The Ziska Family

Download the Ziska June Praise & Prayer letter with photos here.

Dear Praying Family & Friends,

We´re praising God for the many things He has done in the last few months. We´re sure you´ll feel the same way after you read our update for May and June.

The medical treatment and medicine that Joe has been taking have been very expensive. It has made us very thankful for the insurance that we are privileged to have through Greater Europe Mission. We received a very big surprise when God led us to change Joe´s treatment at the end of April. It should have been very expensive, but it´s costing us and the insurance company nothing! Joe´s receiving the medicine, plus he regularly gets free blood tests, MRIs, or body scans. I would have never thought of praying that we pay nothing for Joe´s cancer treatment!

Dear friends & family!

I haven´t been writing because since mid-April I´ve been struggling both with illness and some pain issues. As you may know I was supposed to join a research project with a new cancer medication. Because of increasing pain I got a new med which apparently threw something off on in my liver. Since then the oncologist has been experimenting with different meds.

Praise the Lord for the music and teaching tour of Don & Susie Newby throughout Austria that Joe Ziska organized in April. The worship workshop and Sunday worship and concert had very good response in Linz/Urfahr. At the concerts in Kagran/Vienna and Tulln there were several meaningful conversations afterwards. The leadership at Tulln would like Don & Susie to come back and give a workshop weekend.

Don gave his worship workshop at the Evangelical Academy (EVAK) and then they went off to Mondsee in the province of Salzburg to BAO´s (Biblical Education on Location) “Training for Trainers” weekend conference where church leaders from all over Austria came together. Pray that those who attended the concerts will consider commiting their lives to Christ. Pray also that those who attended the workshops and training seminar will put into practice some of the new ideas presented by Don.