January 4th 2009

2008-12-29T18:52:22-08:00

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December 28th 2008

2008-12-29T18:51:24-08:00

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December 21st 2008

2008-12-19T11:34:41-08:00

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December 14th 2008

2008-12-14T17:19:55-08:00

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Networking

2008-12-10T18:30:40-08:00

I have been going through a bit of a struggle. On August 11th Jeanne and I brought home Zyler from Texas. On August 18 I was given notice and on August 31 I lost my job. I have been looking for my “what next” and have not had much luck with trying to get back into the field that I came from (Industrial Hygiene, and Environmental Health and Safety). I am thinking that I could instead work on Improving another one of the gifts and Talents that I have been given. I have been told that I have an almost natural ability to work with Plants and landscapes/ Gardens. I am wondering if anyone has any information or a possible connection that I might use to talk to someone in the industry and see what might come out of it.

I am currently registered to take the Master Gardener course from OSU extension office. I cant really post my resume to this as my resume is loaded with all of the wrong type of Consulting experience.

any help or Direction would be greatly appreciated

Chris Modderman

storage space needed Dec. 15-27

2008-12-10T16:01:08-08:00

The set designer for Campus Crusade for Christ’s annual student conference needs the use of a free storage space to store supplies from Dec. 15-27. He will also need access to the space for a few of the days to work on the set. The space needs to be 10 feet x 16 feet. The designer is an architecture student at Cal Poly Obispo and is highly responsible and trustworthy.

Please let me know if you know of something that could work: jmorser at hotmail dot com. Or call me: Jennifer Morser: 971-221-5956.

December 7th 2008

2008-12-07T17:19:44-08:00

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Prayer for John Stumbo - Pastor in Salem, OR

2008-12-03T14:24:33-08:00

Please be praying for this pastor down in Salem. I’ve copied and pasted update information from their website here. For regular updates, check in periodically at:

http://www.salemalliance.org/articlepage2.php?p=1&a=925

Update on John Stumbo
by Robb Childs, Executive Pastor

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
3:00 p.m.

After receiving word this morning that John was having another setback, our entire Pastoral Management Team drove up to OHSU late this morning to be with Joanna. [Note: when we refer to our Pastoral Management Team that includes John, Steve Dangaran, Barbara Fletcher, Steve Fowler, Mike Jared, Laura Scharer and myself.] Since I wanted to get another quick update out on the web, I let the rest of PMT go on ahead and then I left about an hour later for the hospital. After they arrived and connected with Joanna, John was awake and alert enough for them to go back to his ICU room for a short visit.

It was the first time any of us had seen him in over two weeks, so you can imagine their joy in being able to connect with him. While John was not able to speak because of the breathing tube and was not able to move because of extreme weakness, he was able to communicate a thousand words with his eyes. They were able to anoint him with oil, pray for him, read some passages from Isaiah to him, tell him they loved him, and encourage him with news about Salem Alliance and how all of you were showing your strong love and support for John and his family with your concern and prayers. They also told him how much we still needed him and encouraged him not to give up, but to keep on fighting. At one point they asked him to wink back at them to express his love for them (the only thing he could physically do) and he blinked furiously for several seconds. He looked each of them in the eye and you could tell that he was communicating back to them his own love. Their hearts were warmed and so should yours that the John we know and love is still there in spite of his body being ravaged. They had a sweet time with him and John seemed to be deeply encouraged by their visit. Joanna indicated that John was the most alert that he had been in days during their visit, so that was a gift from God.

The rest of PMT was just coming out of the ICU when I arrived, but I was also able to go back for my own short visit with John along with Joanna. I, too, was able to communicate how much I missed him, how much I needed him, and that there were thousands of people praying for him. Then I prayed for both he and Joanna before I left. Even though you couldn’t be there, we hope your hearts are encouraged by what we were able to communicate to John on your behalf.

That’s the good news. Now let me turn to the more discouraging news and specific ways for you to pray.

-John’s setback this morning was because he was losing blood, presumably from internal bleeding. Right after our visits they were taking John to have a CT scan to help them detect where the internal bleeding was occurring. First and foremost, pray that the internal bleeding will stop. Short of that, pray that they would determine where he is bleeding and are able to stop it.

-They gave John some medication over several days last week to attempt to help him regain some strength. The side benefit was that it helped to lower his muscle enzyme levels. Now that they have stopped this medication (they can’t continue to give him indefinitely the levels of medication he was receiving), his enzyme levels have started to rise again. And, the medication didn’t work to help him regain strength either. Hard news on both counts.

-This morning the doctors seemed to be taking several steps backwards on his diagnosis. For most of the last week, the doctors had all but given a definitive, specific diagnosis. But now today they were much less certain that they had a diagnosis. To their credit, none of the symptoms and test results are confirming a typical (or normal) presentation of the auto-immune disorders under consideration. If John indeed has an auto-immune disorder, then his symptoms and test results are atypical (not the normal) presentation. Pray for a clear diagnosis.

-Please pray double-duty for Joanna and the family (Anna, her husband Jeff, Josiah, and Drew) today, but especially Joanna. The up and down nature of the news from the last few weeks coupled with general fatigue are taking its toll. She needs a special measure of God’s strength, courage and wisdom today.

For other requests you could continue to refer to the requests listed in the updates since last Saturday, November 29th.

As we heard during the worship services here last weekend, let me remind you:

“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10a)

November 30 2008

2008-11-30T17:51:35-08:00

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November 23 2008

2008-11-23T17:59:57-08:00

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Pearl Church Community

January 4th 2009

December 28th 2008

December 21st 2008

December 14th 2008

Networking

storage space needed Dec. 15-27

December 7th 2008

Prayer for John Stumbo - Pastor in Salem, OR

November 30 2008

November 23 2008