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12/19/11

I’d like to ask a favor of you. For those of you who don’t know him, my beloved friend, Richard Jones is in need of prayer. About three weeks ago he fell down the stairs and hurt his back. He went to his doctor and an MRI was done. He was called this last Sunday (yesterday) by his doctor who’d received the results and apparently the findings were worse than expected. His doctor has told him that he’s going to have to have surgery and have it quickly and she’s trying to find a back surgeon who will take his case and his insurance since he’s on Medicare and disability because of his need for a heart transplant. The doctor has already told him that he has only a 50/50 chance of come through the surgery because of the condition of his heart. He goes to see his doctor today to talk further about the findings and the expectations.

Please pray that God would heal him and protect him. That if the surgery is the only alternative that he would come through it with flying colors and heal quickly.

God is the creator, the ultimate physician and this is not too big for him.

Please put him on your prayer lists both at home and at your churches.

Again, his name is Richard Jones and he’s 48 years old.

Thank you,

Sharon
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11/5/11
URGENT PRAYER FOR A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE: Today I went with my friend Liz to see a lady who was a neighbor of mine over twenty years ago. Pat is her name & she is a beautiful lady, but she is having some major health issues. She is in the hospital now with a blood clot on her lungs & the meds she is on has led her to deal with diabetes on top of everything else.
Pat is such a sweet lady & when I hugged her it took everything within me not to breakdown crying. She has the faith to be healed & I know Jesus can heal her too! Please my friends storm the gates of Heaven above for Pat.
God bless you all....and thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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This is my little six yr old cousin, Junior. Urgent prayers please. I do not know all the details, but there is something wrong with his heart. The blood is flowing backwards. Please pray for my little cousin. God bless you and thank you my friends.

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July 1, 2011

I have been asked by 2 dear friends of mine to post prayers for them. They do not want their names mentioned, but God knows who they are. One of my friend's daddy has a rare blood disease, a rare cancer. Please pray for God to heal him. Also another friend is about to lose her home. Her husband & herself will have to live in their car. God can move mountains & miracles take place. Thank you all for your prayers.

May 2011
A special prayer request for an awesome three year old.

From Missy Watkins

PRAYER REQUEST GOING OUT: My nephew Zack has been diagnosed w/Myoclonic epileptic seizures. He starts meds 2day. MRI in 4 wks 2 c if they can determine if anything is growing 2 cause seizures. PRAY they find nothing, meds work, & that he eventually outgrows them. Thanks everyone 4 ♥ & prayer keep em comin!! FEEL FREE TO KEEP THIS PRAYER CIRCLE GROWING TOO :)

5-17-11
Some people come into your life & make such an impact on you that you will never forget. This is how I feel about my friend Ray Carter. Urgent prayers ! I need prayer my friends for a very special man. His name Ray Carter, and this man is such an amazing man. He is funny, sweet, and has been such a good friend to me for years now. He has cancer & is having his first chemo this Friday. Please pray for him, please. Thank you in advance. God bless.

3-28-11
Prayers for a dear friend of mine.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, it is worse than I thought. I just got a call from my son Robert. He spoke to Carlos' daughter and she asked him to relate to me the real story. Carlos didn't tell me everything. It seems this is the beginning of the end and the doctors cannot even begin to estimate how long he has. This is what his daughter told Robert: The doctors did an endoscopy and found that the valve that separates the two major chambers of the heart is thickening and hardening. He is not a candidate for surgery because of the OCPD. When the valve finally closes, his heart will stop and that will end his life on earth. My only consolation is that Carlos loves God dearly and I know he will be ready when the Lord calls him home. Our parents and youngest brother will be there to greet him. His daughter said he is not well at all, although he tells me he is doing okay and not to worry. I am trying not to worry, but the Lord knows I am only human and I love my brother so much.

I ask that you pray for the Lord's will and that when the time comes it will be a quick and easy passing. I don't want to say goodbye to my brother, and I pray for a miracle, but will accept God's will ~ He is in charge.

Thank you for your prayers. I love you all.

Hilda Salinas

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2-21-11

Dear friends...I am asking for prayer for my daughter Desiree once again.

I do not know much except she is in the hospital in AZ and they are waiting on lab results. She does have an infection on her breast that was caused from a cat scratch a few yrs back. I have taken her myself to the doctor for this many times and nothing seems to heal it and the Medicaid she is on would not cover any kind of specialist that she might of needed. I do not understand why that thing never healed and has gotten worse.

