Sep 2007
Bonnie Watford
09/26/07 22:13
As some
of you already know, Bonnie has been having a great
deal of back pain for the last several weeks. She has
a bulging disc, a deteriorating disc, and
osteoporosis. She is not a complainer, and seldom
slows down when she is hurting. However, the only
relief she gets is when she lays down on her side.
She has had back surgery before, and was hoping to
avoid it this go round. It isn't looking good. She
cannot do house work, and that just makes her feel
worse. I am nowhere near the home maker she is.
She has shown me more of the love God than almost anyone I have ever known. Please pray for her.
Thanks!
Vic
She has shown me more of the love God than almost anyone I have ever known. Please pray for her.
Thanks!
Vic
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Richard Thrasher
09/26/07 22:09
Dear
Prayer Warriors,
Please pray for my friend and former co-worker, Richard Thrasher. He will be having open heart surgery at UAB to repair 5 blocked arteries. Richard retired only 2 months ago and I'm sure this isn't the way he wanted to start his retirement! But thank the Lord, he did go to the doctor because it could be much worse. He and his family covet your prayers. Please feel free to add his name to any other prayer lists.
Decolores!
Susan Cosby
Please pray for my friend and former co-worker, Richard Thrasher. He will be having open heart surgery at UAB to repair 5 blocked arteries. Richard retired only 2 months ago and I'm sure this isn't the way he wanted to start his retirement! But thank the Lord, he did go to the doctor because it could be much worse. He and his family covet your prayers. Please feel free to add his name to any other prayer lists.
Decolores!
Susan Cosby
Jim Boggan
09/26/07 22:08
Some of
you may know Austin Boggan. Hes a retired United
Methodist minister and former missionary to Brazil.
He preached at our recent homecoming service (in
Killen.) Immediately after preaching he drove to Ohio
to see his son who has cancer. I received the
following e-mail via our church grapevine.
Thanks
.Nancy Lindsey
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This message came in from Wanda Strickland (Ruth and Leo's niece from St.
James UMC). Please keep the Boggan family in your prayers.
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I got a call from Austin a few minutes ago and he said, "I got word this evening that my boy's not going to make it."
I had talked to Austin yesterday, and while he had been in Ohio last week, they had done what he called a "trial run" of the radiation treatment, and thought Jim was going to be able to tolerate it, so they had scheduled him
to begin treatments on October 1. But while Austin was on his way back to Birmingham toward the end of the week, he got a call that they had put Jim back in the hospital, because they had found more cancer in his neck and a blood clot in his lung. There were also two more spots in his lungs that could either be more blood clots or more cancer. They were going to try and start radiation today rather than wait another week, but apparently they have determined it will not help. They said they could give him a treatment this Wednesday that would help his pain, but would "only prolong his time on earth" somewhat.
So Austin and Larry (his youngest son) are getting ready to go back to Ohio, to try and be there on Wednesday if Jim decides to go through with the treatment. Austin said he called me so that we would know how to pray for Jim and also for his family. Austin seems so much more feeble now than he did even a few months ago, and I know it is only with the Lord's help that he will get through the loss of his son, especially so soon after losing Mary (Austin's wife.) Austin turned 81 this past Thursday. Please pray for traveling mercy for him and Larry, and pray for Jim's wife and 10-year-old son.
God is in control, even when we don't understand.
In Christ,
Wanda
Thanks
.Nancy Lindsey
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This message came in from Wanda Strickland (Ruth and Leo's niece from St.
James UMC). Please keep the Boggan family in your prayers.
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I got a call from Austin a few minutes ago and he said, "I got word this evening that my boy's not going to make it."
I had talked to Austin yesterday, and while he had been in Ohio last week, they had done what he called a "trial run" of the radiation treatment, and thought Jim was going to be able to tolerate it, so they had scheduled him
to begin treatments on October 1. But while Austin was on his way back to Birmingham toward the end of the week, he got a call that they had put Jim back in the hospital, because they had found more cancer in his neck and a blood clot in his lung. There were also two more spots in his lungs that could either be more blood clots or more cancer. They were going to try and start radiation today rather than wait another week, but apparently they have determined it will not help. They said they could give him a treatment this Wednesday that would help his pain, but would "only prolong his time on earth" somewhat.
So Austin and Larry (his youngest son) are getting ready to go back to Ohio, to try and be there on Wednesday if Jim decides to go through with the treatment. Austin said he called me so that we would know how to pray for Jim and also for his family. Austin seems so much more feeble now than he did even a few months ago, and I know it is only with the Lord's help that he will get through the loss of his son, especially so soon after losing Mary (Austin's wife.) Austin turned 81 this past Thursday. Please pray for traveling mercy for him and Larry, and pray for Jim's wife and 10-year-old son.
God is in control, even when we don't understand.
In Christ,
Wanda
Irene Burbank
09/26/07 22:04
Please
remember my mother, Irene Burbank, in your prayers.
She will be having major back surgery Wed., Oct. 3 at
Princeton Hospital in Birmingham. She is in
considerable pain and has a difficult time moving
about now and surgery is the
only option so that she may remian mobile. Keep her and our family in your prayers. I know God is good, all the time and His goodness is felt through people like you. Thank you.
Randy Burbank (Ala. Walk 253)
only option so that she may remian mobile. Keep her and our family in your prayers. I know God is good, all the time and His goodness is felt through people like you. Thank you.
