Susan's Obituary

Hardman, Nancy Susan
age 53, went home to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer Thursday, January 7, 2010. She was preceded in death by her father Dale E. Hardman and is survived by her mother M. Edna Hardman, brothers Larry and Gary, sisters-in law Judy and Debbie, nieces and nephews Ben and Sarah, David and Joel and Leah and Jason Brunie. She was a member of Salem Church of God and was a missionary for 24 years with the Mission Board of the Church of God in Anderson, Indiana. Susan was a great adventurer traveling to 47 countries in her life. Her award winning photography of her travels and of the world is remarkable and has been used in multiple books. As a missionary in China, she not only faithfully spread the good news of the gospel but she taught English classes to people of all ages. Susan was deeply loved by people from all over the world and the family is so grateful for the outpouring of love over the past few months. Her sense of adventure, warm humor, and love for all people positively influenced thousands of people. Her favorite passage of scripture was Job 26:14 “And these are but the outer fringe of his works how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?” We praise God for the life of our dear friend, for the hope we have in Jesus Christ and that he allowed us for so many years to hear his whisper through her life! The family will receive friends on Monday January 11th from 10:00am to 12:00 noon with a service immediately following at Salem Church of God with Pastor Robert Moss officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Children of Promise, the Louisville Project for Ben Hardman, or Campus Crusade for Joel Hardman. Arrangements entrusted to Newcomer Funeral Home.

Susan's celebration

Susan's celebration will be held Monday January 11, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. for visitation, The service will follow the visitation as 12:00.
It will be held at Salem Church of God, Clayton, Ohio
Instead of flowers donations may be made to (Louisville Project) Pastor Ben Hardman, (Campus Crusade) Joel Hardman, and Children of Promise.
Thank you.

Welcome Home SESE

Today at 5:10 Sese went to be with Jesus. Her family was by her side & we were singing her favorite hymns as she went home. She was at peace and is no longer suffering or in any pain. Thank you all for your love & support over the past few months. We will update everyone on funeral arrangements as soon as we know the details.

monday Jan 4

Our precious Susan yesterday spent time with us telling us all goodbye. She is ready to go on to heaven and to see our Lord. The nurse came today and she is resting comfortably and we are doing everything to walk her this final way. The Lord is in control, as he has always been throughout Susan's life. She is ready for her final journey.

Sunday Jan 3

Susan is very weak. Sleeping most of the time. We have had precious moments, I will remember the rest of my life. The stories and pictures people have shared have brought smiles and tears to us. Thank you for showing your love. We pray with her several times a day and have a family prayer with her each evening before she settles down for the night. The Lord is with us.

Friday Jan 1

A new year came in while we sat with Susan. We are glad that we now have hospital bed in the house and hospice is coming in to help. Susan's pain, dizziness, and nausea are under control which we are so thankful for. Susan sleeps most of the day and is in and out of consciousness. She has told us she is ready to go to be with the Lord but is still praying for healing. We appreciate all of your prayers. We know how much each of you love Susan. We love her very much and are doing everything possible for her. We are by her side all the time.She is surrounded by family and we have had some very precious times together during this past week or two. We are no longer having visitors, for she is sleeping and just too weak and tired. She would rather you remember her the way she was and not the way she is now. I do read messages to her and know she understands them at times. Thank you all again.

Sunday Dec 27

Susan is not doing well. She is very weak, tired, still has dizziness and nausea. Hospital bed is coming tomorrow, we hope that will make her more comfortable. Hospice is coming in and that is helping all of us. Please continue to pray for her.

Merry Christmas

Susan would like to tell everyone Merry Christmas. She went to Dr.yesterday and was dehydrated so she had IV. Dr. had MRI and Xray done. He adjusted pain and nausea medicine. We are going to have hospice come into the home to help. She is very weak and tired. Please continue to pray for her healing and thank you for all your prayers.

monday

Susan asked to tell everyone that she needs everyone to pray for her. She is very dizzy and in pain. Please keep her in your prayers. We see the Dr. in the morning.
Thank you.

