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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Is Summer Here?, Prayers, and Other Stuff

Friends:

What a beautiful afternoon of weather! For those of you locked inside watching the depressing Cowboys game, I say take a break and go outside for a bit. It doesn't get much better!

Let's start off today by welcoming two new couples to our class. We were pleased to have Chris and Leah Magid and Jim and Diane Hughes as guests this morning. We enjoyed having you guys very much! I hope you will come back and see us again next Sunday. We will be looking for you!

Next, let's all say a big thank you to Kirsten Escobar! She brought some delicious muffins to class this morning (banana nut and cinnamon swirl to be exact). Thanks very much, Kirsten! Great stuff. Next week, Matt and Beth Ramsdell are signed up. Thanks, Ramsdells! There's only one problem. Beth, if you go into labor, it's okay. You can skip the donuts. Just call me and we'll take care of it!

DON'T FORGET LADIES NIGHT OUT AT THE VANZEE HOME!

As I announced last week, Jill VanZee has invited all of the ladies to their home on January 29th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. We want all of the ladies to be there! Even if you haven't been to class in a long time, Jill and the other ladies want you there! As an incentive, I even agreed this morning to cook up some of my world famous lil' smokies and have them available for the ladies to eat. You don't want to miss that!!! Okay, okay, that's a joke, but the serious part is we want all of you ladies to be at Jill's house on the 29th!

We will send details about where (including directions) when the date gets a bit closer. For now, ladies, just be sure and put the date on your calendars!

PRAYERS AND PRAISES

We have quite a few prayers and praises today. First off, Brian VanZee would like for us to keep praying for his friend John Tibbs and John's sister Heather. Heather is fighting brain and breast cancer. She has had a difficult week. She is 38 and has 2 young children. Please pray for strength and comfort for everyone in this family, especially the kids.

Jim and Diane Hughes have asked us to pray for their grandson Christopher Pohl. He is currently deployed in Afghanistan. Please pray for his strength and safety.

On that note, Pam Ramsey would like for us to pray for her cousin Jay Riles. Jay will soon be deployed overseas as well.

We need to keep praying for Steve Ramsdell and the Ramsdell family. It looks as though Steve will begin his proton treatments in early February, and they will continue for approximately 8 weeks. He will be in Houston at MD Anderson during the week. Please pray for Steve's health, strength, and patience during this eight week period. Let's pray for understanding and comfort for the entire Ramsdell family during this stressful time. We are praying, Steve!

We also need to keep praying for Reese Nicholson. I believe she goes back for treatments again tomorrow. Pray that Amy and Brian will continue to get nothing but positive news. Pray that the end of this part of Reese's life will come very soon.

Beth Ramsdell has asked that we pray for her sister-in-law Brittany. She is nine weeks along in her pregnancy and has been having some difficulties with high blood pressure. Pray that Brittany will feel better and that the baby she's carrying will grow stronger every day.

Also on the baby front, we need to keep praying for our expectant Mommies: Beth Ramsdell, Liz Workman, and Erica Sullivan. Pray for good days for them and strong development for the little ones.

We need to keep praying for Shannon Smith as she grieves the loss of her brother. Pray for good days for Shannon and the entire Smith family. We are praying, Shannon.

Christina G. has a number of prayers for us to keep in mind this week. She would like for us to pray for her friend Kara who is sick and her friend M.J. who lost his Godmother this past week. She also will leave for Denton on Thursday for class and would like for us to pray for safe travel. Finally, she will be searching for a new job after January 31st since her Baylor job is only temporary. Pray that something good will come up for Christina.

Last but not least, we need to pray for everyone who has been affected by the very sad situation in Haiti. Pray for our church and for our nation as so many people work to help the people of Haiti.

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READING FOR NEXT WEEK

Next Sunday, we will plan to discuss Better Together through Day 24, which is page 106. Keep up with the reading if you can!

Have a great week, everyone. We're doing quite well with the competition for class attendance, so let's keep it up. We want some of you long lost folks to come back and see us! We will look for you next Sunday.

See you then!

Wes






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