August 28th, 2010

From Karen Bunker:

I apologize to you for being mostly offline for a couple of days, but my computer was needing some TLC and we also have been busy with doctor's appts, etc. There have been no prayer requests to speak of, but I do have some things that I need to share with you now.

First of all, Carol Culpepper is back from taking care of a brand new grandbaby for a little bit and I am thankful to have her home and to tell you that the baby and mother came through healthy and fine. Also, she arrived home to find out that her ex-husband had passed away. She has been helping him out with some personal possessions and matters with regard to his funeral. It will probably be later in the coming week. Please remember her as she is trying to handle his final arrangements and take care of all the necessary business. Please pray for her comfort in her loss and with regard to doing what she feels is the best way to handle his affairs.

God bless you, Carol. We are glad to have you home and hope that things will calm down soon.

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My husband, Michael, will be having a back procedure done at 7:00 a.m. on Monday morning at an out patient clinic. He will be having the Epidural Steroid Injections done in his back. The doctor is wonderful and we are very pleased that he wants to try these injections first. They will be done by a pain management doctor who works directly with Dr. Wylie. These injections will be administered with the aid of a monitor to make sure they get the needle and the medication injected in just the right place. It would be so nice if he got some relief from the pain for at least a few months. There is no way to tell how it will work until after it is done. On some it does nothing, and then there was one lady who is just NOW having to have back surgery after successfully using these injections for 6 years. I just ask that you pray that God will be with Michael and that He will make His will known to us. Pray that we will be a testimony to God no matter what happens through this time.

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My step mother, Virginia Allen, has terminal cancer, as some of you may recall. I talked to her yesterday and she has gotten much worse in a very short period of time. She told me that she is ready to go home to Heaven and does not want to linger in pain. We had prayer together and I am asking you to please ask God's mercy on her as her time comes and that she be allowed to be taken as gently as possible. I love her and I will miss her, but she is tired and 86 years old. She is ready to be with her Jesus. God bless her and I truly ask for your prayers of mercy for her at this time.

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Karrie Cook is going back to MD Anderson this Tuesday/Wednesday to have some labs and other tests from her surgery. PLEASE, I ASK YOU TO PRAY VERY HARD FOR KARRIE THAT ALL WILL BE HEALING NORMALLY AND THAT SHE WILL HAVE NO MORE CANCER CELLS ANYWHERE IN HER BODY. She is so brave but she is still grieving over the loss of her Pastor, Rev. Lee Ingram. Please ask God to give her a good checkup and a comforted heart in her loss of this very dear friend. We love you, Karrie. We look forward to hearing nothing but good news when you return.

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Karen Kelley had to go to her kidney doctor and here parathyroid is not functioning normally which is keeping her kidneys from functioning normally. She has less that 50% of her normal function. They are trying new medications to hopefully get her going again. She is really an amazing person and she needs our prayers everyday. God bless you, Karen, we will never give up! Our prayers and love continue for you.

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My nephew and his wife and new baby are now safely home and all is well (the last I heard). They are very proud parents of Clair Elise, born at 4:00 p.m. on August 23, 2010. She weighed in at 8 lbs 4 ounces and was 19 inches long. I hear that she looks like her Daddy.............and he is a very proud Daddy. I told him the first thing I wanted him to do was to sing "Jesus Loves Me" in her ear. I hope you did that, Andrew. I know this, she is blessed to have 2 Christian parents and I hope she will be in church all her life. Andrew says that "She is a beauty and I know she is!"
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I have a very nice talk with Mike Corley yesterday. He is still in the hospital after his knee surgery. He thinks that he may be moved today or tomorrow either released to go home or to a rehab for a few days. Please continue to pray for Mike that he will develop no complications and get well very soon. By the way, he is my girlfriend, Donna's brother.

