Day: July 7, 2009

Tuesday Afternoon

From Dwayne and Tricia Wilson

Hi, Friends….we made it back late last night and are trying to process our time in El Salvador….hard to do with 4 very excited children who have not stopped talking since they woke up and saw us this morning! They seem to have grown some since we last left them, and Graham lost a tooth! Dwayne is also back to work today, and there is laundry, and a mountain of other things that have piled up since being away for 10 days. We thank you for your prayers and cannot wait to get a letter of some kind written about our trip. The kids did wonderfully while we were away, and I think Grammy and Poppy did as well! We sure do appreciate your prayers.….

Love,

Tricia

Here’s a link to the El Salvador trip blog on the GAIN website:  http://blog.gainusa.org/archives/category/el-salvador/

This is a link to some of the pictures from our trip on the same website:  http://blog.gainusa.org/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=2275

Thanks for spreading the word on our trip through theprayerlink.com!

Dwayne

Please pray for my mother Billie Jean Booty. She broke her femur on Tuesday, June 30th. She had surgery on Thursday, July 2nd. She is currently at North Oaks and should start rehab pretty soon. Thanks! Brandi Booty Hartman and Family

Monday, July 6th. was my final of 43 Radation for my Prostate Cnacer. I am so glad to be finished, but we will not know the final results for another 30 days. With all of your prayers, the trips have been bearable. Thanks again and with your help, the end results will be the answer to our prayers. Luther (Ricks)

Dukes

< four things… >
Just wanted to post a quick update about four things.

1 – MOM.
She has really had two or three good days in a row. Now, by good, I mean more like herself. She is still not always lucid. But, when we keep her focused and less distracted, she really does interact well and remember things well. Her long-term memory is especially good. Her short-term memory is not as good. Please pray for the stuff with her cranium piece. We should hear soon what the doctor from Ochsner wants to do. Their neuro-surge

on is reviewing Mom’s case and making a plan for putting the bone back on. We are excited to hear what he has to say!

2 – DAD.
Dad is doing fairly well. We have had a good two days, and I know he had a great weekend with Erik. He continues to struggle with pain BIG TIME. It’s tough, because reality is that he will struggle with pain for a long time. Anybody with big rods down both lower legs would. And a bionic elbow. And a restored broken neck. And some other stuff. Erik looked at Mom and Dad’s records more closely recently – the ones from University Hospital where they were originally treated. Based on what he saw, some stuff that wasn’t communicated to us, his comment to Dad – “You should be dead.” Mom and Dad are both walking miracles. We are thankful for God’s love and nearness.

3 – JOSHUA.
Speaking of God’s love and nearness, YOU HAVE TO READ ERIN’S LATEST BLOG POST. It is a MUST READ.

to check it out. You will definitely be moved.

4 – CALEB.
My latest blog post isn’t near as moving or amazing as Erin’s, but we’re all family, and this isn’t competition. So, speaking of competition,

to check out my most recent blog post to see some sights and sounds from time at the race in Daytona for Caleb and me. Pretty cool.

Love yall. We will post at you tomorrow.
-jason

Tuesday

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.”

~Matthew 11:28~

Thank God for the rain we received yesterday.

Pray for Lawana Carter’s two boys.  Mason is having sinus surgery in McComb this morning at 8 A.M.  Adam has a lingering summer cold.

Remember to pray for Shaun Bodin, Judy Easley’s son-in-law, as he sees doctors at Ochsner concerning his fractured neck.

Continue to pray for those at Mission Fuge at Mississippi College and for those having VBS this week.

Baptist Press

July 6, 2009

CALIFORNIA–NEA declines to remain neutral on abortion. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30833

WASHINGTON–Gallup Poll: U.S. adults growing more conservative? http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30834

MICHIGAN–Witnesses assaulted at Muslim festival, team members say. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30835

VIRGINIA–Appalachian Trail hike turns into spiritual journey. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30836

TENNESSEE–Research: Many say income not matching lifestyle. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30837

WASHINGTON–FIRST PERSON (Ken Connor): Bread and circuses: America’s cult of celebrity. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30838

KneEmail

Great

singlecandle2.jpgSo many celebrities have died recently, it reminds one of the death, in 1715, of King Louis XIV of France, after a reign of 72 years.
He had called himself “the Great.” The monarch had made the infamous statement, “I am the state!” (Grandiose political statements are perennial.) His court was considered the most magnificent in Europe, and his funeral was equally spectacular.

As Louis’ body lay in state in a golden coffin, orders had been given that the cathedral should be very dimly lit with only a single candle set above his coffin, to dramatize his greatness. At the memorial service, thousands waited in hushed silence.

Bishop Massilon rose to speak. Reaching down, he snuffed out the candle and said, “Only God is great.”/1

At the cross, and before the empty tomb, as the rich and famous and powerful wither and die, around the table of the Lord, we declare, “Only God is great!”

Or better, like Thomas who threw himself at the feet of the resurrected Christ, “My Lord and my God!” ( John 20:28). (J. Randal Matheny at: http://www.forthright.net/)

“Yours, O LORD, is the greatness,

the power and the glory,

the victory and the majesty;

for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;

Yours is the kingdom, O LORD,

and You are exalted as head over all.”

I Chronicles 29:11

Posted by Mike Benson at July 6, 2009 11:55 AM

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Anna Lee