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Thank you Chris for your prayers for my Mom. My sister did get to talk to someone today regarding my Mom's MRI and that she will need assistance. My Mom's anxiety has greatly increased so I know that this MRI on Monday is going to be a challenge for both my Mom and my sister.
I will be praying for you as you prepare for Bria's schooling at home. This will more than likely be a very exciting time for her. Hopefully it will work out well for both of you.
Have a good weekend dear sisters. As our world is suffering from so many things with wildfires, hurricanes, civil unrest and the pandemic it is by the grace of God that we have not all lost our minds at this point. One thing that I have learned in my own life is that we are much more resilient and stronger than we think we are when we are tested beyond what we think we can stand. I am sure that is the point where God carries us. May God's grace be sufficient for each of you as we go through this weekend each with her own challenges.
Love,
Nancy
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I just received this email regarding this virtual concert tonight. There are several organizations sponsoring this initiative. I sponsor a little girl in Ethiopia with Food For the Hungry and that is why I received this email. I thought I would share this as many artists performing are ones I personally enjoy and you might as well.
Hi Nancy,
Tonight is the night!
Tune in at 8:30 p.m. EDT to watch the Unite to Fight Poverty virtual concert.
You'll get to worship with artists like TobyMac, Hillsong Worship, Matt Maher, Mandisa, and more!
Food for the Hungry, Compassion International, and World Vision are uniting Christians to help the most vulnerable people affected by COVID-19 and other disasters. We hope you will join us for this great cause.
Watch the concert online on Facebook or YouTube.
And if you haven't already, there's still time to share about the concert with your friends and family.
You are so important in the fight against poverty. Through your sponsorship, you are making a difference in the lives of precious children in our world. Thank you for your partnership!
Serving together,
Ryan Brown
Director of Child Sponsorship
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Thank you Teka for that beautiful and wise banner. I appreciate YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Beautiful banners, ladies!
Carol, it is SO dry here that there is a burn ban (no cookouts or burning trash or welding etc.). We just pray for no wildfires like the one that swept through in 2011. Glad your folks are ok. How is your pup? Maggie is 10 and I am finding lumps on her. We have been through this before with other Airedales and I know what it means. We have to board her at the vet's on the 8th and 9th next month to travel to multiple doctor appointments 3+ hours away. I hate that but it's only 2 days. How are YOU feeling? Good to hear from you!
Faith I pray you are feeling stronger for the teaching task ahead and anticipating it with joy. May God BLESS your time and love investment in your grandaughter.
Nancy I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I would imagine if her knee is damaged she would need more than a boot (a cast perhaps to imobilize the knee)? May God grant her peace in the MRI and with her increased anxiety and help you and your sister through this too. It IS God's grace that she is not in pain!
We are rethinking our move to Ohio for now anyway. There is NO COVID19 here right now - and NO VIOLENCE in our little town! There were some bussed in "protesters" a while back but no trouble. Recently a big camper FULL of 50-some illegals was busted between Marfa & Procidio. That's too close to home, (within an hour) but they don't stay here, they are all usually moving up north. I AM concerned about the gangs from Mexico though. They are SO evil! They do travel up through the mountain passes through here and we sometimes see helicopters with searchlights in the night. Yes we lock our doors! That and the rattlesnakes which James with his deafness can't even hear...but otherwise peaceful.
)Hershey, any change yet in the job situation? Are you douing ok?
I am praying for all of you, yes, you who often read here but can't post right now too!
God bless and keep you,
Ade
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It is 2:30 am and it is one of those nights. I was out of town this evening doing more sunset photos to get into this contest before the end of the month. It was a beautiful night. Our heat wave has passed and I am so grateful for that. Now if I could just sleep it would be great.
Ade, that is a very appropriate banner and so true for all of us. I heard this song today God is in the Fire with us and I heard a snatch of a TV sermon with that very same theme. Ummm........when that happens usually God is trying to tell me something.
We are very dry here too. I pulled out my old sprinkler last night that I haven't used in years and if you would have seen me I felt like I was in an episode of I Love Lucy. First of all, I couldn't see anything as it was totally dark. By the time I was done my hair was completely wet from the sprinkler. Tomorrow I will be buying a new one!
Ade, I hope you will be safe from all the border stuff. With all going on in the country it seems that it is very unpredictable where things erupt. It sounds like staying put is all a part of His plan for you both.
I hope Maggie will be fine as she is boarded for a couple of days. I hope those lumps are nothing serious on her.
My Mom has her MRI tomorrow at 2:30 so I would appreciate your prayers for her. She has to have contrast which makes it longer. I am praying she can hold still and not try to move or get up. I hope she can have the IV with no problem as well. I have searched knee braces and oh my. I just hope she will be able to deal with it. When she had to have her eye taped shut when she had shingles she would tear off the bandage. She could have lost her eye sight in that eye and it was so difficult. It was like dealing with a toddler.