She also says she is dizzy and her head hurts. I have asked her till I am blue in the face to have the doctor call me, but she won't. So I sit here waiting and praying and asking for God to heal her physically, mentally and spiritually.

I miss her so much and my heart is breaking that I am not there with her, but she knows I love her dearly and no matter what I am always her mama.

She said they took some skin from her chest area and the test results will be back in a few days.

Thank you all for your prayers my friends.

God bless,

T.L.

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2-20-11

URGENT PRAYERS MY FRIENDS
The below prayer request is for two of the most sweetest people on God's green earth. Ms. Bonita & Mister Stephen are such awesome Christian people & even though we have never met in person I feel as if I have known them for many years.
Please pray for Jesus to heal Mister Stephen & for Jesus to give sweet Ms. Bonita strength as he holds them both in his loving arms.
Thank you all and God bless,
T.L.

I come to each one of you on our email address book again to ask prayer for my Stephen.

If the hospital emergency room doctor's report was correct last LORD's Day, things are much worse for Stephen with increased amounts of lesions of prostate cancer metastasis. His urologist is attempting to get the Xray to read for himself. I am a nurse and I know that if indeed all of this is happening this very quickly, I will not have my Stephen with me much longer. That is something I reject in The Name of Jesus and will continue to reject. God has said to ask for healing and I am asking and begging with all that I am. I am believing with all that I can do that Jesus is going to heal him. I love this man. I need this man. I want this man. He has brought me joy untold and I will crawl over glass to get to The LORD to ask for his healing. The LORD has spoken that He is not through with Stephen and I am holding onto this.

Stephen has worked only 2 nights in the past 2 weeks due to pain in his right hip and right leg. While the MRI of approximately 5 weeks ago showed it was arthritis in the right hip, the emergency room doctor's flat plate Xray showed "lots" (the word he used to Stephen) of lesions on Stephen's L4 vertebrae, "lots" on his sacrum, and "lots" on his pelvis. That amount of "lots" would far exceed the over 13 areas on the bones that the body and bone scans of early November showed. The emergency room doctor did not mention any arthritis being on the right hip. He, instead, says all of Stephen's pain is from the lesions on L4.

It is a very hard time now. He is in bed most of the time. He can't sit any length of time to even finish out a meal. He has lost weight in these two weeks. There are the times he is screaming so long and very loudly with intense pain and calling upon Jesus to help him and take the pain away.

I refuse to give up believing that Jesus is going to heal him...but my flesh is failing now. My heart is breaking in a way that it has never broken before. I am crying a lot and I am fighting depression only in Jesus' strength.

Please, please, please pray for my Stephen. And if I should ever come to your mind, please whisper a prayer for me, too.

In Jesus,

Bonita Ann Richie

UPDATE 2-22-11
Here is the update from Ms. Bonita:

I cannot adequately express my sincere thanks to each one of you who have written to me to encourage me in The LORD about Stephen. I cannot thank each one of you enough for your prayers for him and for your promises to continue in prayer for his healing.

I am going to now walk you through our day on Monday.

Yesterday, we went to a doctor regarding Stephen's borderline diabetes (which he has had for several years but had not sought out a private care physician to evaluate and treat). Stephen was agonizing in severe pain and the doctor listened patiently to all that has been going on with him with this pain and right hip. He gave him a Cortisone injection in the right hip. The doctor then called Stephen's urologist (who is treating the prostate cancer metastasis) and when he got off of the phone, he came back into our room and told us that the cancer had indeed spread and that he was "sorry". He said that the urologist wanted to see us to talk to us right away. He recommended Stephen be off of work for at least 6 weeks and purchase a cane to walk with. The doctor's mood and voice tone was quiet, sad, and grave.

The trip to see and talk with the urologist is one of the hardest trips I had ever had to make in my life. Having had an emergency doctor tell Stephen that there were "lots" of lesions on his L4 vertebra, pelvis, and sacrum, then hearing what the doctor had just told me that indeed the cancer had spread, I knew we were walking to talk about a death sentence. I remember thinking that if I lived through Monday, there truly must be nothing that could kill me. During our trip and wait for the urologist, Stephen's right hip pain was easing a little from the Cortisone injection (by the grace and mercy of Jesus alone) but he was still agonizing in severe pain. This would continue as we were in the urologist's office.

