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Date: 6/10/5 Time: 11:28 AM
Subject: Still unemployed
E-mail Address: anna in spain
Well the translation fell thru so far;if my friend who was setting it up can find a publisher willing to buy the rights, it might happen yet.
So back I go to sending out CV's. Please help me pray for a positive result relatively soon,my friends.
anna
It has almost been 3 mos since I posted last, and am happy to let you know that last week, he drove up and dropped the DGC off and told her to KEEP THEM! I was told the whined and complained and wanted their momma, and he had enough good since to return them!!! Thank God!!!!
They still have to go thru the courts, I'm sure hoping this last action he took will make the Judge give them back to their Mom.
Thanks for the prayers, they really make a difference in a persons life.
I am still continuing to get better from the tumor surgery, still not able to chew, but I just eat soft food, and blend a lot. I am maintaining my weight loss of 45#s!!! and I have pretty much gave up using the walker, only use it to go to the mall, because it is quite a walk and all open space. I have so much in my life to be thankful for.
Janice in Co at that yahoo dot com addy
Will be home tomorrow!!!!!!! Thanks for the Prayers!!!!!!! Janet in Woodstock
She's not home yet, arrrrgh!!!!!!! For the past week or 2 we've been told maybe next or a few days. Her trach came out yesterday and the hole is now closed; physical therapy is going well, so not sure why the hold up now. She is ready to climb the walls, so to speak. Now her primary doctor ( the general practioner) say maybe next week!!!!! I don't think so!!! It better be the next few days because I see nothing to keep her in any longer, I just can't pamper her when she get home. Oh well, I know you can't be too cautious, we don't want her to go back in any time soon. Still thank you all for the prayers! Janet in Woodstock
I have started negotiations to translate a book on the Evolution Debate. Please help pray that this comes thru as I have been unemployed for almost a year now and I *need* to supplement DH income, it will take a long time to get paid but if I know it's coming it will help. I sent off my resume etc. but haven't heard yet.
TIA
anna
Almost DDIL may be able to come home on Monday!!!!! If you feel the earth shake again, it's me doing a snoopy dance on Monday. Janet in Woodstock
Almost DDIL Sara is now off the respirator! She just needs a little oxygen to help some. The nasal/gastric tube is also out and when we left she was eating ice cream, jello and juice. The nurses will also be having her get up to walk, she has been in bed for a month. So she will be home soon!!!!! Thanks for all the prayers!!! Janet in Woodstock
Turns out DH surgery is postponed, the Dr. has a slipped disk and they will have to operate, so instead of working with that clinic, the hosp has decided to do the lens implants themselves...which puts the measurements on June 10 and the ops sometime after that. His first Dr will be hospitalized for quite some time so it's best to take what we can get. Frustrating but there it is, that's what happens with the nationalised system, sometimes. So we'll be chewing our nails a bit longer. You can say a little prayer for him if you will...he withdraws into his shell when he's worried and I know better than to hassle him, but my nature is to talk it out so I have to bite my tongue a lot and just let him be. Poor baby.
anna
DH has been slated for the surgery on the first eye (the worst one) on May 31. However, and this is a big "but", the clinic in charge of making his lens implants hasn't called him in to measure his eye (however they do that, it has a long name that escaped me the second I heard it)for the implants. They have 10 days to do that but one of those days is a holiday! So please pray that they get their ducks in a row in time for the operation to be done when slated.
He is very nervous about this of course, he can't really believe it will happen. But we need it to, as if not he will be blind by December. His cataracts are so heavy they can't see the back of the eye with that light thing.
Pray for me too please, to lean hard on the Lord and trust Him for both of us. DH is not a believer (yet!).
anna
She is doing EXTREMELY well!!!!! She still is on the respirator but with a temporary trach so she can talk. The numbers were going back up on the machine but are now going back down. Sara was changed to a bed where she has an air mattress to turn easier and it can be put into a sitting position when you touch the buttons. She sat up for 1/2 hour yesterday and 1 1/2 hours today, this also helped her cough and bring up some mucus that's been building up in her lungs, this also makes her breath better & get better faster. Sara is in very good spirits, more her normal self. She will have the second drain taken out this week since it hurts when she move -- which is alot now with this bed. I'm hopeful that she will come home next week, today it's been a month since she was admitted to get the abscess taken care of. Thanks many times over for your prayers!!!!!! Janet in Woodstock
I will be praying for your sister. We have had two people in our family with bladder cancer. Both have done well; one with just treatment and the other with treatment and surgery. We also have a friend who had to have his bladder removed; he has lived with an artifical bladder now for over 10 years. There is no telling how many medical advances have been made during that time. We will pray for your sister, and for you to have the grace that you need during this time as you minister to her.
I'm not sure where this is posting to or who reads this,but the way I figure it is if one new prayer is added-my sister is once more blessed.
She was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer about a month ago and started chemo.The second round of chemo isn't going well,they have not been able to do it because her white blood cells are too low as well as her platlets and he bone marrow.If anyone who reads this would say a prayer for my sister Betsy,I would be so very gratful.The prayer is up to you and God,hoepfully the love will do the rest.Thank you so very much
Way to go Sara!!! Keep up the hard work and god bless!
Shelli
Now that this board is working....... Sara is being weaned off the respirator tody, hopefully she'll be off it totally later. Her temp has been down, still has a mild fever, but it isn't spiking up anymore. That also means the drain will be removed soon. Thanks for all your prayers! Janet in Woodstock
the race set before us ... It is hard not to get impatient but the success we are often looking for is often achieved by here a little, and there a little.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5:11
Elle
Thanks for the encouragment Shelli!!! Today Sara had 2 drains put in and anouther cup or so of pus taken out. She is still on the respirator. She isn't responding to fast to the antibiotics, so the infectious doctor had been changing her meds some. It must be working some since more pus came out today. She still is running a fever of 100 - 101F. We hope that this is the last of any more procedures and that she will finally have meds that work, the big to do is getting off the respirator. Thanks for the continued prayers!!!! Janet in Woodstock
Women named Sara tend to surprise us with their strength, but prayers for her are being sent from all over SE Wisconsin by way of our family. Hope & Blessings, Shelli
She is still on the respirator, it was supposed to come out this morning but she isn't taking in enough O2 on her own. I'm hoping for tomorrow. She had a liter of "stuff" drained out from next to her left lung Monday. Not so DH isn't too worried, I am. Sara is my DS'S one & only sweety. Maybe I'm blowing it out of proportion, but I'm worried about Sara. Please pray lots for our Sara. Janet in Woodstock
I QUIT MY JOB!!!! took a step into the unknown and said enough is enough! it's up to hubby now to bring in the cash. anyway, thru an amazing set of coincidences (hmmm?) i had a 1st interview at an ad agency here today! it's my dream job! hopefully i'll get called back next week for the 2nd interview! please keep this in prayer. whichever way it goes...Thy will, not mine.....thanks ladies! linda in syracuse
time! Sara had the scope procedure done this morning. The doctors did have to go in through her back and drain the abscess. The ICU nurse said that there was "alot" of "stuff" drained out. It was the color of pea soup, yikes! Anyway, it should be up hil for now with the abscess cleaned out. I'd still appreciate prayers for a quick recovery for her, thanks! Janet in Woodstock
She had a rough night Saturday, so early Sunday morning she was transferred to ICU - - her o2 level went down into 70 something%. The drs. are going to do the scope procedure to look into her left lung today to see if the abscess is inside or outside her lung and go from there on how to get rid of the abscess, either drain it or scrape it. Thanks for any prayers! Janet in Woodstock
She is doing MUCH better. The Drs. didn't get a scope down her throat yesterday to check on how to treat the lung abscess, just antibiotis or scraping it or go through her back to put in a draing. The scope thing will be down Monday. Our general dr. said this happens occaisionally with pnmonia(sp!). Right now she is getting doses of strong antibiotics and a pian pill, her left shoulder hurts most likely from the abscess and the coughing. Thanks for any prayers! Janet in Woodstock
Although I haven't posted this on the prayer page, some of you know of the problem our adopted daughter has been having with drugs and life in general.