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Please continue to pray for little Ethan Stuckey, Lezlee and Danny Shearman's little grandson who has a neck problem that will require him to wear a collar for at least 3 months. This is such a delicate situation, please pray that he will be fine and heal completely and without complication. Please pray for this family who loves him so much.
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Carsten Watts got better then his numbers started going up again so he is still in the hospital. Please keep this little man and his family in your prayers

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HERE ARE THE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM FREEDOM BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME TO PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY (AND THEY, PRAY FOR YOU AS WELL):

Prayer 8/25/10
Long term prayers;

1. Relocation of church n funds
2. Donnie and Gyong salvation
3. Jeremy's teaching
4. new converts spiritual growth
5. Shawn Bynum got saved now grow
6. Henry cancer
7. Ethan (9) blood disorder
8. Rogers dad drugs in jail
9. Terry loony infection
10. Roy Smith Junior spiritual
11. Justin Brown legal
12. Ashley Morrow and family spiritual
13. vacation Bible school 2011
14. Adam n Elizabeth Spiritual
15. Yessi spiritual growth & arm surgery
16. Mary Beckworth cancer,now in lungs and throat
17. Karen Kelly crohns and complications
18. Skip Buhl lung transplant
19. Stanley Hilton heart transplant

Short term
1. Ralph and Barbara Hester / need church home.
2. Ronnie n Cassandra Pace / church home
3. Mike Corley / church home
4. Deborah Hanie's husband / church
5. Emma / salvation
6. Dora Belew step daughter died.
7. Leslie Sherman's grandson Ethan Stuckey neck brace
8. Yessi Elizondo spiritual and pray for arm to heal after surgeryk
9. Tina n Betty. Issues
10. Joel Drake spiritual
11. Bill Hilton spiritual n emotional
(karen's cousin)
12. Herbert Fox health
13. Kathy health
14. Kyle out of town
15. Steve Vick health cognitive
16. Mary Beckworth health
17. Courtney Wiggins job
18. Shay get GED and job
19. Cody Bunker kidney stones
20. Jeff Hanson health
21. Braden emotional
22. Carolyn's bro /Huntington's
23. Trinity

Praise
1. Jamie less hours
2. Mike health. He's back!
3. Mrs Kathy good report
4. Cool weather
5. Neesa baptism
6. Moving of the Holy Spirit.
7. School started

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I believe this is all we have for now. Here is the prayer scripture for today: 1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you: But I will teach you the good and the right way.

Remember that tomorrow is the Lord's day. We are so blessed everyday. Remember to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit as He speaks to you about the needs of others. Respond as quickly as you can to Him. He is our constant companion and guide. If you don't know if it is the Holy Spirit speaking to you, one way you can tell is this: He will never tell you anything to do that is wrong or bad. If He is prompting you to do good, don't hesitate to follow Him.

Thanks to one and all of you today. God bless you all and PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO PRAISE THE LORD.

Love in Him,
Karen

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From Karen Bunker:

I just received this very touching prayer request from Steve. This dear lady sent it to him to post at Open My Eyes Lord and he asked me to send it on to each of you. Please read this letter and place on your daily prayer list. Sometimes, I just don't understand how people can be so uncaring. LET US DO OUR BEST TO PRAY ALONG WITH THIS MOTHER, SO THAT HER DAUGHTER MIGHT REACH HER GOAL...........PLEASE READ THIS REQUEST BELOW:
 

Dear Mr. Politte,

A friend sent your site to me and it is truly a blessing. I share the music with my beloved only child who is comatose at this time, but does know me and responds emotionally and physically to things that cause her joy or sorrow.

Please pray for my daughter, Brenna Deshawn Dowd. Brenna is 27 years old and suffered an unexplained anoxic brain injury on May 26, 2010. While I see improvement, the medical profession is quick to write her off, not only as unworthy of rehabilitation but unworthy of life.

Brenna has always believed that God has a plan for her life. She believed it the day before this tragic change in her life. I remind her each day that she is a miracle, a child of God, a princess in His courtyard. She is four and a half classes away from her Masters in Criminal Justice Administration, with plans to work with children who have no voice.

As I sit by her bed, I sing songs that God gives to me. She responds to me and to those in the hospital that she senses have a positive attitude. At this point in time, no nursing home in Idaho will take care of her except for the one that gave her substandard medical care, causing bleeding bed sores, and infection around the trachea and PEG.

The cause of this event is unexplained in her medical records. She has been a Type I brittle diabetic since she was six years old. She has a stint in her heart, has suffered from unexplained anemia, has severe osteoporosis, and is blind in the left eye. The medical profession adds this up to being negatives that should not be allowed to live. Brenna's dream and goal is to participate in the clinical trials for a cure for Type I diabetes at Harvard. This cure does not use stem cell or other forms of transplants and is the only clinical trial that will accept a long term diabetic. She believes that if this cure can cure or help her, it gives hope to others.

