Prayer for Bro. Clayton Brown and family!

I was saddened to hear the news of Sis. Janiver Brown passing early this morning! Yet, we rejoice because she has entered into paradise! Our prayers go out to Bro. Clayton Brown, his family and the church in Napa! May God's comfort envelop you and His strength sustain you! We love you all!

Thank You!

I want to say Thank you to all of our friends and family for your prayers and support at the loss of Tim! We laid him to rest yesterday in Louisiana in the beautiful pine box he had requested! Deb will post more when she gets home! Love you all!

Memorial Service in Stockton

Memorial Service in West Monroe, LA

Burial in Calhoun, LA

Gayla and Tom at the Gravesite

The Gravesite

Hello to Our Friends!

We have had several friends ask if we are still blogging. So here is a breath of blogging life coming to you tonight! I've kind of left it to Debbie, but will contribute every now then myself! Hope you all are great and I pray God's best for you always!

Steve

Friends At General Conference

We just got back from Greensboro, NC where we attended GC. It was a great time to get with friends and family and to hear some incredible preaching! Debbie will be posting a slide show with a ton of pictures. It was good to see everyone! Praying God's best for all of you!

Camp Meeting 2008

Here is a slideshow of some of the pics we took at Camp. It was one of the best Camps we have ever had. I want to thank everyone who attended and made it great! I have a long list of "thank you's" that I will add to this post. Enjoy the pictures!

For more pictures of Camp Meeting 2008, make sure you get to the following blogs. They have some great shots.

Shirley Buxton
Ronda Hurst
Tena Valenti

Prayer Updates

I talked to my friend, Melanie Elms today. She arrived in Denver early this morning to be with her Dad, Bro. Hale. She said that he was doing better, still in ICU. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. You can be updated on him by visiting the church that he pastors, Landmark Tabernacle's website.
Please continue to keep Kris Anderson in your prayers. I received this e-mail from her husband, Mike today:
Words are not enough to express our appreciation for the support we feel from all of your prayers. This is truly an unusual trial of Kris and my faith. In spite of some not so positive reports yesterday, our trust has continued to be "who's report do you believe, we shall believe the report of the Lord". Last evening, I went to the hospital chapel and asked the Lord to give me a word and He gave me a scripture from the Psalms. "Wait I say on the Lord and be of good courage and he will strengthen your heart, Wait I say, Wait on the Lord". I received this as a direct answer.
Today the reports were much more encouraging. Kris is still being assisted to breath on a Bpap machine, but it is better than the ventilator. If everything continues to go well they will do a heart cath on Tuesday. This is very trying for her, as it requires total bed rest and no relief from the routine of ICU until then. Please pray for God's extra grace. The prognosis is she can be restored to a more normal life. Which is what we all asked for.
No one knows what it means to us to have such a powerful network of family, friends, and our Christ Church saints. The nurses and those attending Kris keep asking me "Are you Okay?" I say, “We have a tremendous support group”, and I mean that with all my heart. We thank all of you for standing with us. We are not quite out of the woods yet, but we do see that light of hope for the future.

Urgent Prayer Request

Bro. Billy Hale of Denver, CO (District Superintendent) suffered a heart attack tonight after their Weds. night service. A report from Ed Cantu said that he was in surgery late tonight and they were putting in two stints in a couple of arteries, one of which had 100% blockage. Please pray for Bro. & Sis. Hale and their family!

Prayer Request

Our friend, Kris Anderson was admitted again on Wednesday night in the hospital with some of the same symptoms and is currently back in ICU. Please keep her in your prayers.
Thanks.

UPDATE

I received this e-mail from Mike Anderson about his wife, Kris.

"Praise the Lord and thank you to all of our friends and family for your prayers in our scary happenings of last week. We are home from the hospital and Kris has been given good prognosis for complete recovery and long life. These words are a great comfort to us both. We are so grateful to God for his sparing her life and a return to normal life. We love all of you and are so glad to be networked with so many Holy Ghost filled prayer warriors that get things done in prayer. What a change in just one week. The Glory goes to God, in Jesus Name."

