go home on Monday and I said yes. So on Monday morning he came in and asked what time I wanted to go home and he released me to go, after looking at my inscision etc., at 11 am.
I am restricted in what I can do for sure but it is great to be home again.

2 Corinthians 12:7 - 10 (KJV) 7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
I am this verse walking once again.

Love and blessings upon all of you.
God is good all the time and all the time God is good!
Pastor Kitner

Hi ya all.

Thank you all for the many prayers, cards etc.

I will be offline for about a week and there will be no updates until after I get home.
I wish I was going on vacation to a wonderful place by the ocean or bay but I am going to be in Westmorland Hospital in Greensburg Pa.
My doctor Mark Suzuki MD is the head surgeon at Westmorland in the cardiac unit, so I will have the best working on me. Remember to pray for the entire operating team as well as for me.

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER!!!

I am at peace in my spirit.
God's got my back as well as my front :-)!


Psalms 23:1 - 24:1 (KJV) 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. 1 The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.


Blessings on you all!
Pastor Kitner

Operation - UPDATE

On July 31, 2008 (THIS THURSDAY) at about 11 AM a Dr. Suzuki will do my heart by-pass operation. Please pray for this whole operation, the doctor, the assistants, the nurses etc. I have asked God to not let anyone touch my body that should not touch it in all these operations.
Unless the Lord heals me some other way I will then have to wait 6 weeks in order to have the cancer removed from my body along with several other procedures.


Blessings on ya!
Pastor Kitner

Latest on my operation

My operation has been postponed because of the results of a stress test that I took the other day. They seem to think that I have had a silent heart attack at some time and that I need to see a cardiologist before They would put me under for the length of time that I would need to be under for the cancer removal, resectioning, removing my galbladder and placing an illiostomy bag on me as a tempory solution for waste removal until the intestine healed after surgery.

So it is just one more thing to pray about relying on the Word of God that was given to me that NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER.. Isaiah 54:17

Blessings on ya!
Pastor Kitner

Latest Update for my Operation for Cancer Removal

I will be having surgery on Friday 7-18-08 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. (keep this in prayer if you would)
Dr. Wolfgang Schrout will be doing the operation. He is a teaching surgeon that only does operations that have to do with the colon, rectum etc. and he teaches other up and coming doctors how it is done. He has been highly recomended for this operation. I will have a tempory illostomy bag while the main rectum reattachment heals and then the bag will be removed. I praise God through it all He has been so good to me. I know I am preaching to the choir here but ...
Also keep me in prayer as I am to have a stress test on Tuesday of next week. Thank you all!

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Update for my treatment of Cancer.

On Friday July 11,2008 my wife and I will be down in the Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh to see a surgeon named Wolfgang Schrout. He will evaluate the whole situation dealing with the tumor and the location. This will let me know for sure what he or other doctors will be able to do as far as the removal of the tumor and resectioning of the rectum tissue. We have to leave from where I live at about 5:30 am our time to miss all the early morning rush hour traffic going into the city for their work-a-day activities.
I will keep you updated as I find out more info. I do know this, when the tumor is removed I will be cancer free. I give all the Glory to the Lord Jesus Christ for this. His grace is and has been quite sufficient for me. In my weakness and inabilities His strength and abilities have been shown. I exalt His name!

Pastor Kitner

Update on Pastor Kitner and the Cancer Treatment

7-03-08

I saw my Medical Oncologist today and my bloodwork numbers are excellent in all areas. I spoke with the doctor concerning the surgeon that I will see. His name is Wolfgang Schrout. He is a teaching specialist in the field on colorectal cancer. My appointment will be set up for one day in the week of 7-07-08 ->. We will see then the course of action that the doctor will suggest that we go concerning the operation that they are looking toward concerning the mass in my rectum and it's removal.

By the way my Oncologist, Dr. Lee told me that I will cancer free upon the removal of the mass from my body. There is no cancer anywhere else in my body.. I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for this. Amen

I will keep you posted on the course of action to be taken,


Isaiah 54:17 - 55:1 (KJV) 17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. 1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

the above is scripture that I was given the day before my colonoscopy. The person who gave it to me is a prophetess of God and shared that God had urged her to emphasise that no weapon that is "formed" against me. The cancerous mass in my rectum has been formed against me and God had showed me a day ahead of time that it would not prosper...so I still have the peace of God in all of what is going on so far.
I have to go to Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh for further tests to see how to handle the mass in my body.
Just keep it all before God in prayer and I ask God to bless you richly. I want it to be supernaturally healed and done in such a way that they do not find a mass at all when I go to the Presby Hospital.

God bless!
Pastor Charles Kitner
Blairsville Pa.

Update on the treatment of the cancer in my body.

Hello all,
I am done with the radiation and chemo treatment part of the cancer treatment and removal. I have an appointment with the Medical Oncologist on July 3rd. I will see a surgeon after that doctor visit as soon as I can and make arrangements for the removal of what is left of what was the cancer mass. That will irradicate any cancer from my body altogether. I anticipate that this will be done sometime in July.