Without urging from DH and myself, she threw in the towel and signed herself into a rehab facility for 6 months' stay. We drove her - at her request - to her home away from home on Monday.
Prayers really are answered, when the time is right in God's sight. Thank you, Lord God!
Judy in beautiful SW Washington who feels a weight lifted from the heart..
Kitty--you and your family are in our prayers. What a god send that little girl is.
Now, I went to Christ King Catholic School (K-8) in Wauwatosa, WI where Maggie was a 3rd grader to celebrate Earth Day and to watch Brennan's nursery plant a Eastern Rosebud tree in Maggie's memory out in front of the school. What was really cool is that Maggie's entire class and any family members in attendance were invited to come forward and dump a shovelful of dirt around the tree's roots. This was a wonderful time to celebrate Maggie's 8 years on this earth and provide the school with a shade tree AND a bench to sit on and think. Plus the kids and their families raised $1000.00 for the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) and $500.00 to Maggie's family for funeral expenses. Thank God for generous hearts so that maybe no other family will ever have to go thru this.
A weird coincidence happened too..I met the father of the man who owns the nursery (Dr. John Brennan) and it turns out he is the ob who delivered my husband and all his siblings over 40 some years ago.
So in all there was laughter, tears, and hope all wrapped up in one afternoon. (And thank you to Maggie for making sure God held off the rain till after the ceremony.
Stitched with love, Shelli
Ladies you know I posted some time back requesting prayers for my DH vision which is very bad, he has 20 diopters in one eye and 6 in the other. Shouting with joy over here...we went to the eye specialist for DH and he has cataracts and they CAN fix it, and while they're at it they're going to give him a lens implant which will fix the myopia. Free gratis and for nothing, as it's on the National Health.
Of course we don't yet know *when* it will be, we don't have an appt yet and it could be a year. It all depends on the waiting lists. But Jesus is definitely on the job!!
"Take heart and be strong and wait in the Lord."
anna
Best this is kept off the Chat Board as I'm being 'hounded' by the dog breeder over there and hopefully she hasn't accessed this board as I don't post here often. So I will ask that what I have to say be kept here and passed on to those who attended the Retreat last Sept. if any are reading this.
Smack in the middle of the retreat, the night before all were to arrive Thursday, my DH had a breakdown (as Linda would attest, he looked very unwell on her brief meeting with him). I was involved with doctors and appts., etc. on Thursday, the day of everyone's arrival and beside myself with worry and concern. In fact, had it not been for those wonderful women manning the house here for me: Jean, Celia, daughter Stacie, Doris, Maggie and others who were kind enough to sense that something very serious had happened and were thoughtful enough to allow me the space to deal with what I had to, I want to say my hearty thanks and appreciation to all who attended the Retreat. I could hardly focus on those who were here for being pulled in too many directions at once.
Thankfully, Jock, after finally accepting the medical support that he's been avoiding for the past few years, is recovering but I expect it will take a long time and he may not, at his age, ever recover to the point he was five years ago when this all began with his daughter's serious illness and his sole care of her.
I know that a few of you read the prayer page and wanted all who came to the retreat to know how much I have appreciated your silent prayers and support over last autumn. As well, I hope that you all managed to enjoy yourselves up here in spite of all the turmoil that was going on in my life, unexpected as it was. I've had continuing support over the winter from several on the board closest to me and just want to express my sincere thanks to them for all their humour and patience with me.
Rosey
My son's fiance, Sara, is now in the hospital. We thought she a reoccurance of pnmonia (I know it's spelled wrong!) but when we went fo have a chest x-ray done it showed something else (x-ray was done at a lcoal hospital). She had to go for a CT scan and it showed a rather large abscess on her left lung. Beats me how it was figured out. Any prayers are appreciated, thanks! Janet in Woodstock
My DH lost his job yesterday. Please say some prayers and think good positive thoughts in this direction. We cna't afford to retire just yet, even though we'd like to.
Gosh, Sara! Maybe you should have put your red hat on for the ride! I sure hope things turn around for you soon. Surely they can't get worse! <<grin>> Cyber hugs for (((Sara)))!
The frog chorus has been added to our Spring sounds. They should be happy! We have been getting rain these past few days.
Blessings from Elle
Dear Kitty
I had a kidney stone during my last pregnancy but thankfully it was at 6 months and the stone passed after a week. So I know to some extent the pain your DD has been going through. Lots of good wishes coming from afar that she starts to come good very soon.
And congratulations to all the family on the birth of Miriam Grace - such a beautiful name!! WAtch your health, also!!
Love and hugs
Fran in S'Oz
I visited DD last night and this evening. She is doing a little better but still very ill. They are waiting for the platelets and white cell counts to get to normal levels. Her liver is still enlarged. She is still on Mag Sulfate, which is making her light sensitive, double visioned and gives her terrible headaches. She doesn't want us to bring the children in to see her this sick. She is afraid it will scare them.
Baby is a beautiful minature porcelain doll. She has such fine features. Can't wait to get to hold her. Her name seems so big for such a little baby, Miriam Grace. She has a feeding tube but I don't know for how long. She will probably be released before her Mama. In that case she stays in her Mama's room.
The DGC (4) are very tiring and noisy but I am enjoying them. DD doesn't have worry about them. I am doing laundry every day to keep them in clean clothes.
Thanks for all the prayers. Keep them coming. TIA
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Please know that I have been following your messages and sending prayers for DD, the little angel and all of you. Please continue to keep us informed. Bunny
Kristy had(s) a condition called Hellp Syndrome. She is still very ill. Her liver is enlarged and she is still on Mag Sulfate. Her blood levels are off and she is in a lot of pain.
Baby is in NICU. She won't eat so they are going to put a tube in and feed her every 3 hrs. Kristy has seen her twice. She is tiny and so perfect.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Kristy is still in great pain from the kidney stone. They haven't decided what they are going to do about it.
