Jane shared that the custodian at the school has lost his daughter, Elizabeth, who was 16 years old. She was tragically killed in a car accident. This is the second child - a son was killed in a 2008 car accident. Please keep Alan and Kathie in your prayers for healing, acceptance and strength to cope with this journey in their lives
Lois and Charlie have a dear friend, Daryl, coming for an extended (8 day) visit. She is a Godly woman who prays about every decision of her daily path. She arrives on July 3rd. Please lift them all up to have a wonderful visit and to make great lasting memories.
Judi had a wonderful visit with her Granddaughter, Sapphire who came from California for two weeks. She did have the opportunity to have several conversations with her about Christianity, the Trinity, the Word and her own belief as a follower of Jesus. Judi asks for prayers for her (Sapphire) who (at the age of 9) chose to follow her father's non-Christian belief of Falun Gong. She is not allowed to spend anytime in any other faith (although that didn't stop her Nanny!) Her mother is a Wiccan so she does not have any local Christian influence. Please ask the Lord to watch over her and to continue to give her grandmother opportunities to inject the Word of the Lord into conversations with her.
Judi had a praise to the Lord for her brother, Bobby's, colonoscopy where several polyps were removed which stopped the bleeding. Their older brother died of colon cancer so it is imperative that this diagnostic procedure be administered more frequently. Praise the Lord for the knowledge He has provided to those who developed and administer this procedure and for catching the problem before it became more serious.
Bette asks for prayers for her 3 adult children - she has 2 daughters and 1 son.
After this prayer request was posted Judi received some devastating news about her nephew, Jon's wife, Mary Helen. Friday, July 3rd she was admitted to the hospital and underwent emergency vascular surgery to see if the blood flow down her legs to her feet could be fixed. It was determined it could not and that amputation of one foot (if not both) will be imminent. It was additional determined that she had a heart attack the day before and went into kidney failure. She was put in ICU to get her stabilized and heavily sedated. Today (Saturday) Judi received a message from Jon that she is alert, has a breathing tube, her hands are tied to prevent her from pulling it out and she is receiving kidney dialysis. She was scheduled to have a cat scan of her body to determine if there are any other blockages. This procedure requires dye that would affect the kidneys so they have decided to hold off on this until she is out of renal failure. There are many "possible" things going on that I will update when / if they have proven to be accurate. Please keep Mary Helen, Jon, the doctors and medical staff, Mary Helen's daughters (Melissa and Denise) and Jon's family in your prayers for strength, patience, endurance, and acceptance.