Tom Brister
Gail said Tom is doing well this morning. Keep those prayers coming. Thank God for the progress Tom has made so far.
Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates
Saturday
Eventually that entire generation died and was buried.
Then another generation grew up that didn’t know anything of GOD
or the work he had done for Israel.
~Judges 2:10 (MSG)~
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Jadon’sStory
Jadon has been having a lot of seizures. They are looking forward to going to Boston to see a doctor there.
Tom Brister was doing well yesterday. I’ll post an update on him later.
Have a fantastic Saturday.
Anna Lee
Friday
“But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O LORD, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.”
~Psalm 69:13, NKJV~
Bertie Hano (Yesterday)
Today would have been Mamma’s 98th birthday. I would like to wish her a Happy Birthday and just want her to know how much she is missed.
With Love,
Your Family
Wendall Rhodus has been undergoing some medical tests. He has learned he has a problem that can be treated. Thank-you, God!
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Pray for Susie Eads, wife of Rev. Bobby Eads, as she begins a medical mission trip to Africa today. Thank-God for the opportunities she will have.
Mr. Philip Harrel is still wearing his wrist brace because he broke his wrist again. Pray for his wrist to heal and stay strong.
Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell continues to be about the same physically. Life as she knew it has changed so much. She still has her sweet, encouraging, loving spirit.
Mrs. Shirley Frazier continues to have back issues. Pray for her as she sees her doctor Monday to officially get the results of her MRI. Pray for relief from the constant pain.
Adrian Phillips’ surgery went well. Continue to keep him and his family in your prayers.
Tom Brister had a good day yesterday. He was able to sit in a chair and to walk around some. Pray he has another good day today. As you pray for him, pray for Gail, his wife.
I taught Cindy Knight of Amite. She is now Cindy Edwards and has a step-son, Shawn Paul Edwards, who is very ill. Join Cindy in praying for God’s will in Shawn Paul’s young life.
Heart to Heart with Holley: What are you created to do?
Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT
I can just picture her, fingers intent on the keyboard, eyes fixed on the screen, sending a question across the miles that so many of us only dare to ask within our hearts…
How do I know what I’m created to do? It’s not a question with an easy answer. But I do believe there are ways to do some investigating.
Of course, all of us are first intended to LOVE the One who made us and those He places in our lives. But we each do that in unique, specific ways.
To discover more about yours, ask yourself these questions:
* When do I feel most alive? Think of the moments when you lose track of time, when you’re fully engaged, when you feel the strongest.
* When do I bless others? There are things you do that create a response in others. You encourage, comfort, nurture, organize and those around you are better for it.
* When do I feel closest to God? There may be odd moments in your life that seem like they’re not even spiritual–you’re cooking or talking with a friend or preparing a report–but somehow you still sense God’s presence with you.
Were there words or themes repeated in your answers? If so, they’re probably closely connected to what you’re created to do.
If you didn’t find anything, that’s okay too. Just start paying close attention as you go through your day and ask God to show you more about who you are and how He wants you to live that out.
It’s a process that takes time–and it may even change depending on what season of life you’re in too.
What was your answer to one of the questions above? I’d love to know!
Did you come up with an answer? What are you created to do? I think I have my answer.
Anna Lee
Thursday
“God does speak—
sometimes one way and sometimes another—
even though people may not understand it.”
~Job 33:14 (NCV)~
Adrian Phillips will be having pacemaker surgery this morning at 10:00. Please be in prayer for him.
Mrs. Barbara Hutchinson has been having problems with an eye. Pray this issue is resolved soon.
Romanian mission trip
wow! i’m so blessed! God blessed our last clinic day today, which meant last vbs day 😦 afterwards, we went to the orphanage-incredible! (i guess that about sums it up!) the kids were so precious! thank You Lord for allowing me to serve You here in Romania! had to say goodbye to my new friends here 😦 that was hard! thank yall so much for yall’s prayers and support!
Victoria Nielsen
Jadon’s Story: Keeping our fingers crossed
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Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:45 AM PDT Other than being fussy the lamictal increase is working great. It has cut my seizures done in half. I’ve gone from having 80-100 to about 40-50. Yay!!!!! Now the question is will it continue to work. We are praying that it will. We still have to increase it two more times to get me on the therapeutic dose. So our hope in the medicine has gone from 0 to wow maybe this will work. We are already at half the seizures and still have more increases left. You know when my seizures go down that means new tricks. Well I have several new tricks. The first one is signing the word more. I have always signed more but it was more like a clap than the actual sign. Well I’m doing the sign correctly now which means more control of my hands. I’m also getting frustrated. I just want to do everything my big brother is doing but I just can’t. My family is great about accommodating me so that I can do as much as possible. Even if it means they have to hold me and do it with me. I’m also getting frustrated with my speech. I’m trying so hard to tell everyone what I want, I just can’t. I will keep trying hard and hopefully I will get more words soon. So I saved the best trick for last…Drum roll please…I’m pulling up!!!! I can only make it to my knees. I try to stand from the knee position but I fall down. We know I will get it soon because I’m determined. I just started doing this yesterday and I woke up doing it this morning. So all great things around here the last couple of days. The only downfall to this is the side effects of the lamictal. I’m very fussy and I’m waking up for about an hour during the night. The fussiness will stop once I get used to the medicine. We are hoping I will start sleeping through the night again too but hey we will take it. An hour a night with few seizures is much better than several times a night with seizures all the time. Please continue to pray for me. We are leaving next Tuesday for Boston. So we need lots of prayers!!!
