Friday, September 24, 2010
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
2010 THANKSGIVING CONFERENCE
56Th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING MISSIONS CONFERENCE
November 22-24, 2010 | New Hope Baptist Church
Dearborn Heights, MI | Pastor Terry Adkins
Conference Theme: "HIS WORK IS HONORABLE AND GLORIOUS..." Psalm 111: 3
Sister Sue Jones will be conducting a Bible study during each session of the conference for children ages 3 thru 10. Please bring your children.
Everyone is invited to sing in our Conference Choir on Monday evening at 6:45.
For directions to New Hope Baptist Church
and/or information on lodging please contact:
Pastor Terry Adkins (313) 562-5579
MONDAY EVENING
5:00p.m. Dinner
6:30p.m. Music
6:45p.m. Singing
7:15p.m. Message: Pastor George Sled
Jordan Baptist Church, Sanford, FL
8:00p.m. Singing
8:25p.m. Message: Pastor Denny Herndon
Immanuel Baptist Church, River view, MI
TUESDAY MORNING
9:15a.m. Music
9:30a.m. Singing
9:45a.m. Message: Pastor Jonathan Turner
Southside Baptist Church, Winter Haven, FL
10:25a.m. Singing
10:30a.m. Message: Judson Hatcher
Missionary, Manaus, Brazil
11:10a.m. Break
11:15a.m. Message: Nathan Radford
Missionary, Kitale, Kenya
12:00 Noon Lunch
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
1:30p.m. BFM advisory meeting (everyone is invited to attend)
TUESDAY EVENING
5:00p.m. Dinner
6:30p.m. Music
6:45p.m. Singing
7:15p.m. Message: Pastor David Pitman
Addyston Baptist Church, Addyston, OH
8:00p.m. Singing
8:25p.m. Message: Pastor Bobby Creiglow
Lexington, KY
WEDNESDAY MORNING
9:45a.m Music
10:00a.m.
Singing
10:15a.m. Message: Pastor Louie Carver
Simpsonville, SC
11:00a.m. Singing
11:15a.m Message: Evangelist Bob Jones
Clay Mill Road Baptist Church, Lexington KY
12:00 Noon Thanksgiving Lunch
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
AUGUST REPORT
THIS UPDATE ALSO POSTED AT www.baptistfaithmissions.org
“MILES FOR MISSIONS”
If you look into the August issue of the Mission Sheets listings of the General Fund offerings, you will note an offering from First Baptist Church, Alexandria KY for $15,849.85.
Let me tell you the story behind that offering. In the beginning of this year, Pastor Ron Duty began corresponding with me about their church’s regrettable decisions concerning their overall financial cutbacks. The economic conditions affecting us all had impacted First Baptist Church, and they were necessarily reducing their ministry budgets across the board. They held off cutting their missions giving as long as they could. But, inevitably, their missions budget suffered as well.
So, they decided to give more creatively. They support several missionaries including BFM missionaries through the General Fund. They committed themselves to designating a special offering every other month to a specific missionary they support with the goal of still raising enough funds in that one special offering to at least match the annual total they had been giving that missionary during a typical whole year.
Their budgeted giving to BFM’s General Fund, though, was $1000.00 per month from their missions budget. So, they knew that matching that total annual giving in one offering would present some unique challenges.
Here’s what they did: Pastor Ron is an avid runner. Last year, he ran a Half Marathon competition in a Cincinnati event, and this year, he decided to go for the full Marathon [for the unitiated, that means 26 miles!].
Many of the participants in the Marathon race raise money through pledges for special personal causes. That’s how the “MILES FOR MISSIONS” project was inspired.
As Pastor Ron tells it, “The plan was simple: to promote the “MILES FOR MISSIONS” among our church members, other Christian friends, and even non-Christian family encouraging them to give a pledge of their own choosing towards “MILES FOR MISSIONS”. They could pledge a set amount or a per-mile amount. We promoted primarily through Facebook and had a signup list at First Baptist for encouraging all to make a pledge of some size.”
