Welcome to the very first edition of "His will Wednesdays." I've started this because while I am so overwhelmed (in a good way!) by all of the love and support I have received, I am definitely not the only person who needs to be lifted up and prayed for, and I think this is an awesome opportunity for us to come together (around the country and literally around the world!) as a community and pray for others.
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Will you join me in prayer for these people and circumstances below? Pray for peace and comfort through these times, and for God's will... His good and perfect will...
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Meet Kristy
Kristy found out yesterday that some paperwork that is required for her to keep her license for her job has not gone through yet. She is playing a waiting game with paperwork, but needs to keep her job! Kristy also found out just today that she may have to have preventative heart surgery later this year. Click here to visit Kristy's blog. UPDATE: Kristy's paperwork has went through!
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Meet Erica
Erica and her husband lost their little girl, Angel Skye last year when Erica went into early labor at 18 weeks. They are now about 17 weeks pregnant and are being told that their unborn baby will not survive after birth due to a few different complications. Click here to visit Erica's blog.
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Meet Tracy
Tracy has had 6 miscarriages within the last 2 years. So far the Dr.'s have been unable to figure out what is wrong. Click here to visit Tracy's blog. UPDATE: Tracy just found out she is pregnant again.
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Meet Amy
Amy is a loving Mom to Phillip, who has had over 18 brain operations, a stroke, etc. He is scheduled to have a very serious brain/spine operation on May 12th. Amy is not only a loving, caring Mother, she is also a woman battling cancer. Click here to visit Amy/Phillip's blog.
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Meet Jenn
Jenn and her husband have had their house for sale since March 2007. They are in the military and were re-stationed to California in July of 2007. After months of struggle, they have finally received an offer on the house/have a contract. They are looking to close on the house by May 29th.
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Meet Cathy
Cathy is asking for prayer, specifically for families with grown children who have chosen to isolate themselves from their parents. These parents are grieving their children in their absence and have hurting hearts. Click here to visit Cathy's blog.
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Meet Josh and Tina
Josh and Tina are the proud parents of Ella who was born with several medical problems and almost didn't make it, but Ella is now almost 2 years old. (Praise God!) They became pregnant again and found out that their unborn son also had lots of birth defects and they were told he would not be able to survive outside of the womb. At a follow up ultrasound, no heartbeat was detected and just yesterday, on April 28th, Tina gave birth to their son, who was already in heaven. Click here to visit this family's blog.
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Meet Michelle
God has laid it on Michelle's heart to host a shower for someone that she has never met. This is something outside of Michelle's comfort zone and something that she is nervous about offering to her Church. She is seeking success for this shower and a clear showing of God's love to a stranger. Click here to visit Michelle's blog.
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Meet Niki
Niki's daughter "S" has been having health issues since December 2008. They are now exploring neurological issue, kidney/liver issues, as well as possible genetic abnormalities. "S" has been scheduled for blood work this week and an MRI next. Click here to visit Niki's blog.
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Meet Maddie
Maddie is a young little sweetie who is battling Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Click here to visit her family's blog.
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A Prayer Request for/from Whitney
Last Friday, April 24th, Whitney's 13 year old cousin Morgan passed away in a tragic accident near her house, when her dirt bike collided with an SUV from the main road. She was killed instantly. She has left behind an entire shaken family, including a 15 year old brother, and friends.
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Meet Cyrena
Cyrena's husband Tony leaves on May 5th for his 3rd tour to Iraq. This family has 3 young children that will be missing their Daddy a lot! Click here to visit this family's blog.
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Meet Noah
Noah is a sweet 5 month old baby boy who has suffered multiple injuries since being shaken by his daycare provider earlier this month. Noah has been having seizures, and there is concern regarding brain damage as well as eyesight loss. Noah is currently in a medically induced coma. Click here to visit Noah's family's blog.
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A Prayer Request from Christi
Christi is a Support Group Monitor on the web, and wanted to pass along a request for baby Mary (a dear friend's child). Baby Mary has Downs Syndrome and is 4 months old. She is currently in the ICU with complications including pneumonia that has caused one of her lungs to collapse.
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A Prayer Request from Samantha
Samantha's cousin just gave birth to a baby boy named Tyler. He was born at 28 weeks, weighing in at just 2 lbs. He is currently doing well, but will have a long road ahead. Click here to visit Samantha's blog, where she is posting updates on little Tyler.
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Meet Melissa
Melissa is currently looking for a teaching job. She is also trying to conceive (w/infertility). Click here to visit Melissa's blog.
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Meet Rachel
Rachel and her husband have recently found out that they are expecting an addition to their family at the end of this year. There are some fears that this baby has stopped growing and they will not have answers until their appointment this Friday, May 1st.
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Meet Pablo
This young boy has been fighting a battle with cancer, and recently they found 3 new spots on his lungs. Click here to visit Pablo's family blog.
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Meet Cathy
Cathy is trusting that God will bless her son and daughter-in-love with a child. Click here to visit Cathy's blog.
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Meet Hallie
Hallie's little baby boy Camden has been facing various medical problems, including chronic ear infections and some very odd rashes on his body. He has also had problems not responding to antibiotics. Click here to visit Hallie's blog.
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Meet Jodi
Jodi and her husband are seeking a financially smooth path, as they are currently in the process of purchasing a home. These two are also expecting a baby girl in the next month and a half and need continued health for the remainder of the pregnancy, as well as job security for Jodi. Click here to visit Jodi's blog.
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Meet Rachel
Rachel's has a little boy (her youngest) in Heaven, and his 3rd birthday is just around the corner on May 7th. Click here to visit Rachel's blog.
