Sunday

“I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God;

incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.”

~Psalm 17:6~

Chapmans

Deloy faced the night with peace of God and comfort of friends.  You may send cards in care of this address.

c/o Amite Baptist Church

7100 Amite Church Road

Denham Springs, LA 70726

Maggie Lee Henson

Saturday, August 1, 2009 7:51 PM, CDT

Hey friends-
Another difficult day for MLH. She continues to struggle with blood pressure stability.

The good news? Her cholesterol accodently got checked last night and that is good news:). Honestly, our precious girl is still in very critical condition and could use your prayers.
God is so good to surround us with so many of your prayers and concerns.
Graciously yours
Jin

Sunday, August 2, 2009 2:35 AM, CDT

Aug. 2
Sun am
Shift change- John is in the hospital chair-bed and I am not, yet my thoughts remain in room #7.
Friday Night instead of the surprise 40th Birthday Party I had planned for John, we were here at Batson Hospital celebrating Maggie Lee’s move to her own room in the pccu.
Life is so bizarre that way.
Like her twin cousin, Madeline, I, too want to think that this has all been some crazy dream. In my dreams, now, are the only time when I hear her booming voice and see her laugh, dance, dream or fly.
For now, we wait. And pray. And trust in God’s very rich love for us and her.
-jin

Dukes

Saturday, August 1, 2009 8:56 PM, EDT

Low on salt

My mom always has been considered encouraging and she has always changed an encounter or relationship with whomever she is connected to.  She seasons, she preserves, she protects, she changes (as in melting ice), and she balances all those she has touched.

Today she was low on salt, salt is what keeps the fluid balanced in our body.  It allows water to be held or released in our body.  I did not do well on renal in med school, more than half the class failed that area, but i do remember that brother.

Today my mom had a day like last wednesday week.  This means wednesday before last if you are not from Ms.  She appeared to be seizing, to be lethargic,  not responding to questions.  Her sodium was low and a CT scan showed a fluid shift in her brain, and they have given her a concentrated sodium drip.  Much like she gave all she touched. She is as much of a changing force as concentrated salt.  May God himself protect her and provide healing for her and balance of her electrolytes.

She has 3 more weeks of antibiotics.  Then hopefully we will be able to get the skull cap on and potentially a wound flap for the decubitus.

My awesome writer brother, whose book should be out in september, scanned out some snf’s in the orlando area.  One is close to mom and dad’s home and dad’s work and the BIRC gave them a huge recommendation, and jase agreed that it is awesome.  I am sure he will write in his post next week about with descriptive terms and flowery words, so i won’t steal his Thunder.

Dad is doing well and is holding out hope and positivity through this horrendous journey of realistic feeling and humanistic thought.  Did Jason just channel me? Whoa.  Anyway I digress.

Despite mom’s tough day I am glad to spend time with her and bring her sister to see her this weekend.   My family came with me as well, which I know dad has enjoyed.

Please keep praying for us. For peace that passes understanding, for patience to wait on our unimaginable heavenly Father, and for positive hope to endure this journey that has been brought upon us by the world of havoc.

I would echo my dad’s words that we have a loving and merciful God who is not surprised by anything and will calm the storm or carry us through this storm and the ones to come.  Praise the King!!

Thanks for journeying with us and continuing to lift us up to Him.  erik.

//
Wall, Mrs. Paula Jean Shaw
Graveside service at the Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, at 2 p.m.

David Welch

A resident of Baton Rouge and a native of Mendenhall, Miss., he died Friday, July 31,
2009. Visitation at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., on Monday, Aug. 3,
from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation resumes on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 9 a.m. until religious
services at noon in the funeral home chapel. Services will be conducted by the Rev.
Don Perkins and assisted by the Rev. Don Hoy. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial
Park. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II; worked at Ethyl Corp. for 20 years;
and retired from Carville where he was chief orthotist. He was employed at National
Hansen Disease Center at Oschner Hospital. He is survived by two children, Gwen
Starks and husband Roger Starks, and Kathryn Hatcher; three grandchildren, Janece
Collins and husband Troy Collins, Rachel Hatcher and Jonathan Starks; and a sister,
Patsy Dreher. Preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Ann Welch; wife, Wincie Mae
Pippin Welch; parents, Ernest Welch and Louvenia Welch; brother, Lonnie Welch;
sisters, Bobbie Sanchez and Johnnie Bennett. Pallbearers will be Troy Collins, Andy
Dreher, Dickie Sanchez, David Jewell, Ronald Pippin, Delmar Gene Pippin, Richard
Sanchez and Scott Rankin. He will be dearly missed by many friends, patients and
loved ones.

