Jennie’s Facebook post (just a few minutes ago)
Jennie Hatchel
We’re spending an unscheduled night in London. Now it looks like we’ll make it to Prague tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.
After the long delay in New Orleans, they missed the flight to London. Now, they are waiting for a flight to Prague. A 24 hour trip has turned into a 48+ hour trip. God is still in control. Keep praying for them as they try to get home!
“God shall bless us,
and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.”
~Psalm 67:7~
Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell is hospitalized at North Oaks again. Please pray for her, Mr. John Alan, and other family members.
Karen Miller’s mother now has a block for pain. It seems to be working.
My aunt, Eva Smith, is hospitalized in Alabama. She recently had her 90th birthday. Pray for her family in Alabama and Louisiana as they wait to see what the day holds.
We don’t have any news from the Hatchels yet. I hope that means they made the flight to London last night. If so, they should have arrived there about daylight. After customs and a layover, they will have one more flight.
Heart to Heart with Holley Gerth: What Keeps You and I Close
Posted: 30 May 2012 06:40 AM PDT
We sit on the last row of a country church. I squeeze Ann’s hand, hardly believing that I get to be here with her and her whole family. We have been friends for years now. Separated by geography and close in heart.
The elements are passed.
The bread. His body broken for us. And I smile in amazement at what God has done with two broken word girls. How he has seen fit to use us and make us whole.
The cup. His blood spilled out for us. And my heart fills with joy because I realize this is what joins us. This is how I came to be here in this little country church.
When she passes the cups to me, I lean in and whisper, “Blood sisters.”
That’s what we are.
She and I.
You and I too.
Blood sisters and brothers. Joined together in a way that’s even deeper than what flows through our veins. Of all God has given, the love we share with each other still stuns me most.
After the service we stand beneath trees and we capture this moment with cameras. We stand close to a cross as we do so. And it seems right.
We laugh, talk late into the night, share dreams and struggles. I tell her that her family is extraordinary. I tell her the more I see of her life the more beautiful she is to me. I tell her that I love her not just anyways but always.
All too soon we’re pulling away from the drive. But nothing can pull us apart.
Because that’s the way blood ties are.
And my heart swells with happiness and thanks at the miracle of it.
XO
Have a terrific Thursday. Pray for the rain to come with all the lightning and thunder in God’s time.
Anna Lee
The Hatchels will be traveling across the Atlantic while most of us will sleep tonight. Tomorrow, they will land in London where they will go through customs before boarding their third and final flight into Prague. Pray for a good adjustment to the seven hour time change.
The Hatchels’ first flight has been delayed until 4:46 due to bad weather at Dallas/Fort Worth. Thank God for knowledge that allows flights to be delayed rather than to fly into bad weather. Don’t think of this as a bad start. Think of it as God’s protection!
Pam Alston shared the great news that her niece, Cali, got the good news today that her treatment is shrinking her cancer. Continue to pray for Cali and her family.
“Blessed be God,
who has not turned away my prayer,
nor His mercy from me!
~Psalm 66:20~
Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell had several seizures yesterday and was admitted back into North Oaks. Please continue to pray for her, Mr. John Alan, and the other family members.
The Hatchel’s first plane leaves New Orleans at 2 P.M. Pray for all to go well as they prepare to leave the seminary this morning. There are lots of friends to say good-bye to.
Baptist Press News
Today’s Devotional
http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/living-love/
Find God’s love in your little world today.
Anna Lee
Today, I had a MRI and saw the neurosurgeon who did my gamma knife surgery for the brain tumor. My tumor is shrinking as he expected. He said I could reduce my medication and to come back in one year. Thanks for your many prayers on my behalf. I walked into Oschner with no doubt of what I was going to hear about the good results of my surgery. I fully expect the tumor to shrink even more in the next year.
While at Ochsner, we visited Marsha Bankston. She was receiving blood and hoped to have a chemo treatment tomorrow and come home Thursday. If she is unable to have the chemo, she will try again in a week. Keep her in your prayers.
