*Evening Update - As of 6:41pm AZ time

Hello Everyone,

Greg called with the following updates:

*Praise report - Tony arrived safely and has been to see Angela today.
*Praise report - Angela's temperature has gone down to 99 degrees
*Praise report - Angela has been moving her right arm alot today and her right leg. She is moving her left arm & leg more too. Note: Because her doctor says its vital that her movements are restricted to allow the brain to heal they had to restrain her right arm today. It's a safety precaution and does not hurt her at all.
*Praise report - Greg said she looks better today. Some of the bruising on her face is beginning to subside. (Bruising is a natural side effect of her brain surgery and not cause for alarm)

I don't expect any further updates this evening, however I'll keep you posted should anything occur. I'm not sure how the weekend will work since this is our first one, but again I will keep everyone posted as I hear news.

Have a blessed evening,
Sherri

A Word About Posts

I wanted to make a short post very quickly and share that because of the sensativity of events, there may be times when certain posts or parts of posts will be removed from the blog if and when The Lord leads me to do so. This is in no way meant to offend any person, but is strictly an act of obedience if The Lord asks me to remove information for His reasons. Additionally, the family is concerned that any outsiders reading the blog do not gain unneccessary information as sometimes happens in a public forum such as this. This is strictly a preventative caution because we care very much for those who love Troy and Angela and their families.

Also, we want to preserve the intimate and personal nature of the blog and therefore ask that no websites be posted to the blog that aren't pre-approved first. So far the only approved website submitted by post is Tracy's because of her fundraising efforts on behalf of Troy and Angela. She is not recieving any personal gain from sales. Other websites on the blog so far are for information or educational purposes. Thank you everyone for your continued support and encouragement.

*Praise Report* Tony is on his way home

Thank you prayer partners! We just recieved word that Angela's brother Tony is safely on his way and will be in Omaha later this afternoon.

** CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS **

Dear loved ones,

We just recieved word that Angela has pneumonia and her fever is now at 103 degrees. This was a risk we were told about because of being on the ventilator. Because her left side is not as strong as the doctor says it needs to be in order to breathe on her own, he does not want to take her off of the ventilator yet.

** Please pray as much as you can today (and until there is word of a change)against pneumonia and fever in her body. Please ask The Lord to bring healing and guard her against any long term effects. This is another opportunity to see His amazing hand at work and to glorify and praise Him for His power to sustain Angela's life & health. \O/ His word is: "Do not be afraid. Lean on Me and be disciplined in prayer. You will once again see My hand at work. I Am with her. Do not be afraid, no matter what happens. I will not give glory or power to the enemy. My authority will not be challenged. Angela is My daughter and I have her safely within My hand. For her life is to be a testimony and a witness for those I choose and Am calling to even at this hour. Search your heart oh loved ones. Will you not surrender your life to Me as this precious one has? For I love you with a great love and long to have you with Me for all eternity just as My daughter has surrendered her life to Me and shall be with Me forever. No man can count the number of his days, but I know them all. Come to Me and be saved. Do not delay and give a further foothold to your enemy, for I long to set you free."

Oh Father, I bow to You Lord God. I praise You and thank You for this word and for speaking to us so directly. Lord God there is none but You. There is no other God before You and I praise Your Almighty Name. Father thank You for your immeasurable love for Angela and for all of us. I pray that as You call to those who have not turned their lives over to You yet, that Angela will be Your minister to bring them to a final decision through Your Holy Spirit's prompting. Oh God, I quake at Your majesty and Your power. Praise You Lord for Angela and for her testimony of You. Wake her Jesus as you once did for the girl in Mark chapter 5 verses 41-43 by speaking "Talitha Koum!" ("Maiden Arise!") Thank You Jesus for giving Your life in place of ours that we may come to peace with The Father for eternity through You. Amen.

**PRAYER PARTNERS - Please pray for ...

Hello precious prayer partners,

Please pray today for these specific requests:

*Angela's brother Tony who is in the service is trying to get home. He missed his connecting flight in Amsterdam (this sometimes happens due to scheduling military members) Please pray for him to be guided and directed as needed to get home safely.

*Angela's fever: Please ask The Lord for His hand to guide her body functions and pray against any plot by the enemy to interfere.

* Chanin, Theresa, Dad Monestero & Mom Kohls : Greg mentioned that some of the family members aren't feeling that great. I'm sure the emotional stress has a great deal to do with it, but since there are quite a few (*and there may be some I don't know about) I just think it would be prudent to pray against sickness and fatigue for everyone including friends and other family members. We're all in this together so we want to squash any attempts by the enemy to strike us further.
- Note: Mom Kohls is having ongoing kidney stone passing, so needs prayer for her strength and healing please.

May God richly bless you for your committment to pray. Prayer and praise are the most vital weapons and you mean so much to all of us! Thank you!

*Update - As of 10:48am AZ time

Hello Everyone,

Greg called and Troy had the following updates:

* Night passed pretty well for Angela. At one point her blood pressure was up, but has since gone back to normal.

* Angela is running a fever of about 102 degrees. Not cause for alarm just yet, as it may be an immunity reponse from her body. *Please make this a prayer point however

* When the nurse came in this morning to brush Angela's teeth for her, Angela was trying to brush her away with her hand. This is Good News, because it means she is responding to stimuli.

*Greg will be going up to the hospital later today and will let me know any further updates later today.

Evening Update** As of 8:35pm AZ time

Hi Everyone,

Troy called my husband Donovan (most everyone calls him "Donny" but me because I love his name so much (grin) ) and told him Angela is doing okay tonight. (Pastor Murdoch or Pastor Mike I think he said), Dad Kohls, and Troy prayed over her together this evening. The only concern that Troy had was that she seemed to be having some additional swelling in her face. He planned to go back to the hospital after spending time with Rachel and Anna.

I don't think there will be any further updates tonight other than this one and the message from Greg regarding Meals Volunteers. As long as everything is okay through the night, the plan is for the doctor to wake her again in the morning to perform some reflex tests and check her responses.

I will post again for you once I hear from the family tomorrow. Have a blessed evening this evening.

Sherri