Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Friday

“And this I pray,

that your love may abound still more and more

in knowledge and all discernment.”

~Philippians 1:9

Stacey Scarle update from her mother

Update on Stacey. We have seen surgeons and she has been released for radiation therapy.  Yesterday we saw the oncologist who also released her for radiation. Her blood work was all normal. Now we are waiting for radiation to be scheduled. She will have 28-30 treatments. Thanks for your prayers and support.

 

Please continue to pray for all the families who have had loved ones to pass away and for families who have lost members who need salvation.

 

Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 14 2011

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In Japan, weekly relief caravans, training under way

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35053

Nat’l Day of Prayer upheld by 7th Circuit

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35054

SBC DISCUSSION<br>2 divergent views from young pastors on Southern Baptist life

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35052

With prayer app, IMB spreads the word

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35055

BP mobile page helps smartphone users

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35056

NEWS BRIEFS: Fetal pain bills sweeping the nation; Mont. medicinal marijuana survives

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35057

WORLDVIEW: Japan: A fourth Gospel opening?

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35058

 

Have a great Friday!

Anna Lee

Wednesday Addition

Please pray for my nephew’s, Toby Cardaronella’s, mother-in-law.  She is in North Oaks because of a stroke she had a couple days ago.  Rhonda, Toby’s wife, said the doctor says the only thing that will help is a miracle.  Rhonda has placed her mother in God’s care and will praise God no matter the outcome.  Please pray for sweet Rhonda and her family.

Wednesday

“The LORD is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;

he also hears their cry and saves them.”

~Psalm 145:18-19, ESV~

 

Jadon’s Story: The start of week two on steriods

I slept all night last night. Yes all night!!!! I’m having anywhere
from 40-60 spasms a day. Still way to many:( I’m doing several new
things though. I’m saying ma not mama but ma. Mommy said that’s good enough for her. I’m also saying hey. We were eating at a restaurant today and someone walked through the door. I immediately said hey. I leave the y sound off but its still great news that I’m learning new words. I’ve definitely perfected da da and bye bye. I say those several times a day 🙂 If you ask me where is Mickey mouse, I look at the tv and laugh. I’ve learned to push myself to the sitting postion from my tummy. So we really aren’t where we want to be with seizure control but we are very excited about the new things I’m doing. Please pray that we can get better control. We have cut these spasms in half with this steriod and look at the new things I’m doing. Mommy says she can’t tell you how frustrating it is to know the potential your child has and to have to watch the seizure monster take that away. We just have to be thankful that I’m developing, even if it is slow. We also have to believe that one day we will get control of these. I’m a fighter and I will win in the end.

From Sherry Rosamond

McNabb Family

I would like for everyone to pray for them. Durning this time of lost.My Aunt Peggy and her kids, just lost her husband and kids there daddy.Now her daddy and kids Pawpaw. May God bless the McNabb Family and give them strenght during there lost.

Also, the wake will me in Amite, not Kentwood.

Elizabeth J. Hilbun
(May 24, 1925 – April 11, 2011)

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Elizabeth Jane Roberts Freeman Hilbun, 85, passed away on April 11, 2011 at the Liberty Community Living Center in Liberty, MS.

Visitation will be Friday from 8 a.m. till services at 11 a.m. at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb. Rev. Ken Irvin and Rev. Woody Rimes will officiate; burial will be in Zion Hill Cemetery in Liberty.

She was born on May 24, 1925 in Liberty, MS. She was the daughter of the late Wiley Lamar and Ella L. Felder Roberts.

Elizabeth was a retired bank teller and a member of the First Baptist Church of McComb and also was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge #84 of Kentwood, LA. She was a member of the Senior Adult Choir and served as Associational Director of WMU.

Elizabeth was an exceptional woman, at the age of 16 she started teaching Sunday school and taught God’s word for the next 60 years. “I love to teach God’s word and I Love to teach it correctly’ was her motto. She was given a hero’s write up in the local paper which praised her for her love of God and the scriptures and yet she exclaimed to her family “I don’t feel like a hero.” She will be sadly missed and loved by her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, Clinton Freeman and Hollis L. Hilbun, one grandson, Levi Freeman, two brothers, W.L. Roberts and Norwood Roberts, two sisters, Velma Roberts and Annadora Roberts Caston.

