Your Prayers are Essential to Coming through this Challenge

2 Corinthians 1
8-11 We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.


We want nothing more then your prayers.  We created this blog for three reasons: first, to share with you all we are learning as we go through this journey together; second, to share with you our prayer requests and answers to prayer so that you may join us not only in petitioning God but also in praising God; third, to encourage you to reach out and find someone who has similar struggles as you to be a support to so that you can experience the same comfort we are experiencing.

If you look to the right of this blog you will see tabs that list our answers to prayers and also are most recent prayer requests.  If you are on a smart phone or tablet you will have to click where it says, "see web version".

Both the Stanley family and my (Holly) family have had miraculous answers to prayer since starting this group.  It seems that the more we see prayers answered the more requests we have.  I don't pretend to understand all the reasons why, but what I know is that God wants to be seen working through His people.  He is not only teaching us to completely trust Him, but He is also allowing you to learn these lessons with us.  We don't believe God causes bad things to happen, we live in a broken world due to sin, but we DO believe God can turn all that is broken into something beautiful.

I will share, here in this blog post, some of our most needed prayer requests.
-That our families find joy and new traditions during the Holiday Season that doesn't include the need to purchase material goods.
-The Lounder's, as of now, have no significant source of income going into December.  We are praying our financial needs for this month are able to be met and met on time.  Chimney Season was slower then usual this year.
-Emma and Ellen both need strength and perseverance as they continue in the beginning stages of treatment.  We pray that both Chris and Ellen our able to continue to keep their household functioning.
-Paul (Jenna's husband) can find a part time job while waiting for his February Deployment
-The Lounder's can pay their federal taxes for 2014 before the year is over
-That both Stanley's and Lounder's can pay for all their needed medication and supplements this month.

Profits from this book help both families pay for treatment.  We also donate 20% to another family fighting lyme.