Praises

The wife of Eddy Chance's friend, Roger Robinson (Shannon) had breast surgery and a mastectomy on 8/10/07.  She has recovered well.

Wilma Williamson's tests revealed that she does not have breast cancer.

Tiffany Parks cranial reconstruction surgery went well.

Eddy Chance's dad (Rev. C.V. Chance) is home from the hospital.  Eddy states, "I truly believe that without the prayers from this class and others my dad would not be here today.  He has made an amazing recovery over the past few months.  He now able to walk again without assistance and is sounding like his old self.  Thank you for your continued prayers and support.  May God bless each and every one of you."

Mark Dillow's dad had successful prostate surgery on 4/10/07.

Joe Schram's next door neighbor was in the Round Rock Hospital due to a diabetic coma and pneumonia.  The doctors gave him no hope.  However, the Lord has intervened and he will be going to a rehabilitation hospital.

Tiffany Chance's mother-in-law has recovered from food poisoning.

Nicholas Daigle (a 4 year old son of a friend of Ken Hamilton's has a disorder that is amplified by excitement, however, it was not a seizure disorder as was feared.

Ken Hamilton's daughter Kelly will begin taking hormone medication that should solve her depression.

Kelvin Cheung returned home from Iraq.

Christi Riva, medical problems were not life threatening and her Crones disease has not returned.  Ken Hamilton thanks everyone for their prayers.

Ken Hamilton is out of the boot from his 10/16/06 surgery and his leg looks normal now and has more flexibility.  He should be back to normal in a few weeks after exercising.  Ken would like to thank everyone for their prayers.

Jeff Otto's pathologist report came back all clear on both the lymph node and the tissue that was removed from his back.  He had tissue removed for malignant melanoma.

Charles Cutchens has received a new job.

On 7/18/06, Dennis Koch started working for an outsource company from California who was contracted by Computer Sciences Corp to provide IT support for Freescale (formerly part of Motorola).

Pat Higgins is home and off of hospice care.

Stephen Martinez, whose right kidney was crystallized, has been healed.

Lyn Parks' daughter, Tiffany, is recovering from rheumatic fever and chorea form movement (a form of seizure).  She is on target to graduate with her class and has received a scholarship from St. Edward University here in Austin.

Joe Schram and family have moved into a new home.

One of Ryan Rowley's high school friends, Thomas Fraga, was involved in a head on collision with an 18 wheeler on 2/12/06.  He was in serious condition but will recover.

Christy Bell, whose embryonic sack leaked, had her baby girl "Peyton" on 1/30/06.  She weighed a whopping 4 lbs. 6 oz., which is not bad for seven weeks early.  She was so healthy that they didn't even take her to ICU.  They got to take her home on 2/20/06.

Ava Riva had successful surgery on 1/27/06 to remove a tumor on her back.

Jesse Price's sister-in-law, Pam Hodson's, kidney surgery went very well.  They found the tumor outside of her kidney.  It  was encased in its own sack and had not spread so they didn't have to remove her kidney!  Praise the Lord!  The surgery lasted only 2 hrs. instead of 4 or 5!  This was also an answer to many prayers and is their Christmas present!

Gary McKenzie's daughter, Heather, has been alcohol free since 12/2/04.

Ryan Rowley returned home from Iraq on 12/10/05.

Delia Geary had a successful Cardiac Ablation to treat and correct her rapid heartbeat on 12/7/05.

Delia Geary's surgery for her broken arm on 11/1/05 went well.

Eddy Chance sold his Suburban.

Dennis Koch asked for prayer for another job on 9/22/05.  On 9/28/05 he was hired by a Dell Service Provider.

Donna Dailey has recovered from a double mastectomy on 12/22/04 and reconstructive surgery in 6/05.  Donna is the wife of FCS guest David Dailey.

Larry Dowden's daughter, Lacy, has a Christian roommate.

Brad Ragsdale, the youngest son of a close friend of Kenneth Kidd's and who is a marine who was injured on a mission when his Humvee ran over a bomb, has been released from Brook Army Medical Center and will be going home on convalescent leave to further recover from his burns.  He is healing well.

Kenneth Kidd's father-in-law is recovering from stomach cancer.  He is doing much better.  He is eating and beginning to gain some weight back.  He has started chemo and has a good prognosis.

I, Randy Rowley, got a new job with the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services Central Office on 7/5/05.  I am writing curriculum that trainers will use to train providers and surveyors in several regulatory programs.  It's not my dream job, but at least I got my foot in the door.  Thank you for your encouragement and prayers. 