The urologist came in and began discussing right away Stephen's situation. He had the written results of the flat plate Xray that had been done in the emergency room on 2/13/2011 and there was absolutely NOTHING on it that said one word about "lots" of cancerous lesions on Stephen's L4, pelvis, or sacrum. NOTHING! He let me read the report for myself. When I asked the urologist why an emergency doctor would have told Stephen such a thing, he said that with the emergency room doctor's knowledge of Stephen's prostate cancer metastasis, the emergency room doctor had to have simply thought that the pain Stephen was having must have been caused by "lots" of new lesions on L4, sacrum, and pelvis. There was absolutely NO finding on the Xray to indicate any of it at all! NOTHING!

The urologist said that it was bursitis that had been found in the right hip by MRI about 6 weeks ago now. He, knowing that there is a lesion on L4 (which the bone scan and CT scan of early November 2010 had found), is opting to send Stephen for some radiation. The urologist talked with the radiologist by phone while we were there and the radiologist thinks he will likely only give Stephen a very small dose of radiation at L4 (Stephen has discomfort there) and at his right hip. Why the right hip when there is no lesion that has been found? The urologist said that if there is a lesion there that has not shown up on scans, the radiation will take care of it and any pain caused by the one on L4, etc. Once again, I repeat that NO lesion has been found at all on the right hip. The radiologist's office will call with an appointment for Stephen and we will proceed with this, LORD Jesus willing for all things.

At the news of NO new lesions, Stephen (still in agony with pain) was praising Jesus and I lifted my hands to heaven to thank The LORD. Then came tears that didn't seem to want to stop as I was so very, very, very thankful. Jesus had led us into His truth about the situation. What a joy, joy, joy it was to hear the truth finally and to hear a good truth!

On our way home, we stopped at a Subway restaurant to get some food to take home to eat. I had thought I would be the one to get out and get it but Stephen got out (by his own initiation of the idea) and went in for the food and soft drink. He was not holding to things to walk. He was not wiggling and squiggling in pain in his chair while he waited. When we got home, he was able to eat with me without getting up and down and up and down due to pain. He was able to lie in bed on his right side! God had done this! God alone! Jesus!

The doctor put him off work for the rest of this week. Now this morning I got a phone call from work saying that due to Stephen being out of work for 2 weeks, I must call the administrator where we work and that Stephen would likely be placed on a Family Medical Leave til probably after the radiation treatments are complete as the radiation may cause him to have to miss work. If it isn't one thing, it is another but as long as I have Jesus and my Stephen with me, somehow things we will be all right. It will be all right.

I thank you for your prayers. I thank you for your encouragement in The LORD Jesus. I thank you for your love for us. I thank you for your promise to continue to pray for Stephen's healing. I love each one of you. Stephen loves each one of you.

Jesus is alive. He is real. Jesus still heals.

With love,

Bonita Ann Richie

John 11:40

Update 3/22/2011

Stephen will receive his first stereotactic radiation treatment today on 2 of the lesions on his lower spine. He will likely have 2 more stereotactic radiation treatments to the same 2 lesions after this one of today. Please pray that God uses this to destroy these two cancerous lesions and the pain. He is on leave from work until the immediate crisis is resolved as it pertains to pain issues, etc. We continue to pray and believe that Jesus will also heal all of the other lesions that Stephen has on his bones.

In all things, Jesus is all-glorious and worthy to be praised. We must never forget this. One must never qualify Jesus' glory and worthiness for praise based upon answered prayers versus unanswered prayers. Jesus is everything. Compared to Him, everything else is nothing.

Thank you for your continued prayers for us. Please pray, too, for Stephen's family as they, too, walk through this with Stephen on their minds and hearts and in their prayers.

While we detest the trial by fire we are in, we know who is in it with us....Jesus.

