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Our dearest Uncle/Auntie Praise the Lord Some people attacked our pappa. Body injured. Two days ago 26 baptised. Anti christians tried stop. Before morning service over. Enemies knew late. Yesterday night they attack three families. One man serious. One house burned. Women and children burned. Knew this our pappa went see them. To our pappa we said not go. But our pappa said nobody else will go there, so our pappa went. Now we got news our pappa under trouble. Some believers saw. Our pappas body full blood. They took our pappa keep a home. There he rest. Our mummy,...

The doctors are attempting to move my son, Henry, from an oscillating venilator to a standard venilator. Normally, this would be a good development, but Henry is really struggling right now - I just got home from the hospital and my wife called from there (she's the night shift tonight). Any prayers or good thoughts you can send his way would be greatly appreciated.

This past Thursday I had a tumor removed from my brain, Unfortunately for me the initial biopsy (frozen section) performed during surgery came back positive for a nasty type of fast growing brain tumor. The final biopsy report on the entire tumor will be available this Wednesday. The surgeon has already told us not to get our hopes up for a more favorable report. I need a miracle at this point. Also need your prayers for myself AND my dear precious wife of 30 years. Thanks/Ed

Thirty elementary school children died of food poisoning yesterday after eating a native delicacy made from cassava flour at the San Jose Elementary School in Mabini town, Bohol. San Jose Vice Mayor Ester Tabigi said authorities had not yet determined exactly how many children had fallen ill, but at least 50 were still in critical condition last night in various hospitals in the nearby towns of Ubay and Talibon. Some children were brought as far as the provincial capital of Tagbilaran City, some 100 kilometers from Mabini. Reports said the children, mostly second and third-grade pupils, started complaining of stomach...

DEAR FREEPER SAINTS, dear brother bill has cancer. this after a history of heart problems. he has been a servant to his local church body and too the service of the kingdom for over 60 years. bill was told he has about 60 days before he goes home. he was the church cook at fellowship time until he mentored alpha to take up the task. prayers for his comfort till he goes to the far banks and prayers for calmness of spirit for his devoted wife mabel. i will send this too thee family for their comfort. please ping your...

All,   Fellow FReeper, Henry Lee II, spent the weekend in the hospital with a dangerously low blood platelete count (1-2k vs 100-400k which is normal).  While he was released late Sunday, he's been back to the E.R. several times since then with spontaneous nose bleeds.   He's been diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, which may take care of itself, or may require surgery.  He's also had a bone marrow biopsy to rule out leukemia or another malignancy.   Please keep him and his family in your prayers, and pray for a high platelete count in his future blood tests....

We have received notification of a perfect bone marrow match for Ethan!!!If all goes well, he will be admitted to Boston Children's Hospital on 3/11/05. This is a miracle!!Please pray for Brian and Carolyn as they go through this wih Ethan. Also please pray for the donor.. that all will go well with him. We are so thankful for your prayers over these past months! One last thing... please pray that Ethan's body will accept this new marrow so that he can grow into the man he was meant to be .Thanks again

SEND PRAYER REQUESTS AND JOIN WITH US FOR FULL NIGHT PRAYER ON 11th & 51 HOURS CONTINUOUS FASTING PRAYER ON 21st to 23rd of FEBRUARY. Please pray for an All Night Prayer of Salem Voice Ministries in India on 11th (Friday) evening 6 pm to 12th (Saturday) morning 6 am. Kindly pray for this full night prayer service and if you can, join with us in prayers by the spirit. When you pray, or joining with us in our full night prayer by the spirit, please pray for the following names and the prayer subjects. During our full night prayer...

My Mother was admitted in critical condition Sunday morning to an ICU unit in the Midwest. I was told at 3:00 p.m. that she was stable, not to bother flying back "yet" and that she'd be monitored in ICU for a few days, but since then she has had to have CPR performed on her several times. She requested they stop resusciating her sometime around 10:00 PST although they kept it up anyway (yeah brave nurses and docs!) so that a local sibling could get to the hospital in time. Her blood pressure is normally very low, and it's dropped...