Well, Pastor Ron did, indeed, “run with endurance the race” that was set before him – ALL 26.2 miles of it! Six hours after the starting gun, he crossed the finish line – with his 10-year old son, Eli, running the last 100 yards alongside him. When all the personal commitments and per-mile pledges had been received, THE FINAL GIVING WAS $15,849.85! [Pastor Ron confesses he was shooting for $1000-1500 – but, you can’t outgive God!]
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3.20-21
Thank you, Lord!
Thank you, Pastor Ron and First Baptist Church!
And, THANK YOU, ALL OUR GIVING FRIENDS!
-________________________-
GENERAL FUND NEEDS FOR FURLOUGH TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
One of the great needs we have this year is for offerings to cover furlough transportation expenses for our missionaries coming to the States for scheduled furloughs. Transportation costs continue to skyrocket, and we have at least 4 missionary families who are either coming or returning during 2010. Our total disbursements for Furlough Transportation will be around $20.000.00. These expenses are paid from our General Fund.
WILL YOU HELP US WITH THIS SERVICE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES?
-________________________-
2010-11 THANKSGIVING OFFERING | GOAL: $100,000.00
We are making every effort to budget and stretch last year’s THANKSGIVING OFFERING to supply our many commitments and services for our missionaries until the end of the year.
But, we will need to re-supply for next year’s expenses with the upcoming THANKSGIVING OFFERING.
Our 2009-10 THANKSGIVING OFFERING total is now $92,179.01. THANK YOU, EVERY GIVING FRIEND! We are just as thankful for the $.01 as we are for the $92,179.00!
Pray, Plan, and Prepare ahead of time for another generous, abundant THANKSGIVING OFFERING!
Please pray over 2 Corinthians 8 and Philippians 4.19 – and the many other exceedingly great and precious promises from our Provident God as you give!
“MILES FOR MISSIONS”
If you look into the August issue of the Mission Sheets listings of the General Fund offerings, you will note an offering from First Baptist Church, Alexandria KY for $15,849.85.
Let me tell you the story behind that offering. In the beginning of this year, Pastor Ron Duty began corresponding with me about their church’s regrettable decisions concerning their overall financial cutbacks. The economic conditions affecting us all had impacted First Baptist Church, and they were necessarily reducing their ministry budgets across the board. They held off cutting their missions giving as long as they could. But, inevitably, their missions budget suffered as well.
So, they decided to give more creatively. They support several missionaries including BFM missionaries through the General Fund. They committed themselves to designating a special offering every other month to a specific missionary they support with the goal of still raising enough funds in that one special offering to at least match the annual total they had been giving that missionary during a typical whole year.
Their budgeted giving to BFM’s General Fund, though, was $1000.00 per month from their missions budget. So, they knew that matching that total annual giving in one offering would present some unique challenges.
Here’s what they did: Pastor Ron is an avid runner. Last year, he ran a Half Marathon competition in a Cincinnati event, and this year, he decided to go for the full Marathon [for the unitiated, that means 26 miles!].
Many of the participants in the Marathon race raise money through pledges for special personal causes. That’s how the “MILES FOR MISSIONS” project was inspired.
As Pastor Ron tells it, “The plan was simple: to promote the “MILES FOR MISSIONS” among our church members, other Christian friends, and even non-Christian family encouraging them to give a pledge of their own choosing towards “MILES FOR MISSIONS”. They could pledge a set amount or a per-mile amount. We promoted primarily through Facebook and had a signup list at First Baptist for encouraging all to make a pledge of some size.”
Well, Pastor Ron did, indeed, “run with endurance the race” that was set before him – ALL 26.2 miles of it! Six hours after the starting gun, he crossed the finish line – with his 10-year old son, Eli, running the last 100 yards alongside him. When all the personal commitments and per-mile pledges had been received, THE FINAL GIVING WAS $15,849.85! [Pastor Ron confesses he was shooting for $1000-1500 – but, you can’t outgive God!]
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3.20-21
Thank you, Lord!
Thank you, Pastor Ron and First Baptist Church!
And, THANK YOU, ALL OUR GIVING FRIENDS!
-________________________-
GENERAL FUND NEEDS FOR FURLOUGH TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
One of the great needs we have this year is for offerings to cover furlough transportation expenses for our missionaries coming to the States for scheduled furloughs. Transportation costs continue to skyrocket, and we have at least 4 missionary families who are either coming or returning during 2010. Our total disbursements for Furlough Transportation will be around $20.000.00. These expenses are paid from our General Fund.
