Prayer request thread, 7/22/06

federalist1 asks: Matt Wallace, a soldier, the son of friends of ours, was in a vehicle that was hit by an explosive device. He has been burned over 90% of his body. While at first he was too unstable to move, doctors were able to get him to Germany. Would you please join us in asking God for a miracle.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667316/posts

freema asks:" I beg your prayers for the Haditha Marines, the Hamdaniya Marines known as the Pendleton 8, the Ishaqi Marines who were recently cleared, and their families."

freema also asks: "I have had a request to contact the USMC Ping List to ask you keep up the heat on the subject of the Haditha Massacre Accusations, as FReepers are investigating every nook and cranny, and to request any new information be directed to FReeper backhoe."

Special Ongoing Prayer Requests:

Prayer Vigil for the nation and its leaders - please consider joining us in a 24 hour a day prayer vigil to lift up our leaders and pray for our country, especially on the immigration issue, and other pressing matters:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640434/posts

Rutles4Ever asks: Please pray for the souls who perished in the Indian train bombings, as well as for those hurt, and the families of all. Please pray also for the fiends that did this.

Please remember to pray for our military. Between dealing with the enemy overseas, and the enemies of the military at home, they need our prayers and good wishes and support. Epecially remember those who are being unfairly impacted by the recent press scandal mongering.

Prayers for all those men and women working on wildland fire situations across the country. On June 18, we passed the 3 million acres burned mark, which is about 2 million acres more than average.

RexFamilia posts about a program to pray for the safety of America: Every evening at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (8:00 pm Central) (6:00 pm Pacific), give one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, and for peace in the world.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620365/posts

A Freeper asks us to remember Tony Snow in our prayers in his job as White House Press Secretary.

Please pray missing five-year-old Destiny Norton who has been missing from her home since the weekend. . She lives in the Salt Lake City area.

arbee4bush updates us on her nephew Noah (both good and bad, like so many things. Keep praying!) He is in partial remission from leukemia, after two previous treatments that didn't work. He has developed a fungal infection in his sinuses. That is a very serious problem for someone with a compromised immune system as Noah has.
Please continue to pray for perfect healing to that as well, and for wisdom for all the doctors and medical staff that are treating Noah, as well as for strength for his family to cope with all they must do while he is being treated.

Neil E. Wright tells us: I received a call from my daughter in the Philippines, advising me that my 1 year old grandson, Jorge, has been ill for several days with a high fever, and he is unable to keep down his food. She took him to a doctor and got medicine for him, but it is apparently not working. Therefore, once again I am requesting prayers from the FReeper Prayer Warriors. Please pray for God's healing power for my grandson, Jorge.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668851/posts

Alouette's daughter and grandchildren are safe in Jerusalem for the time being.
I have not had an update on richardtavor's friends in Israel.

hipaatwo asks for prayer for the boyfriend of a friend's daughter who is an Israeli soldier (the boyfriend is the soldier).

Please keep the people of this region in your prayers, and that a real peace solution can be found, if possible, not something that will continue the instability of the status quo.

Please remember MOGirl's mom who is having health problems related possibly to diabetes.

Heartwood asks: Please pray for my unborn child, at 13 weeks. I felt a great deal of movement a few days ago, and now - nothing. It's still so early that this doesn't necessarily mean anything bad - but this is a high risk pregnancy because of my age and two previous losses late in the first trimester. Please pray for the baby's life and for my trust in God's will.

From Mr. Silverback: Some of you will recall that last year my wife Rambette had some difficulties in obtaining a nursing job because of a bureaucratic screwup. It has come to our attention that this was not a screwup per se, but almost certainly resulted from misconduct on the part of one or more hospital staff members. I cannot go into detail on the forum, but suffice it to say that the coverup for someone's favoritism and/or stupidity has strayed far into misconduct territory, and some people have a lot invested in making her seem like a problem child. Let me add that I have never known anyone who is more professional and devoted to patient care than my wife. She needs prayers for protection, wisdom and justice. She is preparing to go toe-to-toe. Thank you in advance.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667251/posts

Rte66 asks: 'Please remember the wonderful horse, Barbaro, who could use all the prayers anyone could muster right now for an animal." (I know that you are not alone in that prayer.)
He is doing better today: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665644/posts

Jaded asks: "Need prayer's for Nancy's father Ernest. In his 70's, had a stroke on Monday. Doctors wanted to do angioplasty but can't because he is too weak. There are several things going on."

ozaukeemom has a sad report about the missing teenager, who was found dead. Please remember his family and friends and those who are touched by this incident in your prayers. She also tells us that another young person was found dead (from different causes). Please join her in prayer for those in her community, especially the young people touched by these tragedies.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664481/posts

JRios1968 tell us that his wife had surgery on Tuesday. Please continue to remember his wife in your prayers. She just lost her father and has to deal with the surgery and a move all at the same time.

