Prayers, This Week's Bidness, and Our Next Book

Friends:

Good evening! I hope you've enjoyed the weekend--and managed not to blow away! First off, let's thank Matt & Beth Ramsdell for bringing our donuts this morning. We appreciate it, Ramsdells! Next week, Ben & Teresa Sullivan are in charge.

Next, I want to thank everyone who has signed up to teach the Fish Dish class for a week. We've almost covered the entire year already! Way to go, us! You can see on the blog (top right) that we have every month covered except June, November, and December. Please let me know if you are interested in one of these three months. Thanks again for your service, everyone!

PRAYERS AND PRAISES

We have lots of prayers, so let's get to it.

The Nicholsons, once again, are dealing with sicknesses. Amy has come down with strep throat. Please pray for her quick and complete recovery. We're praying for you, Amy! We also need to pray for Reese. She has been dealing with the stomach flu.

Great news for Steve May! He will begin a new job with another pharma company on Feb 17th. Praise God for your patience, Steve and Jennifer! Now that Steve has had his Job-like experience, he can move on to even stronger days of faith and a new job (not to be confused with a new Job). : )

We need to continue to our prayers for Ben and Nicki Sanchez. They continue to deal with fallout from Severus's injury a few weeks ago. Pray that things will get better with them soon and that the situation will be resolved.

How about another praise on the job front for Shelley B.! Shelley learned last week that she has been retained and all is well with her work. Praise God for this great news! Let's continue our prayers for the Buhners as they get life back to normal after several weeks of stress.

How about a 1 year birthday for Raelynn VanZee! Can you believe it?! That's right, Raelynn turns 1 this week. Please say a prayer that Raelynn and family will have a great day.

Also on the birthday front, Maliah recently turned two (I think it happened last week!). Praise God for how well Maliah has done! Let's continue our prayers that the next year will be as great as the last for Maliah and the Erickson family.

Vince E. would like for us to pray for a couple of his friends. One of them, Jermaine, was recently let go from his sportscasting job in Wichita Falls. Pray that days will get better for Jermaine and that he will have the patience he needs to find a new place of employment.

Vince has another friend, Greg, who was injured recently in a late-night attack. Pray that Greg will recover quickly and have better days soon.

Teresa Sullivan brought a praise this morning that her Mom has found a new job. Praise God for the great news! We also need to keep up our prayers for Teresa's Dad. He is doing fine at work, but has been working a great deal. Pray that he will not overdo himself.

Last but certainly not least, Christina G. would like for us to pray for her boyfriend, Tim. He will be leaving for Milwaukee again soon. He also needs our prayers while he continues his battle to stop smoking. Also on the Gilliam front, Christina would like for us to pray for her and Tim while they prepare for an exciting spring break camping trip in a few weeks.

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I believe that covers our prayers for this week, at least the ones that we had time for! Our kids just about knocked our door down before we could finish class Today

Oh, one more thing. I've decided that we will push on with another Bible study for our next class book. Lots of people seem to like this approach. This study is on "Perseverance," which strikes me as an appropriate topic given the many difficulties that people are facing these days. For those of you who want to buy the book (it's only $8.00!), you can click here to order it from Amazon.com. I think this will be a great follow-up to our last study.

I think that's all for now. Dana and I hope everyone has a great week. We look forward to seeing you again next Sunday morning!

God bless,

Wes and Dana