WILL YOU HELP US WITH THIS SERVICE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES?
-________________________-
2010-11 THANKSGIVING OFFERING | GOAL: $100,000.00
We are making every effort to budget and stretch last year’s THANKSGIVING OFFERING to supply our many commitments and services for our missionaries until the end of the year.
But, we will need to re-supply for next year’s expenses with the upcoming THANKSGIVING OFFERING.
Our 2009-10 THANKSGIVING OFFERING total is now $92,179.01. THANK YOU, EVERY GIVING FRIEND! We are just as thankful for the $.01 as we are for the $92,179.00!
Pray, Plan, and Prepare ahead of time for another generous, abundant THANKSGIVING OFFERING!
Please pray over 2 Corinthians 8 and Philippians 4.19 – and the many other exceedingly great and precious promises from our Provident God as you give!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
JULY REPORT
THANK YOU, GIVING FRIENDS!
We thank God for every one of you who gives the offerings which supply the financial necessities our missionaries have to conduct their daily ministries. Humanly speaking, you are the means by which they continue to serve.
And, ESPECIALLY TO YOU WHO CONTRIBUTE MONTHLY TO OUR GENERAL FUND! The General Fund is the “common storehouse” from which we disburse the monthly maintenance commitments we have made to our missionaries.
THE ‘ESSENTIAL MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS’ [EMT or Tier 1 General Fund Disbursements] WE MAKE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WITHOUT FAIL EACH MONTH [as the Lord provides through you] CONTINUE TO EXCEED $42,000.00 PER MONTH.
{These standard commitments and disbursements are besides the other more periodical commitments/disbursements we make to them during the year AS NEEDED [PRN or Tier 2 General Fund Disbursements]. FOR EXAMPLE: we will disburse about $17,000.00 over the course of 2010 for Furlough Transportation expenses for our missionaries who are due scheduled furloughs.}
Included in these standard ESSENTIAL MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS are:
$20,426.00 for salaries
$10,950.00 for standard monthly expense accounts for housing and ministry expenses
$1662.50 to publish their newsletters and reports in these Mission Sheets
$9245.94 for hospitalization premiums.
THAT AMOUNT FOR HOSPITALIZATION PREMIUMS REFLECTS A RECENT 10% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR – AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FAMILIES TO THE PLAN WHICH WILL INCREASE THE MONTHLY PREMIUMS BY ANOTHER $1000 PER MONTH. That means we will be paying more than $10,000 every month just for hospitalization premiums.
This month’s General Fund offerings are down from previous months’ offerings. This month, General Fund offerings are a little less than $25,000.00.
If we don’t have enough funds remaining in last year’s Thanksgiving Offering to supply that deficit and still hold us over to the end of the year, we will need to begin making deductions in the missionaries’ monthly deposits to meet that monthly deficit in the upcoming months.
WE NEVER WANT TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF THE CONTINUOUSLY ONGOING NEED TO INCREASE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS – YOU WHO DO GIVE...ARE GIVING TO PROVIDE WHAT WE HAVE! And, for that, we bless God and thank you!
We are always calling on God, trusting God, and expecting God to provide the needs His servants have – but we also want to keep you informed how each of us can respond to His grace by giving back to Him! Grace to you all!
We thank God for every one of you who gives the offerings which supply the financial necessities our missionaries have to conduct their daily ministries. Humanly speaking, you are the means by which they continue to serve.
And, ESPECIALLY TO YOU WHO CONTRIBUTE MONTHLY TO OUR GENERAL FUND! The General Fund is the “common storehouse” from which we disburse the monthly maintenance commitments we have made to our missionaries.
THE ‘ESSENTIAL MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS’ [EMT or Tier 1 General Fund Disbursements] WE MAKE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WITHOUT FAIL EACH MONTH [as the Lord provides through you] CONTINUE TO EXCEED $42,000.00 PER MONTH.