Hardship

DIANA ROSS MCCAIN wrote an insightful article entitled, “The Hardships of Worship…”

In it she described what it was like to worship in a Connecticut church meetinghouse some two-hundred plus years ago. She observed:

“There was no fireplace, no stove, no significant heat source of any kind. Half-frozen men, women, and children, bundled up in their heaviest garments, hunched into themselves to conserve precious body heat and peered through clouds of condensation formed by their breath. In the pulpit the minister himself might be preaching clad in a greatcoat and mittens. At times it got so cold the Lord’s Supper froze… Comfort was not a primary consideration of those who constructed early Connecticut meetinghouses. Here one came every Sunday to attend to the serious business of hearing the word of God and how it might be applied to daily life. And that solemn duty was to be carried out no matter what weather it pleased the Almighty to provide.”

Wouldn’t it be interesting to some day note the following add in the local newspaper…, “Come worship with us. Our building is cold in the winter; hot in the summer. We use neither heat nor air conditioning. Our pews are not padded. We meet not for physical comfort, but spiritual worship. You are cordially invited.”

Now, what was it your were saying about the thermostat…? (Mike Benson)

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24).

Posted by Mike Benson

David and I have worshiped in a Roma (Gypsy) church in Romania where it was so cold there were icicles on the inside of the windows and one man fed the heater pieces of wood all during the two hour service.  We kept coats and gloves on the entire time.  I can’t say it was the most comfortable service I was ever in, but it taught me a lesson about how much people sometimes endure just to worship each week.

Today, I hope you worship in God’s house, comfortable or not!

Anna Lee

Saturday Afternoon

Chapman Update

Quincy – “Settled a bit”

Ann – Neck fractures worse than first thought; Blood in lungs; Lots of pain

Krisa – Much better; Not released yet

Emma – Lungs 2/3 full of “trauma junk”; Requires help breathing

Chelsea – Being discharged today

Deloy – Got much needed sleep last night

Please continue to pray for all these people and those caring for them in any way.

Tracy Ivy Williams
(December 14, 1958 – August 1, 2009)

Tracy Ivy Williams
Tracy Ivy Williams, 50, a lifelong resident of the Bolivar community, was born December 14, 1958 and passed away on August 1, 2009.Tracy was strong in his faith as a Christian. One of his favorite verses was Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” He attended New Beginnings Baptist Church and he was an ordained deacon and served as a Sunday School Superintendant for many years. Tracy’s faith in the Lord never waivered and he was an inspiration to everyone who knew him.

He worked for the Dept. of Social Services and retired after 27 years as a supervisor. Tracy was a graduate of Chesbrough High School and Southeastern Louisiana University. He was also an enthusiastic LSU Tiger fan and he enjoyed making gifts for family and friends in his woodworking shop.

Tracy is survived by four siblings: Trudy Blades and her husband Dickie Roy, Kentwood; Kenny Williams and his wife Jackie, Kentwood; Sharon Walker and her husband Lemmie, Baton Rouge; and Linda Edwards and her husband Tommy, Baton Rouge; two nieces; Donielle Edwards, Baton Rouge; Michelle Ribera and husband Chris, Baton Rouge; three nephews; Jimmy Ray Jones and fiancée Whitney Gill, Kentwood; Jason Edwards, Outer Banks, North Carolina; Brandt Edwards and wife Suzie, Baton Rouge; his great nieces and nephews, Elise and Christopher Ribera, Dylan and Madison Griggs, and Blake Edwards will miss their uncle Tracy. Also close friend Julie Alley.