I know there are many serious life and death things going on in our lives and this one, is not overtly that. However, it is a point of grace. Please remember Jordan today. He tries out for the high school baseball team. Something he has literally, quite literally, prayed about every day of his little life, since he first picked up a bat. He prays to make the team "if it is Your will". So often what seems small to us as grown ups, looms large in smaller eyes. It will be life changing for him, and as mothers, we...

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Sister Grace Marie is requesting prayers for her Mother Margaret Ihlenfeldt who is gravely ill with cancer. Please pray that God's mercy, grace, and wisdom will touch Margaret, and give her courage and peace. Please pray that Grace Marie, and her family who are gathered around her Mom will be strengthened by God's love at this difficult time. If you ever watch EWTN, and you've heard prayers said by a young woman with an English accent-that's Grace Marie. She asked me to post this as she knows Freepers are uber-prayer warriors.

I would like to ask for prayers for my father. He has a very unsual condition. He had heart surgery two years ago and was released from the hospital with nearly 20 lbs. of fluid retention. This ultimately developed into pnenmomia and the ensuing coughing was violent enough that he tore the wires that had been used to wire his sternum after the surgery. I guess this is extremely rare. He is very uncomfortable now and he has something akin to spasms in his chest from this condition. He went back to his surgeon and was told they could re-operate...

Free Republic Christians, I am writing with several urgent prayer requests. Since 1994 I have had the opportunity and privilege to teach at new evangelical seminaries, Bible colleges and Christian Universities that have opened up throughout the former USSR since the fall of communism. To make a long story short, I have once again been asked to return this fall to Chernivtsi, Ukraine in order to teach the following four courses at a theological institute located there: Missions, Evangelism and Discipleship, Apologetics, Teaching Principles and Methods and lastly, the Book of Revelation beginning September 15, 04 to December 15, 04....

I could use some prayers from my fellow FR Prayer Warriors. A little over a year ago, I had dislocated my knee cap. The doctor said if it happened again, they would have to go in and anchor it down. Well, yesterday it completely blew out. Just as I was standing up, my knee just "went" and my knee cap ended up on the outside of my leg. It stayed like that for 3 hours. I had to go to the hospital in an ambulance and it took the ER doctor 3 attempts of trying to jam it back into...

I am here to ask for prayers for my son, Michael. He is 20 years old. He was on his way back to school at Job Corps in Kentucky. When he left, we thought he was having an asthma attack. I thought it was just nerves causing it. During his flight to Nashville, he had such a hard time breathing, the flight attendants gave him oxygen. They almost turned the plane around. An ambulance at Nashville took him to the hospital. It turns out he has blood clots in both his lungs. Thankfully, they are small and the doctor expects...

A little over a month ago my dad was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in his left lung. The plan was to go through chemo to try and bring it under control. He has since undergone one round of chemo. The other day he took a turn for the worse and had to be rushed to the hospital, he was very pale and had to be rushed to the hospital because of shortness of breath. He now is unconscious and on life support. In addition to having double pneumonia he has several blood clots, one of which is lodged in his...

Andy was gravely injured by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) while riding in a Bradley fighting vehicle. He was on an early morning patrol near Samarra, Iraq with his platoon. His head injuries were treated by neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Gullick and the medical team of the 31st Combat Support Hospital in the field at Balad, Iraq. Latest News: Andy remains in critical condition. Immediate prayer concerns for Andy: (1) fever of 103 degrees (2) risk of blood clots because of his prone position. In order to perform medical tests today, all sedation was stopped. Andy has definite motor response to...

It is with a sad heart that I bring this update about Fr. Phil. Today sometime, Phil's family are moving him to the nursing home in the area for hospice care. My understanding is that he has not been awake since yesterday. It is a time for prayers for Phil, his family and for us his parish.

The body of my son Vincent died today. His soul like a small child was taken into the arms of Christ Jesus the Lord.At the time of the death of his body our friend the Maronite priest was present and we all witnessed a great shining from within him. I held him as he breathed his last breath in this world, and I trust Our Lord Jesut Christ held him as he breathed his first breath in that land where there is no crying or grief but life everlasting. I thank all of you for your prayers. I beg your...