Christian Mom Called To Unusual Mission Field

Friday, October 30 2020 by Monika Kelly with Richard Hunt

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Abigail Walker
Abigail Walker and daughter Esther

When Abigail Walker and her husband found out their 11-month-old daughter Esther had leukemia…the reaction was understandable.

“Just tears and crying out to God and saying ‘God, I can’t handle this. I’m not strong enough for this.' And from the very beginning, I just felt God so strongly saying ‘You’re not strong enough, but I am strong enough,’” Abigail shared with us.

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[Photo Credit: Abigail Walker] Walker Family

Feeling motivated, she’s taken the opportunity to encourage other families in what has become an unexpected very personal ministry at the Ohio hospital cancer treatment center.

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[Photo Credit: Abigail Walker] Esther Walker with grandparents

“It’s been a really strange privilege to be able to be in this mission field, to be with people who might not necessarily know God, who might not be prayed for the way that I know Esther is,” Walker said. “Knowing the names of the kids and knowing their faces, and being able to go through and pray for them and feel that peace. … I don’t know if there’s Christians actively praying for them or not, but I know I can [pray for them]. So even if that’s all that I do, it’s one of those things that makes it bearable.” - Baptist Press

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[Photo Credit: Abigail Walker] Esther Walker drinking a juice box

Abigail has even written a book sharing her experiences and God’s faithfulness: “Suffering, Endurance, Character & Hope: A Story of Pediatric Cancer and a Mother’s Love.” 

So, how is little Esther doing today?

“Oh, Esther is a ‘threenager’. Any parent of a toddler knows what I mean by that (laughs). She’s doing really good. She’s in maintenance which is the last phase of her treatment.”

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[Photo Credit: Abigail Walker] Esther Walker age 3
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