Prayer Request

Please be in prayer for our friend, Kris Anderson, wife of Pastor Mike Anderson. They pastor Christ Church in Houston, TX. Kris was rushed to the Hospital early Monday morning unable to breathe. She was extremely critical, but because of prayer she has responded very well to treatment. The cardiologist ruled out a major heart attack. Her doctor says this is severe flu causing pneumonia which triggered heart stress. Today they were able to take her off of the ventilator. I talked with Mike earlier today and he said she was resting and doing better. The Anderson's are dear friends of ours and I know that they appreciate your prayers.

Happy 40th Birthday Melanie!

On Wednesday, April 23 I flew to Las Vegas for a surprise 40th birthday get-to-gether for my dear friend, Melanie Elms. Sunday night, Mel's husband, David and their church, Cathedral of Pentecost in Ft. Lauderdale, FL gave her a big surprise birthday dinner that included her parents and his parents. It was there that David told her that he was taking her on her birthday to Vegas for a few days. What she did not know, was that 6 of her dear friends. . . .Myself, Mel's sister, Lori Hood, Farah, Julie Finical, Tiffany Barnaby, & her sis-n-law, Melodie Eliseo were going to be there when she arrived! Dave had the suite booked, we arrived and got busy decorating. When Dave & Mel arrived that afternoon and the door opened with all of us, what a great surprise!!! There was many surprises for Mel the rest of the week. David was a part of our party that afternoon and went to the 40th Dinner that evening at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant. He flew home Thursday morning. Melody missed her plane and surprised Mel around 10:30 that night when she walked in the hotel room! Needless to say there was so much catching up with these friends! Lots of laughs, fun, shopping, eating, and just good old fun of friends getting together to celebrate a friend's 40th birthday!!

Home With Dad & Mom

These past few days, I was able to be home at the Circle Double F Ranch with my Dad and Mom in Calhoun, LA.! Since I was speaking in Jackson and it is only 2 hours from home, I was not going to miss a chance to be with my parents! I flew in Thursday night and on Friday my sister-in-law Gayla Foster from Dallas was home visiting her parents came by on her way back to Dallas. We enjoyed a lunch of Johnny's Pizza with Dad and Mom and a few hours together before she headed to Dallas and I to Jackson. Although we talk almost every day, we don't get to see each other as often as we would like. So this was a special treat! The sessions in Jackson were over in time for me to have dinner with Dad and Mom at Piccadilly! There are certain places that I like to eat when I'm home and Piccadilly is one of them. While there, I texted my friends Melanie Elms & Farah Morton. . .they both love Piccadilly as well!! We usually always let each other know when we are there to kind of rub it in! : ) Sunday I was able to be in service at my home church, THE PENTECOSTALS of the Twin-Cities. It was great to see everyone! It was a treat to hear my Dad teach his Sunday School lesson and my brother, Mark preach. It was great to also be with Paulla, Jeremy, Jennifer, Jayden, & Jesi. Saturday, I went to Kalidascoops Ice Cream Shop in Monroe to see my nephew Jonathan & his wife Tasha. They are the new owners! If you are in Monroe, stop by on Forsythe Ave. for a scoop! I know they will do great with this new venture! Monday night, my dear friends Madeline & Ginger put together a dinner with a few friends that were available. It was a great time!! Sis. Rachel Smith, retired missionary was there as well as two other ladies that have been so special in my life as intercessors, Sis. Virginia and Kathy. It was a fun time!! It was great to be home to see so many, but most of all to be with Dad & Mom and just enjoy hanging with them!

Urgent Prayer Request for Bethani Roam

I am sure many of you have already heard that Bethani Roam was airlifted to a San Francisco Hospital for an emergency liver transplant. Please pray for her and Brian and of course all the family. The family has set up a blog to keep everyone posted of her progress!

http://bethaniroam.blogspot.com/