Wednesday Afternoon

Calli Austin from Pam Austin

Praise God for He is Great!! Prayers answered!!! The mass in Calli’s ear is not cancer!!!! It is so tiny and could not be spread from breast cancer!! Because where it is they will not operate. Will watch to see if it grows!! Thank you for all your prayers and God Bless all you. Never doubt the power of prayer!!

 

 

Wednesday Addition

Memorial Service for Mr. Ken Crawford

Memorial Service Kenneth J. Crawford, Sr.
Saturday, May 11, 2013 2:00p.m.
Pine Ridge United Methodist Church
Thank you Peggy T.Crawford

Cali Austin is at MD Anderson today to learn more about the mass in the area of her ear.  Please keep everyone involved in your prayers.

 Brody Roberts is home again.  Please continue to pray he gets wel and doesn’t need to go back to a hospital.

FBC, Kentwood will soon have some shawls (about 2 1/2 ft. by 9 ft.) that will be available in the church auditorium for those who get chilled easily.  Thanks to the ladies involved in making them.  It’s good some of them recognized a need and have been working to meet the need.  Phase one included eight royal blue and gold blankets.  Thanks, ladies.

Wednesday

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

~Matthew 28:19a~

Jadon’s Story – http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/2013/05/great-news.html  Thank you, Lord, for all you have done for Jadon.

Continue to pray for Dru Williams as he continues his journey home.  Pray for his family as they anxiously wait to see him again.

Becky Ricks Gabriel is home.  She’s made a lot of improvement since being in ICU, but still has a ways to go.  Keep praying for her and her family.

Connor Corkern hasn’t been sleeping at night due to jerking motions.  He will be taking more seizure medication which the doctor hopes will help.  As you pray for Connor, pray for the family of Garrett, a young man who’s earthly battles are over.

Pray for Sammy Broyles.  He has had back surgery and is now in rehab at the North Oaks North campus.

Elizabeth Carol New will be having a stimulator implanted to block nerves.  This will be Thursday at Cypress Point in Hammond.  Pray for relief for all the nerve pain she has been experiencing for several years.

Ora Lee Wilson will also be having outpatient surgery Thursday.  He problem is her hand.  Pray all goes well for her.

Chuck Pulliam is doing well following his knee surgery.  He’ll be up and walking around today.

Jimmy Tolar is hanging in there with the treatments he is undergoing.  Pray he continues to be able to do well.

Baptist Press News – BPNews.net

Tuesday Additions

From Tammie Roberts

Brody is in the hospital at McComb. He was admitted Friday with pneumonia and dehydrated. He came home for about 24 hours and was admitted again last night. Please continue to pray for him.

Eli is back in the hospital.  Yesterday was a very sad and difficult day, but today he is playing and in a much better mood.   Keep praying.  You can follow him and see pictures on Facebook at “Prayers of Eli”.

Dru Williams is on the way home after completing another semester of school.  He has four flights and will be there Thursday.  Please pray for him all the way home.

Tuesday

This morning, I’m reminded of another reason to be thankful.  My draft form of an incomplete Prayer Link was automatically saved when we had a brief power outage.  I remember the days when you had to start all over.  I thank God for all the technology we have now, even if I don’t use all of it.  Being late is being than not being able to get this posted at all.

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

He has also set eternity in the human heart;

yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

~Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV~

 

From Brandy Potts

Please pray for bro. Mike Shummock (Pastor of EFBC). He is having a heart cath in the morning (Tuesday).

Amber Update: Just a quick note to let you know that Amber is doing great. She is slowly gaining her strength back and has enjoyed receiving lots of tender loving care. We received a phone call from MD Anderson yesterday and they have changed her appointment date to return back. We will be returning back to Houston late Thursday afternoon. Amber will start a full day of appointments on Friday, May 10th. She will have blood work done, staples removed, get biopsy results, and meet with the neuro-oncologist. We will post another update this weekend.
Thank you again for checking in and continuing to support Amber. Keep those prayers flowing…….
Love to all…..
Kathy “Ree Ree” (mother)

Pray for Chuck Pulliam of Amite as he has a knee replacement surgery today.  He did well with the other knee replacements and recovery, so let’s pray he does as well with this one.

Brody Roberts is back in North Oaks.  Let’s pray this young man gets to feeling much better soon.

Pat Hoosier is beginning another  round of treatment.  Pray for it to be effective and for him to tolerate it well.

Mrs. Nadine Council called with three requests while I was at another wake.  I will try to read the notes taken for me.

  • A relative of their daughter, Beth, has a job flying helicopters in Africa.  The family’s request is that he will be able to find a job closer to home so he can be with his young family.
  • Joan Morris, a sister-in-law, has cancer on her spine.  She’s in Augusta, GA and would welcome our prayers.
  • The husband of a niece, Tom Breeze, is hospitalized with a latter stage of alzimers.  He’s in Florida.  Please add him to your prayer list also.

