Prayer Request

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Please keep the family of Leighanne Purvis in your prayers.  Leighanne was a former coworker and friend of my son-in-law and daughter.  I received this message earlier from my daughter about Leighanne’s tragic suicide yesterday.  Please pray for understanding, acceptance, comfort and peace for her fiancé, her family and friends.  Thank you.

 We found out last night that one of Cliff’s old co-workers, Leighanne, committed suicide yesterday. She was a real sweet girl and always seemed to be very happy. Mike dated her for a short amount of time.  Apparently she suffered from depression and lost her battle yesterday when she hung herself. It was a complete shock for all of us, she was newly engaged and seemed fine. Will you send a prayer request out for her family and friends? Thank you!!

 Susan Davis

Continued Prayer Request

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Please continue to keep Kasey Smith in your prayers.  Kasey is the sister of my daughter's friend and we sent out a request for prayer a few weeks ago for her serious health condition.  Below is any update on her situation.  Thank you.

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Here is an update on Kasey…

She was in rehab and doing pretty well. However, things took a turn for the worst at the end of last week. She was sent back to the hospital. She now needs another liver transplant, she had one as a child so this will be her second. Her father was going to be a donor, but she needs a full liver this time so they have to wait on a cadaver. While they’re doing the liver transplant, they also want to do a kidney transplant on both of her kidneys. She is for sure going to miss Charlies and Nicole’s wedding which they’re very disappointed about. However, they really just want Kasey back on the up and up and on the road to recovery. They are discussing postponing the wedding until she can be there, but that isn’t confirmed yet.

KRISTEN RIDINGER

Prayers for family of missing girl

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Please pray for Jenna Van Gelderen and her family.  Shelley sent the request and attached picture with the information below on the disappearance of Jenna.  Please pray for her safety and that she is reunited with her family.  Thank you.

Susan,

I am asking for prayers for this 25 year old girl and her family. Her name is Jenna Van Gelderen; brown hair; she is a high functioning autistic.  She was house sitting for her family and her brother went to check on her and found she was missing.  She drives a blue Mazda 6 sedan license plate # PWH502.  If anyone sees her or her vehicle they should call DeKalb Police.  She is the daughter of an attorney our firm works closely with.  Prayers that her family gets reunited with their daughter and that Jenna is safe.  There are several articles online regarding her. She has been missing for almost a month.  Thank you.

Susan Davis

Prayer Request

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Please keep Ray White, one of Bill Reynolds closest friends (his best man at wedding) in your prayers.  Lynn received sad news from Ray on Saturday that he has stage IV prostate cancer.  He will see a specialist this morning for the treatment direction.  Ray told Lynn that he is in shock, but wanted to let her know one thing and that is he is clinging to the great example she and Bill displayed during his battles with cancer.  Please keep Ray and his family in your prayers as he takes this next step for treatment options and for all his forthcoming days.  Thank you.

 

Susan Davis

Prayer Request - Bella Layrer

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Please pray for 6 year old Bella Layrer, Brenda Layrer's granddaughter.  Many of you prayed for her when she was just a baby.  Her seizures have intensified recently and we are praying for healing and wisdom for her doctors.  She had over six (6) seizures this past Friday alone. 

The family appreciates your prayers and ask specifically that our Hollydale UMC family pray.

Thank you for your heart.

In His Service
Pastor April
678.571.7818

Prayers for our First Responders

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 Message from Pastor April………

Coming up next Monday, September 11th, churches are joining together to have some onsite prayer at both the Powder Springs Police Station and the Cobb County Fire Station next to Compton Elementary School.

9/11 is the perfect day to pray for our public servants. We will meet at the Powder Springs Police Station at 5:30pm and will pray outside and then go in at 5:45pm to pray with officers at the shift change. We will then go to the Fire station (park at Compton) and pray there at 6:30pm.This event is open to anyone who wishes to pray for our police and fire personnel. Feel free to pass this on to any others that might participate. Thank you.

Continued Prayer Request

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Please continue to keep my brother-in-law, Jerry Wade, sister Sandy and their family in your prayers.  As mentioned in an earlier email a few days ago, Jerry was to undergo a PET Scan for cancer and a biopsy on his lungs.  The tests showed cancer in the left lung, lymph node and liver and is at stage 4.  They will start chemo next week and said it will just keep him comfortable, he could live 4 months or up to a year.  They will be doing an MRI on his brain next week as this type of cancer usually travels to the brain.  Pray for my sister Sandy who is scared to death.  Pray for acceptance, courage, understanding, strength, patience, comfort and healing.  Also pray for the medical team that will be taking care of him and that his care is the absolute best there is out there.  Thank you.     

 

Susan Davis

Prayer Request

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Please keep Kasey Smith, the sister of my daughter’s friend in your prayers.  Below is a note Kristen sent me regarding this poor young woman’s struggles.  Pray for comfort and healing and that whatever hospital she is in that they take better care of her than what this message indicates.  Thank you.

Our friend Charles’s sister, Kasey Smith, is in the hospital and has been for almost 2 weeks. She was vomiting blood and having bloody stool, she went to the ER a couple of times and they couldn’t tell her anything and sent her home. The last time she went, they admitted her. She had a liver transplant as a child, so she has had problems in the past. When they admitted her, they did a liver biopsy. During the biopsy she contracted E.coli, which in turn sent her body into toxic shock. They had to put her in a coma, and Nicole used the term paralyze her body. She was in ICU until a couple of days ago when they woke her from the coma. She’s doing ok, and is now on the liver transplant floor (I would assume because of her history). She will have to go to residential physical therapy, not sure for how long, since her body was paralyzed for over a week. She’s only in her mid-twenties, so she’s young and hopefully can make a full recovery. Charles and Nicole are getting married in November so they’re also concerned if Kasey will be able to be a part of it or even be there for that matter.

Susan Davis