They induced her this afternoon and she gave birth a couple hours later. At 6:25 PM she gave birth to a daughter, 4 lbs. 9 oz. 18" long. Her name is Miriam Grace.
This is all I know for now. Just glad it is over and now she can get well.
May God bless you and yours!
I will be having a laproscopic, hand assisted colon resection to remove a large benign (thankfully)polyp on April 20. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks. Norma in Hermitage TN
They did a CT/scan yesterday afternoon. She has a kidney stone and was terribly dehydrated. They've been giving her IV fluids and pain meds. for her pain. We don't know yet how they are going to handle this. Meanwhile, we keep the 3 older kids with us day and night. Today we will have the 2 yo as well. I told DSIL that he is to bring all the laundry. I will make sure they have clean clothes. I'll give an update when I get one.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Kitty, pray LOVE upon your dear daughter and her baby. Mother's love makes many things better but it is God's love that you will want to surround and fill her with.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. 1 John 4:18a
God is Perfect and he is Love. We love him because he first loved us.
Elle
My daughter is due in one month. We want this baby to be full term. Her other 4 were inducements and at least one month early.
She was hospitalized last week for two days. They thought she had an infected gall bladder. The antibiotic helped but she has been in pain since then. Now they think it might be an abscessed appendix. They don't want to operate while she is pregnant, but if it ruptures, she is in real trouble. She would have peritonitis which is life-threatening. If they induce her, to get the baby out, whatever is giving her the pain could burst during labor or delivery. She is very frightened. Please pray for her and the baby.
Kate Askins
Please pray for our Pope. Dana in Alberta
It has been almost 2 wks since they were taken from their mom. Their dad just got home from Bagdad, wanted to take the children to shop for a little while. He never brought them back. DD has not been able to talk to them, they have been out of school, DGS is off his meds and DGD needed a follow up on a siesure that she had the day or two before he took them. I tried to call him on his cell phone, he would not answer.
He has admitted to being unfaithful....not a good role model.
Janice in CO
Anna- No need to ask. Already praying.
Love, Ginny
Well girls, here we go again. I finally got a decent application letter written in Spanish and a text sample scanned so I can broadcast resumes out there to Spanish publishers. Elle, you were right--a lot of it had to do with plain fear, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of getting in over my head. But we need another income badly to help cover basics, not just for extras, so it's time I grew up. Please ladies help pray that God would lead me to just the right job, I know He has something out there for me. And pray against fear, confusion etc.--Easter week is always a hard time for me.
TIA
anna
Pat - I am so sorry for the loss of your Dad. You and your Mom are in my prayers and thoughts through this difficult time.
Hugs to you,
Helen in SW FL
We would be grateful for any prayers and positive thoughts for our family, and especially my mom, Reggie, as we lost Pop last Wednesday. He had been in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks with pneumonia, and had been on a vent part of that time. Mom had an asthma attack while visiting him the first week, and was put in the hospital, too. She called us the day before she got out, telling us that Pop had been put on the vent and that the doc thought we'd better get up there from TX as soon as we could. We got to MI Tuesday March 1. Pop seemed to get a bit better, and they decided to take him off the vent Friday the 4th. We weren't sure if he would be able to breathe on his own or not, but he did manage it, and rallied a bit for a few days. We all had time to tell each other how much we loved and appreciated each other, and especially Pop. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on the 9th. We had the service on the 12th. I'll be heading back to TX on Wednesday for 5 days so my DH will be able to recognise me, then back to MI for 5 days from the 21st to the 25th, then back to TX. Mom will fly down on the 28th and stay a couple of weeks with us.
Pat in Rockport, TX, now in Grand Rapids, MI
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Hebrews 11:1&2
Elle
Our prayers were answered.
I am so relieved Pat. I know the family must be ecstatic. Thanks for telling us. It's been a long worry.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
Got the call last night - Brittney was found in a park somewhere in Houston. She was cold, hungry & tired, but okay. Thank you all for thinking about her!
Pat Brooks
Charles had his stent put in this morning. It took twice as much time as they told me. Of course, I was getting nervous watching the clock.
He seems to be doing well. They decided to keep him over night.
Thank all who prayed for him.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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I have found my soulmate, C.M. Please pray that if it is in God's will that he and I will both settle down and become husband and wife. Please pray that I may be a good wife for him and he will be a good husband and good father to my children. He, too has a son. I ask that you pray for our family. Thank you.
I am having a CT/scan tomorrow to make sure there isn't anymore cancer. If it is okay, then I will start the antibody therapy.
DH had an appt. with his Heart Specialist today. He is having a cardiac cath to put another stent in his heart on Thursday. I am a bundle of nerves.
Please keep us in prayer.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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The 23rd Psalm is a favorite of many people. Most can quote it and many draw comfort from it's word picture. It is not as well known that God is revealed in it in 10 different ways. He is Jehovah-Rohi, The Lord my Shepherd. He is also Jehovah-Shammah - The Lord is There. This is in verse 4) ... for Thou art with me.
God's spirit broods over his creation. His delight is to respond to the call of his children. He truly 'is There' or 'with me'. He responds to the quietest whimper or the most desperate shout. And his presence with us makes all the difference in any situation.
May you know him as Jehovah-Shammah.
Elle
Both of you are in my thoughts and prayers as you both face such difficult times in your lives right now.
Hugs and prayers,
Helen in SW FL
Please pray for my daughter who is leaving a cheating hubby. She needs the strength to demand her happiness and peace of mind. She loves him but he has brought one too many things home that cannot be cured. She also needs prayers as she goes through a medical procedure that will remove the cancer it caused.
And also please pray for me to be supportive for her and not so angry with him for hurting my baby.
Terye Dawn
My 13-yr old niece in Houston has either run away or worse... She hasn't been seen since Saturday night. Houston after dark is not a good place for a child to be by herself. Please think good things for her and ask that she be found safe, sound and ready to come home.
Thanks...
Pat in Bonney Lake, WA
I'm at plbrooks1(at)comcast.net - change the (at)
I wanted to add my prayers and thoughts for you in trying to deal with an alcoholic problem in your family. Do go to Alanon. You may not be able to help him but I believe the support that you will find at Alanon will be positive and healthy for you.
Alcoholism can destroy families terribly. I'm sorry.
Rosey
Linda, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I can identify with having an alcoholic in the family. Makes you feel like you're walking on eggshells. Will be praying for you.
Linda - my thoughts and prayers are with you. You're going through such a difficult time right now and I'll keep you in my thoughts.