She is survived by her three daughters and their husbands, Beverly and Charles Calcote, Sandra and Jesse Singleton and Wanda and Tommy Simmons, one son, Wendell L. and wife, Joyce Freeman, two sisters, Rose Marie Finch and Novella George, six grandchildren, Jackie Smith and husband, Roy, Kristin Perry and husband John, Stan Simmons and wife, Bethany, 1st Lt. Jacob Singleton, Michael “Dooley” Simmons and Stacey Simmons, two great-grandchildren, Jackson Perry and Riley Simmons with numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Pallbearers will be Roy Simmons, John Perry, Stan Simmons, Michael Simmons, 1st Lt. Jacob Singleton and Clifton George.

 

Aftershocks keep Japan’s disaster survivors on edge

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35033

 

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10
Mike Benson, Editor
STEPHEN COVEY TELLS of an experience he had one Sunday morning while riding a subway in New York…

People were sitting quietly–some reading their newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed.  It was a calm, peaceful scene.  Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car.  Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car.  The children were so loud and rambunctious that instantly the whole climate changed.

The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes, apparently oblivious to the situation.  The children were yelling back and forth, throwing things, even grabbing people’s papers.  It was very disturbing.  And yet, the man sitting next to me did NOTHING.

It was difficult not to feel irritated.  I could not believe that he could be so insensitive as to let his children run wild like that and do nothing about it, taking no responsibility at all.  It was easy to see that everyone else on the subway felt irritated, too.  So finally, with what I felt was unusual patience and restraint, I turned to him and said, “Sir, your children are really disturbing a lot of people.  I wonder if you couldn’t control them a little more?”

The man lifted his gaze as if to come to a consciousness of the situation for the first time and said softly, “Oh, you’re right.  I guess I should do something about it.  We just came from the hospital where their mother died about an hour ago.  I don’t know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to handle it either.”

Suddenly, I saw things differently, and because I saw differently, I thought differently, I thought differently, I felt differently, I behaved differently.  My irritation vanished.  I didn’t have to worry about controlling my attitude or my behavior; my heart was filled with the man’s pain.  Feelings of sympathy and compassion flowed freely…  Everything changed in an instant.

 

Has this ever happened to you?  It’s easy to make a snap judgment without knowing all of the facts.  You can’t always tells what’s going on inside a person or know why of what they’re doing unless you ask.  Listen with your eyes as well as your ears and refrain from thinking the worst.  H. Norman Wright, “Love Gives the Benefit of the Doubt,” Before You Say “I Do” Devotional, 19-20

 

“He who answers a matter before he hears it,

It is folly and shame to him.”

~Proverbs 18.13~

 

I’ll post a completed obituary for Bryan Dykes this afternoon.  In the meantime, pray for the family as they face Bryan’s sudden death.

 

Anna Lee

 

 

Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. Margaret Callihan was scheduled to come home today.  Thank God for her good progress following surgery Sunday morning.

 

Darby Wayne Carroll
(July 6, 1951 – April 12, 2011)

A resident of Port Arthur, TX, died on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at his home. He was born July 6, 1951 in Amite, LA and was 59 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 8 a.m. on until religious services at 11 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Joe Lott and Rev. Mike Foster. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. Survived by son, Dustin Darby Carroll, Hammond, father, Darby H. Carroll, Amite, 2 sisters, Donice Carroll Hayden and her husband, Timmy, Amite, and Nora Jane Carroll Burch, Mass., niece, April B. Alden, nephew, Brad E. Burch, and grandson, Landon Carter Carroll. Preceded in death by mother, Mavis “Pat” Carroll.

Bryan Dykes
(Died April 12, 2011) 

Bryan Dykes, Mayor of Montpelier, passed away at 9:45 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Baton Rouge General Hospital-Bluebonnet, Baton Rouge.

Arrangements will ba added Wednesday afternoon.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite in charge of arrangements.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

 

 

 

Tuesday

“[Zacchaeus] was too short …

[but] when Jesus got to the tree, he looked up …”

~`Luke 19: 3, 5 (NIV)~

 

 

Roger Pittman is recovering well at home.  Please continue to pray for Roger and his family during this recovery time.

 

Chloe Neyland has been to a room.  Lisa will be staying with her until they can come home.  Continue to pray for Chloe and Lisa as well as the other family members.

 

 

Ferdinand L. “Pollock” Gwarda
(January 4, 1928 – April 10, 2011)

Ferdinand Lawrence “Pollock” Gwarda was born January 4, 1928 and passed away at 12:40 a.m., Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the home of his best friends, Jimmy and Aimee Ballard. Pollock was 83, a native of Detroit, MI and resident of Roseland.

