Prayer requests and praises March 29, 2009

Prayer Requests:

Lizzy Kate Darr is having her tests run today, Tuesday, so ...please keep her in your prayers
Baldwin Family
Jim McCormick Family
John McClellans Mom
Schools
Andria's leg
Time and Ellie sick
Mrs. Darr, cancer
Renona Phillips asks for prayer for her and her son tuesday.

Praises:

Dena feeling better
Aimee feeling better


Have a great week!

Mike

Day 6 North American Missions...Lamar and Dolly Duke, Pennsylvania

Lamar and Dolly work in the Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh claims to be the third most religious city in the United States however, less than five percent claim to be evangelical Christians. There are two million unchurched people living in the Baptist Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania and only 73 churches. This equates to one baptist church for every 61,225 people which makes this area a huge mission field waiting for the gospel to be shared. Lamar and Dolly work to plant new churches and also to strengthen and empower existing churches to be more effective.
Pray for the following: Pray for Lamar to be open to where God is working and for him to see past his own personal desires to see what God wants him to do. Pray for more volunteers to assist exisiting churches in ministries designed to reach the unchurched population.

Day 5 North American Missions...Song and Fanny Kim

Song and Fanny Kim need only to look around their state of California to see multitudes of people who need Christ. More than 1 million Koreans live in California and 80 percent of them do not have a personal relationship with Jesus. Song is working among Koreans in California to plant churches which will reach out to areas where there are no Korean Southern Baptist churches.
Pray for the following:
Pray for Song and Fanny's safety as they travel about California visiting church planters and seeking new areas in need of a Korean church. Pray for ten new churches to be started in 2009.

Day 4 North American Missions Week...Brenda Crim of Alaska

Brenda Crim centers her mission work around the Anchorage area. Alaska is percieved as desolate and cold however Brenda says, just like the lower 48 states, people are in need of Jesus! There are 130 villages that have no church at all of any type. Brenda focuses her witness at the University of Alaska, Anchorage where she shares the gospel with Native Alaskan students by encouraging them to return to their villages and start churches. Brenda also heads up a ministry for fans and sled dog racers of the Iditarod race and leads students in evangelistic ministry to outdoorsmen and fishermen.
Brenda asks for prayer for the following:
Pray for God to call on more Native Alaskan students who can open doors in villages where there is no gospel witness.
Pray for more mission teams to be willing to come and serve, especially during the winter and share Christ in more remote areas of Alaska.



Have a great day!

~Mike~

North American Missions Day 3, Daniel and Kimberly Goombi

Today please pray for Daniel and Kimberly Goombi of Kansas. Daniel was raised as a missionary kid on a Nebraska Native American Reservation. As he grew, God put it upon his heart to continue with Native American ministry. Kimberly also served on the same reservations as Daniel and now they serve together as North American Missionaries in Kansas. The uphill battle that the Goombis face in minstry is that native americans often believe that Jesus Christ is the "white mans" God. Native Americans often believe that they have to forget their heritage and face exile from their own nations if they choose to accept Jesus.
Specific prayer needs from the Goombi family: Please pray for more churches to become aware of the need to reach sovereign nations of indigenous people within their own state. Pray for Native Americans t be receptive to the gospel of the Lord as the God of all people.


Seperate prayer request:

A friend of mine Bobby Gimlin has asked for prayer. He is trying to beat a very addictive tobacco habit.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Mike

North American Missions Day 2, Al and Noemi Fernandez

Today please pray for Al and Noemi Fernandez or Florida. Al is a church planter in south Florida and director of Urban Impact Ministires. Al and Noemi center their ministry around Miami and southern Florida due to the multicultural and multilingual area. Al assists churches in the Miami-Dade, Broward , and Palm Beach areas. These are three of the states most densley populated areas.
Al asks; please pray that churches and leaders in the area will understand the importance of, and become active in, spreading the gospel beyond their neighborhoods to the many unbelievers living in South Florida.


As always; continue to pray for each other and our class!

Have a great day!

Praises and Prayer Requests March 22

Praises:

Lizzy Kate Darr seems to be doing well
Braeden Breshears: Tumors are getting smaller
Libby Gipson

Prayer Requests:

Shellie's Grandmother: diagnosed with Alzheimers
Greenwood Schools: recent bomb threats
Philips Mom: Cancer
Shelli's brother: traveling
Ceisla family returning to Germany
Aimee Brinkley: back injury
Mike's Dad: Job situation
Student Mission trips to Houston and Chicago
Pray for everyone traveling over Spring Break

This is also the week set aside for praying for North American missions. Today please say a prayer for Gary and Sue Smith of Canada. Gary has a huge amount of territory to cover including Toronto, which is a heavily populated city, and Ontario, which is another huge metropolitan area. There are many diverse cultures and language barriers to overcome but Gary and Sue see one common need and that is Jesus. Gary trains and mentors church planters in Canada.
Gary asks for specific prayer over the following:
Pray for Gary and his effectiveness as he sows together with others to start churches. Pray for God to open doors among the different people groups who need an evangelical witness and church. Finally, pray for a great awakening to spread across Canada through Gary's ministry.

