Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Sunday Afternoon

Even though Kentwood was without electricity earlier this morning, the power was back on in time for Sunday School and church.  I heard some ladies discussing a comment by an older, and very wise, Kentwood lady.  She said if we can go to work on Monday in the rain, there shouldn’t be any reason not to go to church on Sunday in the rain. I hope you agree and made your way to a house of worship today.

Caroline Crouch

Caroline is now home and seems to feel a little better. Her condition is still very serious. She is vulnerable to infection due to her suppressed immune system. It will be at least a couple of weeks before we can tell if treatment is working. Please continue prayers! Thanks and God Bless!Mr. Clifton Womack continues to improve.  Pray for him as he gets rehab.

Ellen Morris Vande Vuss will have another test this week.  Pray for her family as them make adjustments for the coming months while Ellen is not able to drive.

Pray for Lois Pittman as she has tests done and sees a doctor about the test results.  Pray for the Pittman family as Roger has another brother who is sick.

Pray for Bonnie K. Kelsey as she faces surgery in September.

Continue to pray for teachers and students at school.  “Change” seems to be an important work in several schools this year.

Friday

Caroline Crouch

We are starting to see some improvements this evening. Caroline is eating a little more and seems to feel better than yesterday. Tomorrow she undergoes a pulmonary test and we pray for good results. Again, your prayers are making all the difference and we can’t thank you enough.Will update again tomorrow.

CaringBridge – Callie Cole

I received a very touching card in the mail.  Thought I’d share.

As you wait upon the Lord,
you learn to see things
from His perspective,
move at His pace,
and function under His directives.

Waiting times are growing times
and learning times.
As you quiet your heart,
you enter His peace…
as you sense your weakness,
you receive His strength…
as you lay down your will,
you hear His calling.

When you mount up,
you are being lifted by
the wind of His Spirit…
when you move ahead,
you are sensitive to His timing…
when you act,
you give yourself only to the things
He has asked you to do.

Isaiah 40:31
-Roy Lessin

Thanks Terry.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal?jid=5997183

Thanks for praying for these two teenage girls this morning.  Their families will be so very appreciative of your continued prayers for them.

Stacey Scarle

We saw the oncologist today. She thinks Stacey tolerated the chemo very well and that  should not have a problem with the next phase. Stacey will get 4 treatments of taxotere  21/28 days apart depending on her blood count. The Dr. was pleased with the change in plans . . . It appears that the tumor has shrunk but she could not tell how much. All in all a good report . . . Thanks so much for your prayers and support.

As Joanie said, she too is appreciative of your prayers for Stacey.

I cannot imagine what it is like to have a child so sick from illness or injury.  As you pray for Caroline, Callie, and Stacey, please pray for the parents as they walk along on this “journey” with their children.  May they always fine peace and comfort from knowing God is walking along with them and holding out his hand to them to help them find peace and comfort each step of the way.

Today’s devotional – a must read!

http://www.forthright.net/kneemail/2010/03/still_2.html

Keep that devotional thought close to your heart for the tough days.

Anna Lee

Thursday

And now, dear children,

remain in fellowship with Christ

so that when he returns,

you will be full of courage

and not shrink back from him in shame.

1 John 2:28 (NLT)

Erin Evanoff, daughter of the late Faye Kliesch Evanoff, will be having surgery today in Washington.  Please pray for Erin and her family.

Caroline Crouch‘s family thanks everyone for the prayers.  Caroline was doing a little better yesterday afternoon, but was still very sick.  I’ll post when hear an update this morning.

Mrs. Mary  Womack was able to be back at church last night.  She said she felt better yesterday than she had felt in the last few weeks.  Pray for her as she continues to try to get better.

Pray for Mrs. Judy Liberto and Robbie Lynn Kirby as they face additional surgery soon.

Our Daily Bread Devotion “Older or Better”: http://odb.org/

“Don’t just grow older— grow better as a follower of Jesus.”

Anna Lee

Wednesday

My God shall supply all of your needs.

~Philippians 4:19 (NASB)~

Whitney Kliesch continues to improve.  He should arrive back in this area in about a week to recover at home with his family.  Pray for him as her continues to improve and for his family as they wait out a few more days until they can be with him again.

CaringBridge

If you are on Facebook, you may want to join the group praying for Caroline Crouch – “Pray for Caroline Crouch”.  Whether or not you join the official group, please continue to pray for Caroline, her family, and her friends.

From Mary Ann Cutrer

We will have a singing at Greenlaw Baptist Church August 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Amy Giacone from McComb, MS will be our guest singer.
Refreshments to be served after the singing. Come and join with us in this event.
Greenlaw Baptist Church

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Mr. Clifton Womack

Mr. Clifton Womack fell and broke his hip.  He has had surgery at North Oaks and is doing well.  Mr. Clifton is 93.  Please keep him in your prayers.

Caroline Crouch

(Update from Amy Walker Kent)

I heard from Maryann. They are trying another campath treatment (iv therapy) to stop the progression of rejection. Please pray that God allows this to help her and heal her so she can come home. She is in ICU in Houston. Maryann says that they have a peace now that they didn’t have yesterday so keep the prayers coming.

