Praise & Prayer Page

Pray for our family. Thank You my friends!! Birdie

2/15

MCCRUMB: Please pray for Guy McCrumb's healing of a broken femur bone,.  His accident occurred on Oct 23  and is slow in healing and he has blood clots in the leg and in the lungs. He had a filter put in the groin to help with blood clots but needs God's help in this healing process. 

My employee lost her mother two weeks ago.  Evelyn Adams died of a heart attack at 52.  Her daughter is Meriaha Mitcheltree and her father is alone now.  Pray for Meriaha as her mother took her children on and off the bus and watched them over the summer break.  She is struggling with how to manage work and home now on top of her loss.

Also, my prior business associates lost a valued employee of 23 years last week.  Kathy Diver was my friend and died of natural causes at 57.  She leaves a husband and two step children as well as her family of co workers at Paige & Byrnes.  They are all so devastated and so am I. 

Finally, please pray for me that I may find my way back into a church I can feel worthy of attending.  Pastor Tom was my friend.  I know there were many areas that needed to be improved and truly thought he was capable of making those changes with God’s help and mine.  Unfortunately, worship, session, staff and even I did not see those improvements come to light.  Pray that God can help us with our search.

Thank you for your prayers. Robin Miller

Mild- Bob has done so well from his double knee surgery that he is coming home on Friday afternoon!  Thanks be to God and for all your prayers.  He just had surgery a week ago.

CHRISTY:  Carol had a pacemaker put in on Monday and all seems to be going well.  Please pray for the ability to keep the restrictions required for the next month to be foremost in my mind as I improve and feel better.

My brother had a triple by-pass today. It's now 10:30pm and he is off the vent. Thank you so much for your prayers and continued prayers. God bless you all!

MILD- Bob did well with his double knee surgery.  He's having a lot of pain and nausea today but otherwise is progressing very well. Sunday he will be moved to Hillside Rehabilitation in Howland area.  Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.  Special to Dick Simon for stopping by Northside Hospital yesterday on his way home from work.

A lady named Jeff Delarcco who is a former member of CPC had a stroke last week. She lives in the Cleveland area with her husband Ray. Her daughter contacted us and asked for prayer, so here you my mighty prayer warrior friends! Thanks a bunch.

Dan Smith

Prayer is needed for Clarion County. As of July 1st, Owens Illinois Glass Plant will be shutting down. There are 420 people that will be out of a job including husbands and wives both working there. The glass plant was Clarions biggest industry. Chris & Angie

Please pray for wisdom and guidance for Jim Bombeck who has lost his position with Hershey and is seeking God's plan and God's path for future employment. Thanks,Jan Bombeck

Mild - Please keep Robert in prayer tomorrow (Thursday) as he is having both knees replaced at Northside Hospital in Youngstown.

He will go to a rehabilitation facility from the hospital for a week.

Also, please pray for a friend (Linda) who is having a lumpectomy on Friday- that the cancer has not spread into the lymph nodes.

At 7:17 PM, Monday evening, February 1, Lydia Grace Walker was born, the daughter of Beth and Torrey Walker, and the granddaughter of Dick and Lissa Herman and of Bill and Debbie Walker.  She was 7 pds, 6 oz's of beautiful little girl.  All the family was there to welcome her to the family and celebrate her birth.Mother and daughter are doing very well

Thank you LORD and thank you for praying my friends, Jenn and Brian Basner brought their son, Caden, home from the hospital today. He has been in the Neo Intensive Care Unit since his birth on January 7. Jenn was discharged on January 11 and they have been traveling back and forth to the hospital everyday.  He is 17 days old and weighs 4lbs. 2.9 oz.. Please continue to pray that they can rest, bond and remain healthy, now that they are all home. 

Please pray for Donna Whalen who is battling cancer.  She is Birdie Smith's mother.

Grant Martsolf Best news of the day. Christy and I just got a call from Donna. They are at the US Embassy in PAP. She sounded good; a bit frazzled but they are doing well. She didnt have time to provide details but said it is by the grace of god that they are alive and they have 'stories'. They will be flown out of the embassy on a ...military plane to Santo Domingo, DR tomorrow. No food in the embassy. (5 hours ago)

Here is what little we know in regards to our ministries there ~

• 3 of our board members, Pastor Butch Lee, Darrell Mullins, Charles McLain and 12 others from GA arrived in Haiti on Saturday to re-roof our church in Mirebaleis (sp??).  They were at a guest house north of Port-au-Prince on Sunday along with Pastor Beril, our Haitian national Director.  One of their family member back in GA received a text last evening that the team is safe but that is the last we heard directly from them.  There was a report that the team was taken to the airport to 'camp out' but has not been verified.  Someone called an Atlanta radio station with that report but none of the teams family members got that info and they are making an appeal on the radio for whoever gave that report to get in contact).  Pray for these men in Haiti and also their families back here in the states.
• Dr Rob Martsolf, another board member, and his wife Donna were on the AA flight that landed just before 4 PM.  They were in Haiti for meetings with a nursing school Donna is involved with.  Donna called home after they landed to let the family know they arrived.  They have not been in contact since that call and their family cannot reach them on their phone.  Pray for Rob and Donna and their family here in the states.
• As far as we know, Pastor Beril, was with the roofing team at the guest house.  I cannot begin to imagine what he is going through being separated from his family at this time.  Pastor Beril's home, church, and school is in Carrefour (car-Foo), right outside Port-au-Prince.  Pray for Pastor Beril, his family and our many Haitian friends serving the Lord there.
• We have not been able to reach anyone in Haiti with the numbers we have.  The phone lines are down, electricity and water out. 
• We have quite a few ministries in the areas that appear hardest hit.  Our medical/dental clinic, church and school in Riviere Froid (Riv-ee-air fwahd) is just outside Carrefour.

My heart is aching as I think of all the Haitian people are going through.  Where are all the church folk and children from our churches in Carrefour and Riviere Froid?  What about all those we ministered to during our medical team trip to Riviere Froid in March?  Please PRAY.

My heart is also overwhelmed with gratitude because of the care and concern from so many people.  Last night and today, George and I have been getting calls on both our cells and the home and office phone from folks to get info and to see what can be done.  Many asked if George is going down.  Right now that is a definite no.  Besides the fact that all flights have been canceled we feel he can do more from stateside as we get info and try to co-ordinate things from here. 

As we get more info we will send it out. 

We ask you to fervently pray for Haiti in the coming days, weeks and months and for Pastor Beril and our many workers there.

Baby Eli was put in the hospital today, as he tested positive for some type of respiratory infection.  He has no fever, is eating and functioning normally, but has mucous in his nose and throat that can only be removed by a tube down his nose (which, of course, he doesn't appreciate.)  Would appreciate prayers for him and Mark and Ayeisha.  I haven't heard yet what the dr. told them.  I'll update when I hear more.