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A Prayer Request from Holly
Holly, a Mom of an Angel-baby herself (visit Holly's blogs here or here) is asking us to lift up her friend Celia, who is expecting the arrival of her son Noah soon. He has been diagnosed with Anencephaly and will not live. Also, yesterday, April 28th, marked 1 month since Holly's sweet daughter (also diagnosed with Anencephaly) Carleigh, went on to paradise. Click here to visit Celia's blog.
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Meet Jessica
Jessica is a mother of 2, who is about to graduate from college and whose husband is about to leave for the army. This family needs to find work so that they can support themselves and their children. Click here to visit Jessica's blog.
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Meet Ginger
Ginger is asking for prayer for her husband/financial problems that have hit their family, specifically her husband's trust in God, through these times. Click here to visit Ginger's blog.
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A Prayer Request from Tammy
Tammy's dear friends have a 2 year old daughter named Julia, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer (also known as Wilms Tumor) one month ago. They have since removed the kidney and the tumor... Julia is now going through radiation for 2 weeks and chemotherapy for the next 24 weeks. Tammy is seeking out strength for Julia's parents and wisdom for the Dr.'s.
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Meet Erin
Erin is recovering from MRSA and the drugs that she is on are making her very sick to her stomach. Additionally, Erin's husband has a test for work tomorrow, April 30th and if/when he passes this, he will receive a raise. Click here to visit Erin's blog.
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Meet Lisa
Lisa is Mom to a 5 year old son with autism who started feeling very sick yesterday. He has a lot of stomach problems because of the autism, and he is going in for an x-ray today. With Doctor/Hospital visits often a struggle, she is asking for an easy process. Click here to visit Lisa's blog.
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Meet Crystal
Crystal's sweet daughter Bentley is 8 months old and was born with a heart condition that requires open heart surgery to repair the defects. She is scheduled to have this surgery on May 20th. Click here to visit this family's blog
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Meet Tiffany
Tiffany and her husband have been trying to conceive for 3 years now. Click here to visit Tiffany's blog. UPDATE: I heard from Tiffany this evening and she wanted me to add prayer for her Mother who has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor and a brain aneurysm. They do not want to move forward with surgery due to the high probablity that her Mom could become brain dead from the procedure.
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Meet Owen
This little guy is currently waiting on a heart for a heart transplant. Click here to visit his family's blog.
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Meet Andrea
Andrea is 14 weeks pregnant with twins, and recently one of her babies was diagnosed with Holoprosencephaly and the Dr's don't expect that baby to live.
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A Prayer Request from Susan
Susan follows the story of little Preston Loyd and wanted to pass it along to us. This little guy was accidentally run over by a lawn mower his grandfather was driving. He has had a couple of surgeries already to repair the damage the mower did to his spleen, intestines, lungs, etc., but there is still a fear of infection in those parts of his body, and he also had some swelling in his brain. Click here to visit Preston Loyd's Caring Bridge page.
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Meet Hope
Hope is currently undergoing testing for pain she is experiencing as well as follow up on the pituitary tumor she has. She is seeking answers for these medical issues. Yesterday also marked 12 years since her father's passing, and she misses her Dad daily. Click here to visit Hope's blog. UPDATE: Hope heard back from the Dr. and all of her tests came back normal, so now she needs to move forward with different Dr.'s to try and find answers for her pain.
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Meet Kandi
Kandi is a young woman who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome and many other ailments. Kandi currently lives alone and is wanting God to send someone her way to share her home with her/rent out her other room. Kandi is also just needing some comfort/good feelings today!
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Meet Ashlynn
Ashlynn Elizabeth was born in November of 2008 at only 23 weeks. She continues to be in the hospital and is fighting for her life. Click here to visit Ashlynn's Caring Bridge page.
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Meet Michelle
Michelle's parents are full-time Southern Baptist missionaries living in Mexico City, "ground zero" for the swine flu outbreak. They have recently been quarantined to their apartment, and although they have no air conditioning or heating, they've been advised to keep all their windows and doors shut to prevent airborne bacteria from infiltrating their house. This is just one of the many hardships that they have been facing out in Mexico recently. Michelle and her sister miss their parents deeply, and are hopeful that nothing will restrict them from making their yearly trip home in June. Click here to visit Michelle's blog.
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*** MANY, many people have requested continued prayer for these sick babies and their families... If you do not yet know about them click on their link to read more about their circumstances...
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Baby Kaleigh
Click here to follow her story.
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Abby
Click here to visit her family's blog.
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Baby Jonah
Click here to visit his family's blog.
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Baby Stellan
Click here to follow his journey. He is now home and recovering.
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Baby April
You are already here. Thank you for praying!
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Also, several have asked for prayer for the Compassion/India trip that Angie Smith and others are on. Click here for more information and updates.
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*** Anonymous Requests: Please Pray...
- For a woman who's husband is battling cancer. They have 2 very young children and his prognosis does not look good.
- For all the sick and premature babies.
- For a woman who's son, Jacob, has just flown to Iraq.
- For a woman's 18+ year marriage. She is having many problems with her husband, but wants things to work out.
- For a woman praying for a baby soon; that she be led in the right direction.
- For a woman's Mother-in-law who had a double-lung transplant last week. Both for her continued progress and comfort for the donor family.
- For a woman's ex-husband, Tony.
"Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven..."
(If you have a request for next week's "His will Wednesday" post, e-mail me here with your requests. Please make sure to let me know if you want me to include your name and a link back to your blog, or not. Thank You!)