Hugs,
Helen in SW FL
please pray for my marriage. my husband is a binge drinker but won't admit his problem. he doesn't drink often, but when he does, 1 is too many and 12 is not enough. then he does stupid things like shaving my eskimo dogs while i'm gone for a few hours. i think that's more to be hurtful to me, but he doesn't realize it himself. he sees nothing wrong with having "a few beers" on the weekend when he's relaxing. i plan to go to alanon, but am now afraid to quit my job as planned, as i may not want to deal with this any longer,and would need the income to support myself. my job is a horrible stressor that put me out on leave for almost 4 months last year. thank you for your prayers. linda
Maggie's been on my mind a lot, probably because both her sisters (Maddy & Lizzy)seem to be having a lot of trouble opening up about their loss. Both are acting out and taking their anger over the loss of their sister on their mom. I think they are afraid of admitting that they are resentful of the time their mom gave to their sister, which is a double whammy cause these feelings feed their guilt. Please pray that Clare, Maddy and Lizzy have the strenght to get help in dealing with these emotions (there is a grief counselor involved). Thanks, Shelli
Don't let the spam on this page bother you. The web master will remove it if she sees it. You could e-mail her direct and call it to her attention.
There is a parable (Luke 18) that illustrates the value of persistance. Jesus begins it by saying, "...men ought always to pray, and not to faint.' Then he describes a woman who's persistence paid off. We are also exhorted to ask, seek, and knock and each endeavour has its own reward.
Blessings from Elle
Sometimes things seem just too hard. That is the time when comfort cannot be found in words, hugs, or companionship. Sometimes the breath of God is necessary.
May God breathe on you.
Blessings from Elle
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Please pray for Wayne and Nancy Harber of Rochester, New York, who just lost their precious 10-year-old daughter to the flu on Feb. 15. Pray for a comfort and peace that only God can give.
Charlotte in Denver
Please help me to pray that my home will sell quickly so that my husband and I can move to a place that will be more suitable to our health and financial issues.
Recently, I asked you to pray for our friend, Mary. She is doing okay at present. I found out that another friend, George, just had brain surgery for a tumor. He is doing well post-operatively, but the prognosis is very poor. He and his wife are lovely people who would be very grateful for your prayers. Thanks, Bunny
Psalm 8:4 asks;
What is man that Thou art mindful of him?
Actually it isn't really about man; it is about God. He cannot be less than He is and his nature is to love us. As a father provides for his family, as a mother cares for her children, as a friend who sticks closer than a brother; this is our God. Circumstances, questions, distance and our personal likes and dislikes; these don't change who He is. So let us follow Peter's advice and "cast all your cares upon him: for he cares for you."
Elle
A few years ago, I asked your prayers when we could not find my college age son, Paul for a whole weekend. God heard you prayers and he returned from a weekend in chicago with a friend and, "Oh, Sorry, Mom, guess I forgot to tell you I was going!"
Now Paul is married and lives with his wife in Denver. He just called me to tell me he is going in for some tests - to hopefully rule out prostate cancer. He is only 28 and just starting his life. They have ruled out a lot of other things and have come to this point. A mother can sure feel helpless when a child is so far away (I am in Ohio) and having problems.
I do read a lot and pray for all kinds of requests on the prayer page. Even tho I don't often post, I always enjoy keeping up with what is going on. Please remember Paul in your prayers. thanks!
Just me, Sue in Ohio
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A lieutenant in Iraq sent a prayer request to the radio station requesting prayer for the troops who will be driving the tanks carrying the voting machines and ballots for the Iraqi election. He said they are a prime target because the enemy does not want the election. He also said that his men consider it a historical, but very dangerous mission. He prays with his troops before they leave in the tanks. It is wonderful to know that we have some godly officers serving our country, as well as the other troops who know Him.
If everyone could pray for these soldiers as the Lord leads, for protection from the enemy, and then pass this request along to family and friends so they can pray as well, especially those in other states and countries, then they will be covered in prayer worldwide. It will be exciting to hear the report they give of how the Lord protected them!
Marty in VT
Friend, Mary, called last night. She had a stroke and has been through all the tests only to find out she has an aneurysm in the brain stem. She has another test this morning and appointments to follow. Please keep her in your prayers. Bunny
My DH is going through a tremendous amount of stress at work right now. Please send some good calming thoughts and prayers his way. Thanks you so much.
WAY TO GO KITTY!!!!
With love and Hugs from Maggie's whole family.
Shelli
Praise the Lord! Great news, Kitty! Bunny in IL
I want to give God all the glory and praise for my healing. I want to thank all of you who were open to doing God's work by praying for me. I am so grateful. Prayer is worth more than gold.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Elle, the bridge is called the Albert Street Bridge, and it is lovely, isn't it. It spans part of Wascana Lake, which is a somewhat man-made lake. It seems that it was a work project in the Depression, dug by men with spades. Here's a bit I've lifted from the site: http://www.wascanalake.com/100_yrs.cfm
"In 1931, Wascana Lake was drained, enlarged and deepened again by about two metres. This make-work project was funded by three levels of government and helped to create employment for over 2000 men. Although excavation equipment was available, these men laboured mostly by hand, shoveling and removing 90,000 cubic metres of soil, and building two new islands in the lake - Willow Island and Spruce Island." It seems the city had to drain and deepen it once again in 2003. In Regina one sees the name Wascana attached to various places and businesses. It's Cree for "pile of bones."
Anyway, about the bridge; I had a calendar when I went to the U in Regina that had some really lovely watercolours of city scenes. My favorite was a closeup of one of the Albert Street Bridge pillars. The artist had taken licence and given them some colour. I saved that page from the calendar and had it matted and mounted on foamcore. I really ought to have it framed to keep it from damage.
And Elle, I love your word pictures of life on the farm in Manitoba. I'd love to visit your province someday soon. Heck, I'd like to see the rest of Canada! LOL I've been out Jean's way many times, as my DM is from the island; but heading east, I've never been beyond Saskatchewan
Bonnie in the Wild Rose City : )
I've had the CT/scan and the PET/scan. Talked to my Oncologist today. She says there is no evidence of the Hodgkins Lymphoma or the Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I am officially in remission of both cancers. It's a miracle!
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Jenny and her family, who lost their little 3 month old daughter last Tuesday. She fell asleep on her mothers bed and when her mother went to check on her the little 2 year old said he had covered her up as she was cold. They are a wonderful family and are completely devastated by this. Also on Wednesday another family near to us had a house fire and lost everything, including the house, car , all is lost. I am very thankful we live in such a caring community as the support they are receiving is wonderful but your prayers are still needed. Thank you, Bee in NZ
Special hugs and prayers to the many who struggle with loneliness, sadness, and disappointment during this time of the year.
Queen Esther's life turned out different than she imagined. But she was able to petition the king for mercy for her people when all seemed hopeless. Their dispair turned to delight as they celebrated their victory over their enemies. Dispair is an enemy with many soldiers in his army. But our King can help the most helpless turn the tide. Some battles are big and decisive while most are smaller skirmishes with ground taken more slowly. So celebrate any stand taken against the enemy and lift hands in thanks that this year the King is available to extend his sceptre in mercy.
Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Psalm 17:7
thanks to all for praying for my co-workers fiance...his 1st round of tests came back, and the docs think maybe he just has a naturally low white count. they will MRI his lump next week, but are not so concerned now. PLUS, she made it through probation! linda in syracuse
Joseph was the favorite son of his father, Jacob. He stayed by his father and his job was to run errands. His brothers didn't like his position in the family business and arranged for him to take a sabbatical. He was conscripted into a foreign company with no benefit package. He was fired with no recourse. He worked his way up from the very bottom of a restricting job that had no hope of a retirement plan. At the end of his career his testimony was that 'it was not you that sent me hither, but God...'
