03-07-2010 Praise and Prayer! Dora Carey of Thomaston, Connecticut had her latest cancer checkup. Her doctor found no signs of cancer and her over health is good. Dora continues to be an asset to her community and church. Please keep Dora in your thoughts and prayers as she'll soon begin another year helping at Eagle Rock Church with fund raiser bake sales. 02-18-2010 Eddie Kranack of FL and his family still need our prayers. After Eddie's heart attack in 09, the lack of oxygen to his brain caused him to be in a coma. His doctors thought he would never recover. Along the way doctors have tried many experimental types of therapy, with some very good results. Eddie is at his home with family trying to continue to work with Eddie's condition. They believe the signs of improvement they have seen in Eddie and by faith, that miracles do still happen and God willing, Eddie will come back to them. Prayers & Praise Update! We need to correct Eddie's last name. It's Kraynak! He is at home and I'd say out of physical/critical state but he has a long, long way to go still. His Mom's faith is unbelievably strong and she is truly an angel on earth as she fights to get him back to who he was. The HBOT treatments she refers to are Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatments, much like divers with the bends go thru. There is research that shows these HBOT treatments help people with brain injuries such as Eddie has, from lack of oxygen to the brain when he went into cardiac arrest. (Term for it is anoxic brain injury). Please read on! Eddie is now about 15 treatments into this round of HBOT - he is doing great! We have seen more eye movement and body movements, along with his level on consciousness is higher. He continues to change and progress on a daily basis. He is doing great with the new Quadracisor too. He is even picking up some muscle weight. It is doing wonders for his muscles and has helped any contractions that he was having. Prayer warriors, please keep up the good work. For as you can read, Eddie is improving! 02-15-2010 Please pray for Savannah, a 2 yr old little girl from TX. Savannah, was transported from Ennis TX Hospital to Children's Medical Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was turning blue this morning when 911 was called and they say she has pneumonia in one lung, low proteins, and very anemic. May we lift up prayers to our LORD to keep this baby safe. Heal her from the inside out so she can breath. Jesus, help Savannah, heal her lungs and heart and in every way, she needs a miracle. In Jesus name we pray. AMEN 02-06-2010 Prayers are asked for two young boys and family. William (16) and Cordell (15) of Montoursville, PA. William and his brother Cordell were head to their wrestling match, when William lost control of his car and hit a police car. The officer wasn't badly injured, but both boys suffered major injuries. Cordell was on life support until last week when he was removed to be called into God's arms. William was placed into a coma due to brain swelling. Doctor drilled holes to release the pressure and we're told he is now out of the coma and is able to move his arms. Friends of the family are asking us to pray for William's full recovery, physical, mental and emotional and God's strength for His mother Kim and family. 02-01-2010 Prayers are needed for Jean Lumbard of Thomaston, CT. Jean's doctor found a mass on her lung and further testing showed shadows in her kidneys. She'll be going into St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury on the 11th of February. The doctor has only given Jean a 50% chance of making it through the surgery she needs done. Her family is asking us to join them and her church in prayers for God's grace and mercy to be with Jean. Please pray for the Lord's strength to be with her family. 01-30-2010 A prayer request for baby Gabriel Johnson, missing from Arizona! Missing a beautiful 8 month old baby boy with sandy blond hair,big blue eyes,no teeth yet,likes to suck on his bottom lip or a pacifier.He has a beautiful smile and loves to be held. If you know anyone who has recently adopted a child with a close description(they might even be dressing him like a girl?) please call(480) 858-6424 01-19-2010 Please pray for Nancy Shrawder of Danville, PA. Nancy's doctor found cancer in the right side of her neck and into her upper chest area. She will soon begin her chemo therapy. Nancy and her husband Bart are standing strong in faith and trust in the Lord. Pray for His healing hands to be upon Nancy, and prayers for His strength and grace to be with this family! We received an update that Nancy has been responding well to her treatments. Praise the Lord! 01-18-2010 Most of you will remember Carlee Hobbs, the missionary family in Alaska. Instead of trying to fill you in on what has been happenng to Carlee. We think her recent letter will tell you much better then we can! Your prayers for us are of such precious importance that I wanted to be sure you were updated following our visits with the surgeon and oncologist in Anchorage. Let me first of all remind you and myself that our hope is in God - HE