{These standard commitments and disbursements are besides the other more periodical commitments/disbursements we make to them during the year AS NEEDED [PRN or Tier 2 General Fund Disbursements]. FOR EXAMPLE: we will disburse about $17,000.00 over the course of 2010 for Furlough Transportation expenses for our missionaries who are due scheduled furloughs.}
Included in these standard ESSENTIAL MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS are:
$20,426.00 for salaries
$10,950.00 for standard monthly expense accounts for housing and ministry expenses
$1662.50 to publish their newsletters and reports in these Mission Sheets
$9245.94 for hospitalization premiums.
THAT AMOUNT FOR HOSPITALIZATION PREMIUMS REFLECTS A RECENT 10% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR – AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FAMILIES TO THE PLAN WHICH WILL INCREASE THE MONTHLY PREMIUMS BY ANOTHER $1000 PER MONTH. That means we will be paying more than $10,000 every month just for hospitalization premiums.
This month’s General Fund offerings are down from previous months’ offerings. This month, General Fund offerings are a little less than $25,000.00.
If we don’t have enough funds remaining in last year’s Thanksgiving Offering to supply that deficit and still hold us over to the end of the year, we will need to begin making deductions in the missionaries’ monthly deposits to meet that monthly deficit in the upcoming months.
WE NEVER WANT TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF THE CONTINUOUSLY ONGOING NEED TO INCREASE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS – YOU WHO DO GIVE...ARE GIVING TO PROVIDE WHAT WE HAVE! And, for that, we bless God and thank you!
We are always calling on God, trusting God, and expecting God to provide the needs His servants have – but we also want to keep you informed how each of us can respond to His grace by giving back to Him! Grace to you all!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
LOUIE CARVER | 2ND HEART ATTACK
I apologize for the tardiness of this report. We have been conducting Vacation Bible School all this week and have been absorbed by the activities of planning and preparation – and then conducting it this week. [dsp]
24 June 2010
FROM: Dave Parks | Executive Secretary, Baptist Faith Missions
RE: PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING FOR LOUIE CARVER
I talked with Mary Carver on Saturday, 19 June.
She told me that Brother Carver had another heart attack on Wednesday, 16 June. He began to experience distress, so they took him to the ER.
After examination, they admitted him and implanted a stent in one of the veins in his lower heart region.
However, they also received more discouraging bad news. When they performed the heart cath to determine the source of this new occlusion, the surgeon who performed his 6-bypass surgery back in January discovered to his dismay that 5 of the 6 bypasses have failed.
They are all devastated by this news, and especially the surgeon. He cried when he relayed this news to them. He told them that in his 25-30 years of practicing heart surgery, this kind of failure has happened only one time previously.
But, Brother Carver’s heart is that badly diseased and deteriorated. The surgeon has ordered him to take at least the next two weeks of absolute rest – doing nothing.
The coronary damage may not be reparable. Brother Carver may be required to just moderate and accommodate his physical activity to what his heart will allow.
I hope you will continue to name them and intercede for them to the Lord.
You may contact them directly:
Louie and Mary Carver
259 Finley Hill Court
Simpsonville SC 29681
864.458.9919
wlc1939@att.net
24 June 2010
FROM: Dave Parks | Executive Secretary, Baptist Faith Missions
RE: PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING FOR LOUIE CARVER
I talked with Mary Carver on Saturday, 19 June.
She told me that Brother Carver had another heart attack on Wednesday, 16 June. He began to experience distress, so they took him to the ER.
After examination, they admitted him and implanted a stent in one of the veins in his lower heart region.
However, they also received more discouraging bad news. When they performed the heart cath to determine the source of this new occlusion, the surgeon who performed his 6-bypass surgery back in January discovered to his dismay that 5 of the 6 bypasses have failed.
They are all devastated by this news, and especially the surgeon. He cried when he relayed this news to them. He told them that in his 25-30 years of practicing heart surgery, this kind of failure has happened only one time previously.
But, Brother Carver’s heart is that badly diseased and deteriorated. The surgeon has ordered him to take at least the next two weeks of absolute rest – doing nothing.
The coronary damage may not be reparable. Brother Carver may be required to just moderate and accommodate his physical activity to what his heart will allow.
I hope you will continue to name them and intercede for them to the Lord.