I will try to post a short summary about each missionary and their specific prayer requests each day this week.

Have a good week!

Mike

Prayer request and a praise!

A friend of ours from High School, Angela, let us know tonight that her son Seth has been diagnosed with Crohns disease. He is only 12 and this is a lifelong disease. Seth is in a lot of pain right now and there isn't a lot that the doctors can do until more tests are done. Please pray for this family...that God will provide comfort and healing.

PRAISE!!!!! Andria's Mom is on her way home from Little Rock. Andria has spoken to her and says that she sounds like she is doing great! God is good!

Update on my mom

First, I would like to thank everyone who has been praying for my mom, Libby Gipson. This has been a tiring and stressful week at best, but I really appreciate those of you who have called and checked on my family and my mom. You are the best!!

Mom has had a pretty rough time. The pain was very bad for the first 24 hours. We are not sure that she was getting the full dose/benefit of her pain meds which made the first 24 hours pretty much unbearable for her. She was moved from ICU to an immediate care unit around noon on Thursday, and the doctor changed her pain medications which did help some. She had some heart issues during the night on Thursday, but everything turned out okay with that. At this point, she is just trying to sit up, walk, and begin eating again. All of these things cause pain, but she knows that she has to do them in order to get better so she has a good attitude about it. Dad is pretty worn out too but stays close. We do not know when she will be released. They are pretty much taking it one day at a time.

Just wanted to THANK YOU all again for the prayers!!

Andria

Pray for my mom...

Well, yesterday mom received the results from her biopsies, and unfortunately the results are not good. We do not know the prognosis, or the plan of treatment yet. Mom meets with her doctor this coming Thursday. When she received the results, her nurse asked if she could pray for her? She prayed for her right then on the phone. Keep her in your prayers in the days to come.

As far as Lizzie Kate is concerned...we are still in the waiting game to meet with a doctor from Children's. She is acting fine, but it may be what we cannot see where the problem lies.

Thank you for your prayers!

Philip Darr

A Few Prayer Requests...

• Please keep Angel Ciesla and Family in your prayers. She has had another uncle pass away...her Uncle Charles. Please lift Angel and her Family up in your prayers.


• Continue to pray for Andria's mother Libby. She is still in a lot of pain. They are trying to find a medication that can help her with the pain she has.


• Prayer request for Scott and Allison Houston.
  Scott and Allison's niece Gracie is 9 and is in a drug induced coma.
  She had been sedated in order to control seizures. The doctors think there is swelling at the base of her brain caused by a virus. The doctors are trying now to get her to come out of sedation and so far are having no success. Her parents lost another child at age 2 with a similar situation. Please pray for the parents and family and especially Gracie.


• Continue to pray for each member of our Life Group and their families.


• Continue to pray for Lizzie Kate. We already know many of you have been praying...we have heard your well wishes, and felt your prayers already. Thanks so much!
• Also, continue to pray for my mom, Patsy Darr. She is awaiting her results from her biopsies.

God is good!

Philip Darr

Please Keep Lizzie Kate in Your Prayers...

Please keep Lizzie Kate in your prayers. She has a skull fracture, early stages of pneumonia, and a Epidural Hematoma. I will not go into the details here, but you can read about it on my blog at UpwardPoint. Lizzie Kate will meet with a Neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital in the next few weeks. Pray that God guides these doctors in the right direction regarding Lizzie Kate's care. Pray that the Epidural Hematoma dissolves by itself.

Again, thank you for your prayers!

Philip, Kelley, Morgan, and Lizzie Kate Darr

Pray for my Mom...

Please keep my mom, Patsy Darr, in your prayers. She went in today for a mammogram. They then gave her a biopsy based on what they saw from the mammogram. Mom was told they would have results probably by Thursday or Friday. Please pray that her anxieties be under control and that she receive a good reading from her biopsies.

Thanks,

Philip

Pray for Libby...

Please pray for Libby Gipson, Andria's Mom, she will be having a major surgery Wednesday, March 4th. It has not really been discussed much publicly as to what the surgery entails but basically, most of Libby's internal organs are in the wrong place. This is causing undue stress to her lungs, diaphram, and stomach. So, basically without getting into all the details, the doctors are going to put everything back where it is supposed to go. Please pray that God will guide the doctors hands and the surgery will go well.

Continue to pray for each other! I know there isn't a day that goes by that I can't use a little extra prayer from someone!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Mike