Class Update--June 24, 2007

Dear Class Friends:

Good evening, everyone! Get ready. According to the Channel 25 weather forecast, more rain is on the way early this week! Take a your umbrella!

First off this week, I would like to say how pleased we were to welcome Melanie Stafford to our class this morning. Great to have you, Melanie! For those of you who may remember Jeff Stafford, Melanie is Jeff’s sister. We were quite pleased to get an update on Jeff this morning. Rumor has it that he is living in Round Rock with his wife and son. Now, back to Melanie. We look forward to having you with us again next Sunday. Come back and see us!

Next, I want to say a big thank you to Jeff and Jennifer Fadal for bringing us the delicious banana bread this morning. Way to go, Fadals! We certainly do appreciate it. Our friends the Buhners were signed up to bring us something to eat next Sunday morning, but, alas, we don’t have class! Vince and Mary Erickson are signed up for July 8th. Thanks for signing up, Ericksons! I also want to say thank you to the rest of you who signed up this morning as well. See our blog for the complete list. We’re set through September 30th!

I want to say a special thank you to Bernie Hookham and Kayla Jacque for volunteering to teach the kids this morning. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, BERNIE AND KAYLA! We very much appreciate this very important service to our kids and church.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT AUGUST 26TH
Come one, come all! Shawn and Shelley Buhner have kindly volunteered to open their home to our class on the afternoon of August 26th. We plan to make this a “Welcome Back” social event to welcome everyone back to church and class after a busy summer of travel and related matters. Thank you, Shawn and Shelley, for suggesting this idea! August 26th is a tentative date at this point, so please let me know if there is something that could interfere with this date. The time will be something like 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Rumor has it that the Buhners have a pool, so we may need to discuss swimming attire at some point (ha!). At any rate, PLEASE PUT AUGUST 26TH FROM (ROUGHLY) 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M. ON YOUR CALENDARS. I think this will be an important time for us to get together and enjoy one another’s company.

PRAYERS AND PRAISES
Now, let’s get to our prayers and praises.

I received an email update from Cathy Schneider yesterday. It looks as though Emmie is going to be okay. Cathy says that Emmie’s gastrointestinal matters may be developmental and that she should outgrow the problem. In other words, it doesn’t look like Emmie will need surgery. Please continue to pray that things will get better for Emmie. The Schneiders also have been dealing with sicknesses in their home. Please pray for health for the Schneider family.

I would like to ask that we all continue to pray for the Saxon family and, especially, for their son Paul. Pray for God’s strength for all of them. Here is a link to their blog:

http://www.saxonreport.blogspot.com/

We need to pray for Bruce and Amy Raney. They will soon be moving to San Antonio. That’s right. Bruce has taken a position in San Antonio. Please pray for their as-yet-to-be-born baby and for the two of them as they make the move. We’re praying for you guys, Amy and Bruce! (P.S.--They’re having a girl!)

I would like to say a praise for the baptism of Mark LaSeur last Sunday. Praise God for this great decision! It sounds as though young Mark is doing just fine. Way to go, LaSeurs!

We should pray for the VanZees as they prepare for another adoption. Pray that God will be with them and everyone involved as they move closer to having their second little one!

We also need to pray for Vince and Mary Erickson in this process as well. They have been working through the adoption process for about 9 months. Since they are adopting from China, they have several months to go as well. Ask that God will touch the Ericksons as they move forward in this very important process.

Jennifer Fadal has asked us to pray for her sister, Susan. She will be moving to Austin this week.

Shelley Buhner would like for us to pray for Landry Reed, the young boy who will be going in for allergy testing this week. Pray that the testing will go well and that the physicians will find out what antibiotics he can and cannot take.

Vince E. would like for us to continue to pray for their friends, Cole and Iva. They are the couple who have been raising two young boys. They would like to adopt the two boys officially, but have been running into some problems. Please ask for God’s wisdom for everyone who is trying to figure out what is best for these young boys.

Let’s pray for the May family. They have decided to sell their home and look for another location in this area. Please pray that everything will go smoothly for them.

The LaSeur family is taking a trip! That’s right, young Mark will make his first trip to Illinois this week. Please pray for safe travel for the LaSeurs. Enjoy your trip, folks!

Also on the driving front, we need to pray for Franci Rogers’ mother. She is coming to visit the Rogers’ home this week. Pray that she will travel safely and her enjoy her time with young Carter while she is in town.

The Coltrains are headed out of town! Rumor has it that they are taking a cruise (Khalil’s trying to call it work, but I don’t buy it.) Please pray that everything will go well for the Coltrains, and for Emma and Camden while they are out of town!

We need to continue to pray for Heather McNair. She is the young lady who has triplets at home and, on top of that, will be going in for heart by-pass surgery this week. Please pray that the surgery will be successful and that Heather will get back to 100% very soon.

Teresa Sullivan has asked us to pray for her father. He is planning to have gastric by-pass surgery in the near future. We thank God for this important decision, and please ask God to be with Robert and everyone who is helping him to prepare for this important surgery.

Shawn Buhner would like for us to pray for his Uncle John. He has several clogged arteries and is having some difficulty getting around these days. His situation is too bad for surgery at this point. Please pray that God will help John to get to feeling better very soon.

Last but certainly not least, Vince Erickson reported this morning that he successfully stared down a bear on his and Mary’s recent trip to the Smoky Mountains. Glad you guys had a great trip, Vince and Mary!

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I believe that covers our prayers and praises for this week. I plan to send a separate announcement regarding the possible choices for our next book. Dana and I hope that all of you have a great week! Please remember, we do not have any Sunday morning classes next week. Only one service next Sunday! We look forward to seeing all of you at that service. If not then, we’ll see you on July 8th!

God bless,

Wes and Dana