You may contact them directly:
Louie and Mary Carver
259 Finley Hill Court
Simpsonville SC 29681
864.458.9919
wlc1939@att.net
Thursday, June 10, 2010
JUNE UPDATES
WANDA TURNER SUFFERS A STROKE
Richard and Wanda Turner served the Lord in partnership with Baptist Faith Missions in Brasil for 16 years. Brother Richard is in Heaven with the Lord. Wanda is living in the Lynchburg VA area near her children. She suffered a stroke on 1 June and has been hospitalized since as of this writing [10 June].
I hope you will pray for her and catch up on the history and latest updates on her condition posted elsewhere on this blog.
Her home mailing address is: 20 Jesup Way / Apt. 205 / Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Her home number is: 434-239-0457. Her email address is: twanda2010@aol.com
She is a faithful servant of the Lord, and I hope you will do what you can to encourage her.
-________________________-
THANK YOU, GIVING FRIENDS!
We bless God for each of our Giving Friends – we thank God for you without ceasing. The Lord has blessed you and us this month with a good offering to our May General Fund. We thank God for EACH one of you...and EVERY offering you give to supply our missionaries’ needs – but the General Fund supplies their MAINTENANCE NEEDS each month and enables us to meet the standard commitments we have made to them.
-________________________-
LABOR DAY CONFERENCE
Make your plans now to attend the Labor Day Missions Conference hosted by the East Keys Baptist Church in Springfield IL over Labor Day weekend / Monday. You may contact James Hicks for more information about the Conference at 217.816.9361 or email: jimbo61976@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
WANDA TURNER SUFFERS A STROKE
Wanda Turner is the widow of Richard Turner, and they faithfully served the Lord as missionaries in Brasil for 16 years in partnership with Baptist Faith Missions. I hope you will fervently pray for her - and for her family as they care for her. dsp
From: Jonathan Turner
pastorjturner@gmail.com
June 1, Tuesday
Hello Bro. Dave,
Today, Mom had to be rushed to the hospital, Lynchburg General, in Lynchburg, Virginia. She evidently suffered a stroke sometime mid-morning. She talks out of the side of her mouth and her speech is slurred. Her arm, I am not sure which, is also numb. She also is having trouble swallowing.
Late this afternoon she got choked and could not stop. She coughed up huge amounts of blood. So they also are now looking at her throat and, along with all the other tests to find out more about the possible stroke, they also will be doing tests to find out where the blood is coming from. The CT scan they did this afternoon did not show any hemorrhaging in the brain.
Rich and Kim, my older brother and sister, were up at the hospital with her all day. Mom is very nervous about cancer and obviously very tired after everything she has been through today. Please get this out to as many people as you can.
She really needs God's people praying for her.
I will continue to update you as I learn more.
Thank you Bro. Dave.
Jonathan Turner
June 2, Wednesday
Hello Bro. Dave,
I sent you an earlier e-mail about Mom and I wanted to send another giving you an update.
Mom is at Lynchburg General in Lynchburg, Virginia. Rich and Kim live close by. Her room # is NEO 3.
The MRI showed definitely that it was a stroke. It affected the part of her brain that controls things like swallowing. IF I understood correctly the stroke happened at the back and base of her brain. She currently has a feeding tube up her nose and down into her stomach and cannot speak clearly or loudly.
I do not know anything else about the coughing up of blood.
Please be praying that among other things her swallowing ability comes back quickly. The neurologist said it could be a matter of days or weeks, but that he believed it would come back.
Her home address is 20 Jesup Way, Apt. 205, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24502.
Her home number is 434-239-0457.
twanda2010@aol.com
I don't think she will be going home for several days. Her right arm continues to be numb, and when she tries to talk her speech is slurred and only half her mouth works.
If you could Brother, please get this information out. I would really appreciate it.
Jonathan
Saturday, 5 June
FROM JONATHAN TURNER / pastorjturner@gmail.com
Bro. Dave,
Thank you for sending Mom's information out. I know that you have so much on you, and so I really appreciate you doing this. You have contact with folks that I have only heard of over the years that know Mom and Dad or that I have never met and much less heard of.
It was made possible by my church and some folks in my church for me to fly up yesterday to Lynchburg. I will be here till Wednesday.