At the age of 17, Pollock joined the Merchant Marines with a desire to see the world. It was during this time he met Freddie Ballard and a lifelong friendship evolved. After retirement from the Merchant Marines, Pollock resided in New Orleans. In 1987 Jimmy Ballard moved Pollock to Roseland where he resided until his death.

Pollock is survived by Jimmy & Aimee Ballard and their children of Arcola.

Private Services will be held later.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

 

Milton Adams Phillips,Sr.
(February 12, 1951 – April 11, 2011)

Milton A. Phillips, Sr. passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011 at his residence near Kentwood. He was born on February 12, 1951 in Kentwood to James B. and Pauline Robinson Phillips. He was preceded in death by his parents; 3 brothers, Tom Ed, Alvie and Johnny Phillips; 3 sisters, Gracie Dean Phillips Edward, Annie Lea Phillips Duggan and Jesse “Cordy” Phillips Stevens; 2 nephews, Thomas “T” Phillips and Christopher Phillips, 3 nieces, Helen Dean Street, Lois Mims and Helen Phillips Wascom. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Robin Trahan Phillips, formerly of Houma; 1 daughter, Anita D. Brecheen, Kentwood; 3 sons, Milton A. Phillips, Jr., Kentwood, Justin J. Phillips and his wife, Nicole, Osyka, MS and Adam Chaney, Denham Springs; 6 grandchildren, William D. Brecheen, Graci M., Allana B., Justin, Jr. and Camryn N. Phillips and Olivia Chaney. He worked for Karl Ott, Jr. for over 20 years in the logging business then started boilermaking in 1997 until diagnosed with cancer in 2009. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6:00PM until 9:00PM, on Thursday and from 11 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Milton Kliesch. Interment Pine Ridge Cemetery, Kentwood.

 

SBC leaders issue Annie Offering challenge

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35023

 

Enjoy this beautiful day, compliments of the one who make the world and all in it.

Anna Lee

 

Monday

I do not condemn you either.

Go, but do not sin again.

~John 8:11 (TEV)~

 

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is back at home.  Please continue to pray for her and her family.

Mrs. Kathryn Sanders is doing well.  It’s great that she is back at her regular post in Sunday School.

There will be LEAP/iLEAP Testing in public schools in Louisiana this week.  Pray for those responsible for testing and for the students to do well showing what they have learned.

I don’t often recommend a movie, mainly because I go years without seeing even one movie.  I am planning to see Soul Surfer this week and recommend you do the same.  It will be showing through Friday in Hammond and Covington with multiple shows each day.  You probably saw some of the advance advertisement on television.  It is a story of a family’s strong faith that got them through a very difficult situation and how that is giving new opportunities to share their faith.

Pray for those involved in the Easter Drama as they have their final practices this week.  Get tickets to share with others.

Have a fantastic week!

Anna Lee

 

Sunday

“I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere,

lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”

~1 Timothy 2:8~

 

Mrs. Margaret Callihan had surgery this morning.  All went well.  Continue to pray for her.

 

Chloe Neyland is expected to go to a room soon.  Pray for Lisa as he cares for Chloe in the hospital and the rest of the family as they are separated from Lisa and Chloe.

Roger Pittman is home.  Pray for him as he recovers.  Pray for Lois and Karen as they are his caregivers at home.

Frances Gay got another good report.  Thank God for that.

Please continue to pray for Frankie Gehringer as he continues to recover from surgery.

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“Then Jesus said to her,

‘Your sins are forgiven. …

Your faith has saved you;

go in peace.”

Luke 7:48, 50 (NIV)

 

Josh Yarborough arrived from his military base in Japan.  Join with the family in thanking God for his arrival in Kentwood.  Thank God for taking care of him.

 

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is back in the Greensburg hospital.  Keep on praying for her and for her family.

 

Baptist Press: Good reading to keep you informed.

http://www.bpnews.net

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10
Mike Benson, Editor

THERE IS AN old tale, attributed to Aesop, concerning a man who had two wives…

One was old; one was young.

The man was getting gray.

His younger wife did not want to be confused for his daughter, so when he was with her, while he was sleeping, she would pluck out his gray hairs.

The older wife welcomed the gray hairs.  She was tired of being confused for his mother, so when he was with her, while he was sleeping, she would pluck out the dark hairs.

Soon, he was completely bald.

If you try to please everyone, you will please no one.

“Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more,

just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God.”

~1 Thessalonians 4.1~

 

Enjoy another beautiful day and prepare for the Lord’s Day!  Thank God for Alan Benson and others who write devotionals that touch our heart with gentle reminders.

