Author: Anna Lee

Thursday

Your hands shaped me and made me.

~Job 10:8 (NIV)~

 

Rev. Butch Reviere

David and I visited Bro. Butch yesterday evening.  He is progressing with his recovery, but doesn’t yet have a date to leave the hospital.  The biopsy results will be back in a couple days.  Keep praying.

 

Kathy Wales

David and I visited Kathy Sunday afternoon.  She was in good spirits and minding the doctors so she will be able to get around better as soon as possible.  Chris is taking good care of her.

Kathy went to the Doctor today, Wednesday January 20, and had her cast removed after 5 weeks. The doctor agreed to put her in a “boot” but insisted on continuing another 3 weeks total non-weight bearing. X-rays looked great. We will return to the doctor in 3 weeks to hopefully start partial weight bearing. We appreciate your prayers, cards and phone calls.
Thanks,
Chris

  

Adrianna Cavanagh’s CaringBridge page has been updated.  Please continue to pray for this family.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh

 

Stephanie,Joe and Adrianna, you continously are in my prayers. Adrianna is such a beautiful baby she has eyes like granny (LOL). Keep praying as God answers all prayer. Love you very much.

Phyllis McCraney

 

 

Mrs. Faye Price

Hi, Just wanted to let you know Faye has been moved to Kentwood rehab! We are all very excited, pray she will do well here!
Thanks to everyone for all of your prayers,continue to pray for a full recovery.
Laura

 

Grant Smith

Pray for my daddy as he has cataract surgery today in Hammond.

 

Jeanette L. Viola
(August 1, 1936 – January 19, 2010)

A resident of Amite, LA, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010. She retired from Shelby County Government and Macy’s Dept. Store, both in Memphis, TN. She is survived by her two daughters, Debbie Pingno and her husband, Emile, Amite, Theresa Simmons and her husband, Ted, Loranger, LA; a son, Ricky Viola, Amite; Five grandchildren, Charles Engeron, Loranger, Stacy Morris and her husband, Josh, Loranger, Jason Pingno and his wife, Heidi, Amite, Andy Perez and Joseph Perez, Amite; Six great-grandchildren: Nicholas and Abigail Engeron, Ashton and Colton Morris, Jason and Hunter Pingno. Also survived by four brothers: Richard Lee and his wife, Anna, Memphis, TN, Charles Lee and his wife, Helen, Senatobia, MS, Jerry Lee and his wife, Millie, Greer’s Ferry, AR, and Joe Lee, Memphis, TN; Three sisters, Elizabeth Morgan and her husband, Milton, Mountainburg, AR, Geneva Porter, Memphis, TN, and Zelpha Arnold and her husband, Craig, Fountain Inn, SC. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews including a niece in particular, Elizabeth Lee Ann Porter, Bethesda, MD, who has been here for the family every step of the way. In addition to a multitude of friends, she leaves behind four very close and dear friends, Charles and Rozell Reeves, Mountain View, AR, Cathy Martin, Memphis, TN, and Viral Patel, Amite.

The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the following medical personnel and facilities for their kind, professional and compassionate care given to our loved one in her time of need: Dr. Joe Sharma and Dr. Juan Sarmiento and the staff of Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA; Dr. Rhea Jones and his staff; Dr. David Oubre, Wendy M. Gill, MSN ANP-C and staff at Pontchartrain Hematology Oncology, Inc.; Dr. Robert Fields and staff of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center; Dr. Gregory Linarello and staff; Dr. Alan Manning and staff, and the entire staff of North Oaks Hospital. Also a special thank you for the excellent care provide by Generation Hospice.

Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Services conducted by Deacon Roger Navarra. Interment will follow in Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA.

The Memorial Video will be available for viewing on Friday.

 

 

 

Baptist Press contains articles about Haiti, the Mass. election, and other current topics of interest.

