Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Tuesday

“Call to Me,

and I will answer you,

and show you great and mighty things,

which you do not know.”

~Jeremiah 33:3~

The 205th Engineering Battalion National Guard Unit is leaving the States today.  Please be in prayer for each of them and their families and co-workers.

Connor Corkern got to eat yesterday for the first time in two weeks.  His fever is down.  Pray he has a good day today.

The Jones Family 

 

http://gavincarrie.blogspot.com/

 

90 Day Bible Reading – Day 75

Luke 20:20 – John 5:47

AAOE – Thanks from a missionary

I was thinking about the freedom I have to meet with unchurched people at starbucks, celebrate birthdays with apartment managers, and coach guys who are passionate about fulfilling their ministry purpose by leading a church. Then I realized very little of that would happen without you and your church giving through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. Your gifts afford me the living and thus the time to invest in these people’s lives. You are helping me give back and develop the next generation of leaders. I want to take this time to personally thank each of you who has missions so deeply embedded in your soul that you give your dollars to support a work you may never see. People are being changed for eternity, hope for the hopeless, peace for the restless, and Jesus is being lifted up because you are cooperating together with us in the field. Thank You!!!

Louis Spears
Church Planting
Valley Rim Baptist Association
1235 E. Evergreen
Mesa, Arizona 85203

The Third Thursday meeting at the cabin is this week.  Come join us Thursday at 6:30.

Baptist Press  – BPNews.net

We will meet at spring creek crossroads and start the walk at 930. Either be dropped off at the crossroads or be at fbc kentwood by 9 to be shuttled. Please no parking at the crossroads. There will be a bathroom and water stop at smokehouse bbq. There will also be a relief vehicle should anyone need a rest or assistance. We will carry a large cross and anyone who would like to help w it is welcome. When we get to fbc kentwood we will have a song and prayer.

Have a great day!  God made this day for us.  Give Him back a portion of the day.

Anna Lee

Monday

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight.”

~Proverbs 3:5-6, NASB~

Jimmy Schwartz is in step-down at North Oaks, but Ruby says he is still very sick.  Keep praying for God’s will to be done in Jimmy’s health situation.

Connor Corkern had a spike in temperature that lasted sever hour and brought back his seizures.  He’s better now.  Pray for rest for this family as they attend this precious child  and for comfort for the child.

Mr. Kenneth Felker is enjoying being at the garden after his stay at the hospital last week.  Thank God he has the opportunity to enjoy “life in the country” again.

My former student, Cindy, lost her grandmother last night.  Pray for the family during this difficult time.

This article is about a lady I told you about last week.  I’m working to become a collection site for her fabric, sewing notions, and even money to continue to meet her needs.

“Stitching Smiles” – http://povhouma.com/stitching-smiles/

Week of Prayer Missionaries say Thanks!

I want to thank the North american Mission Board along with all the Southern Baptist Churches who sent letters, cards, and emails of encouragement to us during the past year. It as been an absolute blessing to be apart of the out pouring of love from our friends in other churches around North America. Our church family as been able to do so much and we credit that to the work of the Holy Spirit and prayers lifted up on our behalf. Words can not express our gratitude towards all of you. Thank you from my family and church to yours. 

Derek Osburn
Lead Pastor, The Vine Community Church, Clovis, NM

90 Days of Bible Readings – Day 74 

Luke 10:1 -Luke 20:19

Thanks for praying for these needs and needs I an unable to share each day.  May God richly bless you as you share your heart for others.

Anna Lee

Sunday

“If you abide in My word,

you are My disciples indeed.

And you shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free.”

~John 8:31b-32 NKJV~

Mr. Kenneth Felker is out of North Oaks and back visiting the garden.  He has an appointment on the 22nd at Ochsner in New Orleans to have a test done.

Mansell Stinson is getting around well.  You can probable expect to see him at church today.

Kelly Wayne Russell is home from OLOL where he had double by-pass surgery.  The family is so thankful for your prayers.