Please remember Ashton Glover's family. She was a 16 year old from Texas who was found dead yesterday after going missing. Rte66 tells us: " She had been murdered and the suspects, other teens from her HS, were caught just tonight after crossing the border into Canada from Michigan. (We're in SE TX.)."

Ciexyz asks: "Prayers offered up for Pittsburgh PA mayor Bob O'Connor, who is in the hospital and has just been diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma cancer, with four tumors that require chemo." Awestruck asks: "Please ask all to pray for Amanda Trimble, who came home to find her entire family dead, her husband had shot the 4 children and then killed himself.. and no one knows why he did it.. I can't imagine the pain this woman is going through.. she needs all our prayers right now. We also need prayers for another local mother, Debbie Hawk, who has been missing for quite some time, after police found blood in her house and found her vehicle abandoned.."

richardtavor writes: Mickey. recently lost a kidney and part of his liver to cancer and is fighting that. My prayer is for a total healing of the a total healing.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661306/posts

Jaded asks us: Please add Marge and her husband. Their 18 year old nephew was killed in a car accident this past weekend. They helped raise him and are taking this very hard. DaveLoneRanger tells us "Freeper RRyan24 is a very good friend of mine, and her sister Amanda went into premature labor. The baby was breech, so they had to do a cesarean section. The baby is named John, weighs about 3 pounds, and is struggling for life in the ICU. Prayers would be appreciated."

Prayers for J.D.'s son (a person I know from an email list) : He says: My handicapped son is in the hospital with a massive infection that has temporarily, we hope, caused most of his organs to shut down, or nearly so. His condidtion is now stable, and appears to be slowly improving, but he is still extremely critical. The docs seem to think that the next few days will tell if he will recover or not, so your prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Prayers for Mary Elizabeth, who is a Benedictine Oblate, who is having much physical and spiritual pain and problems.

murphyb has this request for a small boy: A 3 yr old nephew of a friend was admitted into the hospital b/c he started having trouble walking. They conducted a CT and found out he has a tumor on or near his brain stem. . Update: There is now some hope for this little guy. The doctors are now saying that he should have a 40-60% chance of survival. That sounds bad but they all thought that it would be much less. They say that if the tumor had been 2 centimeters lower on the brain stem, his chances would have been 0-5%. The doctors are now trying to decide how to proceed with chemo or radiation.

Jaded asks us to remember the following in our prayers:
Fr. Mike, recovering from surgery.
Deb- starting chemo.
Beth, Gabby and Claribeth- moving to Chicago so Gabby and Claribeth will be near their Dr. Both kids have Chiari Malformation
Glenda who has stage 4 brain cancer and breast cancer as well as her kids Debbie and Michael. The kids are grown but they are having a really hard time. Also Charles and Tina who are trying to help her and the kids.

From happymom: A quick request of my own: my daughter Christina is in the hospital. For the past couple weeks she has been saying she couldn't eat or drink anything because she felt like she was choking. Finally this weekend she as admitted because she was so dehydrated she couldn't keep anything down even when she tried. It turns out today that her EEG showed she is having seizures and that could explain the choking feeling. That makes sense to me, since I have two other children with epilepsy. I'm not sure I want to bring her home from the hospital yet, though, if she still can't eat and drink, or we'll just be back in by this weekend. On the other hand, I've only gotten to see the rest of my family for about 5 minutes a day, and I'd like to get home. But whatever will be best for her. I've got to get back to the hospital now so I won't be able to reply till tomorrow at least. Thank you so much.

Update from unionblue83 on Baby Kendall. "Baby Kendall is infection-free so far and home with mom, dad and big brother. All seems to be going well and I continue to pray for all of them. Thank you all for your prayers and support; they truly are "heard"."

