Month: November 2011

Friday Afternoon

Emma Hendry Davoll
(January 20, 1913 – November 10, 2011)

A resident of Roseland, LA, died at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was born January 20, 1913 in New Orleans, LA and was 98 years of age. She was a retired High School English teacher for Amite High School and was an active member of the Episcopal Church where she played the organ for many years, and was a former board member of the Arcola-Roseland Cemetery Association. Visitation at Church of the Incarnation – Episcopal, Amite, from 11 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, LA. Survived by daughter, Janet Ivy Smith and her husband, James, Hammond, Preceded in death by, husband, William Davoll, parents, Ivy and Janet Hendry, sister, Laura Hendry Brantley. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

I always remember know “Miss” Davoll and went to school with her daughter Ivy.  Her mother and my grandmother were in the same nursing home when I was a child.  I remember her substituting in some of my elementary classes and reading to us all day.  I have lots of memories of her and her family.  Memories are sweet.

Friday

“I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God;

incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.”

~Psalm 17:6~

Jadon’s Story :  Seizures, sick, neuro appointment, prayer request

My seizures haven’t been the best lately. I’m having about 80 a day again. Surprise surprise. We are praying that they will just stay at 80 until surgery date. I can a least function at 80. When they increase to 150-200 is when the regression starts. I think this is just a reminder of why we need to do the surgery. My mommy and daddy say they have to try surgery. It’s only fair to me so that I can have a chance. Even though I can’t talk you can hear it in my cry ” Mommy please make them stop, mommy what’s going on, help me mommy”. So yes I’m saying the seizures that make me cry are back. On top of all this I’ve been sick. Mommy brought me to the doctor Monday and they put me on antibiotic for a sinus infection. Then Tuesday afternoon I started running a high fever. We thought it was related to the sinus infection but no I broke out in a horrible rash today. I also have ulcers in my mouth and fever blisters on my mouth. The doctor said it was hand, foot, and mouth disease. I probably picked it up in the doctors office when I went to get my antibiotic for my sinus infection. I can’t catch a break right now. Hopefully this rash will go away soon and I can get better. Ok so enough of the bad stuff. I went to see my neurologist in NOLA Tuesday. She did receive the paper work about my surgery. She agreed with the surgery. She said she has done everything possible for me. She also agreed that I can’t continue to develop unless we stop these seizures. She also said I have lots of potential if we could only get them to stop. She said that she would talk to the head of neurology about doing my therapy after surgery in NOLA. Well she walked out to write my new prescriptions and guess what the head of neurology was in the clinic. She agreed to let us do therapy in NOLA. She also agreed with the surgery. She then introduced us to the lady in charge of therapy in the hospital who also just happen to be in the clinic. So yes God was definitely looking out for us that day. My mommy was very nervous about the appointment and everything was perfect. Since we are going to do the therapy in NOLA we may only have to stay in Detroit 3 weeks. It all depends on how I do after surgery. When I’m stable enough to transfer we will transfer. We are very excited about this. Please continue to pray for us. We are definitely feeling your prayers. Everyone is being so helpful to us and we are so thankful to have all of you in our lives. I’m attaching a picture of a little boy that was just diagnosed with infantile spasms in our area. Please pray for him. He is the same age that I was when I was diagnosed. My mommy has been talking to his mommy. We are praying that the ACTH that he is on now will stop his seizures. One last thing. We are in the process of making a prayer blanket for me to take to Detroit. If you would like email my mommy at monica.pailet@gmail.com with your prayer and we will put it on my blanket. Thanks again for the prayers. Love you, Jadon

 

Operation Christmas Child (Shoeboxes of gifts for children)

  • Boxes are due at local churches Sunday (13th)
  • Call your local church or FBC, Kentwood for more information
  • Bless some unfortunate children during the holidays

Baptist Press: Misplaced priorities & the tragedy of Penn State

http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=36546

Samaritan’s Purse Refugee Camp is Bombed

A few days ago I visited a refugee camp in South Sudan, where Samaritan’s Purse is helping care for some 23,000 refugees who have fled the atrocities of the government of Sudan. The camp has been a safe haven for these suffering people. But Thursday, the violence followed them when the camp was bombed by the very government they have been fleeing.

Four bombs were dropped. Praise God, we have confirmed that all of our staff are safe and accounted for, and as of now there are no reports of people injured on the ground.

These people are in need of immediate prayer.  Please pray for safety for the refugees, and for our staff. Pray for peace to come to this troubled region. Most of all, please pray that the people we are helping will find lasting hope in Jesus Christ.

Thank you, and may God bless you.

Sincerely,


Franklin Graham
President, Samaritan’s Purse


Veterans, thank you for your service to our country. I’m proud to be an American.

