Dad Kohls called with the following updates:
* Angela is breathing almost entirely on her own today. The ventilator is doing very little now.
* Both of her eyes were partially open today, and she has a strong grip when asked to squeeze. Her left side remains weaker than her right side at this time.
* She is responding to pain, and to being too hot or too cold. Her brother Tony was with her today and was talking to her and asking her to squeeze his hand if the fan bothered her or if she was uncomfortable.
* Her fever is at 101 degrees, so her doctor thinks there is still some infection relating to pneumonia.
* The spasms in both sides of her brain are continuing, however the right side readings are going down. The left side reading went up a couple of notches today but her doctor was pleased overall with how she is doing.
Angela is continuing to recover ever so slowly, but each step is positive so far. We are so deeply grateful to The Lord for these small steps toward recovery.
**Prayer Request: Please continue to ask God to keep sending financial provision to Troy as his place of employment does not have much work at this time for the guys there.
** Please continue to pray for Angela's peace of mind and comfort as she becomes more and more awake and aware of her surroundings.
** Please continue to pray for the comfort of those who are hurting over these events. Please pray for The Holy Spirit to minister comfort and assurance to them and that their hearts would be lifted as He continues to care for her at all times.
Lord God,
We bless Your name... Jesus. Even in our most distressed moments, a small part of us fights to behold You and believe in Your power to heal and to restore. Lord, thank You for Your mercy and for being so kind, and that You do not get angry with us when we are afraid. Lord, we bring Angela before You and trust You to care for her in all ways at all times. Hurry to help those who are hurting Lord, bring Your peace. Thank You Jesus. In Your name we pray, amen.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
** A Word Of Comfort **
I want to reassure everyone that I am nobody special. I have no formal biblical training. I'm just an ordinary woman believe me. It's just that The Lord seems to be using my fingers and thoughts to minister through the blog right now as He leads. He will tug at me with the same thoughts over and over until I write them down for you. This belongs to Him all the way. I'm really just "taking dictation" the way a secretary would. (grin)
The past day or two I’ve felt The Holy Spirit tugging my heart for those who are deeply in pain and sorrow over Angela. I received a message just today from a precious prayer partner that she felt this too.
There may be some, who desperately want to believe that God will heal Angela, but they feel torn by fear and doubt, or there may be some who are grieving so deeply that words can hardly describe it. They may not post it here on the blog, but I believe God is tugging at me to bring you a special word of comfort just from Him to you. So, I’m going to write it the way it keeps coming over and over to my heart.
First, He keeps saying “I’m not angry, tell them I hear them and I feel their pain and sorrow. I am near to them, though they are having a hard time feeling Me just now.” “Tell them I hold their hearts in My hand and will wipe away their tears and sorrow” “I will increase their faith and ability to believe, but each person’s faith grows at different levels.” “Tell them I am not angry, but I am here to help them through their feelings”. “Tell them I love them very much” This is the passage of His Word that keeps coming to my mind over and over the past two days Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
The past day or two I’ve felt The Holy Spirit tugging my heart for those who are deeply in pain and sorrow over Angela. I received a message just today from a precious prayer partner that she felt this too.
There may be some, who desperately want to believe that God will heal Angela, but they feel torn by fear and doubt, or there may be some who are grieving so deeply that words can hardly describe it. They may not post it here on the blog, but I believe God is tugging at me to bring you a special word of comfort just from Him to you. So, I’m going to write it the way it keeps coming over and over to my heart.
First, He keeps saying “I’m not angry, tell them I hear them and I feel their pain and sorrow. I am near to them, though they are having a hard time feeling Me just now.” “Tell them I hold their hearts in My hand and will wipe away their tears and sorrow” “I will increase their faith and ability to believe, but each person’s faith grows at different levels.” “Tell them I am not angry, but I am here to help them through their feelings”. “Tell them I love them very much” This is the passage of His Word that keeps coming to my mind over and over the past two days Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
**Prayer Praise! - AVON Fundraiser**
Tracy Writes:
Attention: AVON FUNDRAISER Praise God!!! A location has been located for the Avon Open House. Here are the ways to order. 1. Open House Saturday February 3rd 10:00AM to 3:00PM 5478 N. 90th St. Suite 104 Omaha, NE 68134 Fort Plaza Shoping Center Next to American General Finance (In the strip near the Shopko parking lot.) 2. On-line at www.youravon.com/tnickell (If you are in the Omaha area make sure to mark representative delivery for increased earnings.) 3. If from out of town please log on and order through the web site above. You can have it directly shipped to your house. (The earnings will be lower this way but will still make a great impact.) 4. When your merchandise arrives I will call with a total and give you dates and times for pick up. The percentage earned is based on total volume of sales, so let's pull together and make this a very successful event. ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5TH. Any questions regarding the fundraiser please log onto my site and use the contact me icon. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!
Attention: AVON FUNDRAISER Praise God!!! A location has been located for the Avon Open House. Here are the ways to order. 1. Open House Saturday February 3rd 10:00AM to 3:00PM 5478 N. 90th St. Suite 104 Omaha, NE 68134 Fort Plaza Shoping Center Next to American General Finance (In the strip near the Shopko parking lot.) 2. On-line at www.youravon.com/tnickell (If you are in the Omaha area make sure to mark representative delivery for increased earnings.) 3. If from out of town please log on and order through the web site above. You can have it directly shipped to your house. (The earnings will be lower this way but will still make a great impact.) 4. When your merchandise arrives I will call with a total and give you dates and times for pick up. The percentage earned is based on total volume of sales, so let's pull together and make this a very successful event. ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5TH. Any questions regarding the fundraiser please log onto my site and use the contact me icon. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!
