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Sunday, July 13, 2008

13 July 2008 - Special Prayer Requests - Trinity 08


Travel
Ken is on travel this week .
Traci and Warren are on travel this week.
Don, Sandy and Nick are on travel this week.

Repose of Soul

Maggie Stewart (age ~1) passed away on 5 July 2008 from complications of a heart valve procedure after four days of valiant struggle. Of your Christian charity, please pray for the repose of her soul and healing for her parents Mollie and John and the remainder of her family here on earth.

Healing

 Betty, Annie (diabetes), Salvador (cancer), Betty, Marge, Uni, Bethany (collision), Greg (shoulder surgery), Karl, Kathy, Christian, Marie, Wanda, James (diabetes), Frank+ (brain tumor), Sarah, Tina, Mark, Lois, Jennette (Alzheimer’s), Gary, Delores, Anna, Ruth, Theresa, Don (post surgery), Melanie, Connie, Tom, Crystal, Thomas, Hadley, Diane, Norm, Gregory, Terri, Mary, Edward, Bert, Carmen, Yolanda, Jodi, Ken, Sheila, Nancy, Leucrecia (cancer), Michele, Marybeth (broken foot, stroke), Bill (infection), Teiko, Ernie, Ray, Tamara, Betty, Hazel, Richard, Bruce (heart attack), Susanne, Paul (stroke), Ralph+ (eyes hip), Allison (kidney), Bill (ETOH poisoning), Fran (cataracts)
, Joy, Kai, Jay, Tim, Sandy (back), Jack (toe infection)

Evelyn Hunt is just not feeling right. She has generalized shaking, pressure in her head, blurred vision, nausea and fatigue. Although she has undergone many tests, they have not been able to determine the cause of the problem. She goes back to the doctor on Tuesday for more results. Please pray for a determination of the cause of her problems, a cure and a cessation of the symptoms.

Lona Walsh is in significant discomfort but it looks like it is not Lupus. She had an MRI last week with the hope of finding something that will help her. It looks like she needs shoulder surgery on both sides, not great news, but much better than Lupus. She hopes for more information shortly, in the mean time, she asks that you continue your prayers for healing.

Duncan Bridewell and his brother John Bridewell were in an aircraft accident in the Utah wilderness and were trapped in the aircraft over night . Duncan has a collapsed lung, ankle injuries plus the usual "I just got beat up" stuff. John has a broken leg, arm, plus the beat up thing. Please pray a prayer of thanksgiving for their survival and pray for their rapid and complete recovery.

Fran's cousin Carl is in the Kingman, Arizona hospital with pancreatitis. He was in the ICU, but is doing much better now. His sister Sue and her husband Sam are with him. Please pray for Carl's quick and complete recovery.



Mary Parker was in the hospital with an infection. She was released to her home on Monday, 26 May 2008, Memorial Day. Please pray a prayer of thanksgiving and continue to pray for her full recovery and that she might be able to stay home.

Kay Denton (Mrs. Kay) – is home from the hospital now, though she continues to have with heart, kidney and lung difficulties with fluid buildup on the lungs and what may be a form of septic arthritis. She is doing much better. Every so often she has a flare-up of the severe shoulder pain, accompanied by chills and shivering- but the last time it happened was much relieved by Cortisone injections. Also, please pray for her to maintain her positive attitude. As always, she retains her trust in the Lord, she thankful to get her positive attitude back. Pray also for Mrs. Kay’s family and her close friend Len who are under great stress that they might also keep their trust in the Lord. 

 Mrs. Kay sent the Prayer Team a card and asks that everyone who is praying for her know how grateful she is for their prayers.

Joy – She has a reoccurrence of abdominal cancer, which is non-operable. She is currently undergoing radiation treatment. She and her family ask your prayers for the treatment to do good and for her to tolerate it better. More importantly, she asks God’s help to deal with the pain and discomfort while keeping a positive attitude during what is a very trying time.

Nicole Ethridge - age 27, mother of two - Has a form of liver disease, which is causing her liver to shut down. She is near dialysis and would like you to pray for her disease to go into remission so that she can keep off dialysis and avoid a liver transplant. She asks that you pray for her continued faith and good spirits, as well as strength to take care of her children.

Baby Marie, daughter of Bill and Andrea Baker of St. Andrew’s in Jacksonville, Oregon. Marie was born prematurely with immature lungs. She is now 2lbs. 2 oz.