This is the latest on Mom. The feeling is returning in her arm. The side of her mouth is not drooping as bad as it had been. Kim, my sister, told me it seems to get a little bit better every day. She still cannot swallow. She is still coughing up lots of mucus and other stuff, but no more blood in the past 36-48 hours. IF the swallowing does not return by Monday she will have to have surgery to put the feeding tube, currently in her nose, into her stomach. Mom does not want to go through that and so we are asking for God to intervene and give her her ability to swallow back before Monday. If God chooses to allow her to have surgery they will go down her stomach.
Mom is very worried what they might find....in other words, cancer. She has a long of history of severe acid reflux disease and with the recent coughing up of blood she is fearing the worst. If she does have to have the surgery pray that there would be no cancer.
Sometime next week she will be moved to the other hospital in Lynchburg - Virginia Baptist - where she will begin intense therapy to regain her ability to swallow.
Please continue to pray for Mom. She's a fighter, but more importantly, God is the Great Physician. I will do my best to keep you all updated.
Jonathan Turner
MONDAY, 7 June, Noon
Hello,
I apologize if you already saw this on facebook or if you get this message more than once.
God is working in Mom's body.
She has made some significant improvements over the past 48 hours.
She was able to pronounce an high pitch "e" sound this morning. This is one of the exercises she has to do to strengthen her throat muscles. Yesterday no sound would come out.
Her speech therapist came in this morning and Mom was able with some help able to eat ten ice chips. She did not get choked.
Tomorrow morning they are planning on doing the procedure to move the feeding tube to her stomach. Pray the procedure is a success.
Pray that they do not find anything serious in her throat and stomach when they look around
Pray that the right side of her body continues to get stronger.
Finally, pray that a bed opens up over at Virginia Baptist Hospital so that she can be transferred and begin the intense therapy that she needs to fully regain her ability to swallow.
Jonathan Turner
17 June Update from Jonathan Turner
I apologize for going several days without sending an e-mail update. We had our Bible Conference among other things that kept me from sending out e-mail updates.
Here is the latest about my mother.
Kim and Rich got things straightened out at the nursing home/rehab. facility. They have stayed on top of the people there to make sure Mom's room is cleaned everyday and that Mom is properly taken care of.
Mom has made good progress with her rehab. I spoke to her briefly on the phone last night before church and she now has sound to her voice. She does not have it completely back, but I would say it has returned 60 to 70 percent.
Her swallowing is coming along each day. Monday, my brother Rich told me she was able to swallow 10 times on her own when she turned her head to the left or looked straight ahead. Yesterday, Mom told me she was now swallowing the ice chips without letting them melt completely. We praise God for small victories.
Also, Rich told me yesterday that the 45 minutes he was there with Mom during his lunch hour she did not have to cough up her saliva and other material even once which says that she is swallowing some.
She has agreed to move to a first floor apartment which will save her from having to walk up and down so many steps.
I appreciate everyone praying for her. She still needs God's people praying for her. Thanks.
Pastor Jonathan Turner
From: Jonathan Turner
pastorjturner@gmail.com
June 1, Tuesday
Hello Bro. Dave,
Today, Mom had to be rushed to the hospital, Lynchburg General, in Lynchburg, Virginia. She evidently suffered a stroke sometime mid-morning. She talks out of the side of her mouth and her speech is slurred. Her arm, I am not sure which, is also numb. She also is having trouble swallowing.
Late this afternoon she got choked and could not stop. She coughed up huge amounts of blood. So they also are now looking at her throat and, along with all the other tests to find out more about the possible stroke, they also will be doing tests to find out where the blood is coming from. The CT scan they did this afternoon did not show any hemorrhaging in the brain.
Rich and Kim, my older brother and sister, were up at the hospital with her all day. Mom is very nervous about cancer and obviously very tired after everything she has been through today. Please get this out to as many people as you can.
She really needs God's people praying for her.
I will continue to update you as I learn more.
Thank you Bro. Dave.
Jonathan Turner
June 2, Wednesday
Hello Bro. Dave,
I sent you an earlier e-mail about Mom and I wanted to send another giving you an update.
Mom is at Lynchburg General in Lynchburg, Virginia. Rich and Kim live close by. Her room # is NEO 3.
