Praise and Prayer for February 7, 2010

Although it seems like each week since the year began, someone in the family has been ill, this past week topped them all thus far. On top of the sinus infection and laryngitis that Cherith already had, she caught pink eye from the kids, and while their cases went away quickly, hers developed into a full blown case. Last Sunday, she kept the kids home while I went alone to church. On Monday, Adrianna still wasn’t up to par and missed school, which for her is very rare. She was back up and running on Tuesday and Wednesday, but by Thursday morning began to not feel well again. By now, Cherith was doing much better. Adrianna stayed home from school Thursday afternoon with classic symptoms of the stomach flu. That night, Caleb came down with it too and we were up various times that night with mad dashes for the basin and for the toilet. Both kids stayed home Friday, and Caleb’s teacher told me that 9 of his class were out sick that day. Saturday gave a little more time for recovery, and today every one seems to be feeling better, just in time to be able to attend church as a family again. We were glad that we were able to fulfill our roles at the keyboard, as the nursery worker and teaching a SS class. The kids are still quite tired. We are so thankful that Josiah hasn’t caught the stomach flu or the sinus cold.

Praise for:
- the Lord helping our family through times of sickness.
- healing for Cherith, Adrianna and Caleb and for keeping Josiah and Papa well.
- Cherith being able to complete some important paper work this week, despite the illness.
- a “chance” meeting in town with one of the former members of our church, and an opportunity to encourage this person to come back.
- good progress for Elva Farrell in her recovery from hip replacement surgery.

Pray for:
- wisdom for the Fischers as they begin their ministry as Pastor and Pastor’s wife.
- the planning for the ordination counsel and installation of Emmanuel as the new pastor.
- “J” and the need to return to the Lord and attending church.
- good health for each one of our family this week.
- God’s direction to be clear to us for our future ministry (after home ministry in 2011).