Prayer Requests
** If you have prayer requests it would be our honor to lift you up in prayer as well. Please feel free to email them to me at (kofmministry@gmail.com ) and I will compile them and post them for everyone to pray together. **
** Continued prayer and praise for Angela’s complete recovery
** Continued prayer for Troy’s strength and encouragement
** Continued praise & prayer for financial means being provided for Angela’s medical bills
** Continued prayer for Rachel & Anna, and for Angela’s family to be comforted and strengthened during these events.
** Please pray for Angela’s doctor and for her medical team. They have offered great care to Angela. We also believe these events and the testimony of the family is a strong witness for those who are not believers in Christ.
Please lift the following people up in prayer as well:
Alberta Kohls (Mom): She is experiencing passing kidney stones since around December 18th. She remains thankful to The Lord as the pain has not been as severe as it could be. However as you can imagine the fatigue gets in her way. She ministers to so many people in the family (including being a main caregiver for her father) and her health is important so she can continue to minister in this way. She has been a main support for her family for the last several years.
Pierce Rohde (Mom Kohls’ father): For continued strength and healing in his body especially his heart. He is a very dearly loved part of our family and his community.
David Williams ( My mother’s brother-in-law): Suffered a stroke the night before last and has lost some of his memory. He and my aunt Bernetta are very, very strong Christians and are trusting The Lord through these events.
Tracy Nickell (Angela’s friend): As she continues to minister to Troy & Angela through the Avon fundraiser. Please pray for doors of opportunity to be opened to her and for a great harvest to bless Troy & Angela with.
Austin W. (My daughter Ashlynd’s friend): He is experiencing severe loneliness and depression. He is searching for where he belongs and is not a believer in Christ. Ashlynd feels led to pray for his salvation.
Sherri Kohls (me): Under threat of being taken over Mom Kohls’ knee, (hahaha) she wants me to post for prayer in regards to physical healing. I have been ill for approximately 19 months with severe pain in my entire body from the bottom of my head to my feet on the back side. We know I have a bulging disk between C5 & C6 and disc degeneration in C3 through C6. The rest is unknown. I experience a flu like ache in my muscles & bones, and extreme stiffness in my muscles and joints all over. We suspect fibromyalgia.
** If you have prayer requests it would be our honor to lift you up in prayer as well. Please feel free to email them to me at (kofmministry@gmail.com ) and I will compile them and post them for everyone to pray together. **
** Continued prayer and praise for Angela’s complete recovery
** Continued prayer for Troy’s strength and encouragement
** Continued praise & prayer for financial means being provided for Angela’s medical bills
** Continued prayer for Rachel & Anna, and for Angela’s family to be comforted and strengthened during these events.
** Please pray for Angela’s doctor and for her medical team. They have offered great care to Angela. We also believe these events and the testimony of the family is a strong witness for those who are not believers in Christ.
Please lift the following people up in prayer as well:
Alberta Kohls (Mom): She is experiencing passing kidney stones since around December 18th. She remains thankful to The Lord as the pain has not been as severe as it could be. However as you can imagine the fatigue gets in her way. She ministers to so many people in the family (including being a main caregiver for her father) and her health is important so she can continue to minister in this way. She has been a main support for her family for the last several years.
Pierce Rohde (Mom Kohls’ father): For continued strength and healing in his body especially his heart. He is a very dearly loved part of our family and his community.
David Williams ( My mother’s brother-in-law): Suffered a stroke the night before last and has lost some of his memory. He and my aunt Bernetta are very, very strong Christians and are trusting The Lord through these events.
Tracy Nickell (Angela’s friend): As she continues to minister to Troy & Angela through the Avon fundraiser. Please pray for doors of opportunity to be opened to her and for a great harvest to bless Troy & Angela with.
Austin W. (My daughter Ashlynd’s friend): He is experiencing severe loneliness and depression. He is searching for where he belongs and is not a believer in Christ. Ashlynd feels led to pray for his salvation.
Sherri Kohls (me): Under threat of being taken over Mom Kohls’ knee, (hahaha) she wants me to post for prayer in regards to physical healing. I have been ill for approximately 19 months with severe pain in my entire body from the bottom of my head to my feet on the back side. We know I have a bulging disk between C5 & C6 and disc degeneration in C3 through C6. The rest is unknown. I experience a flu like ache in my muscles & bones, and extreme stiffness in my muscles and joints all over. We suspect fibromyalgia.
** If you have prayer requests it would be our honor to lift you up in prayer as well. Please feel free to email them to me at (kofmministry@gmail.com ) and I will compile them and post them for everyone to pray together. **
*Update* - As of 11:32am AZ Time
Hello Everyone,
There was no change in Angela's condition last night.
Mom Kohls gave me the following updates for today though:
*The medical team was scheduled to take the breathing tube out yesterday but Angela's doctors did not feel she was ready to breathe on her own yet.
*She is not completely waking up yet even though she is on no meds to keep her asleep. She does open her left eye half way but does not seem to focus nor do we think she knows any of us at this time.
*Mom asked Troy if he will let her know when he calls in to check on Ang's condition if there is any significant change. * Troy started back to work today, so it will most likely be evenings or the next moring before updates are available for the blog*
There was no change in Angela's condition last night.
Mom Kohls gave me the following updates for today though:
*The medical team was scheduled to take the breathing tube out yesterday but Angela's doctors did not feel she was ready to breathe on her own yet.
*She is not completely waking up yet even though she is on no meds to keep her asleep. She does open her left eye half way but does not seem to focus nor do we think she knows any of us at this time.
*Mom asked Troy if he will let her know when he calls in to check on Ang's condition if there is any significant change. * Troy started back to work today, so it will most likely be evenings or the next moring before updates are available for the blog*
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