Tuesday

“So let us not become tired of doing good;

for if we do not give up,

the time will come when we reap a harvest.”

Galatians 6:9 (NLT)

Mrs. (David )Rhonda Cutrer of Roseland is finally without fever.  She was able to return home again.  Thank you for your continued prayers for her.

Janet Pike had surgery yesterday.   Pray for her as she begins the recovery process.

Caroline Crouch has been taken to Houston.  She transplanted lung is being rejected.  Caroline has cystic fibrosis.  Please continue to pray for the young lady from Amite.

CaringBridge

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal?jid=5990578

Whitney Kliesch took a few steps yesterday.  He will be released from the hospital in Hawaii and after about a week sent home to continue his recovery.  Thank God for this wonderful report.

Micah Tolleson is still in the hospital, but his family hopes he will be able to come home tomorrow.  The results of the lasts tests were not good.  Please say extra prayers for Micah and his family.

From Lawana Carter

Sylvia Breeland Green (is my niece and Molly Carter’s grandchild) We know what is wrong with Tori (This is my great niece and mom’s great grandchild)!!!She has a relly hard to kill, not to common UTI. More tests will be done to make sure the ‘pluming’ in her kidneys is okay. Plus we have a few more labs, ultra sounds, and culters to get done. Thanks to all for the thoughts and prayers. We hope to be home in the next couple days.
Tori is 3 years.

KneEmail

“At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow.”  Philippinas 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

DURING THE GOLD rush days in Colorado, a man named R.U. Darby and his uncle went west in search of gold…

With only a pick and a shovel, they dug and dug until they finally struck the shiny gold ore.  But they needed specialized machinery to bring the gold to the surface.  They quietly buried their small mine and went back east to Williamsburg, Maryland and told a few relatives and neighbors of their find.  They convinced them to invest and loan them the money they needed to buy the equipment and have it shipped to the mine.

They brought up the first car of ore and shipped it to the smelter.  The results showed that they had one of the richest mines ever found in Colorado.  A few more cars of this gold would pay their debts and then they could start reaping enormous profits.  But then tragedy struck.  The vein of gold disappeared.  They searched and searched — desperate to pick up the vein of gold again.  But no luck.  They continued drilling in vain and after a few more weeks of frustration, they gave up.  They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars and took the train back home.

In the meantime, the junk man called a mining engineer to look at the mine.  The engineer took some calculations and concluded that the project had failed because the owners were not familiar with “fault lines.”  The junk man took over drilling and found the vein of gold within three feet of where the Darbys had stopped drilling.  The mine turned out to be one of the biggest gold mines ever discovered in Colorado.

Thomas Edison wrote, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” When you quit, you create a permanent solution to a temporary problem.  When you quit, you guarantee the result you fear most — that you won’t succeed.  The fact is, success makes all your suffering count for something.  Turn your pain into a purpose.  Daniel R. Castro, “Heroes Focus on the Purpose on the Other Side of Pain,” Critical Choices, 87-88

“And let us not grow weary while doing good,

for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

Galatians 6:9

Thanks for entrusting us with your prayer requests.  We will pray.

Anna Lee

Monday

“Now to Him who is able to do

exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,

according to the power that works in us,

to Him be glory in the church

by Christ Jesus to all generations,

forever and ever.”

~Ephesians 3:20-21~

Whitney Kliesch had a good report on the MRI.  He is getting feeling back and seems to not need surgery.  Pray for him as he begins physical therapy.  His family is very appreciative of your prayers.

Please keep George Eddie Lee on your prayer list.  Alice Faye says he is better in some ways.  As you pray for him, pray for her too.

I talked with Rev. David Cutrer yesterday.  His wife, Rhonda, is recovering from a second surgery.  This one was to clear up infection.  Hopefully, she will be able to come home today.

The AWANA crowd at FBC, Kentwood seemed to be having fun in their first Sunday of a new year.  This is the sixth year for them.  They will begin regular meeting next week.  Pray for the children attending and for the adults who will be helping them.  May young lives be changed because of what they learn at AWANA!

Leslie Rush Allen
(December 30, 1946 – August 22, 2010)

A resident of Roseland, LA, died at 9:18AM on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at his residence. He was born December 30, 1946 in Dubach, LA and was 63 years of age. Visitation at First Pentecostal Church of Roseland, on Tuesday after 8:30 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m Tuesday. Services conducted by Rev. David Cutrer. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, LA. Survived by wife, Donna Sue Allen, Roseland, daughter, Tracy Allen Newman and her husband, Denman, Walker, 2 sons, Sidney Allen, Bossier City, and David Allen and his wife, Jessica, Kentwood, 2 sisters, Peggy Barlow, Tickfaw, and Bonnie Gail Peacock, Bossier City, 1 brother, Alfred Eugene Allen, Loranger, 7 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Alfred Rush Allen and Bronice Ethel Allen, sister, Christa Jane Allen, 4 brothers, John Wesley Allen, Forrest Glenn Allen, Freddie McClane Allen, and Tommy Lynn Allen. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Have a great Monday!

Anna Lee