When God created man, he blessed them and gave them jobs. After the Fall, the job didn't change but the conditions did. When Jesus was asked about work, he said that our most important work was to believe on him whom God sent.
No matter is too small to ask the Father. He stoops to hear the concerns of those who are working on their believing.
Somewhere in all of the jobs that Joseph held, he figured out who he was working for. Then he was privileged to learn why. And he was able to share his blessings with Jacob who had never forgot his favorite errand boy.
Blessings to all those who are struggling with work situations. I pray God will go before you.
Elle
I know this is small potatoes compared to so many other folks problems, but if you guys could send up a prayer or two for my husband to help with his job search, I would appreciate it. He is being laid off on Dec 31. This is a particularly tough thing for him, (he turns 50 next spring), plus the pressures of this job have been so horrendous that he is totally worn down, physically and emotionally. We have actually joked that the lay-off itself may be the answer to a prayer to ease the current job situation. Now however, the reality of being out of work is sinking in and he is becoming more depressed over that. I am praying for the Lord to give us both the strength to do whatever is necessary, and to keep the faith that this is happening for a reason. I know He knows our needs and will provide for them, but I could use some sisterly help in the prayer department. Thanks for your help, and may your holidays be a time of fellowship with family and friends and to remember the "reason for the season" Jesus.
my co-worker jenn just got engaged this year, and they just discovered a lump on the side of her fiance's neck and a low white cell count. please keep him in prayer,and also her. she is still on probation at work, and cannot make 1 mistake or she'll be fired. she has been spending her lunch hours crying in the ladies room. thank you all. i pray for everyone here in their difficult times. xox linda in syracuse
So sorry to hear of the passing of Maggie. I take comfort in the fact that she no longer has the pain and can now run and play in heaven. Prayers are going out to the family from here.
Terye Dawn IN california
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Prov.22: 1 Sounds to me like Maggie is one very rich little girl! :) Her family and friends are very blessed.
Elle
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Prov.22: 1 Sounds to me like Maggie is one very rich little girl! :) Her family and friends are very blessed.
Elle
Over one thousand people attended the services for Maggie. Her soccer team sent a bouquet in the shape of a soccer ball in the teams colors and wore their uniforms as a sign of respect, the quilt that my quilting friends made was draped over her closed casket at the end of the service and the children who attended brought books to be donated to the HOT Unit at Wisconsin's Children's Hospital (a total of over three hundred books when we counted and packed them for delivery). It is truly awesome how many lives this little girl touched in just 8 1/2 years...Thank you again and God Bless!
Shelli
Kathy - I'll keep you and your family in my prayers and a complete recovery for Cassi. I think it's even more difficult in these situations when they happen away from home.
Helen in SW FL
I leave in one hour for the visitation and mass to remember Maggie. Thank you so much everyone for your words of encouragment and sympathy.
Kitty--keep fighting, know that we pray for you every day.
Cassi sweetheart, prayers are on the way...
Maggie's Aunt Shelli
Cassi became ill while traveling to DM's home in So. Fla. Dr.s say she suffered a slight stroke and is hospitalized in Orlando. As we await further news I'm asking for prayers for her complete recovery. Thank you for remembering Cassi at this time. Kathy in Ohio
I hear a lot on British Christian radio deriding the abbreviation of Christmas as "Xmas". They talk about crossing Christ out, etc. But they're mistaken, because they don't speak Latin or know their history. Xmas is no bad thing! Read on...
In the old days when people actually wrote with feathers, any and all red tape of a governmental sort was taken down longhand by longsuffering scribes. Their job was to take down any documents, court procedings etc. verbatim to be signed and witnessed. (An enormous proportion of their paperwork is still extant in Archives in Spain and Latin America. I used to work in an Archive, I've seen it). Anyway, the scribes naturally came up with shortcuts, abbreviations and other tricks of the trade to make the work go faster; palaeography is the science of learning to read this old form of legal writing, which in some cases can amount almost to a code.
Cristobal (Christopher) was one of the most common names in the 15th to 17th centuries in Spain and its colonies. The Latin word "crux" (Cross) sounded much like Cris, so they abbreviated it by drawing a cross: Cruxtobal, or Crosstopher, if you will. It was easier to turn the Cross on its side and make an X, which could be attached to the next letter, saving time and pen strokes.
This convention was adopted in English over time, abbreviating Christian as Xtian, Xmas for Christmas, etc. Not X-mas as in X-it-out, but Cross-mas! In 18th and 19th century France, the child Jesus was often drawn in a cross-shaped manger, foreshadowing the Crucifixion right from His birth. This puts the Cross right in the middle of our Christmas celebrations, Easter and Christmas together.
So now you know...
anna, girl etymologist
Anna, please don't despair. If you ever need a friend, I'm just a phone call away. Send out those CVs, girl. The right job is out there just waiting. You're the best!!!!
My deepest sympathies and condolences to Maggie's family. God has a new angel in heaven now.
Helen in SW FL
Please my friends, pray for me to be able to see thru the fog of depression and get myself in gear to send out CVs and look for a new job. I NEED to be making some money to supplement DH's low income, but my previous boss has shaken my confidence in my ability as a translator in the worst way. For several weeks I could hardly express myself in my chosen language! It is getting better but I am Terrified by the idea of sending out resumes and dealing with new, unknown people. However I know I must! Which makes it worse. And now we find that DH may lose the sight in one eye due to overstrain. Eheu.
Please pray that God would lead me to the right people at the right time and for a decent wage. Forgive my whining when people like Shelli have so much more to deal with.
anna
What a brave & beautiful little girl (I have just been to her website).How blessed you all were to have her & she to have such a family. She is a treasure you'll carry in your hearts forever. Great sympathy to you all.
Barbara in southern Ontario,Canada
Those who pass through the veil do not cry. That is left for those who remain. Hot, salty, sad, tears! May they wash the soul and leave Peace.
Blessings from Elle
I am so dreadfully sorry to hear of Maggie's passing. I prayed so long and hard for her. She was on my mind a lot yesterday. She went through so much that I hoped she would be rewarded with a successful bone marrow transplant.
I believe she is with Jesus now and all the other children. I have 6 DGC in Heaven and I hope she is playing with them.
I am struggling so much with the after effects of chemo and radiation. I will keep the family in prayer.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Shelli,
Prayers for your family in your time of great sorrow. Thank you for sharing Maggie with us through this page. May God ease your pain with happy memories of the time you had with Maggie.
Glenda in Florida
Shelli,
Prayers for your family in your time of great sorrow. Thank you for sharing Maggie with us through this page. May God ease your pain with happy memories of the time you had with Maggie.
Glenda in Florida
So very sorry. I will continue to keep you all in my prayers. Bunny
Sorry I haven't updated on Maggie for awhile, but things started happening for the worst kind of fast and Maggie died at 4:30 cst today, Nov 27th, 2004. She died surrounded by those who loved her and where she is now is free of pain, needles, and other procedures. God bless you for all your prayers.