Randy Burbank (Ala. Walk 253)
Hamilton A&I Kairos #3
09/23/07 15:51
Kairos #3 for the
residents of Hamilton A&I (Aged and Infirm)
starts Thursday, 09/27, and runs through Sunday,
09/30. Please be in prayer for the team and the
residents, that we would truly present Christ to
them, and that would respond to Him in life changing
ways.
Vic
'I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Matt. 25:36
Vic
'I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Matt. 25:36
Natalie Moore
09/23/07 15:51
A former
coworker at Social Security, Natalie Moore, is dying
of liver cancer. I did not know her, but my friends
did. She is always upbeat, even now, and makes
everyone around her feel good. She is in deep pain,
but still tries to attend Sunday school when she can.
She lives in Macon GA, and gets blood transfusions in
Birmingham. Please lift her up in prayer.
God's grace to you all!
Vic
God's grace to you all!
Vic
Lori Bevis
09/20/07 18:56
Hamilton A&I Kairos Prayer Vigil
09/14/07 16:02
Steve Barnett
09/13/07 18:53
Please
pray for Steve Barnett. Steve is a minister and very
close friend of Bob Murray. The two of them went all
the way through seminary together and Steve stood
with Bob at his ordination. Bob has just received a
call from Steve saying he didn't think that he could
make it, that everything is hopeless. Bob has gone to
Tuscaloosa to see Steve. Please pray that he makes it
to Tuscaloosa before Steve does something and that he
can get immediate help for Steve.
Decolores
Betsy
Decolores
Betsy
Glenn Lard
09/12/07 21:00
Connie
has asked you to be praying for her sister, Susan's
husband, Glenn Lard, Knoxville, in preparation for a
foot amputation during November or December. He, all
of his life, has had a rare and incurable disease in
which tumors grow
in the feet. He has had numerous surgeries to remove the tumors. In the last few years, the foot will not heal following. He is in constant, severe pain.
Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow!
Dru
in the feet. He has had numerous surgeries to remove the tumors. In the last few years, the foot will not heal following. He is in constant, severe pain.
Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow!
Dru
Lazelle Wright
09/12/07 20:59
My first
cousin, Lazelle Wright, Danville, is a (one) breast
and lung cancer survivor . . . being cancer free for
more that 20 years. Cancer returned to her body and
she had a masectamy of the other breast last week.
She has 2 grown daughers, a son in the 9th grade, a
wonderful husband. and 5 precious grandchildren, and
dogens of cousins, as well as her church family who
are all her support system. She feels good and seems
to be healing more quickly than expected. We need you
to boldly lift her and her famly before the Throne,
to continue her
precious life. Thank you and God Bless! Dru
Paige, Bailey and Parker
09/12/07 20:57
The evil
one continues to work through Paige's husband,
Derrick. He harrasses her, Bailey, and Parker by
constant text messaging and/or calls using very mean
and/or hurtful comments. He talks with or text
messages to his girlfriend, Candi, the entire time
Bailey and Parker are with him. Bailey begs him to
stop and visit with her, but he only screams at
Bailey. In fact, right now Derrick has selected
Bailey as his target to abuse verbally, leaving
Parker and Paige with less angry outbursts. Paige is
weak some days; she is strong some days. She knows we
are lifting her spiritually, which gives her some
peace and comfort, and she is able to ignore some of
the temper fits Derrick throws. Right now, Paige,
Baily, and Parker needs a hedge of protection around
them, deflecting the evil darts constantly hurled at
them.
Connie asks that we pray for Derrick. The Holy Spirit has revealed to Connie that we all need to pray for Derrick's deliverance from Satan. Derrick has lost his way. He was raised by a father minister; he has been in church all his
life, and was active all during the time he was having affairs these last 2 years.
Paige says thank you and she is so grateful to have your support.
To God Be the Glory!
Dru
Connie asks that we pray for Derrick. The Holy Spirit has revealed to Connie that we all need to pray for Derrick's deliverance from Satan. Derrick has lost his way. He was raised by a father minister; he has been in church all his
life, and was active all during the time he was having affairs these last 2 years.
Paige says thank you and she is so grateful to have your support.
To God Be the Glory!
Dru
Mother of Charlene Thomas
09/11/07 21:43
Please
pray for the Mother of Charlene Thomas (sorry I don't
know the name). Charlene is an Asst. Table Leader on
Walk #53 and is one of the cartakers for her Mother.
Last night Charlene found her Mother unresponsive,
clammy, etc. She found that her blood sugar was low
(she is diabetic) and her speech was slurred for a
good part of the evening. This makes Charlene think
she may have also suffered a mini-stroke. Please pray
that the Mother will recover and that Charlene will
be able to work the Walk which she desperately wants
to do.
Thanks,
Sherry Belew
Thanks,
Sherry Belew
Katie Clement
09/05/07 23:52
Please pray tomorrow
morning. Katie Clement will have her stint
removed. Sometimes it can kink and go wrong. Pray
that this procedure will be uneventful.
Thanks,
Anne Roy
UPDATE: 09/07/2007
Katie Clement's numbers went down today. That indicates the the stint removal was uneventful (the urethera can kink) and she continues to improve. She will be able to leave Birmingham and come home this weekend, but will have to be very careful since her immune system is comprimised. Thanks so much for all you prayers through this time.
Anne Roy
Thanks,
Anne Roy
UPDATE: 09/07/2007
Katie Clement's numbers went down today. That indicates the the stint removal was uneventful (the urethera can kink) and she continues to improve. She will be able to leave Birmingham and come home this weekend, but will have to be very careful since her immune system is comprimised. Thanks so much for all you prayers through this time.
Anne Roy