Ken Hamilton requested prayer for Chris Boesl's salvation.  He accepted Christ during the week of 5/8/05.  Ken witnessed to him for about a year and a good friend of Chris' of 20 years sat down with him and told him the same message that Ken had been telling him.  With this confirmation and his relationship with his friend, he acted on the Good News.  Chris has already started witnessing to others including one of his employees.  Praise God. Mitch Krivokucha has mostly recovered from his severely broken leg from a head on collision.

Kenneth Kidd got a new job with Farmers Insurance.

Delia Geary has been having problems off and on with her digestive system since 2001.  She was hospitalized in July of 2003 with a stomach infection and gastritis for five days.  She had a cat scan on 3/15/05 to determine the cause of these attacks.  The CAT scan came back normal.  It was determined that she has acid reflux, which can be controlled by diet and losing weight.

On 3/22/05, Delia Geary requested prayer for Sheri Jahnke who went to a hospital with a pulmonary embolism.  She had two blood clots in her lungs.  She returned home on 3/23/05. 

Zachary Calderon (a child of a friend of Delia Geary's) is doing great after his 1/4/05 pancreas transplant.

Gary Scrivner is doing fine after his emergency eye surgery to re-attach his retina to his eye.

Eddy Chance got a job (Account Manager) with Reflect Systems out of Dallas on 1/26/05.  He is handling their account from Dell in Round Rock.

The son of her Delia Geary's friend Hilda (Damian) has listened to the counsel of the Holy Spirit and has been set free.  Thanks for all the prayers.

Dennis Koch started a new job on 1/3/05 with the University of Texas.

Ken Hamilton's associate, James Pierce, has recovered from a successful Prostectomy (removal of his cancerous prostate).

Ken Hamilton's friend, Brad Dawkins, has recovered from a full knee replacement.

Ken Hamilton's friend, LuAnn Smith, an elderly lady who had a balcony that she was on fall out from under her and consequently her back was broken has recovered.

Shane Morgan had an accident on 7/5/03 and injured his knee.  He had an ACL replacement on 8/18/03.  For the most part he has recovered.  The only problem is it gets sore when there is a drastic weather change.

Shane Morgan's sisters daughter, Emily, age five, went into the hospital on 6/9/03 with severe stomach pain.  On 6/11/03 they doctors took out her appendix but said that was not the problem.  They discovered that she has an extremely inflamed small intestine.  They put a large IV under her collar bone to pump protein and antibiotics to help fight the infection.  She was diagnosed with pre-Crones disease.  She is doing much better and is on a strict diet.

The son of Tom Geary's friend, Damian Munoz, has accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior.  He now leads praise and worship the first Sunday of every month at his parent's church.

Tom Geary's brother in Christ, Robert Rodriquez, who suffered a heart attack on 1/12/04, is doing much better.  He is on a medication that is controlling the pain in his legs.

Garrett Coleman, Tim Price's step-son, was deployed to Iraq around 2/19/04.  He returned home on 10/9/04.

My, Randy Rowley's, sister-in-law, Margie Brigman, had a Colonoscopy on 9/27/04 and had two polyps removed.  They were benign.

Phyllis Whisenand, the 65 year old mother of a work colleague of Ken Hamilton's, has returned home from the hospital.

David Butler left for Peru on 6/20/04 with the Navy.  He has returned.

Ken Hamilton's friend, Tom Slavin, who was diagnosed with terminal prostrate cancer had successful kidney surgery during the week of 5/30/04.  He has been released from the hospital.

Gene Boesl, the 73 year old father of Ken Hamilton's friend, Chris Boesl, had a medical procedure that appears to have relieved his back pain and has eliminated the need for an additional surgery that would have cost him $50,000.

My, Randy Rowley's, wife, Chris, had a double mastectomy on 10/1/03 due to DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma) cells (cancer in its earliest stage).  The pathology report from fatty tissue that was removed during a second reconstructive surgery on 3/5/04 showed more of the DCIS cells.  A biopsy at M.D. Anderson in Houston on 5/11/04 showed even more of the DCIS cells in the fatty tissue.  They did another mastectomy on 5/27/04 (the first mastectomy was a skin saving one).  We learned on 6/2/04 that they found another spot of DCIS but the margins are clear.  The doctor told us that she's cured.  She will not require chemotherapy or radiation.

Patricia Spriggs, the mother of Ken Hamilton's friend, Peter Spriggs, is winning her battle with breast cancer.