Victoria and Karen. I don't know if you are still reading here but I am wondering how you both are doing?
Carol, praying you continue to do well.
Faith, we are praying for you as you deal with this anxiety. Praying your therapist will work wonders for you and you can start to feel much better.
Chris, we're praying for you as you begin school with your grand daughter this week.
Hershey, still praying for those HR people to move faster!!!!!!
Jean, praying for Muriel as well.
Teka, keep safe up there in the North country.
Joanne, praying for you and your family too.
Ellen, praying for you and Clyde as well.
Time to go back to bed.
Have a good week dear sisters.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, hope you finally had a good, deep sleep. I will be praying for your mom today.
Ade, hope your Maggie is ok and that you get some rain soon. These are scary times indeed. Living in San Diego I understand a little of the border fear but not near as much as you. We live in the thick of the tourist area of the beach and bay so it is noisy all day with lots of sirens during the summer and weekend. The crowds are increased right now during Covid as people come to have fun here since the beach is open and free. We are also experiencing rising crime in our community but we feel fairly safe. We live on the fourth floor of a gated condo complex, and none of our windows are accessible from the walkways so we can safely leave them open to catch the nightly breeze.
Faith, I join Nancy in continued prayer for you too.
Since my DD and DGD flew home from NY yesterday, my granddaughter is still on NY time, and this being her first day on kindergarten, she was up way early. Ughh! So I am up two hours early but the good news is that we are pumped and ready to learn! Ha! Fortunately, my daughter is in "class" all day which means she is home all day if I need her. My brain functions slower than it used to so I am a little nervous I will mess up the technology stuff.
We went out for lunch yesterday, the first time eating in a restaurant since March! It was wonderful!
I have a PET/CT scan Wednesday, the first on my new meds, so I would appreciate prayers.
Blessings on you all. Chris
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I post prayer requests and pray as I read so now I will post a praise! My great granddaughter has been accepted for free kindergarten at the district where my daughter is teaching. Since she is raising her that will make it so much easier. Love Jean
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Jean, that is great news. Praise God for the blessing.
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Chris, thank you for your prayers for my Mom and for me. I am praying that Bria will get back on CA time very soon. I imagine the excitement of kindergarten online will be off the charts initially. Praying for you as you need clarity of mind as you help her and stamina trying to keep up with her energy. Praying for your Pet scan on Wed too.
Jean, so great that Valentina is going to get free kindergarten at the same district your daughter is teaching. God is good.
Have a great day dear sisters. Today I am basically going on fumes but I am pushing on as grocery shopping, some laundry and a trip to Home Depot is on my things to do today.
Love,
Nancy
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Isaiah 40:28-31New International Version
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
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Nancy, that is one of our "go to" verses isn't it. I was so tired when I woke up this morning that this one came to my mind too...and I made it through the day. Sometimes we go "from strength to strength" as the scripture says. You're a brave woman to wrestle a sprinkler in the dark! I pray your mom's test will go perfectly and that she will be calm and cooperative. May the Lord heal her knee is super fast time too.
Jean - so happy for your good news! The Lord does work things out in amazing ways! And we all need these times of encouragement seeing Him come through too.
Chris, praying for your scan Wednesday, that the Lord will grant you His peace and good results. Thank you for your prayers for us (even Maggie!) too! And you will do just fine with all the "technology stuff".
)Lord bless and keep you always,
Ade
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Dear sisters,
I am thanking the Lord today. My Mom was able to get through her MRI. They let my sister be in the room with her. She did move her legs but the tech told my sister that they got the images they needed anyway. My sister texted today saying that it is only a stress fracture and she is supposed to see the specialist in three weeks to see how it is healing. I cannot tell you how relieved and thankful I am. Thank you so much for your prayers for her and my sister and I. Then the icing on the cake was my sunset with the hot air balloon pic made the newspaper today. And................it is raining today and we are getting much needed rain. I am so grateful for answered prayers.
Chris, praying for you for your scan tomorrow. How are you both doing with the e learning so far?
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, God is raining down blessings upon you today. Praise His name! Thankful for all the answers to prayers.
I am finding Bria's e-kindergarten more challenging than I expected. Some of it is frustrating, but it will pass, and she is so advanced it doesn't really matter. So much time is spent on learning how to mute, etc. I know routines are important, I taught elementary school for awhile, but trying to manage behavior from afar all the while parents are watching must be so difficult. It is a lot of watching youtube-type videos from slides. Even reading a book to the class is tough as it is so small. I am waiting for the day she can safely go to school face-to-face. She needs it.