Shelli
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My sister phoned this morning and said her younger son (36 y/o) was diagnosed with Colon Cancer yesterday. He had been bleeding for 3 months and finally sought his doctor. He is having tests run now to see what stage it is in. We covet your prayers for him, his family, mother and siblings. TIA
Marty in VT
I need to ask for special prayers and hugs for my youngest son. He has lived in Hollywood, CA for the past 6 years and has undergone many struggles both professional and personal in his quest to make a life there. He is following a dream and refuses to give up. I know God has a plan for Evan, but the struggles seem more overwhelming to him right now. Prayers, please, that he will be able to find a light at the end of what appears to be a very dark tunnel right now. It's hard to be so far away. Thank you all.
Maggie DOES NOT have fungal pnuemonia, she has idiopathic radiation pnuemonia. The Doctors did a lung biopsy on friday and on Saturday the results revealed that her lungs are damaged, but the treatment the Drs chose (putting her in a coma and putting her on a vent) to give her lungs a break is working. As of Sunday afternoon she was down to 42% oxygen from the original starting point of 100%. She will continue with the vent till around Friday, but any longer and the DRS are afraid her lungs will forget how to work. Then they will slowly reduce the coma meds so she will awaken, but the Drs are encouraged.
Maggie's mom Clare is having a tough time right now, trying to be there for everybody but this is stressing her out so she spends part of everyday reading e-mails that have been posted on Maggie's web page to Maggie and her sisters. It amazes Clare how many people care about one little girl they don't even know. If you would like to drop Maggie a note you can do so thru this web address www.caringbridge.com/wi/maggieb
The web site includes pictures and journal entries that Maggie has done during this last hospital stay.
God Bless you all...Shelli
The world today revels in unreality. Photographs are enhanced with air brushing, computer technology mixes fact and fiction, words confuse, mislead and lie. But superwoman cannot exist, much as she is held up as the ideal. Breaking free of that ideology is as difficult as separating wheat and tares that mingle their roots in the earth. An impossibility??? Ah, nothing is impossible with God.
Does perfection exist? Should we strive for it?
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." This was part of the sermon on the mount and I believe if we are to love our neighbour we are also to be perfect. But we know no more how to be perfect than we know how to love our neighbour as we should.
The two most comforting words in the Bible are: but God .....
God's grace can be defined as the desire and the ability to do what God asks. It is he who sparks your desire and ignites your abilities. Do you then have to do more than he asks? NO Can you get by with less? NO Could perfection be that sustained moment of having done all that he has asked and then standing, like a soldier at ease, if you will; and trusting Him. Simple? Yes Hard? Yes Impossible???
...but God!
Blessings from Elle
It is a bittersweet day. The results are in and Maggie's counts are up which indicates the donated marrow is taking. But she has developed a fungal infection in her lungs which has given her pneumonia and forced the Drs. to add breathing treatments every two hours to all the treatments and drugs she already gets but to do all this she has been moved to the Intensive care unit at Children's. She has weakened considerably and I'll be honest, the family is truly terrified we're going to lose her. Any extra prayers would be appreciated.
Also, Kitty it sounds like you are having a tough time of it as well and please know that you are never far from our thoughts and and I'm including extra prayers for Anna as well.
Maggie's Aunt Shelli
After spending most of the day in the ER, I found this this evening. I am claiming it for myself.
1 Peter 5:10
New International Version
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
May God bless you and yours!
Love, >^..^< Kitty in WA >^..^<
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Please pray for me ladies. I think I'm going to have to apply to some new publishers. My current boss is getting v. difficult to work for. I am not perfect and apparently the core group are, or think they are. Their way is the right way, you know? I don't think I can carry the load any more.
Please pray that God would go before me and prepare a new position, with the right company. I would prefer to stay in Christian publishing if poss, but secular would be all right if that is what He has in mind. Right now I can't see...lots of fog around me. But: Jesus is Lord. I am His child. and Nothing essential has changed in the last 2000+ yrs!
Jesus is on the job, even if I can't see Him.
anna
Thank you Shelli and Elle. I am always amazed at how you can hear something or read something at exactly the right time when you need to.Pam.
What a wonderful word picture for all of us to get a hold of when circumstances get us down!
We just need to "lean down, put our shoulder to the rock and start pushing towards tomorrow..."!
That is so wonderful! A rock of adversity but even more, The Rock who is our refuge and delights when we ask Him for help. And sometimes it takes until tomorrow to see the results.
Thanks Shelli, I wrote it down so I'll remember to lean into that rock, myself.
Bless you, Elle
Maggie is having a tough time in the hospital right now. Her throat is badly ulcerated due to the radiation and chemo she received before the transplant and she is unable to take anything by mouth and she is receiving nutrition thru her IV's. For the first time she is finding her emotions are out of control and that she is weeping a lot. This little girl has been so tough for so long that we are finding her demands on us are catching us by surprise and can be overwhelming. But all it takes is the sight of that once again bald head surrounded by all those beeping machines in her room at the hospital for us to lean down, put our shoulder to the rock and start pushing towards tomorrow, thanking god that there will be a tomorrow! God bless you all...Maggie's Aunt Shelli
The biopsy was negative. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I believe because of prayer I was able to get in quickly (got in a cancled spot just a week ago) and they were sensitive enough to get the phone call out right away. God bless you.
Laura in IA
I WAIT upon you, Lord
I wait upon YOU, Lord
For Lord, you are the Giver
And the Life you give
Will last forever
So here am I Lord
Open to Thee
Let Your Spirit
Move in me.
Thanks everybody--Maddy got thru the donors part of the transplant just fine. Now its wait and see for Maggie on whether or not her sister's marrow will "take". Keep those prayers coming! God bless, Maggie's Aunt Shelli
I just need prayer for peace of mind while I wait for further testing for abnormal pap smear - again. I know these things are generally routine and curable but I need support.
Laura in IA
This is an unusual prayer request, but I UPS'd my Red Hat quilt to Jane in N.C. for the Franklin, N.C. quilt show last month. It never arrived! UPS says they have 8 business days to trace it. Please pray that it will be found. I insured it, but would much rather have the quilt back. It was a one of a kind, with my friends on it.
Sara in Fla.
On Sept 29th Maggie started daily cranium radiation in preparation for her transplant because as of 7am on the 28th she was BACK IN REMISSION!!!!!! Maggie then entered the hospital to stay on October 4th for full body radiation and on October 11th her sister Maddy will enter the hospital for an overnite stay to recover from donating bone marrow. We don't know how long Maggie will have to stay on the "Hot Unit" at Children's after the transplant because there are lots of issues to consider (illness, weather, immune system) and it will take time for the donated marrow to "take". As soon as I know something, I'll pass it on....Thank you & God Bless...Maggie's Aunt Shelli
Annie is improving and it looks like the surgery was a blessing in more ways than one. Annie is now reporting that she has less pain--we think the spine curvature was aggravating her Cerebral Palsy and increasing her pain so in getting rid of the curvature, the pain was lessened there by stopping the aggravating of the CP.
