Today as I was going through some old files on my computer, I came across this prayer request that I sent to some of you on August 31, 2006. Many of you are very familiar with my sister's condition and have been very faithful to pray for her over the past 5 years. At this time she needs much prayer! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for every prayer that you have ever prayed on her behalf and ask that you please continue to pray for her as the Lord brings her to your mind. I will pick up from the original prayer requests and hit a few highlights and then share how you can pray at this time....
Aug 2006 - My dad called last night to let me know that my sister was involved in an accident yesterday morning around 4 am. She is in Norfolk, Virginia in ICU. She is on a ventilator and has head and back injuries. As of last night she couldn't feel her legs. (We would learn later that she was paralyzed from the chest down.) My mom drove all night and is there today, but I haven't talked with her yet. I didn't find out until around 10 last night and needless to say I was very upset...I prayed and asked God to help me talk to someone there who would pray. My dad gave me the number to the hospital and I was able to talk to Terri's nurse. Her name is Jenny and I asked her if she was a Christian and she said, "Yes, I am!" It was very emotional, but I told her how lost my sister and my mom are and asked her to please pray over Terri and in her room and she assured me that she would!! WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!!! Please pray for her today and I will let you know something as soon as I do. My mom can't see her until 10 this morning and I need wisdom on whether or not to go myself. Thank you so much for praying and for praying for my mom and sister over the past years....I pray that this is what God will use to show Himself mighty!!
The greatest news out of all of this is that Terri cried out to the Lord for salvation as she was lying in a ditch waiting on the ambulance on that very night. She has had many difficult, pain-filled, and low days since that time, but one thing remains that nothing can change...she is a child of the King!! And He has indeed shown Himself mighty in too many ways to list in this space!
At this time, she is in the hospital in Dothan, Alabama. She has a very serious infection in her blood stream and her blood pressure has dipped so low in the past couple of days that we thought she wouldn't make it. Without going into too much detail, she is having surgery next week to remove her hip joint, part of her pelvic bone and part of her femur due to the infection.
Thank you for praying for her. I am so thankful that He promises to take everything about our lives and work them out for our good and His glory! Terri and I love 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and temporary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all! So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal!"
Thanking God for you!!
Wendy
