“Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”
~Romans 10:13 (LB)~
Jamie Schwartz will be leaving tomorrow for Afghanistan. Pray for him and his troops as well as all the other men and women serving around the world to protect us.
Jadon’s Story: Not much change
Things are staying about the same for me this week. I’m still having
good days and bad. The bad days that I refer to are still good
compared to before steriods. A good day now consist of 30 or fewer
spasms and a bad day about 60. I’m still learning news things. I
learned to take toys out of a bucket and how to put them back in. I’m chewing my food much better. I’m
very happy and alert. I’m having more seizures than my family wants
but we are satisfied with the amount of progress I’m making so
quickly. Its still too early to say if the new medicine is working.
All it’s doing right now is making my mom a nervous wreck. She said
when my brother burned his hands there was a little girl in the
hospital room next to him who had gotten burned from taking lamictal.
So she has seen what this medicine can do. Please pray that I continue
to make progress and that my seizures don’t increase. My brain needs
for these to stop.
My sister, Julie, has a second grandson, Gavin Joseph Parino. He weighed eight pounds. Mother and baby are doing well. He has a brother, Jameson, and parents, Melissa and Andrew Parino.
Juanita Carmona
(October 14, 1950 – April 29, 2011)
A resident of Greensburg, LA, died on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite, LA. She was born October 14, 1950 in Baker, LA and was 60 years of age.Visitation at First Baptist Church, Greensburg, from 8 a.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011 until religious services at 11a.m. Monday, May 2, 2011. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by 3 brothers, Pete Carmona, Jr. and his wife, Mary, Baton Rouge, Paul Carmona and his wife, Helen, Zachary, Randy Carmona, 3 nieces, Beth Brewster and her husband, Mike, Watson, Belinda Carmona, Baton Rouge, Victoria Carmona, Kentwood, 2 nephews, Lee Carmona and his wife, Elisha, Montpelier, Collin Floyd, Husser, great-niece, Jocelynn Carmona, great-nephew, Jackson Carmona, sister-in-law, Loretta Carmona Husser, special friend, Willie Arnold, Greensburg, 5 sisters, Helen, Martha, Mary, Nora, and Barbara. Preceded in death by parents, Pete and Nora Carmona, brother, Virgil Carmona, half-sister, Dorothy. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.
Continue to pray for all those who are homeless, jobless, or grieving for family and friends who perished this week in the tornadoes. FBC, Amite is collecting items tomorrow to send. I’m sure if you would like to send items, they would be glad to include yours too. Other groups will be going to clean up and sending items to help the victims. I”ll post information about these opportunities as I get information. Prayers are always appropriate whether or not you can go or give.
The following information is from an email I received from the Louisiana Baptist Convention.
The death toll from Wednesday’s tornados has exceeded 297 as of 11 am, Friday, April 29. When disasters strike, the body of Christ is motivated to do something to help. There are several things that Louisiana Baptists can do immediately:
1. Pray for the people impacted by the storm. There are many needs. Pray for the churches that are simultaneously attempting to recover and to minister.
2. Donate cash through legitimate channels. Individuals and churches in Louisiana may donate or receive an offering and send it to:
LBC Disaster Relief Fund,
1250 MacArthur Dr.
Alexandria, LA 71303
Because of the network Southern Baptists have, LBC will distribute every dollar toward disaster relief needs without any of the overhead costs other organizations incur.
We are moving heavy equipment to the areas impacted by the tornados. Fuel is costly and funds are needed immediately.
3. Volunteer your time. If you are a trained DR person, we need you now for some immediate requests. If you are not trained, go to www.LBC.org/DisasterRelief for instructions about the future training events.
Urgent Requests for Southeast Tornado Disaster Relief
1. Louisiana Baptist Convention has been asked by Alabama DR to handle the response for Dekalb County, Alabama. We are requesting 50 trained chainsaw team members to respond to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GERALDINE, 12854 State HWY 227, Geraldine, AL. 35974. The pastor’s name is Kirk Griggs. Cell # 256-609-5263 & Church # 256-759-4524. The White Hat is Charles Watson.
2.The North Shore Baptist Association Disaster Relief Feeding Unit has beenactivated and issetting up in Meridian, MS. The need exists for yellow and blue hats, especially next week. White Hat leader, Tom Longcan be reached at 985.960.2989.
3. If you are available or will be available next week, contact the LBC DR office on Monday at 318.448.3402, ext. 280. If you have the DR training and can go at once, call Gibbie McMillan at 318.446.0724.
The following information is from our associational office and Dr. Stan Statham.
DISATER REIEF CALL OUT: Washington Association is deploying two chainsaw teams to Geraldine, AL. Jeremy Seals-FBC Bogalusa is one Blue Hat and Ben Fussell is the Blue hat from FBC Franklinton. Call me if you are chainsaw trained and can go. Probably for 3-5 days. Ben’s crew probably will leave tomorrow morning. Jeremy’s crew???? Call me ASAP 985-515-4368 -Bro. Stan
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