From: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 12:08 AM To: Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup Subject: Prayer Update and Trip Report
From: Sara Sutherland To: Heb_roots_chr@geocities.com Subject: Brian Tumor Update Dear All THANK YOU so very much for all your PRAYERS. I really felt them. I tell you this all has hand G-d's hand all throughout. We knew it was a tumor in matter of a week after it I had it check out. Most Tumors calicifies on the bone and then move down toward the brian. This one did not. It broke through the Bone and grew on the outside. Yes it as a malignate tumor and still seroius but It could have been much more. I have felt Like Abenago(sp?). G-d lead me into the furnace and has and Will give me the strength to go through it. I will be going under localized radiation Therapy in December. The type of tumor(highly aggressive) if untreated it would come back(100%); Treated(10%) They are still unsure of it's type other than it is a primary tumor( not from another location). The MRI & CAT scan don't show any evedince of the tumor itself. It does not show on a microscopic level if there are any malignate cells waiting to grow. I have an Unocologist to keep check with for life. Our family flew in for the occassion from East Coast and what a way for them to see the grandkids. They non-Believers got to see Prayer and Community at work and that Left an impression. Lots of seeds planted. I was truely blessed too, by the Messianic Community localised and spread-out, too see it work. THANK YOU! I KNOW it is G-d's ability to heal me outright and just believe that this is the end of it. He has done this all so far. But I was bought with a price and my Life is NO LONGER my own. I am His to do as HE wills. He has Willed me and those I know down this path. It will be for HIS GLORY. I am a walking medicine chest ,each medicine has a reason and an effect. Writting, typing and reading are dizzing adventures.(It makes me dizzy) Please continue praying for my recovery. As They slowly decrease the steroid for inflamation, they swelling increases and I use IBR and Tyl to offset discomort. I have to rest alot and my kids aren't going to stop growing. We have been blessed with meals and my husbnd taking time off. But even He has to earn a living and goes back to work this Monday. I know all will work out even If I don't know the details. That's were the Trust in Him comes in. Again thank you for all your Prayers and May this Thanksgiving be everso Blessed. Baruch HaShem Yeshua! Sara Sutherland **************************************************************** From: Rick Taylor To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com Subject: Prayer Request - Thanks Dear Mishpachah (family), I have taken this time to ask for prayer from all of you. I do not really know anyone to talk with, and the anonimity of this forum is condusive for me to seek your help in prayer. I work at a middle school, and that is where I have my computer access. I will not be in school after Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be closed for the week, and I will not be able to read any mail. So I will include my snail mail address if any of you would be so inclined to offer advice. The request is two fold: 1.) My wife of three months has come from a previous 14 years abusive relationship. Her first husband used and abused her physically, emotionally and sexually on a daily basis for all of those years. If you were to take the worst case senario that you know, and multiply it ten times, it may be about as bad as hers. She nightmares every night to such a degree that she often becomes physically violent because she believes that she is warding off an attack. She wants to be held when we go to sleep, but when she gets asleep and enters dream state. she becomes hyper-sensitive to touch and the slightest touch can send her into her torturous dreams. Please pray for her deliverance. I pray for her and war for her in prayer, but this is not enough. She is a believer. Her name is Sandy. 2.) I know that most of you probably do not celebrate Christmas, we do, but we also celebrate Yeshua's birth during Sukkot - because of the postings on this group. She came into the marriage with three children and I entered the marriage with three children. Hers live with us: Becky-6, CJ-11, Amber-14; mine are only part time with us: Shane-10, Nathanial-12, Jonathan-14. My income is from my work with the Wellsville Middle School, as an aide with emtionally disturbed kids and with a boy with spinal bifida. This is where I have computer access. My income is barely sufficient to pay basic bills. Sandy and I have both looked for other income to no avail (she occassionally sits with an elderly lady). We are unable to provide for any of them this crucial first Christmas together as a family. Please pray for me that I may be able to provide. I have some books in a basement that I am trying to sell, plus some other things, but to date no one is interested. Pray that I might find a means to earn some extra money before the Christmas season gets here. The first request is priority, but the second is fairly important for our children. Thank you in advance for your prayers. I felt comfortable in the anonimity of the group to share these. I haven't been able to share these things locally. Thank you for just taking the time to read them. Yours because of Yeshua, Rick Taylor P.O. Box 1302 Wellsville, NY 14895 ******************************************************************* From: Thomas Holeman To: "'heb_roots_chr@geocities.com'"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com> Subject: Trip Report Hi all, This is a report on a fantastic trip I was on last week. The trip was sponsored by Randy and Betsy Felton's church in OKC. The purpose was to build a house for a needy family in Juarez Mexico. This was done through an organization named Casas por Cristo. Casas por Cristo is a non-denominational ministry that was started in 1993 in response to the need for a self-contained mission work experience in a cross-cultural environment for teams of all ages. dedicated to meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of the poor in Mexico in the name of Jesus Christ. Casas pro Cristo works along the U.S. border in partnership with Juarez churches. Housing is the number one need along the border. Working through the Juarez Pastors Committee. Casas pro Cristo teams build homes for families who typically had been living in cardboard or tarpaper shacks with dirt floors. Because the pastors are responsible for the screening and selection of the families, the projects become an outreach of the local church. The excellence and quality of the program received national recognition when Casas pro Cristo was selected from 700 organizations as one of 12 non-profit agencies to be featured the first year of the nationally broadcast Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television series, "The Visionaries." This project was for a family of four, father, mother, and two girls. The house was built on a lot that was about 20 ft. by 50 ft. The area was set aside by the government of Mexico and divided up into lots for homesteading. This family as were most in the neighborhood were living in a hut about 12 ft. by 12 ft. It was made from shipping pallets fastened together for wall and roof, then covered by tarpaper. They had extra clothes and other material stuffed in holes in the wall to keep out the cold. They had electricity from a long extension cord laying on the ground from the utility pole and coming in under the door (2 pallets fasted together and covered with tarpaper, with bailing wire for hinges). They were fortunate that they had a propane cook stove which could double as a source of heat. There was frost the first two mornings we were there. The single family house we built was about 11 ft by 22 ft., 2 rooms 11 by 11. The first day we started by setting up the forms and mixing and pouring the concrete slab for the floor. Then the walls were framed. This was completed just before dark. The next day we were all sore and stiff. The walls and roof got put up with sheeting on them. The wall also were covered with chicken wire for preparation for stucco. The door and windows were installed. The third day, Thursday, The walls were covered with stucco and the roofing materials were applied. The house was wired and connected to the utility pole. The outside light was needed to complete the project as we finished after dark. This was a brief summary of the work involved. We thanked God that we were able to do this wonderful work, in His Name (Blessed be His Name). Rabbi O said a blessing over the house also. The family was also given a Spanish Bible with a gift of money inside. On Friday we did an additional project for the staff of Casas por Cristo. They are expanding one of their buildings so we mixed and poured the foundation for the expansion. The crew for this week consisted of Randy and Betsy Felton, Carl and Belle from their church, Carl and Belle's grandson Benjamin, Marshal and Suzanne Martz, Rabbi O. and myself. We were supervised by Andy from Casas por Cristo. He was great guy to work with and made the project come together to a timely completion. We were so tired by midday on the first day that Marshal and I figured out that it took too much energy to moan when we had to get up and down that we would moan for each other so that all our energy could be applied to getting up and down. We came back with lots of stories to tell, all good. I will let Rabbi O tell you who is "El Hombre ZZ." We all can highly recommend that everyone should get their church or synagogue to sponsor a trip to Casas por Cristo. There are no words to describe the joy you receive from taking the fruits of your labor and giving it to a family, that you don't know and will probably never see again. They and we were so overwhelmed by the joy of the event. To schedule a work trip to Juarez, call the Casas por Cristo office at (800) 819-8014. Now for additional exciting news! The week that we were there a car was donated to Casas por Cristo, they are in need of vans and trucks not cars. They gave the 1987 Cadillac Cimarron to Rabbi O. It is a great car with has about 90,000 miles on it. We drove it home from El Paso, TX, and kept it a secret until we got home. We traveled back with the church van to OKC and traded off drivers every few hours. I would like for everyone who has been praying for a car for Rabbi to first thank God that he has heard and answered your prayer then send CpC a thank you by either mail or e-mail. The addresses are: Casas por Cristo P.O. Box 3726 El Paso, Texas 79923 (800) 819-8014 e-mail cpc@dzn.com The funds that we have received for this purpose will be used towards the tags, taxes, and title fees. Ain't God Great? When we get pictures back they will be put on a photo album page for everyone to go look at. I will let Rabbi O tell you about how surprised his family was when he arrived. Hey Eddie, Happy 34th Birthday. Tom Holeman ********************************************************************