(I seem to be having a lot of those lately!)
I would like you all to please pray for a friend of mine, a young man named Andrew. Yesterday evening he had an accident on a farm tractor and tore the ring finger off of his left hand. He got out of surgery a little before 12:30 this morning, but sadly the surgeons were only able to reconstruct about half of his finger.
Please pray, obviously, for his physical recovery. He broke his little finger on top of losing his ring finger, and he's going to be in for a long and painful healing process.
But also, pray that God would keep him in good spirits. This would be a big loss for anyone, and Andrew is only 17. Please pray that he won't let himself become angry or bitter about this, but that instead he will let it grow and strengthen his faith in Christ.
Please pray for his family and friends too, that they (and we) will be able to give him the comfort and support and encouragement he needs as he comes to terms with this new and difficult aspect of his life.
And of course, join me in thanking God for protecting Andrew, and that a single finger was all he lost! Believe me, there is so much that can go wrong with farming equipment, and it could have been much, much worse.
Thanks in advance for your prayers.
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September 13, 2012
September 7, 2012
Rain!
Many of you have been joining me over the last few months in praying for rain for the mid-west. This has been the driest, hottest summer I have ever seen, and we've been desperate for some moisture.
Well, I'm very pleased to report, we have finally had some rain! Yesterday afternoon we were blessed with a regular toad-strangler. (For those of you not familiar with the hillbilly dialect, imagine standing in the shower with the water going full blast, while someone sprays you with a garden hose. That's a toad-strangler.) It only lasted a few minutes, but it was a huge blessing. We also got some hail, but it was only pea-sized - not really large enough to arouse anything beyond mild interest.
Today was the real excitement: more rain, but rain that brought straight-line winds of up to 80 mph with it. My family and I were all stranded in town and a bit worried about what we would find when we came home, but fortunately all the animals are okay and there is no damage to our house or outbuildings. Some huge tree branches came down in our yard, barely missing my parked car and the family four-wheeler, and a barrel of glass canning jars was flung across the yard, leaving a trail of (amazingly, unbroken) jars in its wake. But we got rain!!!
The creeks aren't running yet, but there are at least puddles in them, which is more than we've had since the end of May. This is a huge, huge blessing. We're not out of the woods completely yet, as far as the drought is concerned - we have a lot of rainfall to catch up on - but we are so blessed and so thankful for what we've received the last two days.
Thank you all so much for your prayers.
~Mary
Well, I'm very pleased to report, we have finally had some rain! Yesterday afternoon we were blessed with a regular toad-strangler. (For those of you not familiar with the hillbilly dialect, imagine standing in the shower with the water going full blast, while someone sprays you with a garden hose. That's a toad-strangler.) It only lasted a few minutes, but it was a huge blessing. We also got some hail, but it was only pea-sized - not really large enough to arouse anything beyond mild interest.
Today was the real excitement: more rain, but rain that brought straight-line winds of up to 80 mph with it. My family and I were all stranded in town and a bit worried about what we would find when we came home, but fortunately all the animals are okay and there is no damage to our house or outbuildings. Some huge tree branches came down in our yard, barely missing my parked car and the family four-wheeler, and a barrel of glass canning jars was flung across the yard, leaving a trail of (amazingly, unbroken) jars in its wake. But we got rain!!!
The creeks aren't running yet, but there are at least puddles in them, which is more than we've had since the end of May. This is a huge, huge blessing. We're not out of the woods completely yet, as far as the drought is concerned - we have a lot of rainfall to catch up on - but we are so blessed and so thankful for what we've received the last two days.
Thank you all so much for your prayers.
~Mary
August 23, 2012
Please Pray!
I'm asking all of you to please, please pray for Polk County Missouri right now. As I write this, there are two active wildfires in the county and they have already burned hundreds of acres. I can see the smoke of one of them from my house. Firefighters from at least two neighboring counties have come in to help, but at this point one of the fires is completely out of control and uncontained, and our area is experiencing very high winds right now, which makes everything worse.
My family and I are out of the fire's path, thankfully, but we have friends whose home and land is directly in line with it, and other friends who are firemen, out there fighting on the front lines right now.
Please pray, first of all, for the safety of everyone involved in this disaster.
Please pray that God would stop the winds and bring the fires under control, and that He would send the rain we so desperately need.
Please pray for the recovery of everyone whose property has been destroyed (to my knowledge, no homes have been destroyed yet, but a lot of pastureland, winter hay, and a few barns have been lost).
Please pray that, whatever happens, the Christians involved in this circumstance would respond in a godly way and use this opportunity to help our neighbors and share Christ's love with them.
Lastly, please pray that we would all keep calm, level heads on our shoulders and take things in stride. We Missourians are used to dealing with tornadoes and hailstorms on a regular basis, but wildfires are a little outside our field of expertise.
Thank you in advance for your prayers. We need them badly right now.
Update, 10 pm:
The main fire has made it into the more rugged area in the northern part of the county and the firefighters are unable to reach it, so they've moved around to get ahead of it and are waiting on one of the roads to try and head it off. Hopefully the road will serve as a firebreak, but with this wind we can't count on that. If the fire continues on this path, the next farm it will reach is one belonging to some very dear friends of my family. Still no homes have been destroyed, thankfully, but over 20 cars have been, and countless bales of hay - a loss that will make this winter very hard for a lot of people.
Please continue praying, especially now that the darkness is making the firefighters' job harder and more dangerous.
My family and I are out of the fire's path, thankfully, but we have friends whose home and land is directly in line with it, and other friends who are firemen, out there fighting on the front lines right now.
Please pray, first of all, for the safety of everyone involved in this disaster.
Please pray that God would stop the winds and bring the fires under control, and that He would send the rain we so desperately need.
Please pray for the recovery of everyone whose property has been destroyed (to my knowledge, no homes have been destroyed yet, but a lot of pastureland, winter hay, and a few barns have been lost).
Please pray that, whatever happens, the Christians involved in this circumstance would respond in a godly way and use this opportunity to help our neighbors and share Christ's love with them.
Lastly, please pray that we would all keep calm, level heads on our shoulders and take things in stride. We Missourians are used to dealing with tornadoes and hailstorms on a regular basis, but wildfires are a little outside our field of expertise.
Thank you in advance for your prayers. We need them badly right now.
Update, 10 pm:
The main fire has made it into the more rugged area in the northern part of the county and the firefighters are unable to reach it, so they've moved around to get ahead of it and are waiting on one of the roads to try and head it off. Hopefully the road will serve as a firebreak, but with this wind we can't count on that. If the fire continues on this path, the next farm it will reach is one belonging to some very dear friends of my family. Still no homes have been destroyed, thankfully, but over 20 cars have been, and countless bales of hay - a loss that will make this winter very hard for a lot of people.
Please continue praying, especially now that the darkness is making the firefighters' job harder and more dangerous.
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