Saturday

 

 

“I have called upon You,

for You will hear me, O God;

incline Your ear to me,

and hear my speech.”

~Psalm 17:6~

 

 

Hurricane Ike is hitting Houston now. Please continue to pray for all the people in the path of Ike.

Pray for members of the Billy Graham Rapid Response Disaster Teams, Southern Baptist Rapid Response Teams, and others as they respond to the needs following Ike.

From Melinda Russell (Stateside assignment in Texas):

Roger and I arrived home this evening from our 13 days of traveling (taking Kyle to Union then on to visit with friends and attending a missionary appointment service in GA). We had a great time and I will share more in the October prayer letter.

I wanted to share with you two prayer requests. Yesterday Karla Geddes (Team Romania in Galati) mother went home to be with the Lord. She had been fighting cancer for ten years. Karla has been in Missouri with her mother for the past three weeks. Karla will be flying home on the 13th immediately after the service. Praise the Lord, Karla and her Mother had some very special times together these past few weeks. Pray for Karla as she makes the flight back home alone, and pray for Troy and the children in RO without her.

Pray also for the Banks family. Today/Friday afternoon (Bucharest time) Wes’ parents arrived for a two week visit from Jonesboro GA. This was Mr. Banks first visit to RO. They had left the airport and were traveling into Bucharest when they were hit head on by a car that crossed the double lines. The only one hurt was Mr. Banks. He broke his leg (compound fracture). He had broken this same leg a few years ago. He is currently in the emergency hospital. He will need surgery. They are hoping it can be done on Monday. Wes is staying with him in the hospital tonight (Friday). Pray for Charlie that he can rest well, for healing of his leg, and for a great surgeon to do the surgery. Pray for the rest of the family. As you can imagine they are shaken up. Also today the 12th is Tamara’s birthday and Coulter will be 5 on the 14th. Pray for them all to feel God’s love as he holds them in his arms.

Thank you for praying!

Love,

Melinda

Yesterday was two years since David’s heart valve replacement and by-pass surgery. We thank God for the great success for that surgery and the two great years he has had since surgery.

You may find several of these articles interesting. Note the new missionaries commissioned in Georgia – where Melinda Russell said she had been.

Baptist Press

September 12, 2008

SOUTH KOREA–9/11 remembered by soldiers in Korea. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28893

WASHINGTON–Chaplains’ freedom to pray is congressman’s concern, not retreat. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28894

TEXAS–Baptists gear up for post-Ike challenge. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28909

TENNESSEE–IN THEIR OWN WORDS: John McCain and Barack Obama on abortion. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28895

NORTH DAKOTA–N.D. woman spends $6,500 to bring ‘Fireproof’ to her town. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28896

MISSISSIPPI–Gulf Coast churches celebrate new facilities. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28897

LOUISIANA–Baptist volunteers busy in Baton Rouge. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28908

FINLAND–EKG transcends culture, Baltic missionaries told. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28898

GEORGIA–83 new international missionaries appointed. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28899

WASHINGTON–ERLC urges U.S. action on Orissa violence. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28900

TENNESSEE–INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Saudi official kills daughter for conversion. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28901

KENTUCKY–FIRST-PERSON (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): Leading their flock off a cliff. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28902

Leon “Pete” Broussard, Jr.
(November 5, 1927 – September 12, 2008)

Mr. Leon “Pete” Broussard, Jr. was born November 5, 1927 and passed away at 12:50AM, September 12, 2008 at his residence. He is the son of the late Leon B. & Mathilda Broussard. He was 80, a native of Baton Rouge and a resident of Kentwood.

Mr. Pete is survived by his wife, Beverly Morgan Broussard, Kentwood; a daughter, Donna Blevins, Jackson; 3 step-daughters, Barbara Lee Bourgeois, Atlanta, GA, Constance “Connie” Copperfield, Tampa, FL, & Amanda Juneau, Greensburg; 3 step-sons, John Wayne Smith, Mt. Hermon, Glenn Hedrick, France, & Gary Hedrick, France; Also preceded in death by a daughter, Geraldine Lege’, a sister & 2 brothers.

A memorial mass will be Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Jude Catholic Church, Greensburg, at 3:00PM with Fr. Joe Camilleri, officiating.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com.