With much love and thankfulness for each one of you,

Bonita Ann Richie

Update 4-7-11
Hallelujah! Thank You ALONE, LORD Jesus! Stephen saw his radiation oncologist today and he doesn't have to go back to see him for three months! The doctor was so very pleased and impressed with all that The LORD Jesus has done for Stephen! No more is there the intense pain. No more is there the Morphine. No more is there a lack of appetite and weight loss. JESUS has done this! Jesus has done it all! The doctor gave Stephen his blessing to return to work just as Stephen's internal medicine doctor had done! It will never pay for anyone to try to convince us that Jesus does not heal! We know better! We thank each one of your faithful prayers for Stephen. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. We love each one of you!Glory be to You, LORD Jesus! Glory to You ALONE, LORD! Thank You, Father!Love, Bonita Ann Richie

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January 18,2011
Prayers needed for a young man who is a friend to my son Cameron. The young man is Nathan Allison and he has had heart issues all his life and come February 1st he is having major heart surgery. (I do not know all the details)
I personally know Nathan and he is a funny, caring and wonderful young man with dreams of being in the Navy someday.
Nathan is a nervous wreck about having this surgery, but I am asking all of you to please pray for God to calm his nerves; and for this surgery to go as smooth as silk.
God bless you all and thanks in advance,
T.L. (Terri)
Nathan, everything is going to be okay because you are in the best hands in the entire world: God's. ;)

UPDATE 2-1-11: Letting everyone know Nathan's surgery was rescheduled until tomorrow morning. There was a little girl who needed the same emergency surgery on her heart he had 18 yrs ago. Please pray for that little girl too, God knows who she is. Please keep the prayers going for Nathan..Thank you all and God bless.

UPDATE 2-5-11
I took this from Nathan's FB page. Please keep praying for him.

Nathan's still in CVICU. Pneumonia is getting better. Still heavily sedated, but has his fighting gloves on!

Nathan's still in CVICU. They took out one of his chest tubes and they are trying to wean him off the oxygen. They are slowly trying to wake him up.

Update 2-17-11
Nathan had the surgery on his leg today and he is doing well. God is so good!! Thank you all who have been praying for him..God listens.
Nathan is such an inspiration to me as I watch his story unfold. For being so young, he is so brave and an example to us all that faith and courage can remove any mountain that is in our way!
Nathan...God bless you..always.

3-2-11
update: I want everyone to know Nathan is going home tomorrow from the hospital! God is an awesome God indeed! Thank you all for your prayers, please keep them going.
God bless you all..Muah!

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A young man has cancer and needs prayers. His name is Alex Abele and I have spoken to his mother and she said it was okay to place this here on my web site. I will post updates about Alex as I hear new information. Please my friends keep this young man in your thoughts and prayers. God is in complete control and no mountain is too big for him to remove!

God bless,

T.L.

Here is a little about Alex that I have taken from his mother's blog:

Alex has been battling leukemia cancer since April 2007. Alex has remained in remission since May 2007. We were fortunate in that during his 40 month chemo treatment, he was only hospitalized twice in 2007.

MDS which was once known as pre-leukemia was caused directly from the chemotherapy used to treat the Alex's ALL leukemia. MDS is generally an elderly person's disease which can develop years after breast and colon cancer treatment. Alex's odds for getting this as a nineteen year old young man were four in one million. Yesterday, December 10, another bone marrow was performed that diagnosed that Alex's MDS has gotten worse and has evolved into Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or AML. By the MDS morphing into AML, Alex's bone marrow will have to be further pre-treated with chemotherapy before the transplant conditioning. This will mean that Alex will be admitted into Texas Children's Hospital's Cancer floor on Monday, December 13 where seven days of intensive chemo will be given. Alex will be allowed to rest for seven days before he begins another round of chemo to prepare his bone marrow for the transplanted stem cells.

Since last January, the doctors and we had been watching to see if the abnormal chromosomal activity which is indicative of MDS would abate after the chemo was discontinued in August. Medical thoughts were that Alex's marrow was just tired and needed to rest. Unfortunately, that was not the case as on September 17, a bone marrow confirmed our worst nightmare that Alex's did in fact have MDS and that he needed a stem cell transplant. Since Alex is an only child and we are not good matches, an international marrow match search was launched beginning October 5.

The good news is that some wonderful man, age 42, thought to be living in the British Isles is an excellent 90% match for Alex. We only surmise his location because the doctor says the only info he can give us besides age and gender is that he cannot give blood to the American Red Cross due to bovine disease (mad cow). Great Britain is the country that has that limitation. He will donate his stem cells probably sometime in early January after Alex has had his AML chemo. These stem cells will be humanly escorted to Houston and infused into Alex as soon as they arrive, no matter the hour.