Tracy was preceded in death by his parents Henry L. and Lucille Lewis Williams of Bolivar; his grandparents, Ivy and Lexie Crawford Lewis of Bolivar; E.A. and Dollie Martin Williams of Anacoco, La; and great niece Ainsley Marie Edwards.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Ray Jones, Brandt Edwards, Jason Edwards, Mack Brown, Troy Dale Ricks, Jeff Waskom, Chris Ribera, and Hilton Miller. Honorary Pallbearers will be Roy Lewis, J.C. Ricks, Gary Dees, and Dale Bond.

The family appreciates the many visits, phone calls, cards, and prayers of family and friends who brightened Tracy’s days during his last lengthy hospitalization. The family also wishes to thank Dr. Peter Monteyne and the entire staff of Promise Hospital in Gonzales.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Sunday, August 2, 2009 and on Monday August 3, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 10:00 a.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Tommy Varnado, Dr. Danny Smith, Bro. Johnny Smith, and Bro. Willard Carnegie, officiating. Interment at Bolivar Baptist Church Cemetery, Bolivar, LA

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Video Tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home is located at I-55N and Hwy. 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Express Car Wash and Bond Eye Clinic.

Saturday

“Your true life is not made up of the things you own,

no matter how rich you may be.”

~Luke 12:15 TEV~


Chapman Progress and Prayer Needs

Emma – Ability and desire to eat, lungs, skull fracture

Ann – Waiting for custom brace, sitting up with halo, shoulder

Krisa – Home today using a walker

Quincy – Disoriented

Deloy – Got to sleep in a hospital guest room last night thanks to a friend staying with Emma

Dukes

Another Week

In a couple of days this experience will be four months old.  If I had looked at this ahead of time, I would not have thought we could make it four months. However, with the help of a loving, gracious God who has made himself known to us in some unique ways, the love of a family that has been the mainstay of our support, and the support and prayer of thousands of friends, we are here and looking ahead to whatever the future holds.

This week has been, well, a week. I was able to make a visit home to Orlando for some meetings. All went well. When I went through the security at the airport, all the metal in my elbow and legs did not even cause a stir in the machine. It was as quiet as a mouse in both New Orleans and in Orlando. Thanks to all of you for your prayers. It was great to see some good friends I have not seen since the accident and to get some things accomplishe

d that have been pending for a while.

When I left here Tuesday, I felt Retia was making some wonderful improvements. We had gotten her off some of the medicine that seemed to cause her confusion. However, when I got back, I realized that she had not made as much progress as I thought. We will likely have to return her to both the medications because of other problems that hinder her therapy and her recovery.

In addition, I also discovered today that she has two new infections. The doctor (logically) will not operate on her head as long as she has any infection.  As you know, we have been battling infections for months. I am not sure what these are or how they will affect her, but I do know that they will hinder the surgery to protect the bedsore and the surgery to replace the skull cap. We are probably looking at least at three more weeks before getting a date for the surgery. That means at least another month or more in New Orleans.

As you might guess, that is a big disappointment. We were looking forward to getting home in a couple of weeks or so.

I do not blame God for this situation. I believe it is the consequence of a broken world in which a person made a wrong choice or maybe several. We have been caught up in those consequences.

I believe God can overcome these infections in an instant. I also believe he can bring Retia back to her full health in every respect in an instant.

But I also realize he may not. And I pray my trust in him will not wax or wane based on the perceptions I have of his choice.

I believe he has given us the wonderful privilege of prayer. Through this wonderful gift we have the right granted by him to ask him anything our heart desires. But while we have the freedom to ask what we will, I do not believe he has given any of us tools to manipulate him into doing what we ask him to do.

Every once in a while I hear someone say, “Prayer is powerful.” I do not believe that. I believe it is God who is powerful. Prayer is communication. We talk to him and express the desires of our heart. He already knows both what we desire and what we need. He acts in power to work out his purpose and bring glory to himself. That is the right thing to do.

He is busy working out his purpose, and as he works it out, he will do what is right for him and what brings him glory. If it is right for him, it must be right for us. We do not always understand his choices or his actions, but we can trust him to take care of us in every way.

