Ritzy, love your hair! Prayers here for Terrie & Duffy.

Prayers being sent.

Praying for Duffy, Sam, Terrie and everybody else's needs.

If you remember Duffy--here is a message I just saw on Facebook--she is in need of our support and prayers:

Dear friends, Lots of, lots of thanks for all the lovely words, prayers, candles and support you give to Sam my son and me.
You cannot belief how much I appreciate it. It gives me everyday strength to keep the hoop up in a situation that is not hopeful to be positive about it. But it helps a great deal. Thanks again!
My husband is still fighting for his life. After the biopsy he had an aneurism. They had to operate again and did put a tube in his head to keep the pressure under control. On Monday if the pressure is constant for a few days, they will try to wake him up and then they can see how much damage the bleeding has coast. He lost his speech already. But yesterday the pressure was still unstable. The tumor is as big as his left brain half. There is no room left for any swelling. An operation on the tumor is not possible anymore and the chances for using chemo are very, very small.
So you see it is very hard to be positive, but I know I have good friends who keep me on the positive side of all of this. I feel the love you send me and Sam. Thanks.

Shirley, thank you for the update, and Terrie, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Take care, pat

Shirley, Thank you for the detailed update re Terrie! And Terrie I will remember you in my prayers daily. We miss you!

Prayers continue from here for you Terrie.

I will be praying for you Terrie.

Terrie I was thinking of you recently. I will pump up my prayers for you and your surgery. Thanks for the update Terrie and Shirley!

Am praying that God's love brings comfort to everyone who has lost a loved one and for those with special needs prayer requests. My heart goes out to all of you.

I have an update and prayer request (with her permission) about Terrie Vorsteher. I want to share her own words with you here so you can understand just how full her platter-sized plate has been lately. I should also add that Terrie didn't want to bother people with all her needs, and also because she hasn't made all of her mug rugs yet and feels embarrassed about that. (I think WE ALL UNDERSTAND that Terrie has been through quite a lot with her first surgery and that when she gets well, those mug rugs will be even more special to their recipients!) Here are some of Terrie's words:

"I am awaiting my second surgery to 'reconnect' what was disconnected in me, but a glitch showed up last week when a routine live blood test showed my liver enzymes up quite a bit. I was scheduled for a biopsy (think: rejection of transplant), but the next day the blood levels had gone down a wee bit. I had another blood test yesterday and I'm still waiting for the nurse to call. I admit I've not been in such peace as our faith allows, but trust I am in His hands. It's just the upcoming surgery was stressful enough, then less than 24 hours before that, it was cancelled and I am/was faced with possible liver rejection after 16 years, and I'm in 'waiting' mode....Blood tests this week showed a slight improvement in the liver enzyme levels. Another blood test is scheduled for beginning of May."

Terrie thanks everyone for their prayers and gave the following happy post script message in today's email: "My orchid bloomed yesterday -- deep pink -- after a whole winter of being dormant, somehow it's the first time I have been able to nurse an orchid back to bloom! I am so thrilled!" And, Terrie, I'm/we're thrilled that God seems to have given you a beautiful message of hope that you'll recover from your next (and hopefully) last surgery...so you can get back to QUILTING WITH THE LIKES OF ALL OF US!

Blessings and much love,
Shirley



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Oh, I'm sorry to hear about Maggie's husband. I am praying for her and her family.

And for Cinda and her family, too.

Does anyone know Maggie's address ? If you do, could you send it to me in a private message ?

Thanks,

Sue

Praying for Maggie and for Cinda and her family. It is a terrible thing to lose a child or a grandchild whether born or unborn. Special prayers to Cinda's mother.

Saying prayers for Maggie and Cinda's family. I also met Maggie's husband a couple of years ago at Houston and really enjoyed his sense of humor. He will be missed.

So sorry to hear of the losses (Maggie's hubby and Cinda's baby) -- loss is so painful, regardless of whether knowing ahead or not. It is is.