Thur, 4/9 – Jill Hempel; Shawn and Michelle Hempel, Nicole and Ryan
Fri – Earl and Betty Hetherington
Sat – Susan and Bill Hickey; Doug and Kathy Roper
Sun – Pastor Grant and Debra Hill
Mon – Tom and Carol Knowlton
Tue – Debbie Krogman; Deb DeLong
Wed – Sandra Lucas; Chuck Lund
Thur, 4/15 – Steve and Patty Miller; Scott and Sheryl Moats
Prayers and Praises –
- Pray for wisdom for our Leadership Team, as they make the difficult decisions about Minnewashta Church coming to a close. We are grateful for their commitment to leading our church during this transition.
- Pray for Devin, who is in extreme pain from rheumatoid arthritis, and for the doctors as they diagnose and treat his illness.
- Pray for Donna to remain healthy, as she is expecting a visit from her grandson and great-grandson.
- Cindy. Pray for healing for Sandy Neudahl, as she heals from rotator cuff surgery.
- Carol. Praise that Harvey will be coming home from transitional care on Thursday. Also praise and thanks that his same wonderful caregivers will be returning for home care. Pray for Harvey to remain healthy, to enjoy his 90th birthday party on Saturday.
- Leonard. Praise that daughter Debbie has had good results on her medical tests, and is cancer free.
Also, Leonard’s granddaughter Katie was involved in an incident in Colorado. Praise Jesus that she is unhurt. - Colleen via prayer chain –
This story is from a distant relative that I feel needs prayer. Please read part of her story and add her name “Anna” to your daily prayer list. I don’t really know her but that doesn’t matter. Thanks from her family.
Her story…
I found a lump on my breast. Seventeen days later, my world stopped. “Anna, you have breast cancer.”
Everything after that moved fast—but somehow, at the same time, it felt like my life was standing still. Having a right-side mastectomy. Weeks with a drain tube. Time away from work. Pain, healing, waiting… and holding onto one thing: hope that surgery would be the end. But it wasn’t.
My oncotype score came back at 57. This number meant I had a chance of the cancer coming back—anywhere in my body. I chose to fight. Chemo took more than I expected. But not everything. But I had all the other side affects; bone pain so intense it felt like my body was breaking from the inside out. Days I couldn’t stand long enough to take care of myself. Moments where I didn’t recognize the person I saw in the mirror. My eye lashes and eye brows.. gone. Weight falling off day by day. Nausea and exhaustion. At 31 years old, I felt 90..
Then came radiation—six weeks, every single day back and forth from Willmar. More fatigue. More pain. More days of showing up when I didn’t think I had anything left to give.
Right now, I’m waiting for my next surgery date—an oophorectomy and another mastectomy.
Another chapter I’ll face the same way I’ve faced all of this: By fighting.
Anna