I do trust him. I trust Retia to him. I will continue to pray for her healing, and I am grateful that there are many of you who will do the same. Pray for whatever you desire for her. But pray as though it were Jesus praying. If we seek to have the mind of Christ in our praying, we will be closer to praying for the will of the Father to be done. As Kingdom citizens we want his will to be done on earth just like it is done in heaven.

We can make outrageous requests of him knowing that he, in his outrageous love, will give us what is best for him and us.

I told someone in the early weeks of this experience that we do not know how this will come out. I still do not know. But as it was then, it is now. He will walk with us through all of it. We can still trust him whether he chooses to still the storm or take us through the waves.

Join us both in lifting Retia up to him and in trusting him to be God.

blessings
jdukes

Maggie Lee Henson

Friday, July 31, 2009 7:32 PM, CDT

Glad to be in our own room. Dr.s think lung may be source of temperature. Not sure about that.
Blood pressure hanging in there.
Thx or praying.
love
jin

Saturday, August 1, 2009 12:41 AM, CDT

It is about time for me to switch out with Jinny.  Maggie Lee is resting comfortably in her new room, not having much acitivity with her BP and having her temperature down with the help of the cooling blanket (I’m thinking of taking one of those home with me, by the way).

It is nice to be in a room(thanks, Dr. Christ–yes, that’s her name), though we are still in PCCU and still needing constant attention and monitoring.  Maggie Lee is as frail as before moving in here and still in need of constant prayer.

I’m so thankful for the nursing staff here.  Jinny mentioned the way nurses Lindsey and Stacy stepped in to set up the room with cards and pictures, going beyond the call of duty.  They also wore Concierge hats when they helped us find a good local restaraunt for dinner tonight.  And then tonight, when I stepped out to get a cup of coffee, I returned to find my chair/bed pulled out with covers drawn back and a peppermint on my pillow. Thanks, nurse Kim! What love and care they give not only to patients but to their parents as well.

We are finding more conduits of God’s love each day.

Lord, may You bless Maggie Lee with Your healing touch as she rests tonight.  May she know of Your amazing love for her, especially as provided by loving nurses, doctors and through the prayers of Your people.  Amen.

I think I missed posting this obituary.  Sorry.  My life has been very busy this summer!
Cleon Thomas Hutchinson, Jr.
(October 31, 1933 – July 28, 2009)
U.S. Veteran Died on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at his residence in Greensburg, LA. He was a native and resident of Greensburg, LA. Age 75 years. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of Korean Conflict and received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from Southeastern Louisiana University. Visitation at Greensburg United Methodist Church, Greensburg, from 1 p.m. on Thursday until religious services at 4 p.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. LaMarylis Cotten and Rev. Kevin Smith. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg. Survived by sister, Doris H. Travis and her husband, Billy, nephew, Terry Travis and his wife, Dell, nieces, Betty T. Day and her husband, Lynn, Marilyn T. Taylor and her husband, Randy, great-nieces and great-nephews, Melissa Day, Travis Day and his wife, Grace, Brantley Taylor and his wife, Brandi, Ryan Travis and his wife, Beth, Anna T. Bullinger and her husband, Trey, Courtney D. Passman and her husband, Michael, Brent Travis and his wife, Holly, Angela Kimball and her husband, Paul, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews, Blase River Taylor, Emma Day, Bella Taylor, George Taylor Bullinger, Michael Charles Passman II, John Travis Day, Sean Capella, Reagan Kimball. Preceded in death by parents, Cleon T. Hutchinson, Sr. and Mattie Smith Hutchinson. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Greensburg United Methodist Church. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Please continue to pray for the Welch families.

KneEmail

Conductor

PEOPLE OFTEN PAY high prices because of one man in the concert: the conductor…

He enters to the applause of the audience. A hundred instruments are poised by a hundred tense musicians. Each player is prepared to make a special kind of musical response to his beat; each section will produce melodic lines and rhythmic patterns different from the others. It is the conductor who will weave all the differences together and insure that the orchestra keeps faith with thecomposer’s intentions. He will establish a standard tempo and a standard volume. He will bring out the solo parts, insuring that the orchestra colors the background in just the right musical hues so that the soloist reaches the anticipated excellence. Without the conductor, the finest musicians and the most expensive instruments produce only inartistic chaos.

