Valerie on March 4th, 2009

I just got the last of the cupcakes into the oven, this week’s snack offering for our local CEF Good News Club. We are rejoicing for so many reasons about this club: ~Our church agreed to sponsor it, which means that they take on the operating costs and commit to providing help and follow-up on [...]

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Valerie on October 31st, 2008

Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. Acts 12:5 In The Light and the Glory, the authors mention how the Puritans would fast and pray before an election. Up until thinking about this, I had fallen into the resignation that this country would [...]

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Valerie on September 24th, 2008

I just found out today that our CEF Good News Club will be starting up in January. This is late for a beginning, mainly because they are waiting for more volunteers to help with the club. It would work out for us, though, who hope to be living in the area by then, and could [...]

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Valerie on September 3rd, 2008

We took the older four over to Mohican State Park (thanks for babysitting, Grandma!). I sat in the river and read a very interesting book (review to come later), while Luke took the kids on a hike to the falls. It was a really good time- the kind of getaway we hope to do more [...]

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Valerie on May 22nd, 2008

Please be in prayer for the Chapman family. Leave a comment if you like on Maria’s condolence site. It doesn’t help the pain, but does feel good to reach out and give that virtual hug.

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Valerie on June 7th, 2007

I just heard, from my buddy Honey, that Kim, from Large Family Logistics, is 24 weeks pregnant, and experiencing preterm labor. Please lift her up today. Read the details here.Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3

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Valerie on May 8th, 2007

Many of you should remember me writing about our little friend, Jaylynn, and the procedure she has undergone these past four months to stretch her femur. For those new to her story, click on the ‘Prayer Needs’ label below, and all of the posts about her should be there.Well, her time is up at the [...]

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Valerie on March 1st, 2007

There is a baby boy named Vincent who needs your prayers. This is from an email forwarded to me: Cathy Leary asks for prayer for her co-worker’s 3-month-old son who was found in his crib wedged up against his bumper pad not breathing. He is at Children’s Hospital in critical condition. Vitals are improving, but [...]

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Valerie on January 19th, 2007

On Tuesday, January 16, Jaylynn Freeman had surgery at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The name of Jaylynn’s surgery was an osteoplasty of the left femur with application of multiplanas external fixator, pseudoarthrosis of left femoral neck. This means they are starting the process to begin lengthening Jaylynn’s left femur bone. This external fixator is [...]

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Valerie on January 19th, 2007

It seems like this is a season of a lot of prayer needs for those with whom I am acquainted. I want to keep these kinds of requests to a minimum here on my blog; I feel like if there is too much posting about this sort of thing, people (including myself) can get calloused. [...]

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