I found Jared Lund helping out at the Harvest Supper fundraiser at the Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek, Ia. Jared said he grew up here so he thought he would help out. His wife Sarah was working right along with him. Jared has been out of work since Aug. 9. Jared has lung cancer and the prognosis is that if he does not have any more treatments, he has only 6-9 months to live. The spot on his lung is growing and he can’t do radiation treatment right now. He is already missing half a lung on one side. “But I am not going to quit. I will take the treatments,” says Jared.
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