Prayers, Beautiful Weather, and Dead Brackets

Friends:

Good evening! Well, I hope your bracket's doing better than mine. The Pittsburgh loss last night means that the time has come for me to toss my bracket in the trash. My only consolation is that the Kansas loss did the same thing to Dana's! Oh well, there's always March Madness 2010 (by the way, get your tickets for the Women's NCAA tournament in San Antonio now! I have a feeling the Lady Bears will be there!).

I hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful afternoon of weather. If we prayed real hard, do you think God would bless us with this kind of weather year-round?! I think it's worth a shot!

PRAYERS AND PRAISES

Let's go ahead and jump to our prayers and praises.

We need to keep up our prayers for Steve May. He has five more days left in New Jersey. Pray for a good five days and a safe trip home for Steve.

Christina G. has a classmate that had an unplanned pregnancy and consequently needs our prayers. Please pray for comfort and good decision-making for Christina's friend.

Also from Christina, she has another classmate named Shelly who needs our prayers. Shelly's 19-year old daughter has been having lots of difficulties lately. Please pray for better weeks for Shelly and her daughter.

Mary E. would like for us to pray for her grandmother. She has been battling cancer for some time now. Her name is Ella, and she is 91 years old. Pray for comfort and healing for Ella.

We need to keep up our prayers for Lael, Vince's sister. It turns out that her insurance company has decided that her cataracts aren't bad enough to cover the surgery. This is good news in that she won't be getting the surgery now, but it's bad news because she will need it at some point. Pray that things will work out so that Lael will get the treatment she needs.

Teresa has asked that we keep up our prayers for Ben. Things are quite dangerous on his rig right now, due to the type of drilling that they are doing. Pray for safety and comfort for Ben, and for Teresa and the boys while Ben is out of town.

Ben S. brought a praise today that he starts a new job on April 6th. This will be a much better situation for him. There's also good news on the Ben/Nicki front in that Ben is now back in the home full-time. Praise God for the great news, Ben and Nicki!

Nicki also brought a praise that her mom's neck surgery was successful. Pray that her recovery will continue to go well.

Bernie's parents will be returning home this week to Iowa. Pray for their safe travel. Rumor has it that Jeff has decided to go back to Iowa with them to enjoy a bit of quality time with the in-laws, so pray for Jeff as he begins his new life as part-time ferret farmer.

Jennifer May would like for us to pray for Mr. Jaret. He's been having some trouble with some anxiety issues, especially since Steve has been out of town. Pray that Jaret will have a good week at school and that Steve and Jennifer will find what helps Jaret to channel all of his perfectionist energy in the right direction. I feel your pain, Jaret!

Finally, I'm headed off to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga this week for a lecture. Should be a good trip. I've never been to Tennessee before. Please pray for a safe, successful trip. Pray, also, for Dana and the youngsters while I'm gone.

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I think that takes care of matters for today. Have a great week, everyone. Believe it or not, we'll be celebrating Easter very soon. Put the April 11th Easter Egg Hunt on your calendar now!

See you next Sunday.

God bless,

Wes and Dana