Kevin Lyons was leaving our offices on February 20 and received a crucial phone call—one that has changed, and saved, his life. As we welcome him back after several weeks of recovery, we also want to recount his story as one of answered prayer.

The phone call was from a nurse in the transplant unit of Piedmont Hospital. It was news he had waited so long to hear, he almost didn’t believe it.

“I said, ‘Yeah right,’ when she told me they’d found a kidney donor,” says Kevin, laughing.

He had been on the waiting list to receive a kidney for two years. For many patients he had spoken with, the process had taken even longer. Kevin immediately called his family and changed his plans for the evening because he would have a kidney that night!

Kevin is a pastor’s son, and his father was a past president of the Alaska Baptist Convention. He joined us in 1995 to serve with our facilities management team.

As Kevin returns to work with a new kidney after a relatively speedy recovery, I want to ask you to join us in praising God for providing for Kevin’s needs and the needs of all of us at NAMB.

And as always, I also want to join our staff in thanking you for your partnership.  — Geoff Hammond

Filed under: NAMB on May 8th, 2009