Maggie is holding her own, but shes not back in remission yet so the Bone Marrow Transplant probably won't take place till the end of October.
Thank you so much for helping these two feisty girls! Maggie's Aunt Shelli
It has been my experience that God always has a provision in place before the problem occurs. We don't always recognize this unfortunately.
About two weeks a go an new lady joined our quilt group. She told me about her family and mentioned how their church had prayed for years for a young boy who was born with problems with his head. Many surgeries, many shunts. How little did she know that this young man would marry her daughter and they would go to work in a foreign country. This is possible because he has a little 'button' on his body that activates a shunt that he still needs.
I tell this because you never know how your prayers turn out sometimes and other times it ends up directly impacting your own life. It was also no coincidence that I was told this encouraging story just in time to offer encouragement to others. Canada-Thailand-Spain-United States! Truly God is not limited! And the 'miracles' are before our eyes if only we would pause on the way to 'our' expectations.
Elle
This past July, my oldest son (37) suffered a ruptured aneuryism in his brain. He survived a very serious operation to correct this and is slowly returning to his normal life. I have just learned that another operation may be necessary as he is again experiencing headaches which may be caused by excess spinal fluid. A shunt may need to be inserted. As he is in the States and we currently live in Spain, I would appreciate prayers for his welfare and that his life might SOON return to normal. Thanks lots.
Ginny in Spain
I am so thrilled for Maggie and her sister. Please tell those little girls that there are some ladies who are praying with all their hope for them. Tell Maggies sister that she is a wonderful sister and that she has an amazing courage. So does Maggie. Aunt Shelli thank you for keeping us up to date.
Terye Dawn in California
The 1st week of Oct I start radiation to dissapate the rest of the tumor. This week we went there and they made a "mask" and did a simulation to be prepared for the radiation. A woman there is suppose to find me a place to stay and transportation back and forth. She is having some troubles finding accomidations. Please pray for me that my time there will be relaxing so that I can rest....I remember last time I was so tired, glad to have a quiet place to rest.
Thanks,
Janice in CO
a very special woman at work got a double whammy yesterday - at 1pm she was notified that her 28year old son in GA had a stroke with left brain damage. at 1:25pm her other son was t-boned in a car accident. please pray for strength & peace for her, and God's merciful touch for her sons. her son in GA just comleted his PhD. linda in syracuse who now knows why she belongs at her job!
Daniel's three friends faced the open doors and said that their God was well able to deliver them the from the burning fiery furnace, "and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not..."
It is my prayer that those in the hurricane zone do not become weary with the preparations and that they wound be spared the trauma of another disaster, but if not...
"And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain." Isaiah 4:6
Elle, who has a daughter in the Caribbean.
I normally don't post here, but am asking for my sisters in the Lord to pray for the state of Florida (USA). We have been hit with Bonnie, Charlie, and Frances. Please ask the Lord to be gracious and not let Ivan hit anywhere here. We are all tired, worn out, and at the end of our collective strength. I pray that Ivan will just spin out, I know there are people in Mexico also, but anywhere but here!
Thanks you sisters.
Sara -trusting in the name of the Lord in Florida
It is not always old garments or quilts that need patching. I remember getting a brand new skirt and somehow I managed to cut the fabric before it was even washed. I had to iron on a stabalizing patch and then darn it over the torn area. Every time I wore that skirt I looked to see how that patch was holding up. But I had done a good job and it was hardly noticable. I seriously doubt that anyone looking at the garment would have found the patch. Isn't life like that! Lots of the rips and tears of life can be patched up. When we go thru them it seems that they are huge and everyone must see them. But in the everyday issues of life they resume their proper emphasis.
May this be the case for Maggie, her sister and their family!
Elle
WE HAVE A DONOR!!!!!!! Maggie's oldest sister (13) is a perfect match! She actually asked to be tested and I have promised her some quilting lessons afterwards. If things go right, Maggie will hopefully be in remission by the end of Sept., then she has full body radiation to kill off her bone marrow, then she receives the donated marrow from her big sister and enters isolation for 45-60 days to allow the new marrow to take. Thank you thank you!!
Maggie's Aunt Shelli
P.S. How do I attach a picture of Maggie to an e-mail so you guys could put a face to her name?
i promise not to do this every day till retirement! God has so blessed me with the best supervisor in that whole company - all 3 offices! she has been very patient with me and not pushing me to do more than i'm comfortable with. while i was gone, they moved a lot of people around and reassigned supervisors, but i'm in the same place! thank you for your prayers! barefoot linda in syracuse. (no more thunder!)
Linda of the dog slippers (I love that image!): how did it go? I took you to prayer meeting and as we are 7 hrs ahead of you I felt at least I was "helping"...I sent off that text but haven't checked my email yet. We shall see! If he sends me another one I guess I'll know I'm OK.
Jesus is on the job.
Let me just share the 3 pillars of my faith:
Jesus is Lord
You are his child
Nothing essential has changed in the last 2000 yrs.
anna
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. If you're not to keen on fat bones...
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.
I'm glad to hear that things are working out!
Elle
ya know, elle, i just realized what a whiner i am! there are so many people in my area without work, and here i have a good paying job and all i do is whine. i'm sorry! that glimmer will help me appreciate the gift of employment that i have, rather than complain about it not being perfect. your words are wise...thank you. linda
maybe i should tell my employer, in a nehemiah fashion, that my sadness is because the home of my husband is a mess. then they'll send me home with a maid service! seriously though, those were wise and timely words i needed! i am wavering between wanting to just get back & get over it, and extreme anxiety. after 2 months off, you'd think i'd be bored enough to WANT to go back! oh well. thank you all for your prayers & friendship! linda in syracuse where the 2nd day of violent thunderstorms has my dogs wrapped around my ankles like slippers. (sorry about the bad grammar anna!)
There are a few examples of people employed at less than ideal jobs in the Bible. Joseph is perhaps the best well known and his career took many twists and turns. It started in a pit and kept going down hill from there! His testimomy was that God did this to serve His own purposes. In Joseph's case it was to save lives. Nehemiah dared to tell his employer that his sadness was because the city of his fathers was in ruin. He was granted a sabbatical as well as materials to rebuild Jerusalem. Daniel and other captives dared to keep their godly standards in the midst of an ungodly and hostile environment. They rose to positions of respect and authority in the midst of tremendously adverse conditions. Daniel, himself, survived many governmental changes and God showed him future events. And perhaps Esther would have preferred to remain at home in her cousins house but she submitted and willingly placed herself in the hands of the King's chamberlain who prepared her to meet the great king. She pleased him and became Queen, only to find herself spending a lot of her time alone as matters of state intervened. But a crisis caused her cousin to counsel her to risk death by approaching the king uninvited for perhaps this was the reason for her being made a Queen!
