Through The Valley To The Son: A Battle With Cancer

By Al Cerda and Sandra Cerda

When a sudden collapse in middle of the day, with no prior health concerns or pain came to Al Cerda, he could not have known his days were truly numbered. He had less than three months to live. He did not know he had cancer.

Experience the last eight months of Al Cerda's painful struggle through Stage IV Small-Cell Lung Cancer as witnessed through the eyes of his wife and family, through to his final hours and moments.

Experience his strength in the battle as he faced an immediate death sentence upon his collapse in October of 2024, from his unwavering faith in God all the way through the valley of the shadow of death.

You'll appreciate the generous amount of personal photos, letters from his children and Scripture prayed, included. This heartfelt story is shared as part of Al Cerda's final wishes to help as many people as he could, even through this tragic, horrible and painful challenge to his faith. The incredible testimony of the husband, father to eight, grandfather to 21 and great-grandfather to five, this pastor to hundreds and spiritual father to thousands shares his grief, joy, fear, pain and ultimate triumph in his story as only his family can share it.

Al Cerda never wavered, never questioned God. He held fast to his confession of the faithfulness of the Lord and in how God was with him. His valiant stand as he faced this Goliath will continue to herald his victory in God's ultimate healing, as the Lord in His faithfulness spared Al the sting of death.

He saw the angels of the Lord enter his hospital room moments before he passed away, as witnessed by his wife. He believed in the grace of God in the valley of the shadow of death, and God honored him for it.

"A legend in his time, now face to face with Jesus " as many have stated.

This is a story for the ages of childlike faith in the fire of affliction, and ultimate healing. A tool for ministering through grief and great sorrow, and a record of his love for his friends and family, forever.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLPBBGDF
• ISBN13: 9798289511065
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"