Brenna is my heart and soul, my only child. After this event happened, I stood in the hospital and said the hardest prayer of my life. "Thy will be done. But, please God, send her back." As I re-entered her room, I heard God say, "Do you trust me?" "Yes, Lord, I trust." I firmly believe that God wants her to be a living testimony to His love and healing grace.

I feel so alone in this battle with the system that views the quality of a person's life in dollars and cents. My husband died in 2004 and it has been just Brenna and me since then. Please pray that God will not only heal Brenna to his level of recovery but that He will show us a door to provide the best treatment possible for her. And provide a way for me to get her to that treatment.

Thank you.

Pam Dowd
Boise, Idaho


Mrs. Dowd,

Your daughter is an incredible person and so are you. This prayer team will be very honored to pray for you and your beloved daughter. We have a loving God and I know he must be very pleased with you and Brenna.

It is our prayer that the next time we hear from you that Brenna will be much better and on her way to achieving her goal. There are too many people now who miss out on these kinds of miracles and blessings by choosing not to be a part of them. May God bless you can we will do our part to keep her lifted up to our Heavenly Father.

In Him,

Karen Bunker &

The Prayer Warriors of Joy in the Morning Ministries

Pam, we will pray for Brenna every day, and for you as well.  Know that God has not written her off.  She is in His hands, as are all of those who are sick and suffering in any way.  God bless.

Deacon Steve

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'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'



Please pray for LCDR Clifton Hutchinson, USN, who is now serving our country in Iraq. Commit him and his family to your daily prayers for our troops. God bless you, LCDR Hutchinson and GOD BLESS AMERICA.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Love in Him,
Karen

September 1st, 2010

From Karen Bunker:

THESE ARE SOME PRAYER REQUESTS THAT WENT OUT YESTERDAY, BUT I'M GETTING SOME QUESTIONS THAT MAKE ME THINK THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS ONE. SO, BEFORE I START SENDING ALL THE UPDATES, ETC., I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THIS SO IT WILL NOT BE UPSIDE DOWN.

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM YESTERDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010

Good Morning,

Just got this in from Brother Jeremy Blackwell:

Hey Miss Karen,

I need some prayer help for a really close friend of mine that is having heart complications. His heart is beating irregularly and he is having chest pains. Currently he is on the way to the E.R. His name is Buddy Chandler. Thanks team
Also, yesterday morning at church, were told the John Carter, Jeremy's step dad is having chest pains again.  Please keep him in your prayers daily.

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 Regarding my husband, Michael, he came through his back procedure with no problems at all.  As a matter of fact we were back home before 9 a.m.   He has been ordered to rest today but should be in good shape (depending on how these work for him) within the next couple of days.  THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS FOR BOTH OF US.   I have been find today and able to take care of his needs.  PRAISE GOD for His tender love and mercy and for His answers to our prayers.

Please continue to lift Michael up in prayer.

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I just talked to my nephew, Andrew, and after the birth of their new baby, his wife Amanda developed preeclampsya which I didn't know you could do.  She also had the baby cesarean so please pray for Amanda to get past this complication.  Claire is doing great and please pray that she stays ok.  I had no idea that they were still in the hospital.  It has been a week today!!!

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Many of you were very touched by the bittersweet prayer request from Pam Dowd regarding her daugher, Brenna.  I am hoping to forward these comments to Steve later today, in the hopes that he can put them on our website at OPENMYEYESLORD and that Mrs. Dowd will read them and be encouraged by your sincere words.  So, if any of you would like to send a comment, please do it as soon as you can and I will include it in the messages sent to Steve.  I've got to go to the grocery store, and I hope to do that exchange to Steve when I get back.  So, please don't wait. Go ahead and get those to me if you can.

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PRAISE GOD ABOVE, LITTLE CARSTEN WATTS FINALLY GOT HIS LAB REPORTS STABLIZED AND THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN AT HOME.  Their family was so happy to be back home together.  Please remember thhis precious family in your prayers.  They have had a very difficult time.

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Have a great day and I "hope" to be back with you later.   Love and thanks to all, especially our Heavenly Father. 

Love to all,

Karen

P.S. Get me those messages that you'd like to share with Mrs. Dowd about Brenna

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HERE ARE THE UPDATES FOR TODAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 2010:

Hey Mrs.. Bunker,
I have just one prayer request so far today, a buddy of mine named Josh Meyers and his wife Melissa are having a c-section today at 4:30. The child should be a boy and his name is Corbin Meyers. I'm so excited for my high school buddy. Team you all know what to do so, let's call the throne of God!!!

