On Jan 12 I have an ESD surgery to remove a large colon polyp. Please pray that the procedure goes well, and that the polyp is benign.

Please pray for a baby who was born prematurely and weighs just 3 pounds. She is doing well, but we can use prayer!

Pray for my friend who just had open heart surgery and is now preparing for brain surgery. Pray for a favorable outcome for the surgery and for a full recovery.

Asking for prayer for my great niece who we found out is using meth again. She was a teenage user who recovered, but however she has fallen back into the usage again.

I need prayer for my daughter. She is having a mental health crisis.

Please pray for my sister in Michigan who had surgery yesterday for an intestinal narrowing and blockage. She is having severe pain and they have taken her back to OR today. 

Please pray for our missionaries to Italy, Vincenzo and Antonella Cotroneo who send the following updates and prayer requests:

• Happy New Year!

• Please pray for Michaela, her unbelieving husband

• Gianluca, his conversion 

• Silvana, she has an infection and is in a lot of pain. Her daughter

• Francesca, is pregnant and not well at the moment

• For me, for I must have surgery in a month or so. I have a cavernoma in my head and it needs to be removed. It is a somewhat delicate surgery.