Amen, Smilee! "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them" (Matt 18:20). Trusting Jesus for your healing and strength. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7). We're believing with you! 
Let's lift up 
Let's lift up 
Eva Russell
Prayer Warrior
1) Update on Mom: She is still recovering from the stroke she had a while back. She has improved a little bit, but she still has long ways to go. She's still paralyzed on her left side, and is not able to walk. She has an appointment to meet with a physical therapist on Friday, June 1st. Hopefully, this will help until she can go back to inpatient rehab. We already applied her to Medicaid, and are still waiting to hear from them. SSI/Medicaid is the only way my Mother will be able to go back to inpatient rehab, because her insurance refuses to cover it. She has got in touch with a Lawyer not too long ago to go against both the hospital that did not take care of her the way they should of, plus her health insurance for REFUSING to cover her. We finally were able to find someone else to sit with my Mom while my brother & I are out of town. PRAISE GOD! I just hope & pray that this one will work. Mom also has an evaluation for Physical Therapy this morning. Hopefully, this program will help out until we can get her back into Inpatient rehab. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER! 2) I was in a horrible car accident back in September. I have come a very long way from the accident, but I still have a 5% recovery left to go. I'm still attending outpatient rehab, plus I have to have surgery on my left eye, due to double vision. They have taken me off of medicaid, and I won't be able to have surgery without insurance. It is a blessing knowing that I am still able to attend rehab. I am doing whatever I can to appeal my medicaid, so that I could have the eye surgery done. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER! 3) Two of my good friends are dealing with storms in their lives right now. One of these friends are living in Pennsylvania. She has been battling with some health issues. She has been in a lot of pain, even screaming in agony for being in pain. The hospital system there is not very good. They've only prescribed her to pain medicine once, because they have strong opinions against pain medicine. My other friend is dealing with a lot, because she found out recently that she was abused as a child by her father. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR THEM BOTH! 4) Two of my good friends whom I went to community college with recently came out as homosexuals. Before that, both friends were married to what seemed to be wonderful men. They also have beautiful children together and everything. And now, they have divorced their husbands and are living with their girlfriends. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR THESE TWO! 5) Please say a prayer for my Grandmother. My Grandmother is very selfish and narcissistic. As much as I hate mentioning it, it's true. She has caused a lot of problems in the family in order to be in control of things. She said some pretty nasty things about my Grandfather, who passed away in August 2017. She has tried to poison me & my brothers against my Mom by feeding us lies about her, and it worked with one of my brothers for a short time. She's also spread rumors about some of our really good friends who goes to our church. We had to cut her out of our lives a couple months ago, because of all the strife she has put us through. I have forgiven her, but I don't want to be around hers and dealing with manipulative tactics getting the best of me and my family. I want to walk in grace and forgiveness, & found I couldn't do so while being confronted by such toxicity. My Grandmother is also not a Christian. She enjoys living in sin, and does not want to change her ways. She knows we are a good Christian family, and she does not like it. That is probably the reason she tried to divide us in the first place. Please pray that God will send the right people in her life to share the gospel with her, and encourage her to turn from her own ways and to follow Jesus. 6) Future Husband- I hope and pray that God will send the right person in my life soon. 7) One of my good friends have cancer. We met around Christmas time in 2017. He is a wonderful piano player/musician. He was also my accompaniment when I performed "Mary, Did You Know?" in December. He has been through chemo therapy so many times. He posted on Facebook last month saying his condition is 98% stable. This is great news; however, there are a couple of spots in the lung lining that are greatly noticeable. Please continue to pray for him as he continues his recovery. 8) I have a part time job cleaning someone's house. The woman who hired me is really sweet and godly. She also has some personal issues in her family. Please be in prayer for them. 9) My Aunt has recently got a job in Dollar General. So far, she is doing swell. She said that once she becomes manager, she will hire one of my brothers. One of us really needs a job. I'm still in college; therefore, I can only do so much. Plus, my Mom won't be able to return to work for at least a while, due to her recovering from a stroke. Please be in prayer. 10) My older brother is still in prison, and has been for a few years now. He was sentenced to 7 years for something minor, yet the DA wanted to crucify and make an example of him as if he comitted the most horrendous crime on earth. This is completely uncalled for. Thankfully, the prison he is staying at is quite peaceful. God is definitely with my brother during this time. We visit him every other Saturday. We are currently doing whatever we can to make sure he doesn't get made an example of by the time he is released from prison. Please be in prayer. 11) My Grandfather passed away last summer. He was a great man, and we miss him so. He also had a quanset hut he was not able to finish. Therefore, me, my Mom, and the rest of the family agreed to finish the quanset hut for him. One of our cousins is a Carpenter. Him & his crew of workers are currently working on building the house for us. People from our church (including my Sunday School teacher) also pitched and made donations to go towards the house. We are so thankful for these people, and they have done a great job so far. It will possibly be a month or so before the first floor of the hut is finished. We are currently living in Grandfather's old trailer until we can move into the quanset hut. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER! 12) I am returning to college in fall, and am searching for a place to live while I am at school. There is an apartment complex I am really interested in, reasonable prices as well. I have recently turned in the application & payed the deposit or this apartment, and should hear back from them soon. Good news, hopefully. PLEASE BE IN PRAYER!
