No School for Abby and Pray for Me Pray for Others

Abby loves to go to church and be with her friends but we will probably have to keep her home for several weeks until the flu passes through. It would mean a long hospital stay for her if she got the pig bug.
Some days being a parent just stinks. Brent and I decided it is just too dangerous for Abby to go to school, church and youth activities right now. Swine flu is blazing through our community, hitting the bigger schools harder, and has now found Abby's school. A girl who lives near us died last week. Heartbreaking for her family and friends and scary for parents of medically fragile children.

The flu is especially dangerous for Abby; best case scenario would mean a long recovery time. Not fun. If she gets sick now, she could miss her trip to Disney.

We are trying to make things fun for all of the kids and to find activities (outdoor and going to friends homes) that Abby can do safely.

Pray for Me... Pray for Others

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Landis prays so sweetly for everyone in our entire family.

Our Requests:

Please pray for Abby to be safe from illnesses, for her cancer to be destroyed and for protection from the side effects of the chemo she needs. Abby's teacher at school has been doing a wonderful job teaching Abby. Please pray that she will continue to learn at home.

Please also pray for wisdom for Brent and I. We don't want to limit Abby unnecessarily, but it is hard to find the best balance.

Pray for these folks:

Please pray for two Guatemalan adoptees.

A friend's 4 year old daughter, Myah, has a tumor that is destroying a bone in her leg. At this point her doctor doesn't believe it is cancerous, but it still needs to be removed. Please pray for safety during surgery, healing and that no cancer is found in the tumor.

Many of you prayed for Mateo earlier this year. Mateo has been fighting Leukemia for over a year and has genetic markers that make it much harder to treat. Mateo is finally in remission. Praise God! His doctor still plan on doing a bone marrow transplant, but his remission will help him to have extra time to find a donor.

Please pray for Mateo's healing and that he will find a bone marrow donor soon.

Pray for Me... Pray for Others is where we all get to pray for each other. It is obvious, and we don't pretend otherwise, that we cannot give full attention to every request and comment we receive. This feature on Wednesdays is a time we ask YOU for help praying for others, as they pray for you. Check back a couple of times today for new requests.

Pray for Me... Pray for Others - Instructions:

1. Use the form below to enter your prayer requests. You must enter an "identity", and put something in at least one of the "pray for me" or "pray for others" in order to be included (links to blogs are not required).
   
2. If you link to YOUR blog, please include the following HTML in a post on your blog so that we can create a linked network of prayers (your link will allow others to find us, and be able to participate; make sure you are in HTML mode when pasting this code).
   <a href="http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com"><img src="http://www.brentriggs.com/prayforbadge.jpg" alt="Pray for Me" width="150" height="150" border="0" align="right" longdesc="http://www.brentriggs.com" /></a>We participate in "Pray for Me... Pray for Others" on the <a href="http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com">Riggs Family Blog</a>. Check out <a href="http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com">their blog</a> to add your prayer request. Join a community of friends who care about you, and hope you will care about them.
   
3. Put out an email or post on your blog and encourage everyone you know to come and join us in prayer.
   
4. Look over the list and pray as God leads. Come back and visit the list two or three times today as it will grow all day long.

Remember... if you don't take the time to pray for others, then on what basis can you really expect God to lead others to pray for you? I created this with "community" in mind - pray for you, pray for me, pray for others - so that we are both giving and receiving as a community which is far more spiritually productive than simply wanting everyone to pray on our behalf.

Truth is, many people do not have a community they can ask for prayer. We hope to become that community for them.

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The kids and cousin Hannah holding their Awana youth group materials.