Prayer my friend Jimmy, his dad and his family

My good friend Jimmy got news last night about his dad. Please Pray.
Here's what Jimmy wrote today:

"Tonight my family received the news that my dad has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Sometime soon he will go in to see if it has spread to his bones and other parts of his body.

I don't know what to say about this. It's hard for me to feel hopeful right now. Many of you know that my mom died of breast cancer two years ago and it was a devastating experience. I was hoping that the news would be better this time around, but with the news I feel like I'm experiencing the worst kind of deja vu. Saying the same prayers, "God...please don't let the cancer have spread", and finding it hard to be in the presence of my children without crying-- knowing how much they love and are loved by their Papa. And their asking, "what's wrong?" with no words to tell them, especially since for them cancer means what happened to Nana. It was all the same routine before, and it didn't turn out good.

It's also crazy the thoughts that run through your head like, "Why him? Why not someone else? He's a good man and takes care of himself..."

This is one of those things that is too overwhelming to deal with right now. Amy asked me not long ago who my heroes were and without even a hesitation I answered, "My dad." The thoughts that moments like these bring...thoughts of the possibility of loss and suffering for someone you love...is a emotion that you feel physically; and it's all around, suffocating and paralyzing. You can't run from it or make it go away.

But in the midst of it I'm trying to have hope...even little pockets of it. That's why I'm writing this, I guess. I'm hoping for good news from the scans that will be taking place in the next few days. Generally speaking, prostate cancer has a high 5-year survival rate if it hasn't spread to other parts of the body (94%). So I'm asking you to please pray for my dad and for my family. Pray that it hasn't spread. Pray for a miracle that it just goes away. Pray for us to have strength."