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Prayer

Prayers for friends in Texas

In addition to whatever prayers you’re saying about Hurricane Ike, I’d appreciate it if you’d add a few people to your list.

  • From what I hear, Kate and I would be great pals in real life if she and her husband hadn’t left Missouri about the time we arrived. Instead, we’ve had to make do with an internet friendship. Kate and her family live on the Texas coast. She was supposed to have a baby today. Instead, she and her family have packed up and headed inland.
  • My former co-worker Gerry is a very talented photojournalist. This isn’t working in his favor this week, though; the paper he works for is sending him to Houston to cover the hurricane.
    • Prayer

    Judah update

    From Judah’s aunt:

    I spoke to my mom today and she had encouraging news. She had walked into his room and saw that his eyes were wide open. She said “Hi, it’s Grandma!” and he smiled at her. She thought that maybe she imagined it, but [Judah’s father] saw it too. She was so excited. He had another MRI and it showed that he doesn’t have as much swelling in his brain.

    Prayer

    Judah

    My friend’s nephew is in a coma. He’s 6 years old.

    He fell a few days ago and hit his head. The initial CAT scan showed that there wasn’t much damage. The results were comforting. When the doctors opened his head to release some of the fluid, though, they found that things were worse than the scan had suggested.

    He’s being transfered early next week to a children’s hospital in a larger city. Please pray for him, for his doctors and for his family.