Yes, I am trying not to worry about my scan tomorrow. I am feeling pain in my liver praying it is the tumors dying. We shall see...
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Hi,
My name is Marit and I'm 53. I have 5 kids, and a pretty darn good but not soulmate husband. We've been together for 28 years and get along great so I'm not complaining, but I see all the perky posts and I just thought I would put that out there in case someone felt like they couldn't relate.
I don't work right now and I've had health problems for years. I have one grandchild. My two oldest children just moved to states across the country with their spouses - and took my grandson away. That happened a week after my mastectomy after 6 months of living in our home. He is 16 months old and other than God, he is my joy.
Gardening and being outdoors lift my spirits as does music and art. I practice "mindfulness" and deal with all of our family issues with the strength and tools I find in mindfulness. My prayers are more focused. I can ponder what God teaches me better than I ever could before. I get less caught up in the details. I can't recommend it enough. There are many apps and I started with 10 percent and then switched to Breethe. It took a few weeks to feel like I knew what I was doing and it wasn't so awkward, but now I do it every day and recommend it to everyone.
I have had a tough year with more than just my health and my kids moving. And I developed pretty severe anxiety. I don't recommend it. My family has had many struggles including two who are pulling away from God - which makes me more sad than the cancer- but I know we each have our separate path and He will lead us along.
I know God has a sense of humor and that He is so tender with me. I'm so grateful to know that Jesus suffered every ache, pain, sin and challenge I will ever suffer long before I do so He can comfort me with a complete understanding of who I am in the moment. It's the anchor that makes the cancer just a thing. He's not giving up on me now. The cost He paid was too great. His primary purpose is to now bring us to Him. He broke the bands of death for all and now He wants to save us from sin. SO grateful for that testimony and foundation in my life.
I don't ask why me. I just say, okay, what now? Works for me.
Recovering from my TE and not eagerly awaiting my first fill. But it is what it is and I'll make the best of it.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Chris, I am praying for good news on your scan, and God's blessing as you teach the little one.
Nancy, TWO good "newses"! Congrats on another photo publication and PRAISE THE LORD for your sister getting to be with your mom and her scan being over, and good news! Prayers answered! If you have some extra rain, do send it our way!
Merit, WELCOME! Thank you for sharing your story with us. It sounds like you have a strong faith and good outlook on things. I hope you can facetime with your little guy frequently as we do our Ohio grands and great grands...it helps! We will all add you to our prayers for sure. Please feel free to share here anytime...and pray for us as well. These sisters don't ever judge, they simply lift one another's burdens to the Lord in love. We surely need each other...especially now!
Having company for dinner tonight. We get together with our neighbors every Wednesday night for dinner and fellowship (eat here, then eat out, then there, then eat out) and on Sundays ride together to a Bible study on prophecy and come back here for tea and I make a little dessert. Since we aren't doing much else anymore (watching church Sundays online) we look forward to meeting with this couple. The Lord is so good to let us still have in person fellowship.
Blessings on your day, dear sisters!
Ade
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Marit, welcome to this site although I am sorry you have to be here. I will add you to my prayer list that God will provide strength and peace while you navigate through this journey with additional family cares. I agree with you that my relationship with God has strengthened in ways I would never have imagined before mbc.
Ade, you are fortunate to have great friends so close. God is good!
I appreciate all your prayers as I await my scan appointment. I have peace that God will be with me. Here is just a little picture of last night's sunset taken by a neighbor reminding me of the beauty of God's creation even in the midst of our concerns. This was taken down the street from us. Chris
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Thank you Ade for your prayers and your congrats. Your friends and fellowship sound wonderful. I am so glad you can still do those things in this pandemic. That is such a blessing.
I am so grateful for my Mom's news. She does have another challenge. My sister could not find one of my Mom's hearing aides yesterday. She looked every where and couldn't find it. She can hear nothing with only one. The nurse told my sister that she found both of my Mom's hearing aids in the garbage container one day. So...............................here we go down this path. I will be back down after next week.
Chris, praying for you today for peace and good results. I know this must be a very hard one since it is your first after being on your new treatment. I hope they don't leave you hanging for a long time before you hear anything. Such a gorgeous picture and knowing that is right there where you live. What a blessing.
My heart is very heavy today. An elderly friend that I have become friends with from all my trips with my camera to the butterfly house called today. She was a volunteer there and they put a commemorative plaque on a bench with her name on it for all the many hours of volunteer work she has done. I was right in the middle of something and couldn't answer right away. When I heard her message she said my husband died on Friday night. She will be 92. I just got off the phone with her. You would never know that she just lost her husband of many, many years. She is the tower of strength and an amazing women. Her name is Lois and I would appreciate your prayers for her that she be surrounded by loved ones and friends during this difficult time. She is a people person for sure and I know this is going to be very difficult for her. We had to hang up quickly as a family member was on the other line so I didn't get to ask her many things but I will be in touch I am sure.
