Keeping One Another in Prayer and Care

There are a number of people and situations to keep in prayer and our care right now:
  • Neal Estey began chemotherapy this morning at 9:00 AM EST. He will continue throughout today, and then again tomorrow and Wednesday. He, Julie, and I got to talk last night about a number of exciting things in life and faith. Neal is excited about the possibility of a specific job that would greatly utilize his two law degrees in service to the Lord and the Church overseas. All the more reason to pray for his healing!
  • Bobby Colletti was to be released from the hospital this morning. She'll be spending a few days up in Medford with her son. She told me that she missed us yesterday and hopes to worship (and to eat lobster!) with us next week. But continue to keep her as she heals.
  • Debra Runion is still in the hospital with stomach complications and after yet another surgery this week. As we watched the very end of the US Open yesterday together in Quincy Medical Center, I was encouraged by Deb and her warm hopes for the future (mainly to be healed!). Please keep her in prayer and care.
  • Warren and Tammy Eyring delivered a beautiful baby boy on Friday night! Jacob William was 8 lbs and 20.5 inches long. They are going home today - everybody's doing fine!
  • Tina Owens is the sister-in-law of Dan & Jane Jewell. Her husband, John and kids have worshiped with us in the past. Tina is stricken with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer). Keep her and the whole Owens family in prayer and care as Tina begins treatment.
I don't know about you, but I'm all cancered out! I confess that it is difficult to know how or why it is that these saints have to deal with things such as cancer. But I do know and believe that God is good. And he's good all the time, despite the broken and sick world in which we live. And that's our prayer and hope - that we too might to be "all-the-time-good" despite the things around us that plague us (in addition to praying for healing). As we pray for everyone, may we also be the answers to our own prayers.

For & Through Christ,

- Jeremy