the Pastors for Punch TV host Joy Brown- Guest Pastor Rhonda Holbert Santifer

Bio

On the day of 9/11, was the day the United States and the world were turned upside down, it was also the day Pastor Rhonda Holbert Santifer began her battle with cancer. Her diagnosis was an aggressive form of breast cancer. Throughout the following year, she endured two surgeries, ten rounds of chemotherapy, and twenty-five days of radiation. During the agony of that time, Pastor Rhonda was sustained by her faith in God, a caring family, a hospital posse and good friends (one of whom is now her husband).

To celebrate the completion of her treatment, she invited other cancer fighters she had befriended throughout the year, many of them still in treatment, to a thanksgiving pot-luck where they ate, danced, and played BidWisk (a card game). At the end of the evening, no one wanted to go home, so the group decided to meet on a monthly basis. As the meetings grew, a local church, where Pastor Rhonda had spoken about her experience with cancer, donated funds and volunteers to facilitate another larger potluck and “Celebrate Life”, Pastor Rhonda’s motto, became Celebrate Life Cancer Ministry, a community of cancer fighters, survivors and their supporters, working together to help others navigate the healing process.