I will post any other information that I get after this to keep you informed as to what is happening with the battle that I have been involved with in the radiation/chemo program.

I did not have some of the radical things happen to me with the radiation and chemo that I heard might or could happen. That is purely the grace of God on my behalf.

God gave me Isaiah 54:17 the day before I was diagnosed with cancer and I knew that He had everything in control concerning me and He still does.

The scripture that the Lord gave me the day before I was to find out I have this cancerous mass in my rectum is as follows:

Isaiah 54:16 - 55:1 (NIV) 16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.


Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Update on Pastor Kitner and the Cancer Treatment

An update on me as I progress through this cancer treatment. I am into the third week of radiation/chemo treatment. I am feeling pretty good even though I get tired fast and have no stammina to speak of.

I have seen a surgeon and he has said that the operation will end in a permanent colostomy with a bag for me because there just isn't enough good tissue to reconnect the sections of the lower bowel without going into the area where the cancer cells were before the radiation/chemo treatment. He has said that if he would do the reconnect with that tissue that the reoccurance rate is really high. He indicated that the cancer could return within one year after surgery. The radiologist said that the reconnecting the bowel in this situation would not even gurantee me to have control over the functions of my body.

Now I have several oppinions from the human doctors but there is one doctor that I am consulting even as you read this. His name is Doctor Jesus the Great Physician. He will have the final word on what will happen in my case. He has info that only He knows and He has abilities that other Physicians don't have.

The scripture that the Lord gave me the day before I was to find out I have this cancerous mass in my rectum is as follows:

Isaiah 54:16 - 55:1 (NIV) 16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.

I will see the Oncologist that is taking care of the Chemo treatment process on Thursday (5-22-08) of this week. He will give me some more input from the blood work I am sure and explain some other things to me. I also will ask him some questions as well.

Pastor Kitner

Update on the treatment of the cancer in my body.

I have received medication for chemo and the radiologist office called me today to set up a time for the treatments to start. Monday I go in for films and then we will set up the times of treatment for the 5 day a week schedule for 28 treatments of both radiation and chemo pills. My understanding is that after the treatment is over there will be a 2 week resting period for my body to recover and then they will do surgery. That would put the surgery toward the first part of July. That is their plan so far. If it changes I will surely place an update here on my blog for all to read.
I have an appointment with a surgeon on Friday May 9 at 10:30 am. His name is Dr. Armanious. Please pray for all my doctors.

Pastor Kitner

Update on Cancer treatment for pastor Kitner

I have my first appointment set up with a radiation specialist. This is because they have determined they need to shrink the tumor which is pressing against my prostate but not invading it, before they remove the tumor and do a resection of the bowel.
I will be going to the Arnold Palmer Medical Center at Mountain View near Greensburg, Pa. They have a cancer treatment center there.
My appointment is for Wednesday, April 23, at 7:45 am. I don't know anything else at this time but I will keep the updates coming as I have information available to me.
I love ya and I really appreciate those who are praying for me.

God's blessing on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

The following is the scripture that the Lord gave me concerning this whole ordeal. He gave it to me the day before I knew I needed it also, which is awesome and shows God's tremendous love for me. The emphasis is on the word formed.


Isaiah 54:17 - 55:1 (KJV) 17No weapon that is "formed"against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Latest test at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital on Pastor Kitner

I went to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital on 4-10-08 and the doctor there did an ultrasound on the mass in my body and the surrounding areas and lymph nodes. As a result of his findings he is sending the results to my doctor in Greensburg with the recommendation that I be treated with a Chemo-Radiation treatment to shrink the tumor before removing it and a resection of the bowel where the removal took place. I will speak further with Dr. Johns from Greensburg and see what is the course of action for sure to accomplish the removal of the tumor and treatments.

Isaiah 54:17 - 55:1 (KJV) 17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. 1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

The above is scripture that I was given the day before my first colonoscopy. The person who gave it to me is a prophetess of God and shared that God had urged her to emphasize that no weapon that is "formed" against me shall prosper. The cancerous mass in my rectum has been formed against me and God had showed me a day ahead of time that it would not prosper...so I still have the peace of God in all of what is going on so far. Prayer, prayer and more prayer for all that is being said and done as well as prayer for those people that touch my body for any procedure.

Our prayer must be in agreement with God's Word and His covenant through Jesus Christ and His broken body and His shed blood for us.

I believe God!

Pastor Charles Kitner

Colon Cancer Diagnosed

Hello everyone,
This is just a note to say that I have been diagnosed with colon cancer and they are doing a CT Scan on me Monday 3-31-08 to make sure that the cancer has not gone anywhere else in my body.
I would ask you all to pray for me but I want to share this also: I have perfect peace in this and I am not the least bit anxious about it. I believe God is going to do great things through this for others as well as me.
I taught about praising God not matter what your circumstances are because He is worthy of our praise forever.
I open our services with "God's good - all the time and all the time God is good." I still remain the same and I know God is good and He is worthy of my praise at all times.


Psalms 107:8 - 9 (KJV) 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.


Psalms 107:8 - 9 (NIV) 8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, 9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.