Last night, I noticed an advertisement for veterans to get a free meal at Applebee’s today.  We have our own local businessman with a benefit for veterans.  Robert Brister posted this and said to pass it on.

In honor of all our military servicemen and women on Veteran’s Day, Mr Tom’s Car Wash will once again be giving free washes to all veterans. Our Amite and McComb locations will be participating on Friday November 11 from 7:30am – 6pm. Spread the word! God bless our troops and God bless America.

As proud of veterans as we are, there’s someone who paid a great price for us two thousand years ago.

Thought for the Day: The highest ransom ever paid

A few years ago there was a true story about a man in New York City who was kidnapped. His kidnappers called his wife and asked for $100,000 ransom. She talked them down to $30,000.

The story had a happy ending: the man returned home unharmed, the money was recovered, and the kidnappers were caught and sent to jail. But don’t you wonder what happened when the man got home and found that his wife got him back for a discount?

Calvin Trillin was the writer of this story. He imagined what the negotiations must have been like: “$100,000 for that old guy? You have got to be crazy. Just look at him! Look at that gut! You want $100,000 for that? You’ve got to be kidding. Give me a break here. $30,000 is my top offer.”

I can sympathize with the kidnapped man because I wonder how much the people in my life think that I’m worth. But I am flattered beyond description to realize that I was worth enough to God that He was willing to pay the ultimate price for my ransom, my redemption. As Peter put it:

“You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” (I Peter 1:18-19)

Ultimately, the value of something (or someone) is determined by how much someone is willing to pay for it. A piece of art that may be worth millions of dollars to someone else may be worth less than a hundred dollars to me. The worth of something is determined by how much we’re willing to pay for it.

What that means is that we are of tremendous value to God. He didn’t quibble about the price, but was willing to pay the full ransom amount — the highest ransom ever paid!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith

Thank a vet today!  Thank God today!

Anna Lee

Thursday Evening

I just talked with Ora Lee Wilson and asked for an updated on her sister-in-law who had cancer surgery.  The report is good; the doctors think they got it all.  Pray for the family as they rejoice over the good report.

Ora Lee said the family had bad news today.  Ora Lee’s first cousin’s son and daughter-in-law had their first child today.  Shortly after they baby boy was shown to his mother she had problems and died.  Pray for the family. especially this young man with a new baby boy to raise.

 

Thursday Afternoon

Jason Dean’s surgery went well.  He’s now in room A109 at Cypress Pointe and scheduled to come home Sunday if all goes well.  Pray for good days between now and then.  Also, pray for the family.

Jana C. Creel is hospitalized in McComb with acute divroticulitious   Add her to your prayer list even though she is hoping to go home tomorrow.

John David Ponder, Sr.
(September 28, 1930 – November 9, 2011)

A resident of Amite, he passed away at 9:08 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, TX. He was born September 28, 1930 in Amite and was 81 years of age. Mr. Ponder was a U. S. Coast Guard Veteran of the Korean War and a graduate of Tulane Law School. He is survived by four children, Julie T. Ponder of Roseland, Amos L. Ponder of Amite, Katy Ponder Taylor and husband, Mark, of Orange, Tx., and Phillip Ponder of Amite; eight grandchildren, David and Elena Walker, Julia Walker, John and Kim Bittola, Devin Walker, Tara Ponder, Mark Glen Taylor, Annmarie Taylor, and Matthew Taylor; and three great-grandchildren, David and Christopher Walker, and Charlotte Bittola. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Jo Ann Leatherman Ponder; two sons, John David Ponder Jr. and George W. L. Ponder; parents, Justice Amos L. Ponder, Sr. and Amanda McMichael Ponder; 2 brothers, Amos L. Ponder, Jr. and George M. Ponder; 1 sister, Julia Ponder Doane. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 12 Noon until religious services at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Services conducted by Bro. John Fulda. Interment Amite Cemetery, Amite, LA.

Thursday

“Commit your work to the Lord,

and then your plans will succeed.”

~Proverbs 16:3 (NLT)~

 

Quote for Dr. Tom Higginbotham’s sermon last night:  “The attitude of those in the early church was what’s mine is yours! I’m afraid too often we have an attitude of what’s yours is mine!”

Relying on God

The following two news stories come from Reuters:

“A Ukraine businessman who bought a pager for each member of his staff as a New Year gift was so alarmed when all 50 of them went off at the same time that he drove his car into a lamp post. The unnamed businessman was returning from the pager shop when the accident happened,” the Fakty daily newspaper reported. “With no more than 100 metres to go to the office, the 50 pagers on the back seat suddenly burst out screeching. The businessman’s fright was such that he simply let go of the steering wheel and the car ploughed into a lamp post. After he had assessed the damage to the car, the businessman turned his attention to the message on the 50 pagers. It read: ‘Congratulations on a successful purchase!’ ”

“Normally accidents like this shouldn’t happen,” reasoned a Caputh, Germany, police spokesman. “A motorist following driving instructions on the satellite navigation computer in his BMW drove down a ferry ramp into the Havel River without realizing the only way he could cross the river was to wait for the ferry. The 57-year-old driver was not injured. This sort of thing can happen when people rely too much on technology.”

We do rely a lot on technology, don’t we? From pagers and satellite navigation systems to cell phones and fax machines, we have become more and more dependent upon our world of technology. It is important, though, that we step back every now and then and remind ourselves, “We can survive without all these gadgets, but we cannot survive without God.”

In Psalm 20, David expressed it this way:

“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” (Psalm 20:7)

Chariots and horses were certainly not wrong; no more so than modern gadgets. But it was necessary to reinforce the truth that our faith in not in such things, but in God Almighty.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith

Put your faith in God, not the technological toys of today’s modern world.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Evening

Chloe Neyland

Chloe is struggling a little bit today trying to adjust to being off the vent. she is very happy though because they gave her a little milk and her stomach is not so empty. BABY STEPS!

James Rimes said the last blasting seems to have taken care of all of Susan‘s kidney stones.  That’s a wonderful answer to our prayers for her.

Mrs. Ruby Dillon has been having a problem with her hip for several weeks.  Pray it begins to feel better so she can have some relief.

Jason Dean’s back surgery will be tomorrow at Cypress Point.  The time has been changed to 10:30.  Pray all goes well doing healing and recovery.

Mr. Pete Hyde has another week at rehab before he can come home.  Pray for him to regain strength and movement during this time.

Pray for Mrs. Patricia Peterson and for her daughter, Sherry.

Wednesday Midday

Willie V. Hughes
(March 11, 1924 – November 9, 2011) 

 

Willie V. Hughes, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was a resident of Kentwood and a member of First Baptist Church of Kentwood. She is survived by her sister, Angie “Anne” Simmons Hurst and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Pat Varnado, an American Air Force Sergeant who was killed in World War II; their son, Gerald W. Varnado; her husband, Brady Hughes; her parents, William I. and Velma Simmons; her brother, William I. Simmons, Jr.; three sisters, Lillian Rachel, Voncile Mack and Ollie Mae Stoker. Visitation will be held at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 11 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Joey Miller. Interment will follow at Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood.

 Please pray for “Miss” Anne who has been a faithful caregiver for “Miss” Bill for many years.

 

 

 


Wednesday

    “Do not worry about anything,

but pray and ask God for everything you need,

always giving thanks.  

And God’s peace,

which is so great we cannot understand it,

will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”

~Philippians 4:6-7, NCV~

Please pray for Mrs. Micky Cade as she has a biopsy today.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Bill Hughes who is still at North Oaks.

Thank God for watching over Chloe Neyland and for giving the doctor the ability to get her off the vent.  Ask a special blessing on Lisa as she waits and waits to see Chloe each day.

Quote for Dr. Tom Higginbotham’s message at revival last night:

Don’t ever let what you don’t know about God get in the way of what you do know about Him!

Heart to Heart with Holley: Psst…you’re making a difference today

We carry crock pots into the kitchen and set them on the table. Soup is ladled into bowls. Bread is neatly placed on plates. Dessert stands ready on a counter nearby. Outside hungry people wait. My community group is serving those in need tonight.

And aren’t we all in need?

We wipe down the last of the surfaces a couple of hours later. I think of smiles as spoons are lifted to lips. I remember the laughter of children as they tear the corner off a cookie. I recall the look of satisfaction and fullness as folks lean back in their chairs when they’re done.

Where have I seen all of that before?

And I realize then that I see it every day. I see it when a coworker pauses to offer a kind word to someone having a hard day—a little morsel of encouragement that’s gobbled up with gratitude. I see it when my friend wraps her arms around her oh-so-tired little one and sees past the crankiness to the silent request for comfort and rest. I see it when a stranger on the street flashes a smile like an unexpected bit of chocolate tossed my way.

If I were with you now, I know I’d see it too. You’re feeding someone today. Who is the hungry heart in your life? Oh, what you do may feel small. It may feel unseen. But it matters. It’s noticed by the one who said, “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.”

Just in case no one has told you lately, I want to whisper this: Thank you for what you do. Thank you for feeding the hungry in your life in your own amazing way.

We carry the crock pots back to our cars. The fall wind feels like a whisper around us. Every last bit is gone. We didn’t even get to eat but I don’t feel hungry.  It turns out those whose bodies we fed did the same for our hearts in return.

And so it goes—round and round. Giving, receiving, in need, meeting needs too.

Until we’re all so very full.

 

Meet a need today!

Anna Lee