Anna Lee

 

Friday

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

. . . being confident of this very thing,

that He who has begun a good work in you

will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

~Philippians 1:3-6~

 

Cora Morris is doing well following her heart surgery in Baton Rouge.  Please continue to pray for her.

Ora Lee Wilson had her first physical therapy for her arm that was dislocated.  Pray for her as she goes back today and continues to work to regain movement.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE

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Friday, April 8, 2011

“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” ~Romans 10:13, HCSB~

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, celebrating salvation with you.

The circle of eight people moved from casual conversation to a sudden deep discussion. “So what is baptism anyway?” A Bozo Team member said, “K, since you want to be baptized, do you want to answer?” After K finished giving a very good answer, the team member posed a question to root out a common misunderstanding. “After a person is baptized, if they sin, can they be saved?” After a few seconds of silence, the entire group said, “No, they cannot.” He asked, “But if baptism is an outward symbol of what has happened in someone’s heart, then what difference does that make in his or her salvation? When Jesus died as a sacrifice for our sins, He took all of our sins on Himself. He died for our past sins, present sins, and future sins. So if a person sins after that person is baptized, then Jesus died for that sin too.” The group sat amazed by Jesus’ love and sacrifice. They said, “So baptism is a symbol of what has already happened in your heart?” With the clearer understanding of baptism, K was baptized in the river the very next morning!

Not that long ago, our prayer for the Jahanka was to see even one person come to faith. Over the past year, the Lord has been faithful and there have been multiple Jahanka who have placed their faith in the Savior. Recently, the first-ever gathering of Jahanka believers took place. A handful came together to study the Word of God and to grow in their understanding of His will.

* Please praise the Lord for His work among the Jahanka people.

* Give thanks for K who, when baptized, said, “People cannot see what is in another person’s heart, but now people know what has happened in mine.”

* Plead for your loved ones who do not know the Savior that they will surrender to His forgiveness.

 

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Megan Elizabeth Stevens
(March 20, 1997 – April 6, 2011)

Megan Elizabeth Stevens was born March 20, 1997 and passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at her residence. She was 14, a native and resident of Hammond.

Megan is survived by mother, Karen Kedney, Hammond; father, Gregory Stevens; brother, Cody Stevens; maternal grandmother, Mary Marchand; maternal great-grandfather, Dave Marchand; paternal grandparents, Julius and Barbara Stevens; paternal great-grandmother, Frances Lambert all of Amite; 5 uncles, Terry Stevens and wife, Tracey, Richard Hayden and wife Fran, Timmy Hayden and wife Donice, Carl Kedney and wife Dawn, all of Amite and Johnny Kedney and wife Sam, Diamondhead, MS; 2 aunts, Allyson Cook and husband Robbie, LaGrange, GA and Lynda Vance and husband Bill, Natchitoches; niece, Amber White; nephew, Andrew White.

Preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Everett and Genevia Stevens; paternal great- grandfather, Vic Hayden; maternal great-grandmother, Barbara Marchand; great uncle, Lloyd Marchand.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, April 8, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Wilmer Missionary Baptist Church, Wilmer, from 9:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Mike Foster, Bro. Joe Lott, Bro. Jason Skipper, Bro. Glen Erwin and Bro. Richard Magee officiating. Interment in Wilmer Cemetery, Wilmer, LA.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W next to Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’ Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

THE STORMS OF LIFE

The following quote comes from Kim Sherer:

“One night while my young son, Ryan, was sleeping, a storm began brewing outside.  After a loud clap of thunder, I heard him wake up so I headed toward his room to comfort him.  He asked me to stay with him until he fell asleep.  As I lay there I realized he hadn’t asked me to make the storm go away, but to stay with him.  How many times, I wondered, have I asked God to take away the storms of life, when instead I need to ask him to stay with me and help me weather them more peacefully?”

What a beautiful thought!

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our tribulation,

that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble,

with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

~2 Corinthians 1:3-4~

Father, we do indeed pray for your comforting presence in the storms of our lives.  As much as we might desire for the storms to go away, it is much important to us that you remain with us and see us through the storms.  Thank you for your assurance that you will do that for us.  In Jesus’ name, amen.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

That devotional touched my heart so much I had a hard time waiting until today to post it.  I pray it will touch your heart too.

 

Tickets for the Easter presentation at First Baptist Church, Kentwood are available in the church office or by calling 987-229-8111.  The cost is $2.00.  The dates are April 17 (two times), April 18, and April 19.  Come and have your heart “touched.


Anna Lee