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1264df845dae78a9

 

 

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor

 

 
SOME HANDS ARE used to play piano, some to mold clay, others to sign for those who cannot hear…
 
Some hands are used to cook for others.
 
Look at your hands.  What do you see?  I see veins popping up, brown spots, wrinkles and unpolished nails.  I see only the blemishes, but God sees them as instruments for serving others.  If I choose, they can be used like the woman who “extends her hand to the needy” (Proverbs 31:20).
 
Paul tells us to “work with our hands” (1 Thessalonians 4:11).  Solomon states that “lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth” (Proverbs 10:4).  Isaiah begs for strength for his feeble hands (Isaiah 35:3).  David also admonishes us to have “clean hands and pure heart” (Psalm 24:4).  Gaynelle Thomas

 
Let him who stole steal no longer,

but rather let him labor,

working with his hands what is good,

that he may have something to give him who has need.” 

 ~Ephesians 4:28~

  

  

Remember to pray for these and for other needs today.  Your prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Your hands shaped me and made me.

~Job 10:8 (NIV)~

Anna Lee

 

 

Wednesday Afternoon

Update from the church

*Mark Hughes – The doctors will be doing an angiogram to see if he has a blockage and if that is what is causing his problems.
 
*Butch – last word was Tuesday – he was up and walking and the doctors were beginning to take out some of the tubes in his stomach.  Doing as well as can be expected.

Please continue to pray for both of these men.

Wednesday

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.

“They are plans … to give you a future and a hope …

You will find me when you seek me,

if you look for me in earnest.”  

Jeremiah 29:11, 13 (LB)

 

Adrianna Cavanaugh

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:57 AM, CST  

It is Tuesday morning and Adrianna had a decent night. She ate a LOT last night and slept pretty well. Today she has a chiropracto r visiting her that will try to give her some relief in her neck. He is really nice and is showing her on a stuffed animal what he is going to do. She is watching and considering it like a good girl, so we will see if she lets him adjust her for more comfort. She and her parents slept pretty well and Betsy and I slept in the next room in case they needed us. Just thought you all would like to know that she slept well. We can feel your prayers and love. Thanks for checking on us!
Kristi

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:18 AM, CST

 

Thanks to my sister, Kristi, for updating earlier for me. 
Just wanted everyone to know that Adrianna has been doing a lot of sleeping, but a lot of eating, too.
I also updated some photos from the last few weeks so that everyone could see how well she looks. 
Thanks to all of the thousands of prayers, Adrianna has stopped having seizures and we’ve been able to have conversatio ns with her.  This was an answered prayer for me, after seeing my baby go through so much on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
We’ ve been watching lots of movies and letting her “boss” us around.  So glad she has an appetite.
Now we just pray that she can stay as pain-free as possible and that the hallucinations she has been having will stop.
And as always, we are continually praying for a miraculous healing that only God could bless us with.
We thank the 100 or more people who stood outside our house last night, with candles, singing and praying for our sweet Adrianna.  It was so touching to all of us.
And for all of you who were doing the same at your home, and from miles and miles away.
We are taking it day by day, hour by hour, and soaking in all that we can possibly get with Adrianna.
She is such a fighter……we continue to be, as always, the proudest parents of this girl.
Love to all!
Believing in God’s will and in miracles,
Stephanie

 

 

 

 

From Caleb Estay’s grandmother, Annette

Little Caleb weighs 9 lbs and 5 oz and is doing just great according to the doctor. He is a precious little man.

 

 

 

 

Chris Primes of Amite was recovering from surgery, but now has an infection and is hospitalied again.  Chris and his family would be very appreciative of your prayers.

 

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
JANUARY 20, 2010


“I waited patiently for the Lord;

and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.”

