Prayer & Praise Items

Prayer and Praise

February 22, 2012

P R A I S E . . .
Praise to you, Lord, for Your never ending love and mercy that we enjoy day by day.

P R A Y E R . . .
Pray for our missionaries of the week: Chuck, Carole, Daniel, Jonathan, & Matthew Fennig. Pray for Carole as she finalizes preparations this week for the workshop for the French Translator’s Notes team. Pray that the workshop (Feb. 28-March 9) would be a productive time. Thirteen people will be gathering from the U.S., Europe, and Africa to learn and to work together. There are some important topics to discuss which require the Lord’s wisdom. Pray for Chuck and others, who are very busy now gathering and updating data about the languages around the world for the next edition of the Ethnologue. Praise the Lord with us for some significant one-time gifts and some increase in our support. Pray that the Lord would continue to provide, for the remainder to be promised by April so we are not required to suspend our current roles to give full-time attention to support. Pray for Carole’s sister, who is on medical bed rest for an extended period of time and lives alone. Carole’s other sister has been with her for several weeks but needs to return home soon.

Pray for four unspoken requests.

Pray for the 48 people going on the Haiti mission trip this summer.

Pray for the annual Ohio Conference Assembly here at First Mennonite Church on March 9-10.

Pray for a couple that is requesting prayer for dealing with issues in their relationship.

Pray for parents, who deeply desire to raise their children with wisdom and Godly love. Ask the Lord to guide them through the difficulties, struggles, and pressures.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL:

Swiss Village:
Amos Liechty                             Chris Liechty
Phil Neuenschwandr               Irena Sprunger
Colleen Lehman-rehab from surgery

Hospice Care: Helen Sprunger; Herman Fosnaugh

At Home:
Ron Spade – surgery this Thursday at Parkview for internal bleeding issues.

Rick Steiner - dialysis and transplant lists

Ted Schwartz - chemo treatments

Jenny Dubach – low blood count

John Laymon - cancer

Ernest Liechty

Elsewhere:
Ft. Wayne: Lori Rhodus (niece of Becky Bryan) cancer surgery on Thursday of this week.

North Dakota: Cheryl Wollman (Cindy Lehman’s sister) very serious condition which was updated today to improved, with pneumonia, and on a ventilator.

Albuquerque, NM: Valerie (Rick) Graber (daughter-in-law of Elmer Graber)

Pittsburgh: Sidney Sokolsky (husband of Carol Sprunger) - now in nursing home

Assisted Living Center in Fort Wayne: Bill Garringer (Bob Garringer’s brother)

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Please phone Prayer & Praise items to church office, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 589-3108, or Jerry Flueckiger, 589-4666.