Alex will be admitted to Texas Children's bone marrow on December 13 to begin his conditioning which actually means destroying his own partially diseased marrow for fifteen days so the donor's stem cells can graft and cure Alex. There will be lots of hurdles in the days to come and we enlist your prayers and encouragement. Thank you for all the kind thoughts of concerns over the years as now we are beginning yet another chapter. God bless you and keep you healthy.

1-18-11 An awesome update on Alex. I took this from his care pages. Please keep the prayers going.

For the past two mornings, Monocytes , which are White Blood Cell components, have been present in Alex's blood work. Dr. Martinez indicates that this is a positive sign. Alex last received a White Blood Cell donation on Sunday. (Thank you Jason!!) Monocytes usually aren't present when the patient is receiving White Blood Cells. Apparently, monocytes circulate in the bloodstream for a short period before moving into tissues throughout the body and will go directly where they can be used (an infection for example). Since tests show monocytes in Alex's blood work, this could mean that his body is starting to create them. What is not known is whether it is the Stem Cell Donor's cells or Alex's. The hope and thought is that it is from the donor.

A Bone Marrow aspiration is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 21st. This test will determine whose cells are growing. Again, the hope will be that it is the donor cells. Keep your prayers flowing that this is the case!!!

As I indicated, Alex last received White Blood Cells on Sunday. For now, the doctor's are not ordering more White Blood Cell transfusions. The Abele family asked that I express their appreciation to everyone who has donated and been screened. They especially want to thank Sharon, Harlan and Bill, who were scheduled to donate this week, but have been postponed due to the new Doctor orders.

Alex still has some fluid issues the staff is managing. He is also still being treated for the CMV. Unfortunately, the medications make him nauseous. Once he has engrafted, his medication can be changed to one that is easier on his stomach. Alex is off the TPN for now, which is also helping the fluid issue.

URGENT UPDATE ON ALEX

Day 50 - February 24, 2011

Posted 37 minutes ago

I spoke with Wanda a short while ago and she requested that I update TeamAbele Carepages so Family and Friends have an update on Alex.

There have been many updates and downs on this journey. Alex is at a low point right now.

The BK virus is attacking his bladder, causing a significant amount of blood loss. He is now anemic and will be receiving both Red Blood Cells and Platelets today. (He had 2 units of Red Blood Cells and a Platelet transfusion just 2 days ago.) They are not sure why the platelets are dropping. Some good news - his ANC levels are normal, which does indicate that the stem cells are still working. Apparently, the White Blood Cells just aren't strong enough to fight this BK virus.

Unfortunately, Alex is also in quite of bit of pain due to frequent spasms that are a result of the bleeding and the catether irrigation of his urinary tract. Morphine is prescribed to help with his pain, which is about 7-9 on a scale of 1-10.

Alex is having another ultrasound on the bladder today. After reviewing the results, they will reassess as to whether or not to use an anti-viral medicine to attack the BK virus. This anti-viral has some negative long term side effects, so is not one of the "first choice" solutions.

PRAYERS ARE NEEDED!!

We saw the power of prayer for his successful Stem Cell Transplant. Let's do it again and help Alex beat this BK virus!

3-11-11

Alex Abel went to be with Jesus. My thought and prayers go out to his sweet mother Wanda & the whole family. Alex was such an inspiration to myself and so many. Now he walks upon the streets of gold with Jesus. You can read his story on my prayer page here.

Please join us in honoring our beloved Alex and celebrating a beautiful life that continues in our hearts:

Date: Sunday March 13 2011 at 3 PM
Location: Crowder Funeral Home
111 East Medical Center Blvd.
Webster, TX 77598
TEL: 281.280.9000

You are invited to voice your thoughts and memories of Alex with us during the service.

Alex loved elegance - so ties and jackets for the men please.

In lieu of flowers, the Abele Family requests donations be made to:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Texas Gulf Coast Chapter.
5005 Mitchelldale # 115
Houston, TX 77092
(713) 680-8088 phone
cherry.evans@lls.org

If you have any questions please call Aunt Dori at: 401.354.9254

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If you know of a child who is ill with cancer or something else please email me. I would be happy to add your child to this page.
I will add any prayer request that you have. Please email me at TLMOORE@TLMOOREBOOKS.COM

Alex and his sweet mama

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