The Hatchels are packed and ready for their trip home to Prague. They fly out about 2 P.M. for Dallas. Then, overnight they will cross the Atlantic landing in London. Their third flight will carry them to Prague. Pray for good flights, no missed connections, easy entry through customs in London, and safe and timely arrival of all their luggage. Thanks to you for your prayers and kindnesses to them over the months they were here. They are anxious to return and continue their ministry to the Roma in Europe.
There are some needs next week at Camp Living Waters. Please check your schedule to see if you are available to help.
Please email me or call me to volunteer. 985-345-3315 home
We have 206 children registered for summer camp next week at our camp. Please help us make it run smoothly!
We need at least 2 volunteers for supper on Monday, June 4, 2012 in the kitchen. Minimum time is 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Serving time is 5:30
We need at least 2 volunteers for lunch and supper, Tuesday, June 5, Wed June 6, and Thurs. June 7. Min. volunteer time for lunch is 11:30-1 p.m.; Supper min. 5-7:00
We need at least one volunteer to run the Red door Store Tuesday afternoon from 1-4. Wed 7:30-4, Thurs. 1-4 .
I would also like to have a volunteer in the concession (gym) stand Monday 1-3; Tues-Thurs. 9-12,1-3.
We need your help! Please give me a call or email. 985-345-1831
Keith and Monica Maddox
If you are not available, please pray that someone who is available will step-up.
About to leave for hospital with my mother who is having a procedure on her back. She is in so much pain. Please pray that this works.
Karen Miller
“Your children are a gift from God.”
~Psalm 127:3 TLB~
Pray for Bobbie Magee as she has additional tests and treatment.
Pray for Miss Laura Joiner as her days confined to home continue. Give her a call or visit to ease her sense of loneliness.
Continue to pray for Marsha Bankston and her family. Marsha is back at Ochsner.
Kay Forman‘s eye surgery had good results. Thank God Kay can see better now.
Continue to pray for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anthony as he continues his treatments in Hammond.
Daily Devotional
http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/encouragement/encouragement-for-today-may-29-2012.html
Be thankful if you received some rain yesterday. Many people did not get any rain. Remember, we will get rain in His time.
Do something to encourage someone else today.
Anna Lee
I needed just the right devotional for today. This one just arrived in my email. That’s the one I have been waiting for. Thanks, Holley!
Heart to Heart with Holley – What’s Ahead Will Be Worth It
Posted: 28 May 2012 07:47 AM PDT
Toronto sprawls out in neighboorhoods and side streets. On every corner there’s a different taste, smell, sight. So much variety. So many people. So many ways to see God’s creativity.
Mark and I are headed for a pizza place downtown. But there real point is the journey there. When we travel, we walk, walk and then walk some more. We want to be in the middle of it all.
At some point my feet begin to hurt a little. My tummy growls. I feel the sun grow a bit hot on my face.
Then we cross a street and we are there. And it’s so worth it.
The pizza would have been good no matter what–but it’s even better because it took some work, some living, to get there.
This week you’ll have some walking to do, friend. At times your feet (or heart) will hurt a little. Your tummy (and inner soul hunger) may growl. You may feel the sun (and your circumstances) grow a bit hot on your face.
So I just want to lean in and whisper, “It will be worth it. And if you dare, find some joy in the journey too.”
God has good things ahead for you. And they might be just around the corner.
XO
Holley
Bro. Joey was out of town yesterday, so we had Andy Taylor leading the music and Rev. Butch Revier preaching. I want to say the music was exceptionally good and Bro. Butch was interesting yesterday morning. Last night, the service again had great music and Bro. Butch outdid himself with the message. I’m sure everyone there was touched by the words and Scriptures he shared. Last night’s message was about the first generation of the church from Acts 2:41-47. The title of the message was “The Essentials of a Church God Blesses”. His key points were:
He stressed the urgency of winning the lost with this quote – “Believers are not fully convinced of the horrors of hell and how long they will last”.
Thank you both for leading us yesterday. God surely spoke through you!
Please add Mrs. Irene Fortinberry to the Prayer Link. She is undergoing treatment for cancer and needs our prayers. She is a member of Greenlaw Baptist Church. She is currently taking one treatment per week, but they are making her so weak. I do not know how many treatments she will be taking, but lets lift her up in our prayers.
Thank you so much,
Mary Ann Cutrer
The Prayer Link 
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