Prayer Requests
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11 Responses to "Prayer Requests"
June 2, 2008 at 11:44 am
Lesley,
You and your family are in my prayers. I will also pray for God’s protection and direction for Kuzma. I love your heart. And you are right, many people do not understand our hearts! But it is a precious gift from our Father. Please keep me updated on your financial needs for your trip! God Bless You! Sonya
September 2, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Sonja-
I returned from Russia on August 7…a day before they invaded Georgia. Thank you for your prayers for my trip. God provided for every aspect of my travel and He blessed me with some God ordained time with my Kuzma. I almost didn’t get to see him, but prayed and prayed that if it was God’s will that it would happen. Very long story short, He worked it out and we had some time together (I even got to meet his Grandmother! I cried, he cried, she cried. It was amazing!). It wasn’t very long, but it was precious to me. It was such a lesson on the nature of God. He gives us this desire in our hearts and these things do matter to Him and His plans. I did find out that Kuzma will be allowed to remain in the shelter because he is still going to school. He is behind in his schooling because he didn’t even get to go to school until he was 12 years old. I am so thankful that he will get to stay there so I don’t have to worry about him being on the street. Please continue to pray for the opportunity to bring him home to the US and to make him a part of our family. Would you also pray for the uneasy situation in Russia right now and the relationship with the US. I don’t even want to think of us not being able to return there again…
I have been praying especially for your Daniel and also for Jeremiah’s health. God bless you all.
November 4, 2008 at 4:29 am
Hi Sonya and Family,
I am so thankful Jeremiah is doing so well, Praise God!
It looks like we are about at the same place, with the adoption process! Passport pictures were taken last week, and relinquishment is tomorrow! God has been so evident in journey! Praying for your family! How does that work with the visa’s? How long are you told you have to stay down there?? Talk to you later!
God Bless You all!
In Him, Kristi
November 5, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Pray the 3 liberian chikd will find a new home. My sister susy has a malignanr brain tummor. I’m going to see her soon Laguna Beach Ca. I live in Paradise Ca.
November 29, 2008 at 4:22 am
Hi Sonya,
We have some people we know working in Monrovia on a mission trip. They visited Marcus today, and said Marcus is sick. Tomorrow Marcus will see a Dr. WE are so close!
Thanks, praying for you all also!
Love In Christ,
Kristi
December 16, 2008 at 11:48 pm
steave is having surgrey done cause of cancer.please pray for him.
tamara and family
February 23, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I have a 9 month old grand baby who was born with a chromosome missing. He cannot see, on oxygen 24/7, needs lung, heart and other surgeries. He is on 16 medications, 5 antibiotics, seizure meds, has a vesicostomy , low mucle tone, all he can do is lay on his back, he cant hold his head up, hold a toy, never drank from a bottle, has had feeding tube since several days after birth. I ask for prayer for my son and his wife as they have not had 1 nights sleep since the birth of their second son. They have a 2 year old. (healthy, praise God) and we praise God for our Tyler as well. We are just waiting patiently for the doctors to give the go ahead for his surgeries. Please pray for him and all of us. Pray for REST for MOM and DAD. Thank you . God bless!
February 28, 2009 at 7:14 pm
my grandma is having trouble walking so I need the power of the lord to heal her.
p.s. i’m 11 years old
September 10, 2009 at 9:39 pm
I will like the lord to have mercy on me and my family, we believ in God and want him to intervein for us on the situation in which our Dad is at the moment, as a man of God sometime past I pray that the lord have mercy on him and change him for the better now as he is still alive. We love him and do not want him to die in his sins but take the lord to heart and garantee his place in heaven when God comes again in his glory, I would also like the lord to give me the woman of his choice as my wife who will help me in life to bring up kids that will love God with all thier hearts, mind and soul in Jesus name Amen.
October 27, 2009 at 3:04 pm
So, God woke me up yesterday morning at 6:00am, saying “Your family is under attack. YOU are under attack.”
Yeah. I know. I didn’t know what to think either. Not to mention it was cold in the house, and I was warm in bed. But I couldn’t ignore that He said it, because I was suddenly wide awake. So I got out of bed and went to my office (here in the house) and prayed.
My wife and I have been married for 16 years, and we’ve gone through our share of trials (by fire, no less). But for the past two weeks we’ve been arguing more than usual. Little things. Impatience, annoyance, it’s like someone spiked our air with caffeine, and we’re overdosed.
So I can’t help but think there’s a correlation between that and being told my family’s under attack. At least, that’s what came to mind when I prayed to God about it.
If you could please pray for us, that’d be awesome. Please pray that God not only gives us His divine protection, but that we will be sensitive to His spirit and diligent in our pursuit and honor of Him. That we would not hesitate, but would obey when we hear His voice.
Thanks!
- Kevin
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June 1, 2008 at 10:44 pm
There is a 16 year old orphan boy in Russia that I met in 2005 while there doing orphan work. I have been back 4 times since, serving in the same orphanages and feel he is already my son. He lives in an area of Siberia that is closed to adoption. Please pray for him. He is at an age that they can kick him out of the shelter at any time. I worry for his safety, if someone is abusing him physically, sexually. I question God’s plan. I am adopted and have always felt like God was calling me to adopt. You don’t choose who you love, God just give them to you as a gift. I don’t know what God’s plan is for him and for my family. I just know God has called me to orphan work. I have never felt the presence of my Father as much as when I am holding and loving one of his orphans. His heart is so obvious to me then. I am a mom to 3 biological children (homeschooled) and a great husband. We are traveling back to Russia (via China) in July to again work in the orphanages. I still need to raise $1500. I can’t wait to get back to the children, and especially my Kuzma. Would you pray for God’s plan in this situation, please pray for his safety, if we can’t adopt him, what then? for our financial situation, feelings of unworthiness, for all orphans in the world. Thanks for your website, it is a blessing. Many people can’t understand how God places this in your heart. Sorry I rambled on…God bless you Sonya and your beautiful family.