#PrayingForMark
Casting Crowns lead singer Mark Hall successfully underwent an operation on Wednesday March 11, 2015 to remove a cancerous kidney.The surgery which was reported by the Casting Crowns band to have been a great success was completed shortly before 2.00pm.
In an update on the band facebook page,the team could not hide their joy.An update by the group read,”Mark is out of surgery. Everything went really well. Dr says textbook operation. Just like we prayed for. I told the doctor that he might possibly be the most prayed for Dr. on the planet today. He will be in recovery for a while. Thank you so much for your prayers.”
Expressing her gratitude,Mark Hall’s wife Melanie said,”I’m completely humbled by the number of people that have expressed their love for us and are interceding in prayer. There are no words to express the gratitude in this wife’s heart. Thank you for praying for us. We have had friends and strangers from all over the world tell us they are praying — an orphan school in Kenya, neighbors we just met, long lost high school friends, Christian music artists from their concerts, schools, offices, pastors in South Africa, chaplains in the Army, churches, radio DJs, fans, missionaries in Brazil, and countless others I couldn’t begin to name. Thank you. Your prayers are felt.”
In the meantime,fans across the globe received the news with great joy as is evident in their tweets.The support by the fans could not be under estimated right before and after the surgery as evident in the hashtag #PrayingForMark on twitter and facebook.
Story by Jeremiah Wakaya
Senior Editor
Real Trends Blog