I guess my prayer request is that my large family would come along side and support me. They have not even called me once since my son has been hospitalized and has been out of the hospital, but they do call him, they do discuss him amongst themselves and accept him yet they have written off myself, my brother and a younger sister.  Life is too short to have a family that is against you and I try not to be bitter. Two of these siblings are Christians and they still do not come along side me. This has been going on for a few years. Another brother committed suicide 2.5 years ago because of this dysfunction. 

Requesting prayer for physical healing, was just diagnosed with actinic cheilitis, a precancerous condition of the lower lip. Please pray for healing, peace, and that I will do well during the treatments as I’m pretty bad about handling pain. God has been so good to me in my life and blessed me so much that I want to do well and glorify His name and the name of Jesus.

Please pray for our missionary to Romania, Natalie Bridges who sent the following updates and prayer requests:

• Praise the Lord my mom doesn’t have cancer and is healing well from her surgery! Thank you so much for praying for her!  We appreciate you all so much!

• We have not heard any more news regarding the buyer for the after-school program apartment, although we have heard that it is in negotiation. We appreciate your prayers as we continue to trust the Lord for provision and a new place to meet if we have to move.  We continue to rest in him!

• Deliverance and healing for the young woman who was one of the orphans who used to be in our family center.

• Praise the Lord, my knees continue to be pain-free. I am continuing to have hives (mostly in the evenings), but have no other symptoms.  Please pray that we will figure out the cause and that there will be a treatment for it.