The MRI showed definitely that it was a stroke. It affected the part of her brain that controls things like swallowing. IF I understood correctly the stroke happened at the back and base of her brain. She currently has a feeding tube up her nose and down into her stomach and cannot speak clearly or loudly.
I do not know anything else about the coughing up of blood.
Please be praying that among other things her swallowing ability comes back quickly. The neurologist said it could be a matter of days or weeks, but that he believed it would come back.
Her home address is 20 Jesup Way, Apt. 205, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24502.
Her home number is 434-239-0457.
twanda2010@aol.com
I don't think she will be going home for several days. Her right arm continues to be numb, and when she tries to talk her speech is slurred and only half her mouth works.
If you could Brother, please get this information out. I would really appreciate it.
Jonathan
Saturday, 5 June
FROM JONATHAN TURNER / pastorjturner@gmail.com
Bro. Dave,
Thank you for sending Mom's information out. I know that you have so much on you, and so I really appreciate you doing this. You have contact with folks that I have only heard of over the years that know Mom and Dad or that I have never met and much less heard of.
It was made possible by my church and some folks in my church for me to fly up yesterday to Lynchburg. I will be here till Wednesday.
This is the latest on Mom. The feeling is returning in her arm. The side of her mouth is not drooping as bad as it had been. Kim, my sister, told me it seems to get a little bit better every day. She still cannot swallow. She is still coughing up lots of mucus and other stuff, but no more blood in the past 36-48 hours. IF the swallowing does not return by Monday she will have to have surgery to put the feeding tube, currently in her nose, into her stomach. Mom does not want to go through that and so we are asking for God to intervene and give her her ability to swallow back before Monday. If God chooses to allow her to have surgery they will go down her stomach.
Mom is very worried what they might find....in other words, cancer. She has a long of history of severe acid reflux disease and with the recent coughing up of blood she is fearing the worst. If she does have to have the surgery pray that there would be no cancer.
Sometime next week she will be moved to the other hospital in Lynchburg - Virginia Baptist - where she will begin intense therapy to regain her ability to swallow.
Please continue to pray for Mom. She's a fighter, but more importantly, God is the Great Physician. I will do my best to keep you all updated.
Jonathan Turner
MONDAY, 7 June, Noon
Hello,
I apologize if you already saw this on facebook or if you get this message more than once.
God is working in Mom's body.
She has made some significant improvements over the past 48 hours.
She was able to pronounce an high pitch "e" sound this morning. This is one of the exercises she has to do to strengthen her throat muscles. Yesterday no sound would come out.
Her speech therapist came in this morning and Mom was able with some help able to eat ten ice chips. She did not get choked.
Tomorrow morning they are planning on doing the procedure to move the feeding tube to her stomach. Pray the procedure is a success.
Pray that they do not find anything serious in her throat and stomach when they look around
Pray that the right side of her body continues to get stronger.
Finally, pray that a bed opens up over at Virginia Baptist Hospital so that she can be transferred and begin the intense therapy that she needs to fully regain her ability to swallow.
Jonathan Turner
17 June Update from Jonathan Turner
I apologize for going several days without sending an e-mail update. We had our Bible Conference among other things that kept me from sending out e-mail updates.
Here is the latest about my mother.
Kim and Rich got things straightened out at the nursing home/rehab. facility. They have stayed on top of the people there to make sure Mom's room is cleaned everyday and that Mom is properly taken care of.
Mom has made good progress with her rehab. I spoke to her briefly on the phone last night before church and she now has sound to her voice. She does not have it completely back, but I would say it has returned 60 to 70 percent.
Her swallowing is coming along each day. Monday, my brother Rich told me she was able to swallow 10 times on her own when she turned her head to the left or looked straight ahead. Yesterday, Mom told me she was now swallowing the ice chips without letting them melt completely. We praise God for small victories.
Also, Rich told me yesterday that the 45 minutes he was there with Mom during his lunch hour she did not have to cough up her saliva and other material even once which says that she is swallowing some.
She has agreed to move to a first floor apartment which will save her from having to walk up and down so many steps.
I appreciate everyone praying for her. She still needs God's people praying for her. Thanks.
Pastor Jonathan Turner
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