Many prayers...

Please pray for my sister Barbara's stepson, Matt Ihle.  He was diagnosed with Leukemia yesterday and due to the lack of platelets, some bleeding was found in and around his brain.  Last night he had surgery to release the swelling and pressure on his brain.  They had to open his skull, clean out the bleeding mass and leave the right portion of his skull off until the swelling goes down.  They were going to insert a drain to keep fluid from developing during the healing process.  He will be heavily sedated and on a breathing machine for a few days.  When the swelling goes down, they will replace the portion of the skull they removed.  Once he recovers from this, he will start therapy for Leukemia.

 Please pray for wisdom for the doctors and complete healing for Matt.  Thank you,

Gloria Day

 

Praise the Lord!  My friend, Stephanie Greelee and her husband Rusty are proud parents of a little baby girl born Aug 21.  Reagan Liberty weighed 8 1/2 lbs and is "perfect" in every way according to her grandmother.  All prayers answered as this was a very high risk pregnancy and mother and baby are well. Toni Troya

 

Jonathan is now in the middle of the final test in his Marine Corps  Boot Camp training, The Crucible. Yesterday was the gas chamber and we can only assume all went as well as it can. The Crucible is a 52 hour test in which they hike 41 miles, and complete various challenges along the way, they get 4 hours of sleep twice during this period and three MRE meals. The Crucible began last night at 2:00 (So actually Tuesday morning 2 am) and ends on Thursday morning at 7:00. The last hours of the crucible are the most challenging as they conquer "The Reaper" a nine mile steep hike uphill with a 60 lb pack. This comes as they are exhausted fro the previous 30 miles of challenges and sleep and food deprivation.  

     When they arrive at the top of the hill there is a ceremony where they are awarded the Eagle Globe and Anchor emblem, a symbol of being accepted as a United States Marine! Then they will indulge in an all you can eat steak and eggs breakfast to celebrate!   

     Please pray for endurance and safety....and I pray he will lean on the Lord when he is weary. Thank you!  Annie and Steve Ellis

 

Prayers of healing for Rick Clayton, friend of Ghiselli family.  He was just diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.  Rick is a husband and father of 4 children.  Pray for him to be able to communicate openly with his family about his illness.