Ryan Rowley's friend, Bobby Wilson (who was in need of a job), had his prayer request met on the day after the prayer request was posted (4/21/04) thanks to the efforts of Larry Dowden.

Mr. Charlie Batts suffered a fractured ankle on 1/2/04.  He has fully recovered.

Ken Hamilton’s friend, Cas Taylor, has recovered from his severe auto accident and from breaking his ankle during a fall.

My, Randy Rowley's, daughter, Robin, had a lump detected during a breast examination on 9/12/03.  A biopsy conducted on 9/23/03 was benign.  The lump was removed on 1/16/04.  We learned on 1/21/04 that the pathology results were also benign.

Kevin Font's daughter, Leah, has recovered from surgery on 11/26/03 to remove a non-cancerous tumor in her right ear.

The father of Lyn Parks friend, Greg Lewis, made it through his open heart surgery on 11/21/03 and has recovered.

Ken Hamilton's friend, Alberto Bustos, has returned home from the hospital after a heart bypass on 11/12/03.  If he hadn't had the cardiac arrest during his earlier surgery, they wouldn't have caught the blocked artery and he may have had a massive heart attack down the road.  Alberto has almost the full capacity of his heart recovered.  He has also recovered from his prostate removal. 

Steve Watkins began vomiting on the night of 10/23/03.  He had to be rushed to the ER as he was having a hard time breathing, had been constantly throwing up, and had diarrhea.  He returned home late on 10/23/03 and has recovered.

Tom Geary's step-dad passed away on 10/16/03.  It is comforting to know that he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

David Butler has returned from being deployed to Kuwait on 9/4/03.  His deployment included one trip into Iraq.

Eddy Chance fractured his right ankle on 6/9/03.  He has fully recovered.

Eddy Chance and his family narrowly avoided a head on collision on 5/10/03 on a trip to Louisiana.

Eddy Chance's sister-in-law, Christian Bailey, is doing fine after having a melanoma mole removed from her leg just before Christmas 2002.

Eddy Chance's bother, Joe Chance, had a heart attack on 4/4/02.  He has recovered.

Charles Cutchens has a new job at Active Power.

Ron Denison's sister-in-law's, fiancé, Mark Stivers, has a new job in his field.

Tom Geary's wife, Delia, went into the hospital for one thing, and in running tests, they found something that if it had been left unattended could have turned into colon cancer.  Now the doctors will be checking her every 3 years.

Ken Hamilton's friend's daughter, Christy Riva, is free of Crones disease.  Her father, Bill, considers this a miracle.  Christy is medication free for the first time in years.

Ken Hamilton's daughter, Kerri, returned from a 2003 missionary trip to Germany for the Dallas Baptist General Convention.  She and three others plus an adult leader spent 10 days in Burbach, Germany working with the youth in an Evangelical church there and a homeless group.  Kerri said a Muslim accepted Christ where she was ministering but mostly they just planted seeds there.

Ken Hamilton's neighbor, Mrs. Dyer, has returned from the hospital. 

Ken Hamilton's neighbor's father, Bill Mitchell, had a double bypass on 5/7/03.  He has regained his strength and is doing well.

Ken Hamilton had no problems during his surgery for prostate cancer on 10/9/02 and no complications after his surgery. 

Ken Hamilton's children's step-dad, Laurel Miller, has recovered well from his enlarged and infected prostate. 

Ken Hamilton's headaches are not as bad as they were.

Ken Hamilton friends son, Casey Riva's, ankle has healed.

John Partridge's mother, Betty, has recovered from back surgery and came home during the week of 9/2/02.

Jesse Price suffered a mild heart attack on 4/6/03.  He has fully recovered.

Jesse Price fell off of a 16 foot extension ladder on 10/14/01 and damaged his left rotatorcuf enough to require surgery.  He is now healed.

Jesse Price's wife, Linda, has recovered from shingles.

I, Randy Rowley, and my wife, Chris, admitted Chris' mom to an Assisted Living home in Abilene on 4/7/03.  Chris' mom had been living with us for almost eight years with Alzheimer's and was becoming a danger to herself.

My, Randy Rowley's, next door neighbor, Chrissy Ruiz, will not require chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.

My, Randy Rowley’s, former co-worker, Sharon O’Reilly, had her breast cancer arrested with chemotherapy.

Mark Weaver's brother, John, and his wife, who lost their son in 2000, had a baby girl named Anna in the fall of 2001.

Mark Weaver has recovered from a staph infection in his right leg.