Prayers go out . . .

Wow, what a week it's been! Figuring out final grades for students has taken hours and has kept me up late at night. Not a good combination when I then go to give those lovely State EOC exams that last 3 hrs and all's quiet for all that time. The clock ticks so slowly. I have plenty of time to pray for others in need and there are numerous people on my prayer list right now. Definitely continue to pray for Tricia, Gwyneth, and Nate (see post below) and the other couples, children, and babies they are sending out prayer requests for on Nate's blog.

In addition, please be praying for Brittany and Kyler who were in the wreck Friday. Brittany is out of the hospital, but has a broken arm and ribs, all her front teeth were knocked out and she will have to undergo oral surgery for implants, she has 18 stitches on top of her head where it hit the windshield and she has numerous scraps and bruises. Kyler is still at Carolina's Medical Center in critical, but stable condition.

Continue to pray for Christy Church's family after her death last week from leukemia. Her two young sons and husband must be broken hearted even though they can rest assured that she is with Jesus and no longer in pain. Unfortunately, Christy's mom, dad, and siblings never have received Christ as their Savior and are really hurting from this whole ordeal. Please pray that they will come to know the Lord and her death will have a true purpose and they can rejoice one day with her in heaven.

Elizabeth Dupuy is still undergoing treatments for her colon cancer. Her positive sunshine attitude keeps her going and she is so appreciative of all the prayers that everyone has been sending up on her behalf (she says she can feel them).

Elizabeth Laxton has been in the hospital with heart trouble. They haven't made a diagnosis yet, but she needs our prayers. Her son, Ryan, was visiting at Sunday School on Sunday and let us know that she was not doing well.

Mandi and Jeff are taking Tanner to Baltimore on Wednesday to schedule surgery that will hopefully once-and-for-all rid Tanner's body of this crippling disorder. Pray that God will guide the doctors to find the correct surgery this time so that Tanner can have hopefully just one more final surgery after years of surgeries.

Barry, the head custodian, is having surgery on Wednesday to open up his throat to relieve his sleep apnea. The surgery will be much more riskier than normal because of his heart conditions and if all goes well, he will undergo heart surgery in several months after recuperating from this surgery. The doctor says that he must have this surgery first unless he has a heart attack first.
Pray that this surgery goes well that his heart is strong enough to endure the anesthesia and that the valve will perform as needed. Pray that the doctors will be guided by the hand of God during the surgery.