Like the orchestra, a family needs someone to set the tempo. When the tempo has been set and the soloist steps into the spotlight, the conductor gives him opportunity to perform; so does the father. Without an effective father, a family struggles (Gordon McDonald).

“Every day Mordecai walked in front of the harem

to learn how Esther was and how she fared”

(Esther 2:11).

“Now Esther had not made known her people,

as Mordecai had charged her;

for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him”

(Esther 2:20).

Posted by Mike Benson
Have a wonderful Saturday.  Take time to pray for the needs listed here today.  Thank God for all His blessings in these situations and many others.
Anna Lee

Friday Evening

Micah and Sarabeth Simpson

We took Micah to children’s hospital today in New Orleans and found out that he has “Osteochondroma” on his rib “left side” Which means he has extra cartillage on his rib that is growing a extra bone (benign tumors).They will to nothing right now but will have to start going on a regular bases to children’s hopitals to keep a check on the growth . If Micah make it to age 16, it will be okay, if not they would have to go in and take the rib out. Pray that he won’t have any problems with this and it will work out.

Sarabeth passed her eye exam and in her normal range. She would have to go back in 6 months to get checked out again.

Chapmans

Krisa

  • Walking w/o assistance
  • Dad arrived from OK
  • Possible discharge Sat.

Ann

  • Got halo brace this morning
  • Still in ICU
  • Lots of pain

Chelsea (friend of Emma’s)

  • Doing great
  • Off oxygen
  • Eating
  • Possible discharge Saturday

Quincy

  • Totally confused today
  • Back brace later today

Emma

  • Head hurts
  • Small concussion
  • Lungs worse, but able to cough
  • Possibly in regular room Sat. or Sun.

Deloy

  • Needs sleep
  • Dealing with insurance issues
  • Overwhelmed with love and support from friends
  • Feels blessed

Friday Addition

Paula Splane called and asked if  you could put the following on prayer link.  An 85-year old man, David Welch, was riding his lawnmower from Paula’s mother’s house back to his house when he was hit by E.H. Welch who was pulling his horse trailer.  Mr. David Welch was killed instantly.  Paula requested prayer for both families.
Thanks – JAN (Hammons)

Maggie Lee Henson

Friday, July 31, 2009 8:36 AM, CDT

Well, we’re movin’ on up,
To the East Side…
To a DE-lux apartment in the SKI-I-I…

The nurses are moving MLH from Kiosk #23 to ROOM #7. Thank you for your goodness, God!

When I arrived, the nurses had already moved her decorations-cards, Miracles Happen window Cling and MLH and ICP signs over here. I cry at sweet commercials, so, you know I was sobbing. Thank you, God for the monumental tiny blessings along the way.

I love you.

Huey Elizabeth East Waller
(January 17, 1928 – July 31, 2009)

Huey Elizabeth East Waller

She lived her life to do for others and enjoyed cooking and caring for her family. She passed away at 6:25 a.m. on Friday, July 31, 2009 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was a native of Pine Ridge, LA and a resident of Kentwood, LA. Age 81 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 8 a.m. on Monday until religious services at 2 p.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Kevin Smith, Elder Joe Nettles, and Elder Heath Williams. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA. She is survived by her husband, Ripley Waller, Tangipahoa; daughter, Paulette Nettles and husband, James, Vidalia, GA; 2 sons, Floyd Waller and his wife, Charlene, Kentwood, and Mark Waller and his wife, Susan, Amite; 8 grandchildren, Elizabeth Nettles, Jason Waller, Joseph Nettles, Stacy Waller Guillory, Sharon Nettles Williams, Angela Nettles Atkinson, Alexander Waller and Maxwell Waller; 14 great-grandchildren; and her long time friend, Mrs. Floal Simmons, Independence. She was preceded in death by 2 grandsons, Ryan Kent Waller and Zachary Roth Waller; 5 sisters, Jessie Travis, Leo Ensign, Margie Peavey, Willye East, and Jeanne Morgan; 2 brothers, Lidge East and John East; parents, Floyd and Betty East.