who formed and sustains us. Let me also praise Him to you for a huge answer to prayer. I had asked for prayer regarding the "chemo brain" situation I was facing after the end of my chemo. I had learned that it can be permanent in 50% of the cases regarding the drugs I was on. I rejoice to tell you that it has NOT been permanent, and it has been several weeks since I've had one of those "chemo brain" blank-outs! Thank you for praying for me! I'm not sure how to share all of this briefly, so please excuse the bluntness. There is no consensus among my doctors or those that they sent my reports to for counsel. My oncologist basically stated that the assumption is that because surgery found my lymph system so packed with the aggressive cancer that it has indeed spread to the rest of my body. As far as we know it has not begun forming tumors, but my rate of recurrence elsewhere is extremely high. (I interrupt with a happy thought... we serve a God who loves to show up and demonstrate His power when the odds are stacking up against success!) Some feel that I should continue with radiation and nothing else, basically just hoping it doesn't show up elsewhere or at least not for a while. Others feel that I should try some sort of chemo basically out of compassion. It's a shot in the dark because there are very few cases of my exact situation, and absolutely no studies that suggest what drug would be right to treat this. They feel better to try something and hope it would work than to just wait for it to show up again. They have encouraged me to seek specialists and second opinions and basically left it up to us without a specific recommendation. There is no tried method to help at this point. Already the Lord has begun to open doors for us, the top breast specialist at Cleveland Clinic is a friend of a friend and willing to meet with us. We meet with my radiation oncologist on Monday. We need wisdom and guidance, God alone knows what we should do and how He intends to work. Thank you for praying for us. Psalm 3 has been blessing me with it's reminder of where our confidence should be... "Lord, how they are increased who trouble me! Many are saying, 'There is no help for her in God.' But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. Salvation belongs to the Lord." Nathan would like me to add that he is very aware that Satan's goal in our trials is to get us to damn God. But we will choose to praise God who has already conquered him. The Lord reminded Nathan of a statement He had given on our wedding day. "Sheep may safely graze where the Shepherd has led them to pasture." It may not feel safe, but if the Shepherd led us here, He is the One keeping watch. In that knowledge, we trust and we praise. We love you! Carlee for Nathaniel and the hobbits. 01-15-2010 Prayers have been requested by a friend for a young man named Rick from the Lancaster, PA area. Rick has a four inch cancer tumor in his lung. It is also attached to the nerves that run down his arm and is pressing on his back, causing him a great deal of pain. We understand they have placed a port in for his chemo treatments. We're not sure at this time when they will begin, but it's soon. Rick cannot work anymore and has moved to his parents home. Rick has two older brothers that had cancer in the past. This family has been through a lot and they seek the Lord's guidance and understanding. They need our heart filled prayers for the Lord's healing hands to be upon all of them. Update: 2-4-10 Rick's doctors believe his radiation treatments shrank the mass enough now to operate? This will be major surgery, to go through his back, cutting away part of his rib cage and then reconstruct it. Please keep Rick and his family in your daily prayers and thoughts. 01-10-2010 We have been trying to get updated info on those who have been on our prayer list in 2009. Below are those who are still need our thoughts and prayers. If we missed anyone or you know of someone that prayers. Please send a letter to info@peacemidstastorm.com Subject: Prayers and we'll do our best to get them updated or added as soon as possible. Thank you! Linda Yost of Salem, SC was doing well after doctors removed the cancer tumor from her lungs. But recently they have found the cancer has come back and she is not doing well. Her family is asking that you keep Linda in your daily prayers and thoughts. Over the last three years, Sonny Esch has had many ups and down after his bone marrow transplant at Hershey Medical Center. This disease is taking it's toll not only on Sonny, but his wife Lois and family. This family's faith and trust in our Lord has been a beacon of light to the rest of us. The family says: "Thanks so much for your faithfulness in praying." Please keep this family in your daily prayers! Early in 09 Chris Krum was diagnosed with cancer in his Thyroid & Lymph nodes. Chris had surgery to remove the cancer and under went treatments. We understand all recent tests showed that Chris has remained free of cancer. His family is so thankful for all the prayers and cards for Chris. They ask they we still keep him in our thoughts and prayers into this new year.