(orignial thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1642425/posts)

Prayers for Rte66 and her situation with her neighbors.
Knitting a Conundrum asks: Please pray that everything about our move to Boise in the fall goes smoothly...I'm a bit overwhelmed by what needs to be done, and I have a lot of stuff to do and keep getting asthma attacks (related to stress and just the products I need to use to get the jobs done), and we're having some problems with the house we've been renting out and plan to move into. I'd really appreciate it.

Ciexyz has a friend who needs prayer: "Prayers requested for Dave, a friend of mine who is back in the hospital with Lyme Disease. This has been going on for over a year, he's been in and out of the hospital numerous times, has had bad reactions to the drugs they've used to try and treat this problem. Your prayers are much appreciated."

MissEdie has this update on Clint: " I wanted to update all of you on Clint's condition. His mother and I appreciate all of your prayers, however it is not looking good. His mom just got back from the hospital and the doctors are preparing her for the worst. Clint is not responding to the antibiotic being used to treat his staph infection. On Friday there was a glimmer of hope, his fever had broken. He is on the ventilator and it is doing all of his breathing for him. Freepers please pray hard for him, Clint is only 14 years old, and he has been in the hospital battling pneumonia. Please continue to pray for him and his mother! She is very frightened, and so am I."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648766/posts

BellStar asks: "We need to ask for your prayers again. Chelsey fever is back.. 103.5 and she had more blood clots in her vomit. Please God guide these doctors. "

WV Mountain Mama posts this good news about the baby who needed the heart transplant:

I have great news!!! I got a card from Ada's mom, Ada received a heart on 6/4/06 and is doing very well!!! She said to please pass on her most heartfelt thank you for all of the prayers. She knows that you all helped so much, and they meant so much to her family. She knows that Ada is in God's plans and Hands.

http://http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627087/posts?page=137#137

New Update on Big Frank:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639500/posts?page=107#107
Update from Sally's Concerns on her sister Alexis the Bengal Kitty: "She's had the pre-cancerous lump removed from her breast and we should have the pathology report later today (Monday, the 12th), she's had another ultrasound for the tumour on her ovary and it hasn't grown since the last one 2 months ago and finally, she had more blood work done and the blood test which tests for the ovarian cancer marker came back as normal. While it's too early to start celebrating it's not ovarian cancer, I'm still extremely grateful to all of the wonderful FReepers for their prayers for both of us.

Army MP Retired updates us on his wife. "Update on my Anita. Friends, yesterday we received bad news in that the cancer is in fact invasive and it was not contained only to the tumor that was removed last week. She must now have a complete mastectomy. That will happen next Thursday, followed by extensive chemotherapy. Pathology will then determine the likelihood the cancer has spread elsewhere and dictate what further testing is necessary. We continue to be grateful for our many blessings and for your prayers."

Mrs. Liberty is asking: "Would you please add my friend "Mike C" to your list? He is suffering from Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. In 1998, he was given three years to live, but has survived thus far. Unfortunately, he cannot have a heart/lung transplant--does not qualify. His health has been up and down over the years. He felt well enough to visit family and friends in Florida a few weeks back, but has told me that he is recently experiencing breathing problems. He is afraid, and I am, for him. He is a dear, dear friend who gives his big heart to everyone.."

FrdmLvr writes:

My 17 year old daughter Molly was involved in a serious automobile accident on May 26. She is still in critical condition in ICU. We have experienced one miracle already, by God's grace she survived the crash. Please pray for her full recovery. Thank you... Julie

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643026/posts A friend of mine is dealing with a potentially threatening situation and would like to be lifted up in prayer.

Sally'sConcerns posts: "Update: I'll be having surgery on June 28th on 2 different locations on my digestive tract. I'll be in the hospital for a minimum of 7 days. The additional testing I've undergone shows the initial surgery to correct the perforated ulcer was done incorrectly, part of the initial ulcer is still there and there is extensive scar tissue which shouldn't be there. I have precancerous lesions in my esophagus which will not be cured by surgery so I'll have to be monitored every 3 months by having a camera inserted down my esophagus and stomach. They will remove 60% of my stomach which will leave me open to hypoglycemia. Also, I'll have a feeding tube inserted during surgery which will remain until my physician is satisfied my stomach is capable of handling regular food. The feeding tube is required as I'm already somewhat underweight and they feel I need additional nutrition. The feeding tube will remain in my stomach even after I'm released from the hospital.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1642250/posts?page=15#15

