Prayer Request

From Gabrielle Eden:

My job: I need to seek new employment. I am burning out on telemarketing, and they will not pay me well now for administrative duties. They were willing to pay me well when I went along with dishonesty, but now that I have resisted their dishonest ways, they have demoted me. I feel God is sending me out to find something new.

Will be praying for you Gabrielle, to find just the right job and that you will be right where God needs you to be.

Prayer Request

From Gabrielle Eden:
God has given me better work, but I need prayer for being able to sleep so I can do my job. Also, I am going to be working days and doing data entry and answering phones in addition to setting appointments by phone. I also would like prayer for the company to operate more in integrity and that I could help them do this more.

Praise Report

From Gabrielle Eden:

I have a new kitten who is the healing of my heart. My thyroid level miraculously went up as the TSH went down. I am very near normal now. Praise God!

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Thanks for sharing that Gabrielle - it is always a blessing to hear when prayers are being answered!

Prayer Request

I received a prayer request from Tammi, a single mom of five who is raising the four kids who live with her, and she is facing eviction on January 5th. Tammi has no car, so relies on others for transportation. Tammi mentioned that she feels like she has been on a roller coaster and is stressed by what she is facing. She is trying to look to God in all of this and believes this isn't the life He has for her.

Let's remember Tammi and her children in prayer and pray that God will provide good and safe housing for Tammi and her children and that she will feel peace and rest in God's love in this situation.

Prayer Request

Prayer request from Marni regarding her mom:
October 27th

Today my mom was diagnosed with cancer. She suspected something was wrong but said nothing until she was sure.

The cancer is in her thyroid, lymph nodes, and there are scary nodules in the back of her throat and in her eustachean tubes.

She's 63, a high school English teacher, mom, wife and a Grammy.

She also has no relationship with Jesus. She thinks she's saved...but she's not.

I believe God won't waste this diagnosis. Please pray for this to be a time where I have ample opportunity to share my faith with her and for her to finally give her heart to God. Ditto for my sister and step dad who need God as well and are reeling from today's news.

Update, October 29th:
As an update, my mom had a biospy yesterday...it's just gonna tell us what the doc already knows...that it's cancer. But today's prayer request is that it NOT be anaplastic cancer. If it is anaplastic, the cure rate is non existent and the life expectancy is less than a year.

But first and foremost, I would love for you all to keep remembering my mom's salvation in your prayers. To me, cancer is secondary to that.

Please keep Marni, her mom and family in your prayers. Praying gal!

Prayer Request

I received this request from Gabrielle Eden. Please be praying for her friend:

My friend Gale has H1N1 and is weak from the results of chemo treatments that have left damage to her body.

We are concerned that she won't be able to weather the virus.

Thanks for your prayers!!!

Good News and Praise The Lord!

Great news from Sherri's friend Cheryl who has been undergoing treatment for brain cancer:

1. 4 weeks ago today I found out I had lung cancer that had metastasized into my brain. Friends brought me to Barnes-Jewish hospital where I was told had I NOT been admitted and started receiving treatment when I did I would have been history within the week!

2. 3 weeks ago today I was in Barnes-Jewish ICU recovery eating scrambled eggs, sausage, and drinking my morning coffee after having surgery a day earlier where a 4 cm cancerous tumor was removed from my brain!

3. 2 weeks ago today I was picnicking if beautiful Forest Park enjoying the view from the World's Fair Pavilion and the company of 2 GREAT recreational therapists and other 2 other patients from the Rehab Center!

4. One week ago today my beautiful sister Marcia spent the day with me, I got to go swimming and even ate Chinese food and managed to take a few bites using chopsticks!

5. Today I am preparing for my discharge Saturday when I get to go home! Where I am REALLY looking forward to seeing family & friends. Sleeping in my OWN bed! Having my coffee pot on ALL day long if I want to.

Will return Thursday evening, July 24th to spend the night before receiving the gamma knife radiation treatment on the 25th. It's NOT really a knife but targeted laser treatment to what is called the tumor base, that's the site where the 4cm tumor was removed, the shadow on the right front brain lobe that showed up on the original MRI. They will do brain CAT scan/MRI that morning to see if any where else needs to be treated. Then I get attached to the equipment where as I envision it they start zapping the bad cells kind of like in Star Wars with the light sabers!

Gee, wonder if after they remove the space helmet thing I'll come out with Princess Leia's hair do? Sure hope NOT!

Like I said it's GOOD NEWS Wednesday!