I'm reminded of a song that is taken from Moses' dealings with God. Moses dared God's anger by being reluctant to take on the job of leader of the Israelites. Then later he dared God's wrath by questioning God's own reluctance to continue to struggle with the very people that he'd asked Moses to lead! I think Moses had perhaps grown to see his job in a different light. And perhaps we all need to realize who it is that we ultimately work for!
As best as I can recall, here are the words to the song:
Herein shall it be made known in the earth
That we have found grace in thy sight;
If thy presence go with us
To lead us, to change us,
To be thine inheritance.
Show us thy way, that we may go in.
Separate us to thy rest.
Show us thy glory,
O'Lord, we pray.
We would be true to thee till death.
May God bless you in your struggles and may you experience His Presence. Elle
hey, anyone who can use punctilious in a sentence should be crowned goddess of grammer, czarina of spelling, and grand tutu of translation. if your pompous potentate of a boss doesn't recognise that he should be grateful you decide to work for him, well then, we'll sic God on him! 9/1 is my 1st day back to work, so i'll pray for you and it'll help me forget i have to go back to work! 2 months off & i couldn't stay awake all day without a nap...now here we go with sleepless nights again! oh well. i guess that explains my horrible grammar & spelling! xox linda
Ladies as you know I am a translator, and my publisher has been pernickety lately, to the place that I was starting to lose confidence in my ability; I feel like I have to second-guess him all the time. I know some other people who work with him and I'm not the only one who feels his demands are excessive at times and his grammar punctilious to a fault. I am sending the latest text on Sept 1 and would like prayer help that it would find favour with "those in authority" and that he would continue to send me work. I need to keep working and translating is what I know how to do.
TIA Very much!
anna
please keep my friends, the Hall's, in prayer. jim was an experienced member of our local kayak "family" who went out for a quick paddle in his new kayak. a few hours later he was found dead in the river. we think a medical problem may have caused him to drown, as he was an excellent swimmer and had a life vest on also. a very effervencent man. many children & grandchildren. thanks for your prayers. linda in syracuse
Kitty and Maggie are in my prayers at this time and I hope they have the trust in the Lord that Job did thru his trials.
God Bless
terye
Would you believe words fail me!
I have neither an explanation nor an excuse!
Please forgive me. If not I have been known to respond to intense prayer! Hugs and special considerations are not remiss either!
From Elle who is glad for those who have patience with her because God is not finished with her yet!
Oh, Terter, California!!! I wish! Manitoba hit the national news when we got an early frost the other day. I'm trying to remember if we ever hit 80 this summer. And now the weather pattern seems to be rain for the next while. Stopped sewing last night when the lightening supplemented my sewing light! The problem with rain in our area is that it often forgets to quit.(And my first gardening book was Xeroscape Gardening! LOL) But no joking, My Farmer needs the oats to survive the frost warnings and the potential flood! We sing, 'this land is your land, this land is my land...' but I'm not sure too many others want it except us homegrown prairie people! Maybe the problem is that we are on the edge of the prairie and that Ontario bush is leaning on us. I'll have to give Maggie Meadow Mouse and Nelly a shove! <grin> Heather, is your fabric stash causing a shift in the downward pressure??? (She was just feeling relieved about her move from Ont, but she relaxed a bit too soon!)
Teaching quilt classes: In spite of all the prep you do, the class will depend on the type of students. I've taught basic MQ a number of times and some just want to do samples and the next class hardly touch them and go for the completed top. Some have the flavour of a college lecture and some are party time. IMHO the best advice is to be well prepared but flexible; meeting THEIR expectations and affirm and encourage all over the place! You've done your job if they feel successful! And the best kept secret about teaching is how much the teacher learns!!! Shhhh!
Cheryl, That birthday party sounded so wonderful! I am definitely going to remember it. When my DD died my DM wandered around giving lots of stuff away that I am sure she regretted. Much, much, better to have a little distance from the funeral and plan a celebration of a life and give presents that have been well thought out. Bravo!
Lorraine, I'm a fondling away! I hope those emerald eyes are turning sea green! It feels so good to be back in my sewing room after all my yard work. It sure is true about use it or lose it! But I can feel those sewing genes jumping up and down on the gardening genes and yelling, 'our turn'!!! I am trying not to be distracted by the mess in the closet. I plan on refinishing an old piece of office furniture with small drawers that held various sizes of cards. Then perhaps I can get at things without hauling everything else out. This could lead to other closets as well. I never save things for too long but there are some articles that have 'shrunk'!
BTW have you heard of the groom who pulled up to the house door and had his new wife say, "Ready, set, go!" He didn't know it was a race for the closets! Later when she admonished him for wrinkles, he replied, "What do you expect, I have to keep my stuff in the medicine cabinet!" My Dearie perked right up and agreed! Surely an exaggeration on his part; after all a chest in the hallway could be considered a dressing room. Right! :-O
Teryedawn, School, house, garden, and yard! Phew! When do you get a break? Thank goodness for snow storms! DH and I were saying we enjoyed the week in Tucson for DS's wedding but it was kinda boring not having to make the ususal 3-4 choices that our weather presents each day! But maybe picking fresh oranges for brekkie makes up for it.
Even if you feel 20 years younger, I wouldn't go leaping over any desks. Reality can be hurtful!
Jane, ROFLOL Do NOTt TOUCH that concoction! Too true! MY very skinny DD started drinking those milkshake things but he always felt that he needed to share them with DGS, who quite liked them! AUGHHH! It has taken a good 5 years since DD passed away to find Steven's waist line!
Linda the doglover, It had been a while since I'd MQed and here I need to have something for this fair. If not for the deadline I'd have procrastinated. But as I did the straight lines the ideas started coming. Some I resisted but you know how these darn quilts talk back! They seem to forget who is the potter and who is the clay! But since I couldn't roll it into a ball and knead it I decided to go with the flow. Not tooo shabby so far and I have a plan for the border but I'm keeping it to myself until the eleventh hour so I don't have to listen to any lip! Who was it that used to say, "I don't get no respect!" The biggest delight about quilting is that it has absolutely something for absolutely everybody.
And just where are those Wisconson people? If they are collecting all the nice weather and are hiding out rather than telling about it; they need to come in and share their good fortune!
PS: Terter, what is Ruby Tuesday fairy dust? I have a fairy called Sweet Pea who has a water droplet dripping from her fingers. She is hanging in my sewing room window and will go to her spot in my Secret Shady Spot when the wonder of her lessens a bit! Hmmm, rain drop! It may happen sooner if any of the current condensation shows up in my room!
Aha! The rooster knows there is a break in the rain and that I am late! Cock a doodle doo, too! Would you believe that 2 days ago I ran the garden hose in their pen to soften up some bugs for their entertainment? I won't mention to my farmer that I might have had something to do with this recent precipitation. Better to frown at my fairy!!!
Kitty, remember to turn over the couch cushions once in a while! A punch or two may not be too taxing!
Blessings from Elle in the soggy sod of central Canada who has the rooster on her next MQ hit list and then only 7 more blocks to go! Heh! I'll water him with the watering can after I quilt him to the ground!