Thanks to all who helped prepare food for the Hammons and/or Strickland families.

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

Notice the work done on the flower beds at church.  This was done by Fay Gehringer.  She didn’t do it for recognition, but I’m sure a “thank-you” wouldn’t be unappreciated.

Several churches have already recognized their seniors.  FBC, Amite had eleven.  FBC, Covington had twenty-five.  I don’t know about other churches who have already recognized their seniors.  You can share with me if you wish your church to be included.  FBC, Kentwood will recognize seniors on the 19th.

Mothers’ Day is traditionally a day for parents to dedicate their young children to the Lord.  Pray for each young family as their promise to teach their child about God.  Also, pray for mothers and memories of mothers this week.

Devotional – “We Can Trust Him” http://odb.org/

Missions – Zach’s Lidz for Kidz

Our time for collection of hats and caps for boys and girls at Children’s Hospital will close Wednesday of next week.  Please take time to purchase some cute hats for these children to wear while they undergo treatment.  It’s not about Zach.  It’s not about the church.  It’s not about you.  It’s about sick children you can encourage.  Baskets are located under the stairs to the balcony and under the stairs in the northwest corner of the fellowship hall building.  Thanks for being an encourager to a sick child.

Baptist Press http://www.bpnews.net/

Let God use you for His work in some way today.

Anna Lee

Monday

“Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called sons of God.”

~Matthew 5:9, NASB~

Thom S. Rainer blog – “Pray for Stanley Union Church” – http://thomrainer.com/blog/

Our Daily Bread – “Always Preparing” – http://odb.org/

Wagon Missions by Boyd Hatchel – “What Way are You Leaning?” – http://wagonmissions.blogspot.cz/

 

Thank-you for praying today.  Each prayer makes a difference.

Have a great day!  Make a difference in one life today.

Anna Lee

Sunday

“So stand ready,

with truth as a belt tight around your waist.”

~Ephesians 6:14a GNT~

Prayers for Eli (FB) – Eli is back in the hospital and very sad to be away from him siblings.  Pray for a change in his spirit as he battles cancer.  Pray for his family, especially his mother who is with him and very concerned.

Amber Prine Ragan is home in Ponchatoula.  Pray for the Ragan and Prine families as they wait about a week before she goes back to MD Anderson for results of the biopsy and a plan of treatment.

 Our Daily Bread – “Digesting the Word” – http://odb.org/

Personal Missions – Mail a care package to the local national guard unit as they serve another year in the Middle East.   Encourage their spiritual growth by sending something that could be very meaningful to them.  They especially enjoy homemade cookies. Dawson will share with other members of the 205th Engineering Battalion.

SSG Dawson Primes
HHC 205th EN BN
APO AE 09366

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

 

 

Obituary

Lois Faynell “Fay” Faller, 87 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Our Lady Of The Lake, in Baton Rouge
Fay was born on Tuesday, December 8, 1925, in Wiggins MS.
She is survived by a daughter Linda Faller Joiner and her husband Clarence Joiner, a son Stephen O. Faller, a son Gary H. Faller and his wife Dixie, a son James Q. Fallerand his wife Sue and her sister, Joan Berry and her husband Harold. grandchildren, Gary Faller Jr., Kaci Faller DeArmond, Kelli Faller Lutz, Liz Faller Norton, Christopher Faller, Logan Joiner, Lauren Joiner, Landon Joiner, Ron Ritter Jr., and Sharon Ritter, also survived by 12 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by husband, Oris D. Faller, parents, O.L. Breland and Verona Cooper Breland, sisters, Bobbie Adams and Lola Ardoin.
Friends will be received Monday, May 6, 2013 from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm, and on Tuesday from 9:00a.m. until services, at the First Baptist Church of Hammond.
Services will be held at First Baptist Church of Hammond, Tuesday, at 11:00 am., with Rev. Tom Cobb and Rev. Jim Lancaster officiating.
Interment will follow in the Rose Memorial Park Cemetery Hammond, Louisiana.

Saturday

“The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”

~1 John 4:4b NIV~

Mr. Pat Hoosier‘s family is rejoicing that after they learned his treatment would not kill cancer in the brain a test showed no cancer of the brain. They are giving God all the glory for the good reports they are receiving.

Arrangements for Fay Faller

Visitation Monday – FBC Hammond 6-9PM
Funeral Tuesday with visitation from 9-11AM

Our Daily Bread – “Songs Born Out Of Struggle” – http://odb.org/

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

  • If you have not yet contributed to Zach’s Lidz for Kidz, you can give a check and Zach and his parents will do the shopping for you.  The deadline for this will be Wednesday, May 15th.
  • If you have not yet contributed to Lara’s Gowns for Smiles, you can give a check.  Susan can get a good deal of fabric in needed patterns and will be happy to shop for you.  No deadline on this project.

Don’t forget to assist the families dealing with a loss of a family member.

Enjoy this late Easter snap of the weather.  Use this beautiful day to do something special.

Anna Lee