Friday – Obituary

Mrs. Paula Jean Shaw Wall
(October 26, 1927 – July 30, 2009)

Mrs. Paula Jean Shaw Wall

Mrs. Paula Jean Shaw Wall a loving mother, grandmother & great-grandmother was born on October 26, 1927 and passed away at 10:28 a.m., Thursday, July 30, 2009 at her residence. She was 81, a native of McComb, MS and a resident of Kentwood. Mrs. Paula Jean was bookkeeper for the Kentwood Livestock Sales for many years.

Mrs. Paula Jean is survived by a daughter, Margaret Susan Wall; 3 sons, Wilton J. “Jimmy” Wall, Sr. and wife, Suzanne, Winston G. “Gene” Wall and wife, Belen, & Michael A. “Mike” Wall all of Kentwood; 8 grandchildren, Wilton J. Wall, Jr., William J. Wall, Byron J. Statham, Aaron P. Statham, Michael S. Wall, Rachel B. Wall, Ashley N. Wall & Jared T. Wilson; 6 great-grandchildren, Alex Wall, Josie Allen, Adrian Wall, Alison Statham, Seth Brown, & Julian Brown.

Preceded in death by her parents, Pete J. & Cordelia Brown Shaw; husband, Archie Wall; & sister, Margaret B. Boudreaux.

A Graveside Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood with Rev. Joey Miller officiating. Interment in the Woodland Cemetery

In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Hood Home Health Services, 409-A NW Central Ave., Amite, LA or North Oaks Hospice 15790 Paul Vega MD Dr., Hammond La

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Friday Morning Updates

Emma Chapman had a “not-so-good” night.  As you pray for the Chapmans, especially pray for Deloy as he copes with all that has happened and is happening.

Maggie Lee Henson

Friday, July 31, 2009 5:48 AM, CDT

What I see when I look at my little girl tonight . . .

Polka dot sheets, with polkas and dots so bright that you can’t help but look her way

Extraordinary life; a life to the full as Jesus would say

A finger lit up in the way of ET

The face of an angel, as if reflecting what she is beholding with her eyes

A scarf-covered epicenter of injury

Wires, tubes and lines working overtime

Answers to prayers

A body holding a vivacious spirit ready to break forth and express

An arm empty of adoring Ellie

Feet that have walked in the light of Jesus more often than not

A girl once tiny enough to nest on my chest

–John

Friday, July 31, 2009 6:16 AM, CDT

It’s almost time for the nursing shift change and I’ll be stepping out for some breakfast and sleep.  Maggie Lee’s fever got up to 103 but it has now dropped down to 99.  Thank you, early morning prayer partners!

After acting up early last night, the blood pressure is now more stable.  If it stays that way, Maggie Lee may be able to move across the floor to a room.

How to pray this morning:

  • For stable BP
  • For fever to stay down/go away
  • For her as more sedation is “peeled off”

–John

Friday

“In my distress I called upon the Lord,

and cried out to my God;

He heard my voice from His temple,

and my cry came before Him,

even to His ears.”

~Psalm 18:6~

Chapmans

Thank God for each person, friend or stranger, who has ministered to the family at the scene of the wreck or at the hospital.  Pray for of the Chapman family as they progress through the hospital stays and recovery time.  Please continue to pray for Deloy as he struggles with four family members injured in the wreck Wednesday night.  Especially pray for “Miss” Ann and Emma, the ones who had the most serious injuries.  Thank God Emma is now awake!  Especially pray for one of her lungs that isn’t functioning.

Maggie Lee Henson

Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:11 PM, CDT

Good evening friends-
Today was a day of active waiting for us. Active as every nurse who attends to the myriad of needs ml has and cannot meet herself spends a 12 hour shift in perpetual motion.

Today Lindsey took on the monumental and loving task of washing ml’s hair. I braided it Pippi Longstocking style. She is just so beautiful.
We still wait for the sedative depths to wear off. And we pray to a very faithful God whom we trust with all of our hearts.
We are well aware that time wounds all heels and that none of us are exempt from heartache. As I grasp my precious daughters left hand in mine this night I am awed by gratitude that God thinks enough of me to let me be her Mom.
KOMpray
Kids on Mission Pray

Arts and crafts

Jennifer and Caroline live and work in Portugal.  They have been praying about how to meet their neighbors and share Jesus with them.  They love art, so decided to use their God-given talents to host a monthly arts and crafts day for children in local parks.

