Help Saul Fight Cancer
Goal:
USD $30,000
Raised:
USD $9,960
Campaign funds will be received by Efrem Keeton
Help Saul Fight Cancer
Let's come together and help Saul Keeton beat cancer!
For those of you who don't know Saul, he and his family are totally in love with Jesus. Some years ago, they hoped to answer the call to foreign lay missions. They sold their home and gave away about half of their stuff. But when his son Nicholas was diagnosed with autism, they realized they needed to stay in the US to provide for their son's special needs. Undeterred, Saul and his family found a way to serve the Lord for two years with The Evangelical Catholic. Eventually, God re-opened the door for him to participate in foreign missions by joining Family Missions Company as the Director of Mission Advancement. Saul has been a game changer for FMC. His joy, zeal for the Gospel, courage, and personal outreach to donors - raising support for the poor and the work of missions - have blessed every single staff member and missionary in our organization.
Now it is our chance to bless him. Just a few weeks ago, after seven months of back pain that eventually became truly debilitating, doctors discovered a 9-inch tumor in Saul's abdomen. Further labs and scans revealed that he has stage III cancer. Saul continues to smile, laugh, and pray fervently with abundant hope through this whole ordeal. His wife Jan and six children share his optimism and strength.
Saul took a significant pay cut to build the Kingdom of God with FMC, and as is common, there are expensive gaps in insurance when it comes to the chemotherapy and the other care that he will need. In addition, he will have to travel multiple days every week to access his therapies.
I believe that if we all come together, we can make sure that finances do not add an additional burden to this awesome, sacrificial family during this difficult time.
Every donation, big or small, makes a huge difference. Please pray and share this fundraiser.
(A quick final note - Saul's legal first name is Efrem, thus the fundraiser says Efrem Keeton is the beneficiary. If you did not remember this, you're not alone, I messed up his name when I was first setting this fundraiser up. Rest assured, all of your donations go directly to Saul!)
Recent Donations
You and your family are in our prayers.
We love you & are praying for you & your family!
Praying for you and your family! Jesus will take care of everything.
May the Lord bless and keep you. May his face shine upon you🌅
Saul, know that I am thinking of you and your lovely family as you fight against cancer. Stay strong...you can beat this. God Bless You.
We are praying for a speedy treatment and recovery, God bless you!
Praying 🙏
Prayers for you and the family on this journey.
Saul, You and your family are in my prayers and Amanda W and I speak of you daily. Rest and beat this cancer.
Love your whole family 🩵🐕🦺✨
Saul - We are very sorry to hear about your condition, and are praying for your complete healing. We are confident that the Lord will use this for His glory.
We will constantly think of you and pray for you.
You got this brotha!
Updates
Update #1- God Provides! Thank you all
April 24th, 2025
Thanks so much to everyone who has so generously contributed! We are over 15% of the way to our goal in less than 24 hours.
Here is an amazing update from Saul:
One of the great things about living into my 50s is that I don't have any trouble asking for help now. And that's a good thing, because I need help. A lot of it!
Cancer became part of my life on March 31st. Since then, life has been a blur of antioxident green smoothies, meetings, blood draws, nutrition books, and kidney stents. And on and on it has gone. Despite how many people get cancer each year, there's no template of how it will go. There's so much uncertainty and unexpected stuff that I need to properly equip for the tough times ahead.
I can tell you on the positive side that my spirit has never felt more alive! I have been prayed for my so many people - friends, family, fellow missionaries, strangers - that my cup of grace is overflowing! It has felt at times that hatch in the sky was open and a torrent of heaven's treasures was raining down on me. What a gift!
And I have been trying to spread the love as much as possible. I had a particularly profound encounter last week with another oncology patient in the hospital waiting room that left us both in tears and whispering to the Holy Spirit to descend on us for healing together.
When God called us to Family Missions Company the second time, it didn't make sense economically. We did the math on what it would take for us to live on the slimmest budget, and it never worked. Yet He continued to call us, and He asked Jan and me to trust him about the money. We knew that if times ever got tough, we'd have to rely on His Providence to provide for our needs through our friends and family.
And here we are! Times have gotten tough for the Keetons, and each one of you has said "yes" to helping us in our time of need. And for that, we will never be able to thank you adequately. Please know that we carry each of you in our hearts. We will pray for you every day. And God willing, we will celebrate with you when our cancer journey comes to a good conclusion.
In Christ,
Saul, Jan & Family
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