Jesse Edwards Hughes 
(July 2, 1935 – March 15, 2013)

A native of Roseland and a resident of Baton Rouge, died at 9:33 a.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary. He was born July 2, 1935 in Roseland and was 77 years of age. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Survived by daughter, Nina Inez Heuser and husband, Randy, Florence, KY; son, Gary Edward, Hammond; stepdaughters, Dora Reeves and husband, Wayne, Loranger and Karen Faye Jenkins and husband, Dean, Tennessee; brother, Gary F. Hughes and wife, Shirley; sisters, Faye Breeland and husband, Carl, Brenda Phillips and husband, James and Linda Sands and husband, Donald; 4 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Preceded in by parents, Oscar R. Hughes and Inez Jones Odom; stepmother, Nina K. Hughes; stepdaughter, Flora Warren; brother, William F. Hughes and sister, Betty Hughes McMichael. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday, March 18, 2013. Services conducted by Rev. Joshua Payne. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

90 Day Bible Reading – Day 73

Luke 2:1 – Luke 9:62

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – Week of Prayer Missionaries Say Thanks

Southern Baptists continually pray for, participate in, and give generously to North American mission efforts. Read what some of the Week of Prayer missionaries have to say about the blessings that came from those gifts:

Brothers and Sisters, It is a joy to be able to say thank you for what you have given to the Annie Armstrong Easter offering. The beautiful verse of John 3:16 begins with the simple phrase, “God so loved that he gave…” I want you to know that the people we are reaching here in Cincinnati and now an unreached people group on the other side of the globe are loved because of what you gave. We are never more like our Father in heaven than when we give of ourselves to others. So thank you so much and know that this church plant has been deeply blessed (as in the OT sense of that word, not the gee that was nice sense of that word) by your giving and we are now seeking to be a blessing to others. Grace and Peace!

Joshua Lenon
Red Door Church, Cincinnati, OH

May your heart be touched as you attend Bible study and worship services today.

Anna Lee 

 

Saturday

“Heaven and earth will pass away,

but my words will never pass away.”

~Matthew 24:35 NIV~

90 Day Bible Reading – Day 72

Mark 9:14 -Luke 1:80

Mr. A. W. Reed is at OLOL, room 6235.  Please pray for him and his caregivers.

Mr. “Cete” Dillon made it home much quicker than he expected.  Pray for him as he recovers and goes back to the doctor next week.

Kelly Wayne Russell is doing well and expects to be released over the weekend.  Thanks for your prayers for him.

AAEO – Mission Stories for Children (children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren, neighbors, etc.)

http://www.anniearmstrong.com/anniearmstrongpb.aspx?pageid=13533

Baptist Press 

http://www.bpnews.net/

Thursday Evening

Mr. “Cete” Dillon is doing very well.  He may get to come home earlier than expected.  Thank God for a good report from the doctor.

Jones Family –http://gavincarrie.blogspot.com/

Zach is the some of two of my former students.  They have trained Zach to be a loving and giving child.  Read about Zach’s Lidz for Kidz.

At just 8 years old, North Live Oak student Zach Morgan has started a drive that is all his own. He has already collected nearly 300 hats for children whose medical treatment has made them temporarily bald. And it was all his own idea!

Zach’s age and own good health make that effort surprising, but a look into his background and personal interests makes it a little less so. The son of Sandy and Paul Morgan, Zach has been encouraged from an early age to share his own good fortune with others.

After staying at home for Zach’s younger years, Sandy has gone back to work part time at a non-profit agency for children, so Zach is familiar with the attitude of helping others.

Zach has worked at Special Olympics and last year joined his mom in RAKing (doing Random Acts of Kindness). He left anonymous treats on the doors of people in the neighborhood, left quarters on vending machines and five dollar bills on tags in Walmart with notes saying “You’ve been RAKed.”

“We’ve always taught him to give back,” Sandy Morgan said, and Zach says the idea of the hat drive was “half Mom’s and half mine.”

“I saw an ad for St. Jude’s on television,” Zach said, “and it showed some kids who didn’t have hair and I thought how I’d like to give them hats.”