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Update on Tom Brister
Tom is doing well this morning and on the way to a good recovery. Keep praying for Tom and his family.
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
The following guide has been composed (by “author unknown”) for men to translate what women say into what women really mean.
It’s your decision = “The correct decision should be obvious by now.”
Do what you want = “You’ll pay for this later.”
We need to talk = “I need to complain.”
We need = “I want”
I’m not upset = “Of course I’m upset, you moron!”
You’re so manly = “You need a shave and you sweat a lot.”
This kitchen is so inconvenient = “I want a new house.”
Hang the picture there = “NO, I mean hang it there!”
I heard a noise = “I noticed you were almost asleep.”
Do you love me? = “I’m going to ask for something expensive.”
How much do you love me? = “I did something today you’re really not going to like.”
I’ll be ready in a minute = “Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV. It’s going to be a while.”
What’s wrong? Nothing = “Everything.”
Okay, okay, so that’s a bit of an exaggeration (translation: “maybe I can still get out of this without taking too much grief”). But one of the greatest challenges for men and women is in the realm of communication, isn’t it? And men, God has given us a tremendous responsibility toward our mates:
“Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.” (I Peter 3:7)
With understanding? Yes, with understanding.
Thank you, Lord, for the blessing you have given me through my wife. She is truly the joy of my life. As I daily try to express my love for her, help me to grow in my understanding of her, my patience toward her, my expressions of appreciation for her, my willingness to admit wrong and my willingness to forgive her. In Jesus Christ, Amen.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
A wise woman told me yesterday that the key to a successful marriage is compromise.
Anna Lee
Wednesday Night
David and I just got in from Lacombe. The Brister family had a long day, but all is well. The surgeons had two patients today who required extra attention, but both were doing well when we left. Tom is in room 211 at the heart hospital where the phone number is 985.690.7500. Thank God for watching over the family today.
Wednesday
These things I have spoken to you,
that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
~John 16:33,NKJV ~
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Curt Martin is doing better and is back at work. Thank God for Curt’s progress
Romania Mission Trip Update by Victoria Nielsen
Victoria Nielsen was blessed with yet another great day today! God is so good! It’s just amazing to watch Him work, in the little, and the big details! today we did vbs with the kids and had around 44 kids there! 32 kids said they prayed to accept Christ tdoay! Praise Jesus! thank you for your prayers! please continue to pray, as tomorrow is supposed to be the last day to work in the villages 😦
Mrs. Bill Hughes, sister of Mrs. Anne Hurst, will spend some time in an extended care facility in Hammond. Please remember these ladies in your prayers.
Tom Brister’s triple bypass surgery should begin around 10:00 this morning in Lacombe. Be sure you have prepared the way for the surgery by praying for Tom and his family.
I’m still thanking God for the rain. How about you?
Anna Lee
Tuesday
“I sought the Lord,
and He heard me.”
~Psalm 34:4a~
Adrian Phillips
Adrian Phillips, my first cousin, had a major heart attack over the weekend. He is in critical care at Lady of the Lake. He has four blockages and will receive two stints Tuesday. He is not a
candidate for the needed by-pass surgery because his kidneys are not functioning propoerly. Please pray for the families as they care for him and Janet who is at M.D Anderson for treatment.
James Rimes
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Romanian Mission trip (Victoria Nielsen)
God blessed us with such a wonderful day today! got to minister to children today! 😀 they were so precious! God is just doing such awesome things! counted about 40 kids today who prayed to recieve Jesus as their Lord and Savior! praise Jesus! thank you for all your prayers, please continue to pray!
A movie will be shown at FBC, Kentwood at 6 P.M. Sunday night. Bro. Butch is previewing and selecting the movie. I’ll post the name of the movie when he makes a decision.
Continue to pray for the Vacation Bible Schools this week.
Pray for the Brister family as Mr. Tom prepared for triple heart bypass surgery in the morning at Lacombe.
Heart to Heart with Holley: If not for grace
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It is such a privilege to see God use Christians to help solve a fix someone got themselves into and to point the person/people to God. Use the opportunities that God sends to your doorway!
Anna Lee
Monday
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,
and the hearts of the children to their fathers …
~Malachi 4:6a (NIV)~
Romania Mission Trip (from Victoria Nielsen)
was blessed with an awesome time today! got to play Amercian football with some of the Romanians lol 😀 today, 7 people said they prayed to recieve Christ today at vbs! so very awesome! Praise Jesus! heard that many others did too in the other villages! Praise Jesus! yall pray for daddy, as Lord willing he will be preaching tomorrow! thanks for the prayers! keep praying please!
was blessed so very much with an awesome day! got to worship with brothers and sisters in Christ in Romania and help lead worship 😀 with Jesus, you never know where He will lead you, couldnt have imagined i would have gotten to do what i did today! four people recieved Christ today! praise Jesus!