Dec 20

Susan needs a lot of prayer. She is in pain and not feeling well. We are trying to control pain and will be talking to Dr. about new meds.

Dec. 18

Please pray for Susan she isn't feeling well. She has been dizzy and just not feeling well. She had blood test today and shot for red blood cells. The dr. has tried different meds. for the nausea not a lot is working, she still sick at least once a day. Will talk to Dr. again Monday and have an appt. Tues. She is just feeling crummy.
Thanks for your prayers.

It's been three days since chemo. It's been a bit up and down with nausea and head pain. I saw the oncologist yesterday and he changed up my meds a bit to see if that would help. There is a place on the back of my head that has been painful. I think it's probably a lesion on my brain. So, I'm asking that you join me in prayer that the lesion would go away. That would probably also help with the nausea. Actually the lesions that have also grown on my liver, lungs and kidneys. Those need to go away as well. I'm asking this of the Great Physician. God is my all in all. May God be glorified.

Second chemo

Hey friends,
I was able to have my second chemo today. Yesterday was a very hard day, I felt horrible but lots of people were praying and the doctors changed my medicines a bit. So, today was a much better day. I even had a cheeseburger and fries on the way home. When I crave McDonald's then I know I'm doing better. Pray that the Gemsar chemo will blast away the alien invaders!!

Thanks!!!

Susan

Please pray today

Susan is having headaches and nausea. Please pray for her today. She is not doing well today and we need lots of prayers for her. We called Dr. and they are changing some prescriptions, but we have chemo tomorrow. Please lets all pray.
Thank you.

Celebrated Thanksgiving, all my family was home except my nephew David who is teaching in France. He will be home for Christmas. Two days later we celebrated Christmas since my niece Leah and her husband Jason are home for two weeks from Cairo. My great nephews are now a bit confused as they had two Thanksgivings and two Christmas' within two days.
I'm still dealing with nausea and would like that to go away. However, my energy is slowly returning and I feel like I'm coming out of a fog. I need my platelets to be back up for chemo on Wednesday.
Appreciate you prayers!!
Susan

I was supposed to have my second round of chemo today but my platelets were too low so it's been postponed for a week. Being able to enjoy Thanksgiving is one of the benefits of not having chemo. I have much to be thankful for this year. God is good, all the time!!!!

Tues. Nov. 24

Susan hasn't felt well the last two days. Please pray for her, she wants to feel good for Thanksgiving with the family and also she has another round of chemo tomorrow. We know many are praying, so keep it up. Thanks.

Thought I would give an update though really not much to write. I have chemo again on Wednesday. I'm hoping it will blast those little alien invaders to smitherines and leave the good cells alone. I've had less trouble with nausea this week, have had no side effects from chemo that I can tell. Basically my lingering side effect, from radiation, is lack of energy. I'm very very weak but otherwise feeling okay. I have friends who come from Indiana weekly to anoint me and pray for me for chemo. Amazing, eh?! I'm looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with family. God is good!! I have much for which to be thankful!

Hello!! It's been three days since chemo. I'm doing fairly well so far. I have a little shortness of breath but that's about the only side effect. My friend Annelie just put this quote from Corrie Ten Boom on her Facebook page."Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." That's what I'm going to choose to do. Appreciate you all.

Greetings my praying buddies! You all are so amazing. I'm so blessed to be surrounded by such a wonderful community of family. I got home from the hospital yesterday after a two day stay to try to get my systems in order. Tomorrow I start chemo. They found that the lesion on my liver had gotten a bit bigger and wanted to start chemo right away. Ask that this chemo would work to get rid of the cancer. Mentally I'm doing really well, just very tired and weak. Still asking for a healing miracle. God knows what will bring glory and honor to his name though.