08/22/2013
Dear friends,
Our son Rob has been having trouble talking for a couple of months. We took
him to urgicare and they said it was an ear infection, gave him antibiotics
and sent him home. It has continued to get worse. His doctor has retired
and when he called the doctor who took over the practice he was told his
appointment was on Sept. 16 and she couldn’t see him before then. There
have been times he couldn’t talk at all.
Today we took him to Barnes Emergency Room. They did blood work and a CAT
scan and they admitted him. He has a mass on his vocal chords. We know
nothing more than that right now. They did mention it could be cancer. He
will see an ENT when he is completely admitted. That is all we know right
now. We ask for your prayers at this point.
Rob is okay knowing he will finally get help.
Thank you for your prayer support. We will keep you updated.
In Him,
Bob & Jan
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Hi Lord, it’s me. We are getting older and things are getting bad here. Gas prices are too high, no jobs, and food and heating costs too high. I know some have taken you out of our schools, government and even Christmas, but Lord I’m asking you to come back and re-bless America . We really need you! There are more of us who want you than those who don’t! Thank You Lord, I Love you.
“Life without Christ is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.”
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Disturb us, Lord – A Prayer from Sir Francis Drake.
Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wilder seas
Where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask you to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push back the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain,
Who is Jesus Christ.
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FROM PASTOR J. B. BHITRAKOTI IN NEPAL
KANCHANPUR: Six hundred and seventy one families of six districts of Far-Western region have been completely displaced by the recent floods and landslides.
The families are displaced by the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall on June 17and 18.
According to Office of the Nepal Red Cross Society, Regional Coordination Committee, Mahendranagar, 489 families of the six districts have to bear partial losses from the floods and landslides.
The landslides killed five members of the same family in Baitadi district and two persons of Kanchanpur have gone missing in Mahakali river and one is missing in Darchula. Similarly, one person has gone missing in landslide in Baitadi.
Chief of the office of the Committee, Laxman Bhatta, said that the floods in Mahakali river have completely displaced 350 families in Darchula and 113 families are at high-risk of floods.
The floods have directly affected more than 700 families.
The floods have completely displaced 95 families of 12 VDCs, 182 families suffered partial losses and 2,858 families were directly affected in Kailali.
The floods in Mahakali river also completely displaced 30 families and made partial damage on 21 houses in Dadeldhura district. The floods affected 50 families.
Likewise, seven families have been completely displaced by landslides in Bajhang district, said Bhatta. The landslides have affected 48 families in the district.
The landslides have displaced a family and 100 families are at high-risk of landslides in Baitadi.
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From Pastor Tahir in the Philippines
My wife Shama is progressed in 29th week of her pregnancy. The position of the baby is cephalic. Plz keep her in your prayers for a safe & normal delivery without a need of surgery and of a healthy child on the complete and perfect timing of God.
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Urgent prayer Request from Pastor prem Tamang
Greeting in the name of Jesus Christ,Thank you for your prayer and support for Living Hope Church. Many people are coming to Christ this day, all Glory to be our God.On Thursday at 10am in the Morning, whole villagers came and threat us because they are building Hindu temple near our Church. Chair man of village and big team came and beaten our leaders very badly. They are forcing us to leave that place otherwise they are going burn the Church. They have submitted letter in VDC office against us, so that we may leave the place. They are doing bad things to us. All women are threaten and all believers under oppression of these people. Children are under threat, we are still inside of room for two days, we can not go outside to do something. Need your prayer and supportIn HimPrem TamangLiving Hope ChurchPost Box. 10738Kathmandu, Nepal
PRAYER REQUEST