I wanted to ask everyone to pray for the Sedgwick Family.  They are friends of mine from Beacon Baptist Church.  I trusted Christ as my Savior at Beacon and like so many of the wonderful families in the church, the Sedgwick family was a great example to me as a new babe in Christ.

Their son, Jacob who is stationed in Afghanistan, was shot in the chest this morning.  He is being flown to a hospital in Germany and is in Stable condition.  Please pray for him and his family as they go through this difficult time. 

I am sure all of you have heard and seen what happened in Haiti. It is a devastating thing and on top of that, to think of all those who were ushered into eternity without Christ in their lives. We must pray that God will use this tragedy to bring glory to Himself and that the people of Haiti will seek, find, and turn to the Truth. Here is a link to some pictures of the aftermath.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html

I have a friend and fellow missionary, Ron Maggard, who has some works in Haiti. You can go to his blog and learn more about the situation and also make a donation.

http://worldlink.wordpress.com/

I would like to ask you to pray for my wife, Deanna.  For several months she has been battling with many symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, neck pain, tingling in her arms and legs that seem to cause heaviness and slight numbness.  She has trouble sleeping at nights and many times during the day is fatigued.  She has visited many doctors and so far no one can figure out what is going on.  It is wearing on her physically, but also emotionally.  However, we know the Lord is still on His throne and that all things are done for His honor and glory.  Our desire has always been to be empty vessels used for His glory.  Thank you for your prayers in this matter.    

Please be in prayer for this coming Saturday, February 21.  We will be having a Men's Breakfast.  All men are welcome and the goal is to encourage each other in the Lord.  We will be serving a nice big American breakfast starting at 9am and then Bro. Lavon Waters, vetern Missionary in Spain for over 40 years will be bringing a message. 

I will keep you guys posted on how she is doing.  Here is a note from Joy Loveday, Mrs. Water's daughter: (Her and her husband are also missionaries in Spain) Dr. came by this a.m. and told us that his worst fears had come true. It is a very large cyst and is infected. They will be doing a CAT scan today to see if the cysts' dark area is blood or infected fluid. The bacteria they have discovered is E.coli and since it has been under an antibiotic treatment for 10 days, has become even more resistant. Mom is allergic to penicillin so there are not a lot of options. They will be giving her 2 different antibiotics beginning today, but the Dr. says we have a long road ahead. Her blood pressure was closer to normal yesterday and the fever was up a couple of times, but not near the 104 it had been on Sunday. Dr. says if the scan shows it is infected fluid, they will have to operate to clean out the cyst, because it is very hard to get the antibiotic to the cyst. She is in a lot of pain and after telling the Dr. that Tylenol just wasn't cutting it,(she told him morphine would have made for a better nights sleep : ) ) he said he´d try and give her 2 painkillers at the same time. She hasn't slept longer than 2 hours at a time since Saturday night and it is beginning to tell on her and part of the reason is the pain. Thanks for your prayers!