~Psalm 40:1~

 

HAITI. Southern Baptist bi-vocational pastor Tim Dortch from Camden, MS, probably never imagined that he was preparing for an earthquake when he built a compound in the Dominican Republic, about an hour from the Haitian border.  His plan was to use the facility to help start churches among Haitians and Dominicans.  After hearing the devastating news reports, Dortch broke down in tears—and prayer.  “That night I prayed to God that He would show me what to do,” Dortch said. “God’s given me a heart for Haiti.” Dortch made his compound available to an IMB media team and traveled in with them, carrying medical supplies and donations. Visit http://imb.org to read the full story “A Miracle” of how God connected Dortch with two orphanages that were desperate for supplies. “I just did what God told me to do,” said Dortch.

(I just heard on television there was another quake about 6 A..M. this morning in Haiti.  Please continue to pray for the people who live there and those who are there to provide help!) 

 

 

 

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany (central Europe).

 

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (gwong-JOH). Rejoice that God has drawn J to Himself! When a friend shared the Gospel with this young woman who has been treated terribly by her family, she eagerly accepted the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. Thank the Lord for another answered prayer, and ask Him to grow J’s faith strong and steadfast in Him.

 

KANURI OF NORTHERN NIGERIA (kah-NUH-ree). God continues to answer your prayers concerning the work of the missionaries in the village of K. They have been allowed to resume their well drilling in spite of those in the village who still oppose their being there. As the missionaries prayed for God to show them “good deeds” that they could do for the villagers in order to soften their hearts toward the missionaries and their message, God began to answer immediately. Within only 24 hours, they were able to do numerous small welding repair jobs for some of the people and to give rides to and carry loads for several others. A missionary writes: “It has been amazing to see how many more people have warmed to us. Pray that these good deeds done in the love and name of Jesus will bear fruit and, indeed, bring glory to our Father and to His Son. Continue to pray for the drilling of a good well and the planting of a strong body of believers in this town.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Jimmy Dukes and Rev. Jason Dukes, as well as the rest of the family, can be bery proud of Caleb Dukes.  Who knows, there may be a next generation preacher in the family!  Caleb certainly has a heart for people learning about God.  Jason posted a recent conversation with Caleb.  “thoughts” when his parents were hospitalized in New Orleans.

my resident 8 year old theologian
Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:18 PM PST

So I’m lying down last night with my son, my 8 year old theologian son, Caleb. We have been talking a lot about the Haiti earthquake the past few days. The topic came up again. The room was dark. It was late, because we were out together enjoying the comedian Tim Hawkins followed by a late-night, help-Mommy-out grocery run to the Millenia Target (cause they are open later than the one at the Winter Garden Village). He was quiet, because his wheels were turning. The silence was broken with the following question:

Why did God let that happen to the people of Haiti? I mean, they were already a poor people who didn’t have much? Why did He do that?

Of course, I pulled out my iPhone on which I had prepared a media presentation, accented with 3-D effects, highlighting the system I had created to contain the knowledge of an understandable God who opened up the earth with a vengeful wrath terrorizing an ignored people who sold their souls and country to the guy with a pitch fork. Of course, that last sentence is NOT TRUE.

What I did say, though, was very profound. Profoundly transparent.

I don’t know, bud. I don’t think He caused that. He certainly allowed it. Why? I have no idea.

“But why? He can do anything, Dad,” he rebutted. “He didn’t have to let that fault line move.”

He was right. And all I could say is that I trust God. While I don’t think He made that earthquake happen, I know He allowed it. Why, I don’t know. I won’t know. I told Caleb that we live on a planet that God made in a created order, and we see His created order play out in so much of creation. From the food chain to weather patterns to the formation of rock and islands and more. And in that order, the earth moved that day. And now, as a follower of Jesus, as a believer in the almighty God, I don’t need to ask “why” as much as I need to ask “now what?”

And then I was quiet.

And then he said:

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if that had not happened, some of those people would not have known that God is with them.

But now they will. Now they will know God is with them in how we help them.

“That’s right buddy. They will know Him and see Him by our love,” I affirmed him.