Have a good day dear sisters.
Love,
Nancy
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Hi all, just a quick note to say my PET/CT (taken Wednesday) looks good. The wording is... 'No definite foci of skeletal or hepatic metastatic disease are noted on the current study." Super happy that Xeloda (me new med) is working so quickly. I am in the middle of my third cycle. Sigh... Haven't spoken with my onc yet, but she always lets me know ASAP the results. I don't have portal access to PETs until we speak.
Thank you for your prayers and support!
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Hello ladies, it's been awhile since I've been here. Was initially diagnosed in October 2015 with bc and had a lumpectomy, brachytherapy and chemo. I finished chemo in April 2016 and my husband, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer 6 weeks before me, passed away in July 2016.
Here I am with a recurring breast cancer in the same breast. Had my mammo, sono, biopsy and then a MRI last Saturday. The MRI showed 2 surprises, one more nodule in the nipple area of the same left breast and a suspicious mammary lymph node under my sternum. I'm fighting with the insurance company right now, they denied my petscan yesterday. Surgery for bilateral mastectomy is scheduled for 9/25 but the petscan when it finally happens may change up my treatment plan. I'm certain chemo is in my future but pathology and the petscan will make that definitive.
Going through this as a widow and no distractions of trying to care of my husband is a whole new ball game. The waiting is so difficult.
I go to a mega church here in the Dallas area and our music minister wrote and posted this song. I hope it speaks to you as it does me. Right to the gut! Hugs to you all.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3133681220081617
Gail
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Chris, this one is for you. So happy with this news.
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Hi Gail,
Let me first say I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. Now you are dealing with recurrence and fighting with the insurance company. Needless to say you have a ton on your plate right now. I listened to that song. It was so poignant and beautiful. This is not forever, You are, is such a powerful lyric and truth. That song really sums it all up. We are not promised a pain and suffering free life but we have Jesus to go through it with us. He WILL heal us whether it be now or later. However going through this without your husband I am sure is very difficult. Do you have family or friends or both who can come along side you in this difficult time. I am glad you reached out. I am glad your church is reaching out to you now too. You have a talented music minister and one who has reached out to you. That is a wonderful thing. This little online community on this thread is a great group of believers and prayer warriors. Please keep us informed as to how you are doing and certainly feel free to ask for prayers leading up to your surgery on the 25th. I will pray that your insurance will pay for your Pet scan and let you know asap so you have one less thing to be concerned with as if you didn't already have enough already! Hang in there. You will get through this.
Love,
Nancy
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Gail, thank you for that song. I love the line "one way or another giants will fall." We can say this with great assurance because of who God is. I am sorry you have to go through this without the support of your husband and I will be praying God moves the giants of insurance and puts peace and blessing in its place. Chris
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What a friend we have in Jesus. When you think of it that is pretty amazing.
Have a safe holiday weekend.
Love,
Nancy
John 15:13-15New International Version
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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I'd like to share two sunsets taken from the same location but the first one was from last Sunday night. I won honorable mention and was listed second to the winner which was a very cool shot of a praying mantis. The second one I took tonight. Even though it is the same location there is a completely different feel to this one.
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Congratulations, Nancy! Those are beautiful images. The colors put me in the mood for fall, my favorite season.
I still have no official word from HR about my waiver to work from home. BUT, one of my supervisors announced in a staff meeting that three people had been approved. He proceeded to name each person and said, "they are approved due to medical reasons." I mentioned this statement to my doctor who nearly blew a gasket. She sputtered, "that is a HIPPA violation." Anyway, we three are working remotely. Thank you everyone for your prayers!
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Thank you Hershey. I am SOOOOOOOO glad that you have been approved for working remotely. Have you already started doing that? Not great on the HIPPA violation though. I can't believe that fall is here already. I love summer but this summer has been so unbearably hot and humid (for me) I am welcoming the cooler temps of fall. Yes, the colors of fall are gorgeous so hopefully those of us who have the four seasons will be able to enjoy that and I imagine I will have many photo ops with that too.
I will be visiting my Mom soon. I have to have blood work done for my alt doctor which means I have to go to a lab that processes Covid 19 tests. I am more than concerned but I won't go into the whole fiasco on that issue. Let's say I am between a rock and a hard place. I have a thyroid ultrasound at 8 at night of all times in a few days and then a dentist apt. Then I will plan my visit with my Mom. My sister has been allowed to assist with my Mom's showers and hopefully they will let me do the same to help alleviate this for my sister.
Have a nice holiday today everyone.
Love,
Nancy
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Jeremiah 31:25New International Version
25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."
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