Zach is quick to think of hats because he has a collection of baseball caps himself. He got the first one, an LSU cap, when he was about five, and when he had three caps he started to think of them as a collection. In addition to his own caps from five years playing for different teams in the Live Oak Sports Association, he has caps from the Cubs (his favorite), Live Oak, Florida, the Saints, the Dodgers, the Reds, the Yankees, the Phillies, and the Cardinals.

So he thought of the caps right away, but he didn’t get serious about a drive until he saw a Disney Channel announcement of their Disney Friends for Change grants. Sandy writes grants, so she explained how they worked and helped him write an application for $1,000 to buy hats and have a pizza and movie party to give them out to kids at Our Lady of the Lake. The grant requires a partnering agency, and OLOL is Zach’s.

Zach hasn’t waited around to get the money, but has gone out to get hats himself. His Facebook page Zach’s-Lidz-for-Kidz has generated about 25 hats that were simply mailed to him and he has collected others by word of mouth from friend to friend.

Then, two weeks ago, he gathered some friends together and held a three-hour drive at Watson Walmart that brought in dozens more and over $300 in cash donations.

One hat Zach asked for directly was an LSU hat signed by Paul Mainieri. Zach e-mailed him asking for one, and he sent two. Zach has already given away one of them to a boy with leukemia who saw his Facebook page and asked for a cap. He was thrilled with the gift.

Zach admits that some of the hats would fit nicely into his own collection – especially the Mainieri, Jordan and Mickey Mouse – but he’s giving them away, most of them through OLOL, but others to those who request them.

“The response to the Facebook page was amazing. We just hit 300 likes,” Sandy said. “At one point Zach said, ‘Mom, this is getting out of hand.’”

Zach’s school, North Live Oak Elementary, will host a hat drive the week of April 22 and kids who give a hat will be able to wear a hat to school. Live Oak Elementary will also host a drive that week, and South Live Oak will host one the week of May 6.

To donate a hat or make a request, contact the Facebook page or send the hat to 36165 Greenville Ave., Denham Springs, LA 70706.

Operation Christmas Child – MK Hannah is Healed in Heaven

 Yesterday, we asked our online community to pray for the gravely ill daughter of Dr. Aaron and Stephanie Kelley, serving at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya. This morning, March 14, sweet Hannah went to be with her Savior. Please remember to lift up the Kelley family; their faithfulness to the Lord and understanding of His sovereignty has been inspiring. They will need your prayers in the days ahead. To pray more specifically for the family, you can follow their blog updates: http://www.aaroninkenya.com/

 

Thursday Addition

Connor Corkern is doing better, so much so that he is being moved from ICU at Children’s to a regular room.  Pray for this special little man and his family.

Mr. “Cete” Dillon is undergoing tests to determine his problem.  Pray for him and for the family as they wait for results.  He’s still in room 3117.

Jimmy Schwartz is in ICU at North Oaks.  He has been given eight units of blood since he was admitted.  Jimmy’s case seems complicated, but doctors are still trying to “figure him out”!

Mr. Kenneth Felker is also in ICU at North Oaks.  He’s right across the way from Jimmy.  The staff is trying to get him ready for a trip to Ochsner in New Orleans where he can have a test that is not available in Hammond.  Pray for him and for his family as they also wait.

Thursday

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer;

and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

~Isaiah 65:24~

Pray for local National Guard members (205th) who will be saying last good-byes before their service in the Middle East.

I don’t know all the names of the local men, but I know Dawson Primes.  His brother, Chris, is physically unable to go, but Chris’ son, Chris, is going.  I’m proud of the men and women who are serving and thankful they love our country and freedom enough to sacrifice their time for us.  May God watch over each one of them and each family member who will be marking off the days on a calendar.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Kaye Bennett serves in New Orleans.

http://www.anniearmstrong.com/anniearmstrongpb.aspx?pageid=13523

90 Day Bible Reading

Day 70

Matthew 16:1 -Matthew 26:56

Baptist Press

My favorite online news source

BPNews.net

May you recognize the opportunities God has for you today to physically and/or spiritually help someone today.

Anna Lee