Every art project will teach a Christian story or help the children understand more about how to live like Jesus did—He was kind and joyful and taught others to love God the Father.

Let’s all pray for Jennifer and Caroline that God will help them be very creative and find fun crafts to teach.  Jesus says, “Listen! I stand at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20a, HCSB). Pray that Jesus will knock on the heart’s door of Portuguese children and their parents and that they will ask Jesus to come in.

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

My name is Wil. I am 1 and half. Last month I asked prayer for me as my mom and dad started langauge school and were looking for me a babysitter.  We did get a new babysitter just in time,  and she is great!  I like to  roll the ball to her. Our whole family is so thankful that God provided a nice lady to watch me and my big sister.  Thanks for praying for me last month God is good to give our family what we need. WIL, age 18 months (European peoples)

Please pray for my friend so she can pray to Jesus.  LEAH, age 6 (Southeast Asian peoples)

Right now I’m having problems with one of my best friends.  He and I have been friends since age 5.  Right now we are really not getting along, so I just ask that you pray for me and my friend.  PETER, age 13 (East Asian Peoples)

I go to an International School where there are a lot of people of different religions.  Please pray that these kids will come to know Jesus like we do.  Also pray for my brother. His best friend just recently began to swear and hang out with some really bad kids.  JASMINE, age 12 (Sub-Saharan African peoples)

Please pray for the poor.  ANDREW, age 6 (Southeast Asian peoples)

Please pray for me that I may learn more Chinese so I can talk more fluently.  I also would like for you to pray that I may grow in my faith in God.  COLLIN, age 12 (East Asian People)

Please pray for the people who worship another god.  They speak Spanish.  They are deaf, and very poor.  KAYLEE, age 7 (American peoples)

Please pray for my family’s safety.  There is much crime.  Pray that the computer hackers will lose our information and stay away from us.  Pray for the churches we are working with.  Let them realize that young people can accept Christ and can take part in the Lord’s Supper.  Pray that they will understand that all things are possible. CHRISTA, age 11  (Sub-Saharan African peoples)

Mission Action

This is a new section for KOMpray.

There are many ways to “do missions.”  Click here (http://kidsonmission.org/prayer/details.asp?StoryID=7684&LanguageID=1709) for some examples.

Baptist Press
July 30, 2009

WASHINGTON–A low estimate? At least 13 million abortions a year in China. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30984

SOUTH KOREA–Christians arrested, one executed in North Korea, activists claim. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30985

NEW YORK–Nurse sues hospital for coercion in abortion. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30986

NEW YORK–‘City Uprising’ blitzes NYC with service projects. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30987

TENNESSEE–One tomato at a time, church helps change community. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30988

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Affirming

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IN HIS LITTLE book Fully Human, Fully Alive, author John Powell relates an experience which happened to a friend while he was vacationing in the Bahamas…

The friend was sightseeing when he noticed a crowd gathered toward the end of a pier. He walked down to investigate the commotion. Powell says:

“…he discovered that the object of all the attention was a young man making the last making the last-minute preparations for a solo journey around the world in a homemade boat. Without exception everyone on the pier was pessimistic. All were actively volunteering to tell the ambitious sailor all the things that could possibly go wrong. “The sun will BROIL you!” “You won’t have enough food.” “That boat of yours won’t withstand the waves in a storm.” “You’ll never make it.”

When my friend heard all these discouraging warnings to the adverturous young man, he felt an irresistible desire to offer some optimism and encouraragement. As the little craft began drifting away from theh pier towards the horizon, my friend went to the end of the pier, waving both arms wildly like semaphores spelling confidence. He kept shouting: “BON VOYAGE! You’re really something! We’re wtih you! We’re proud of you!”

How much could be accomplished if there were more brave souls on the end of the pier smiling and affirming? (Charles Swindoll)

“But exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,”

lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”

Hebrews 3:13 ESV


Posted by Mike Benson at July 29, 2009
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