“If I was boss,” he asserted, “I would bring as many people from Haiti as we could here to help them heal and let the ones who wanted to stay and help the rebuild stay.”

An administrator and a theologian. Wow. That’s my boy.

 

Have a wonderful day! 

Anna Lee

Tuesday

Don’t worry about anything;

instead, pray about everything.

Tell God what you need,

 and thank him for all he has done.

~Philippians 4:6 (NLT)~

 

 

http://www.bpnews.net/

Go to Baptist Press to read about a pastor who died in Haiti and other stories of interest.

 
Thank You for Helping to Save
Lives in Haiti

In the six days since Haiti was devastated by an earthquake, Samaritan’s Purse has airlifted 17 medical personnel—including Dr. Bill Frist—and tons of hospital supplies into the disaster zone. We have also begun to provide thousands of families with clean water, emergency shelter, blankets, and other essentials.

On behalf of the suffering people of Haiti, we thank you for your prayers and support, and we want to share with you what God is doing through the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse.
Watch a video report how medical supplies airlifted by Samaritan’s Purse are enabling doctors to treat the wounded and halt life-threatening infections.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

 
See photographs of our work at the Baptist Haiti Mission hospital and in the streets of Port-au-Prince.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/In_Pictures
Listen to an eyewitness report of a Samaritan’s Purse worker in the heart of the disaster zone.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/medical_team_arrives_in_haiti/
Read about the arrival of Dr. Bill Frist (former U.S. Senate Majority Leader) and Dr. Richard Furman (co-founder of World Medical Mission) in the latest wave of medical personnel we have sent to Haiti.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/In_Pictures

 

Please continue to pray for the people of Haiti and the relief efforts there.

Anna Lee

Monday Evening

Roy Russell will be moved to rehab to help overcome some of the effects of the stroke.  He can have visitors and phone calls.  He would appreciate being checked on.

 

Mark  Hughes was only in surgery about an hour.  Surgery went well.  The tumor was attached to muscles, not the liver.  Elizabeth, his daugher, said Mark should be released from the hospital  in a couple of days.  Elizabeth thanks everyone for their prayers.

Monday

“Indeed we count them blessed who endure.

You have heard of the perseverance of Job

and seen the end intended by the Lord—

that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.”

~James 5:11, NKJV~

 

Ora Lee Wilson said her sister, Barbara Clark, is doing better.  Please continue to pray for Barbara, the medical staff caring for her, and for her family.

 

Continue to pray for Chuck Pittman as he continues to wage a bettle against cancer.

 

 

The associational WMU meeting will be this morning at 10 o’clock at FBC, Kentwood.  The meeting will be followed by a covered dish luncheon.  All ladies are invited.

 

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor

 
IT WAS JANUARY 13 and Frank and Cindy had gone outside to look around after the ice storm was over…
 
The night was clear and very cold. Returning to the cozy confines of their den and sipping on hot cups of coffee, the couple began sharing their recent observations. Frank said, “Did you see those trees that were uprooted by the weight of the ice? I bet we will have some roof damage, and I sure hope the pipes under the house don’t freeze tonight.” Almost oblivious to her spouse’s grumblings, Cindy exclaimed, “Weren’t the stars beautiful?”

They both were standing in the yard surrounded by the same icy devastation, but there was one key difference. Frank was looking at the damage, while Cindy was looking at the stars.

Exactly the same thing happened, when the twelve spies entered Canaan shortly after they were freed from Egyptian bondage. All of them saw the same beautiful, productive land, but ten of them focussed on the giants that inhabited the land. Only Caleb and Joshua were able to see God and His power waiting to give them the land of promise.

Our challenge for 2010 is to look for the blessings of God rather than the problems of the world. May we spend our time walking through the doors that He opens for us rather than complaining about the ones that are closed.  Don Loftis

 
“Then Caleb quited the people before Moses, and said,

 ‘Let us go up at once and take possession,

for we are well able to overcome it.” 

Numbers 13:30