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Praise & Prayer - Entries from December 2011

MonMondayDecDecember26th2011 SPECIAL THANKS

Posted Monday, December 26 2011 @ 3 PM by Tagged No tags 0 comments Add comment

Special Thanks to all of you who pray for us, encourage us in so many ways and gave so generously to our very helpful Christmas gift this year. I am continuing to improve daily, from my surgery. Thanks again for your continuing concern.

Joe Hayes
State Representative
Iowa Association of Regular Baptist Churches

WedWednesdayDecDecember7th2011 Pastor Kent and Yvonne Spencer Grandson Ronan

Posted Wednesday, December 07 2011 @ 12 PM by Tagged No tags 0 comments Add comment

Ronan is their 2 year old grandson.

Ronan will be coming home from the hospital. His medicine is helping him. I know God is watching out for him. The doctors say it usually takes a month to adjust all medicines and get everything under control, but it has only taken two long weeks for Ronan. He will be having another esophagus surgery on Wednesday at another hospital. If all goes well he will be in over night and will be able to come home. We are really praying for him, that he will stay out of the hospitals, especially for Christmas. He has gone through enough. Everything will change for Ronan and for us. His diet, medicine, including emergency injections, his whole life style. We all love him so much. I think God must have a band of angels watching over him. Thanks for all of your prayers for him. We only pray for the better now. Yvonne will be able to do respite for him, but we have a financial set back of several hundreds of dollars. So far, God is meeting all of our needs, but we know it will hit around the middle of the month.

TueTuesdayDecDecember6th2011 Joe & Marty Hayes

Posted Tuesday, December 06 2011 @ 12 PM by Tagged No tags 0 comments Add comment

Thanks again for all of your prayers, cards, notes, messages and other encouragements. We are amazed at the daily progress that I am enjoying. This week I have again increased the level of therapy, walking twice as far with crutches. Feel free to call or email anytime or to call and make an appointment for a personal visit. If we cannot respond immediately, we will as soon as we can.

SunSundayDecDecember4th2011 Shannon Isaiah James Chickering

Posted Sunday, December 04 2011 @ 12 PM by Tagged No tags 0 comments Add comment

Shannon Isaiah James Chickering was born on 11/29/11 at 9:16 pm. Shannon weighed 8 lbs and 6 oz and measured 20 1/4 inches. Both mother and baby are doing well. We praise God for a healthy baby and a safe delivery.

Pastor Chickering
Calvary Baptist Church
Manning, IA

FriFridayDecDecember2nd2011 Lincoln Rosekopf

Posted Friday, December 02 2011 @ 12 PM by Tagged No tags 0 comments Add comment

Lincoln James Rosekopf was born on October 3rd, 2011. When he was being delivered his left arm/shoulder was injured. The medical condition is called Erb's Palsy. He currently has no use of his left arm, but with much prayer we have seen little bits of improvement. His little fingers have begun to move and we have seen slight shoulder shrugging as well. Erb's palsy is the damaging of the nerves that run from your neck to your arm. We were told that nerves grow back a millimeter a day. Lord willing they will grow back and he will re-gain full range of motion in his arm. There is a chance that the nerves may not grow back correctly which means that he may have some sort of disability his whole life. Only God knows the outcome. In the mean time, we just keep trusting Him! If you have a free moment would you pray for little Lincoln? His 2 brothers Jace and Jett pray for "baby lincoln's arm to get better" every night. :) Thanks and God bless !

Jacob & Loren Rosekopf
Associate/Youth Pastor
Walnut Park Baptist Church
Muscatine, IA

110 SE Grant, Suite 201 Ankeny, Iowa 50021 (515) 964-2880