 Also, yesterday, Jeremy sent us a prayer request for his friend , Buddy Chandler:  Here is the update for  those prayers.................

 Wow Karen, this team sure does work fast, we found out that Buddy Chandler was just prescribed the wrong meds and they were able to fix the problem before it became a horrible problem. So they have his body chemistry back to normal and are sending him home soon. Wow 

Wow is right, Jeremy.................PRAISE GOD FOR THIS WONDERFUL REPORT!

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Thanks, once again, for all the concerns and prayer about Michael.  Yesterday, he was hard to hold back.  At this point, his pain is much better and he is amazed as am I.  We rejoiced and Praised the Lord and we, too, are thankful for each of you for your prayers, which is the true reason it all went so well.  God hears you, Prayer Warriors, and I am so grateful to each Victory that comes to those we pray for in the name of Jesus. 

Mike continues to feel well thing morning and we are PRAISING GOD TODAY FOR HIS BLESSINGS ARE NEW EVERYDAY.

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I HOPE EVERYONE GETS THIS TODAY AND I WILL TRY TO GET BACK WITH YOU LATER.  I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THE SCRIPTURES...............I AM JUST NOT AS ORGANIZED AS I SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW.  SO, PRAY FOR ME TO GET MY MIND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

REMEMBER TO BE KIND TO THE ELDERLY................WE NEED HELP SOMETIMES.   LOVE TO ALL OF YOU...........!

KAREN

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My daughter is at the bank today trying to get a mortgage. She called this morning for prayer. My grandson, Brian, is a quadriplegic, the results of an accident, and needs prayer. My son and son-in-law are in the beginning of sobriety. They are determined and we are praying for them. My granddaughter has a new baby and searching for a proper daycare. Another granddaughter is in her first trimester and suffering from fibromyalgia. Another granddaughter needs prayer for salvation. My youngest daughter is in an abusive relationship and wants prayer for her husband. Another daughter and son-in-law are searching out a mission venture. My husband and I are in need of financial help. We are 76 years old. We have a praise as well. We are healthy! Thank the good Lord, our Savior. Mary Lou and Bob 

We will all lift you up in prayer May Lou and Bob, all of your requests we lift up to God with confidence that He will hear and answer them all. God bless you.  Steve

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Mr. Politte, First of all, what a lovely website. After reading the messages regarding prayers for those listed, I believe God wanted me to request prayer for my cousin, Vera Zawalsh. She is experiencing mental stress from severe life experiences. First, watching her father live as an invalid after many brain injuries (during World War II) which involved a life in and out of Veteran's hospitals. Then her uncle (her dad's brother) attempted to kidnap her dad for ransom, when that was unsuccessful the brother chose to rape Vera. If that wasn't trauma enough, her first husband died at 35 from a Viral brain infection. A second marriage for 9 years proved to be unsuccessful. Out of the kindness in Vera's heart, she took in a woman whose trailer had burnt down (whom Vera met in a bar), the woman introduced Vera to prescription drugs, also Vera has a tendency to drink (her father drank for many years up until his death, while taking medications for his brain injury) More recently, Vera has lost her job and at 57 has been declared mentally incompetent. She does see a Psychiatric doctor once a month and a counselor. When she gets her prescription for Clonepen (I'm unsure as to how to spell this), Vera takes all 60 pills in one day and tops it off with alcohol. This is causing much stress to her sons and 83 year mother, as well, myself included. Vera is difficult to talk with and says that she wants to die, but has promised her mother that she will not take her life. She needs a relationship with God. How can we/I help her? What/how can I reach her? Will you consider praying for her recovery or whatever God wants for her life?

Thank you

God Bless you,

Charlene Borowiec

Charlene, I know that God will hear your every prayer for your family, and bless you all with a better outcomes, as He is so compassionate and loving and that love is unconditional.  God bless all in your family who are suffering or have needs.. Steve!

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Dear Steve,

Raymond and Christine White

We will lift brother and my dear friend Doug up in prayer.  Please join with us in all of these requests all who view this page, for you are the prayer warriors that will lift them up to the Lord.  And God bless you for going to Him in prayer for all of these needs.

Steve

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