Monday

“Pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message,

to speak the mystery of the Messiah …

so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak.”

~Colossians 4:3-4, HCSB~

Elizabeth H. Cooper

Elizabeth received an injury for a ball a couple months ago.  She looks great and will be able to return to teaching this month.  Thank God for the progress she has made.

Rusty Benoit

Rusty has a thickening of the heart wall and will be having additional tests soon.   Please add Rusty, Jana, and their family to your prayer list.

Dot Smith

Pray for my mother as she has oral surgery this morning in Hammond.

Several people will be having check-ups for various problems tomorrow.  Among these are Jared Prescott, Mason Carter, and Faye Price.  Please remember them in your prayers.

Don Denton

Sunday, August 2, 2009 10:36 PM, CDT

Here we are at the first of August.  And now it has been almost 8 weeks since Don has been in a hospital.  This is such a good thing!  Thank you God.

This September will be one year since Don got ill.  Life has changed in so many ways.  And we are so praying that Don will continue to get well.  We are beginning to do some things we have not done in almost a year.  WE had supper at the park tonight and then watched the sunset.

We will see Don’s doctor for a follow up in St. Louis this week.  She will be key to getting us to Mayo sooner.  Hopefully we will know something soon.

Joshua will start school the 17th of the month.  He is excited.  We would love to be back from Mayo by then.  It does not look like we will even get there before then, unless something changes.

We had a surprise visit from my brother Steve and his wife Lynn.  Not completely a surprise….we spoke a few days ahead.  I loved every minute of our time together.  Joshua just loves his uncle Steve and aunt Lynn.  He has a special bond with them.  They have been here several times this year to see Don and help out.  Steve worked on both the cars while he was here and helped so much.

My other brother said that we should not drive our car to Mayo.  It has allot of miles on it and needs even more work to it.  He may be the “over protective brother”.  Actually having my brothers support means so much to us during this time.  It is precious to me.

I have yet to make a “lemonaide stand” this summer.  I have good intensions.  I am going to make that happen before school starts or do my best.

I am tired.  Life is so busy.  I need to find work soon.  Please pray for us as we try to make decisions for our future.  We keep talking about having to sell our house.  We will be making a decision soon.  Pray that we will have wisdom and discernment.

We are so grateful to you our friends and family.

– Pray for Don that he continues to get better.
– Pray that we will get an appointment at Mayo soon.
– Pray that we will have wisdom and discernment regarding our future.
– Pray that Joshua will transition to pre-school easily.

Diane

Retia Dukes

Sunday, August 2, 2009 11:45 PM, EDT

Keeping you informed and asking for your prayers – Mom has had another tough go the last two days. After a tumultuous Saturday, Dad and Erik and Mom’s sister were hoping to awaken this Sunday morning to find Mom doing much better. She was not. In fact , tonight, after Dad had left the hospital to go to his room to rest for the night, the nurses called him back to the hospital due the worsening of Mom’s condition. Even with the help of oxygen, they were only able to get her SATs up to a little over 80.

Still not a lot of information, yet. We just wanted to communicate it with you to ask you all to be praying. They are going to transfer Mom out of the 5th floor Long-Term-Acute-Care hospital she is in now and move her downstairs to the ICU. We will keep you posted of any new developments.

Mrs. Lula Mae Needham Will

(February 25, 1925 – August 2, 2009)

Mrs. Lula Mae Needham Will was born February 25, 1925 and passed away at 6:43 p.m., Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the St. Helena Parish Hospital, Greensburg. She was 84, a native and resident of Kentwood.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Express Car Wash & Bond Eye Clinic

I hope you have had this sorrow in your life.

KneEmail

Repentance

WHEN BABIES ARE born prematurely, one of the most common critical problems is with their underdeveloped lungs…

In September 1996, the New England Journal of Medicine reported the results of a pilot study that offered hopeful treatment. The treatment is surprising. In the study, doctors filled the lungs of critically ill premature babies with liquid — an oxygen-rich liquid. Through this liquid the babies actually “breathe.”

Normally, when fluid fills the lungs, people drown. But this special oxygen-filled fluid actually saves lives.

In a similar way, there is a sorrow that kills and another sort of sorrow that brings life.  Sorrow because there are consequences for my sin drowns my spirit and brings death;godly sorrow that produces repentance brings life.

“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,

not to be regretted;

but the sorrow of the world produces death.”

2 Cor. 7:10

Posted by Mike Benson

Thank-you for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee