Steffron and Sheryl James have always relied on their faith. That faith was definitely tested after a trip overseas.

“We were traveling and coming back from Africa, and we were flying in Dubai, and all of a sudden, we heard this, 'Oh,' and he started screaming, like, 'Oh, my chest. My chest.' Now you can imagine being in Dubai. You're not in your familiar territory, so you're just kind of thrown off.”

Steffron, a cancer survivor, had always led an active lifestyle.

“I ran every week on Sundays," he told us. "I did a five-mile run. I bicycled on Saturdays, every day of the week, seven days a week, I worked out.”

Despite a family history of cancer, it is something no one is ever prepared to hear. He was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his spine.

“So for us and for me, having that

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