Marie's lungs cannot function on their own. She has been on a high-frequency ventilator for some time. Over long periods of use, the ventilator itself can cause lung damage. Thus, a dilemma. That combined with having two lung viruses has put her in a position of relying only on a Miracle. Nothing more can be done medically for Marie. It is up to her and God's will. She is comfortable and doing extremely well in every other way. She is no longer on IVs for food, blood sugars are normal, no signs of jaundice. On one side there are high hopes; on the other side how much time is there for her here on earth?

Please pray that Marie will gain the function of her lungs and stay with us. Also, pray for the Baker family that they might maintain their trust in God and have strength throughout this ordeal.

Caroline (age 10, leukemia recurrence) has made it through the surgery to remove her port and put in her Hickman line, and through four radiation treatments. The radiation treatments started yesterday and knocked her down right away. I was amazed because she had always withstood really well even the "big gun" chemo they have given her. She has a hard time even getting up out of the wheel chair when they take her to radiation and has been nauseous frequently. In the past three years she has probably been nauseous 3 or 4 times and she has been nauseous that many times just in one day now. She is so strong though. I had a harder time seeing the Hickman in place than she did. She doesn't like it, but I thought I was going to faint. I keep hoping that if she is feeling this tired, the leukemia is feeling it even more. I just keep imagining any remaining leukemia cells getting zapped and evaporating. That is really the only way we can manage to keep taking her to the treatments.

Overall, it has already been more intense than I had imagined it would be at this point, but it is going as planned. All your prayers are helping her deal with it all. I keep telling her that if this is what we need to do to cure her, then we need to do it and put it behind us. Every treatment is another thing we can put in the past. With God's help, we will make it through one step at a time.

Please keep praying for Caroline as her transplant nears, for her to respond well to all of the treatments, for every single leukemia cell to be destroyed, and for the bone marrow transplant to be a complete success, and for the family to continue relying on the grace and healing of Christ our Lord. Caroline has the stained glass window of her horse that Keith Barrett made and her prayer quilt from Lake Murray with her at City of Hope. Thanks for supporting this dear family and for continuing in prayer for them.

Guidance
Lloyd & Jennifer, Bob to be guided to a church
Ashley, Breyana, Vie, Asha, Cory, Heather, Holly, Ken, Maruja, Stella, Shelly, Jerry, Martha, Matt, Marci, Nicholas, Carmen, Mary, John, William, Joe, Alexander, Jonathan, Phil, Sandy, Larraine, Brad, Brian, Cindi, Uni, Jennifer, Greg, Ed, Ruthie, Margie, Phyllis, Walter, Doris-June, Rick, Carol, Susan, Curtis, Stephen, Donny, Chris, Eric (job), Andrew, Keith (job decision), Jeff, Penny, Sara, Mark, Alexandra, Nelson

Economic Guidance and Assistance
St. Andrew’s Academy (Lake Almanor, CA) Father Brian Foos (headmaster) – Please pray for help and guidance for the school, which is under severe pressure from economic down turn. 
 You can pray and turn your heart towards this problem. If you can do something concrete to help them, contact Father Acker.

Homebound/Aged and Infirm

Mary, Donna, Betty, Noko, Adelaide, Evelyn, Lorraine, Ellie, Walter (skilled nursing)

Armed Forces & Contractors
Tillman, Patrick, Justin, Tim, Evan, Jim, RJ, Matt, Phillip, Tim, Oscar, Julian, Joe (USAF - Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait)

Thanksgiving
Stephen Pappin gives thanks for finding a job in the electronic power supply field in Santa Ana. He asks that you continue to pray that he will do well and help his new firm to prosper.

SCAIR Center in Alpine, who provides assistance to the local community, with emphasis on the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians is thankful for receiving three new grants for their pre- Head Start programs. They do good work in the community and also allow us to use their facility for meetings and education. Please join us in a prayer of thanksgiving.

CMS Jim Rodgers has been released to home from the hospital. Jim had a stroke on 7 June 2008. He has lost control of his right side and had much difficulty in thought processes. He was able to go home after a few days, but ended up back in the hospital with acute renal failure due to dehydration and an infection. All that go under control and he is doing much better. He is happy to be home. He and his family asks you pray a prayer of thanksgiving for the good start on his recovery and continue to pray for his complete recovery. Thank you from the family.

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