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From: Scarlett Hayes <shayes@...>
To: beverly Burlingham <gram@...>; Jane Frawley
<gennalii@...>; Lemmon <kdlem@...>; Charlotte Troutman
<chartro2@...>; Lindsay Poteat <lpoteat@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 9:58 PM
Subject: Fw: Urgent Prayer needed


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Janet West <eastwest@...>
> To: <shayes@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:28 PM
> Subject: FW: Urgent Prayer needed
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> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:31 PM
> > Subject: FW: Urgent Prayer needed
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> > > I deleted all the other forwarding address to save space...
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> > > > Brothers and Sisters;  The message below is about a young man in the
> > > > >service
> > > > >of the Lord who is suffering greatly and will likely die without
> > > > >intervention from the Lord.  Please take a moment to read this and
> > > pray.
> > > > >
> > > > >Pray IS our most powerful weapon!!!!  It is also a great privilage
to
> > > be
> > > > >able to enter the throne room of the Almighty and petition Him for
> > > His
> > > > >matchless mercy.
> > > > >
> > > > >Thank you!  God's best to you all.
> > > > >
> > > > >In His Service,
> > > > >
> > > > >Bob Lafon   (Please read this message below in it's entirity.)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Hello Everyone
> > > > >
> > > > >This message was sent to me from a prayer ministry member  asking
> > > that we
> > > > >pray for this young man and his family.
> > > > >
> > > > >Dear Friends and Family:
> > > > >
> > > > >This prayer need for this Southern Baptist Missionary
> > > > >needs to be forwarded to everyone you know that can
> > > > >pray. Pray diligently and then send it along today !!!
> > > > >
> > > > >Ezekiel David Allen is a young missionary on the Chiang
> > > > >Mai, Thailand mission team. He is critically ill with an
> > > > >unknown parasite and apparently WILL DIE WITHIN TWO
> > > > >MONTHS unless there is an intervention by the Lord.
> > > > >
> > > > >Please help create a global blanket of prayer for David,
> > > > >Michelle and their 4-month old daughter, Brianna.
> > > > >
> > > > >From: David Allen:
> > > > >
> > > > >My condition is serious now. The body is beginning to
> > > > >break down because I have no more fat or nutrient
> > > > >reserves. My diet consists mostly of vegetable broth,
> > > > >Gatorade and saltine crackers. I tried homemade bread
> > > > >a few weeks ago and ended up in the emergency room.
> > > > >I am in constant pain and have taken painkillers regularly.
> > > > >The severe diarrhea has continued for 7 weeks and I
> > > > >have been in the emergency room 5 times.
> > > > >
> > > > >In the last 3 days there have been sharp pains in my
> > > > >kidneys, so they are running tests to see if my kidneys
> > > > >are infected. So far, 8 doctors have not been able to
> > > > >diagnose the parasites. One lab in Dallas thought they
> > > > >had a positive diagnosis (a rare parasite calledcryptosporidium),
> > > > >but Public Health Center of Disease Control in Houston said
> > > > >it was an incorrect diagnosis. They have found 2 foreign agents,
> > > > >but no one has ever seen them before or can identify them.
> > > > >
> > > > >One is a parasite and the other looks more like an amoebae.
> > > > >One of the effects of the parasites is to prevent my GI from
> > > > >absorbing nutrition.
> > > > >
> > > > >The CDC in Atlanta is 3-6 months behind, so they cannot
> > > > >help in time. My doctors are trying everyone else. They are
> > > > >in contact with one of the top infectious disease doctors in
> > > > >Thailand and several of the experts here in the states. I believe
> > > > >that the pictures of the parasites are to be passed around until
> > > > >someone can identify them.
> > > > >
> > > > >I am not doing well. I feel like I am in a very dark valley right
> > > > >now. I have been praying for so long for help with no response,
> > > > >that I have become discouraged in prayer. This is a first for me
> > > > >in my life. Michelle and my parents are being a tremendous
> > > > >support for me, but they are having a hard time seeing me
> > > > >suffer so much. My prayers now are very elemental, "Father,
> > > > >save me!" But the pain continues each day and I continue to
> > > > >lose weight. Please pray not only for my body, but for my spirit.
> > > > >
> > > > >I have not known fear like this before. I don't want to be fearful,
> > > > >and I don't need to be fearful because I am confident in my
> > > > >salvation. I think my fear is related more to the thought of not
> > > > >being with my wife and the new baby. This was the happiest
> > > > >time of my life before I became sick.
> > > > >
> > > > >-David Allen.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >We are encouraging everyone we know to lift up David and his
> > > > >family before the Lord of Lords. Please forward this message to
> > > > >those you think will join us in this global chain of prayer.
> > > > >Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > >INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD, SBC
> > > > >Southern Africa Regional Office
> > > > >PO Box A-614, Avondale
> > > > >Life is good because God IS.
> > > > >
> > > > >Please send this out to all you families, brothers and sister's and
> > > all
> > > > >others that you know will pray
> > > > >
> > > > >Tim Harless
> > > > >
> > > > >God Bless You and Your Family
> > > > >
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