Thank God for a church and a dad who takes a teenage daughter on an international mission trip! What experiences! What an awesome God!
Please continue to pray for Mrs. Bill Hughes, sister of Mrs. Anne Hurst. “Miss” Bill is still in North Oaks.
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Parents who lose their children miss their children forever!
Vacation Bible Schools this week
- Kentwood Methodist Church – 9 A.M. – 12 Noon
- Spring Creek Baptist Church – 6 P.M. – 8:45 P.M.
Bill Graham’s New Suit
(Mrs. Ann Chapman sent this as an email. You may have seen it before, but it will give you an opportunity to thank God for Billy Graham’s long ministry and to ask him to bless other ministers who try to fill Billy Graham’s shoes.)
Billy Graham is now 92-years-old with Parkinson’s disease. In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte , North Carolina , invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor.
Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, ‘We don’t expect a major address. Just come and let us honor you.’ So he agreed.
After wonderful things were said about him, Dr. Graham stepped to the rostrum, looked at the crowd, and said, “I’m reminded today of Albert Einstein, the great physicist who this month has been honored by Time magazine as the Man of the Century. Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there. He looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.
“The conductor said, ‘Dr Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’
“Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.
“The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are; no problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.”
Having said that Billy Graham continued, “See the suit I’m wearing? It’s a brand new suit. My children, and my grandchildren are telling me I’ve gotten a little slovenly in my old age. I used to be a bit more fastidious. So I went out and bought a new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion. You know what that occasion is? This is the suit in which I’ll be buried. But when you hear I’m dead, I don’t want you to immediately remember the suit I’m wearing. I want you to remember this: I not only know who I am. I also know where I’m going.” May your troubles be less, your blessings more, and may nothing but happiness, come through your door. “Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.”
Having said that Billy Graham continued, “See the suit I’m wearing? It’s a brand new suit. My children, and my grandchildren are telling me I’ve gotten a little slovenly in my old age. I used to be a bit more fastidious. So I went out and bought a new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion. You know what that occasion is? This is the suit in which I’ll be buried. But when you hear I’m dead, I don’t want you to immediately remember the suit I’m wearing. I want you to remember this: I not only know who I am. I also know where I’m going.” May your troubles be less, your blessings more, and may nothing but happiness, come through your door. “Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.”
Thank-you for praying today. Your prayers make a difference to many.
Anna Lee
Sunday
“[T]he Son of God came
so we could recognize and understand the truth of God—
what a gift!—
and we are living in the Truth itself,
in God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
This Jesus is both True God and Real Life.”
~1 John 5:20 (MSG)~
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Jadon’s Story
Feeling better, a new trick, and getting ready for Boston!!
Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT
So sorry that I haven’t posted in 10 days. I don’t know where the time has gone. Well I’m feeling much better. I was determined to drink my liquids this time. I stayed out of the hospital and only ran fever for 3 days. Round 2 of adno was much easier than round 1. So what have I been doing? I’m moving all around on my stomach. I keep trying to push up to the crawling position. I will get it soon. All I want to do is get down now. It doesn’t matter where I am, I want to be on the floor. (Yes the baby that used to scream when put down, now wants to be on the floor all the time. Great progress.) I’m able to move wherever I want to go. I either scoot on my stomach or I scoot on my butt. Today my mommy put me in my room. She went to put some clothes in the washroom and when she came back I was in the hall. I’m also able to scoot to someone when I want them to pick me up. It makes my mommy really happy when I scoot to her. I started drinking out of a straw yesterday. I think its hilarious when I do this and I clap for myself. As far as seizures, well you know they just won’t leave me alone. Some days they are so bad that I stop talking and all I want to do is sleep. My neurologist said that we could start going through the medicine list again in hopes that one will work this time. Mommy and daddy decided they didn’t want to do that. So now we are waiting to see if the lamictal will help. So far it hasn’t helped at all. We increase it again on Monday. We leave in 10 days to go to Boston. We are ready to see what my neurologist in Boston has to say. I have made so much progress since the last time he saw me. When you pray for me, please start praying for our Boston trip. I’m leaving you a picture of me playing in the dirt with lightening. Like I said early in the post. I want down and as you can tell the dirt is one of my favorite things to play in 🙂
Mrs. David Lee fell and broke both collarbones yesterday morning. Please pray for her as she heals. I believe she is 91 years old.
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Have a great Lord’s Day. Have a great Father’s Day!
Anna Lee
Saturday
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
~Psalms 51:7 (NLT)~
Continue to pray for Gabriel O’Hern and his family.
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(2 updates Friday)
Heart to Heart with Holley: You’re Extraordinary. . . .
Have a great day as you prepare for the Lord’s Day.
Do something to bring a smile to the face of someone today.
Anna Lee
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