Please keep FReeper SoFarRight, BlackbirdSST's wife in your prayers. She has started chemo, and BlackbirdSST tells us: "While the diagnosis on my wife is still pretty grim, she/we are fighting tooth and nail. We are lucky in the sense that we moved to an area (Billings, MT), that has one of the most highly rated Cancer Centers in the Nation. We had no idea. These people are GREAT! She is participating in a treatment clinical trial and study group, and she is recieving the most advanced Chemo treatments known (Avastin)and some others, whose name escapes me at the moment. "

Please remember a friend of mine who is having a really rough time financially as she struggles to raise her children. Please join me in praying that her financial troubles will resolve in a way that lets her meet her needs and take care of her family, that the doors open that she needs to do this, and that she can find peace of mind while dealing with this difficult time Brad's Gramma tells us that Beth, the mother of baby Logan who so many have prayed for is having serious health issues with Menieres Disease. Keep her in your prayers.

Please pray for Donna who has cancer that has spread into her hip and lung. Please pray for a friend of mine who is having a flareup of a chronic condition she has.

Salvation needs to be lifted up in prayer due to some health issues at this time.

One of our freepers has a son in dire need of being lifted up as he struggles with personal issues.

Please continue to remember in your prayers/ (if you have updates on these please let me know):

Jacob,Fightin' Spirit, Jason, Paul Weyrich, LibreOuMort, Noah, Mary Secretary, James, cgk, Haim, Paul and Lynette, Don, Carol, alnick, PastorBooks, Mable, Jeffrey_D, Linda AND her son, Paul and Denise, GAB-1955, Freeper's mom with emphysema,. redgolum's cousin's fiance, Awestruck's daughter, mak5's wife Mary, Fr. Karl Pulvermacher,
Bassalope's brother David, MILESJESU and his mother, Fudd Fan's sister, ladtx's wife, Loyalist's Dad, Dawn, the police officer with hemochomatosis, Hexe, Huntress' cousin Carol, MamaB's husband, Aggie Mama's father, DLfromthedesert, Franky's cousin John and family, Eagle6's sisters, Muleteam1's mother, MozartLover's MIL,
HoustonCurmudgeon's SIL, Carol, Tuscaloosa Goldfinche's son and father, Denise, Alan, BearWash, Howlin, Peace4EarthNow, phatus maximus and wife, the famkly of First Sergeant Jeff McLochlin

If you know anyone who needs prayer, and would like me to add them to this list, drop me a message or post it on this thread.

If you have updates, please drop me a freepmail or post it here.

Please let me know if you would like to be pinged when this is posted or if you would like me to take you off the ping list.

We lift up our voices to you, O King of the Universe! Be with those we commend to you this day, and with each of us, for without you, we are naught.

Amen.

Your prayer requests have been listed on or linked to the prayer request roundup thread today.

Feel free to ping or add updates to the thread. God bless.

Amen.

When I pray for the people here, I always ask Our Lord God to grant peace for the families. Thanks for compiling this list.

5 posted on 07/22/2006 10:04:44 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (A Conservative will die for individual freedom. A Liberal will kill you for the good of society.)

Thank you all so much, I don't have much time to write but it turns out my mom had an aneurysm. They were able to repair it surgically on Friday afternoon and she came through the surgery fine. We are still so worried.
She is in the ICU on a ventilator/ feeding tube. But luckily has been moving her arms and legs. Just today she opened her eyes. She is still in a light coma though.

We are preparing ourselves for a long recovery with ups and downs.
Thank you so much for keeping us in your prayers.
RushCrush and Family

Alouette sends out this notice (and even if you're not Jewish, it would be a good thing to add your prayers, for the need is great:)

Rabbis call for worldwide prayer rally
Jerusalem Post ^ | July 23, 2006 | Matthew Wagner

Posted on 07/23/2006 7:23:57 PM PDT by Alouette

The Chief Rabbinate's governing council announced a worldwide prayer rally on Tuesday, the eve of the new Jewish month of Menahem-Av.

At 6:00 p.m. Israel time, three verses of Psalms that the Rabbinate has recommended be said every day - verses 83, 130 and 142 - will be recited simultaneously by Jewish communities all over the world.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671067/posts

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