- Jenna Henderson was justa freshman in high school

when she was diagnosedwith ovarian cancer.

She battled the samecancer two separate times

and then went into remission for 13 years.

But just three years into hermarriage her cancer came back

with a vengeance.

- [Narrator] Scott andJenna Henderson were active

youth leaders in theirchurch when they found out

Jenna had a reoccurrenceof ovarian cancer.

She was 30 years oldwhen she lost her fight

against the disease.

Scott published Jenna'sjournal entries in the book,

"Worth the Suffering",which chronicles Jenna's

passing from this world to the next.

Through her suffering, Jennashares her stories of finding

hope, joy, and peace with God.

- Please welcome to The700 Club her husband,

Scott Henderson, Scotthow nice to have you here.

Thank you.- Thank you, I appreciate you.

You're welcome to be here.

- How did you and Jennarespond when you received

the word that the cancer had returned?

I mean, here you are threeyears into your marriage,

you're young, I'm sure you'vegot thoughts of planning

for a family and much much more.

How did you guys handle that?

- Yeah, so it was really devastating.

I mean, it was beyond whatanyone could comprehend.

And so knowing that that wasthe case, it was now what?

What can we do?

And so we leaned into our community,

we leaned into our faith,and so that was where we sat.

And what is God gonna do?

What miracle is he gonna bring?

- And in the middle of all of that,

or I should say through all of it,

Jenna blogged and reallyshared from her heart

the things that she was feelingwith unbelievable candor.

What kinds of thingsdid that blogging reveal

about the journey?

- So she was always joyfuland she would always find

ways to be thankful.

And so no matter what she was dealing with

or what the news was, shewas excited about how God

was moving, about herrelationship with the lord,

and just to know thathe was gonna be faithful

regardless of what was the outcome.

- And this held true,really, maybe even more so

when it was evident that theoutcome was not going to be

what you prayed and hoped it would be?

- Yeah, so we actually never gave up hope.

We always expected Godto do something big.

How great it would befor everyone to see Jenna

and her story and to getto witness that miracle.

When that didn't happen, itbecame pretty evident that,

now what, where is God in this?

And even to the very need,her last week in the hospital,

she was getting ready to go on a trip.

And so we were still expectantly faithful

that the lord was gonna showup and do something big.

- Speaking of those lastdays in the hospital

and going on a trip, shekind of was preparing

for two trips.- Yeah.

- And she used to say, I'm DNR, I'm DNR.

- She did, she did.

- That was because, explainwhat she said to the doctors.

- When she says, "I'mDNR," that just means

do not resuscitate.

And so she knew that ifthings were to go bad

and she was to be in that position,

she didn't want to be brought back.

She wanted to go be with Jesus,she thought there's nothing

worse that could happen isme hanging out with Jesus

and then be brought back to this.

- [Interviewer] Especiallybecause she had a lot of pain.

- [Scott] Yeah, there wasa lot of pain that came

with the cancer.

- Scott, how did you, Iguess this would apply to

both of you but sinceyou're the one that Jesus

has put here to talk to us today,

how did you deal withhanging onto hope when things

kept going south?

I mean that's such a hard thing.

We tell people believe for a miracle,

believe for healing, butnot everybody gets healed.

- Right, right.

So it was really, reallydifficult until I got to be

with Jenna in that.

Because she was alwaysthe one that would say,

hey but look at how good God is in this.

And so to be in that moodwhere things aren't going well,

with her it was nearimpossible to be that way

because she was so joyful,she was so expectant.

And so in that regard itwasn't difficult at all

when she wasn't doingwell to sit by her side.

On the other side of things,after she had passed,

to hold onto hope it wasvery, very difficult.

Again, wrestling with howis God good when he allows

his faithful daughterto go through something

and not have the outcome wehad thought would happen?

- Her friends, also in thebook, write very poignantly

about her impact on their lives.

Jenna impacted everybodywho knew her, didn't she?

- Yes, she did.

- That was a very wise thingto put in here, I thought,

because you have Jenna'sblog, you have comments from

Jenna's friends, and then you have prayers

that Jenna prayed.

Talk a little bit aboutthe impact and influence

she had on people.

- So anytime that Jennawould walk into the room,

she would be joyful, butin a quiet subtle way.

And so you couldn't have abad day with her in the room

because her joy was just,she had so many favorites.

Everything was her favorite.

But her impact was beyond that.

She actually cared about theheart, and she cared about

what people were going through.

And so even on the lastweek of her life she'd be

laying in the hospital bedand really just sedated,

but any time someonewould walk in the room

she would ask a questionabout that person's life.

Or ask something like, how are you today?

Instead of focusing on her and her pain,

she would always havethat outward reflection.

- Lived outside of herself.

- Yeah.- Yeah.

There are some priceless lessons, you say,

that come from suffering.

And Jenna said that, thatthere were many things

that couldn't have beengained any other way.

What are some of those?

- So for me there's been a couple.

I have learned on theother side how to serve

and how to love.

And so in my grief one ofthe things that I learned

how to do well was tostill love and serve her.

So even to this day, even this book,

things I've done at my homeare in love to serve her.

The other thing that I'velearned is that even when

the miracle doesn'thappen, God is still good

and he is still faithful because,

and the way that this book was titled,

"Worth the Suffering",she had always said,

"If I get to know God at the end of this,

"it's all worth the suffering."

But she also said, "If oneperson's life is changed

"for eternity and get to knowJesus because of my cancer,

"it's worth it."

And so God is still goodbecause his glory is still

being shown through herbook and through her story.

- In situations like thisit's maybe the ultimate trust

because you're not seeingwhat you want to see,

you're not receiving theanswer you want to receive,

you're holding onto the promises of God.

Is that the takeaway for this book?

That the promises are real?

- Absolutely, withoutGod and his promises,

so I went through a timewhere I was questioning

everything after Jenna had passed away.

But because of God andhis promises I have hope,

I have restoration, I haveredemption in this story.

And when I focus on the here and now,

life can get pretty muddieddown and not the best.

But when I think about theeternal promises that God

has for me and for us,there's no better way than to

share Jenna's story and toshare his hope with everybody.

- I just want to say "Worth the Suffering"

is a tremendous book.

If you're experiencing astruggle with your own health

and it's serious, if youknow someone else that is,

and even if you just wantto understand what it's like

to walk down that road,this is not a sad book.

This is a book about victory,it's a book about rejoicing

and it's a book thathas a message for each

and every one of us.

It's called "Worth theSuffering", it's available

wherever books are sold.

Thank you so much.- Thank you.

- Wonderful to have you here.

- Really appreciate it.- Great book.