I am definitely praying for you.  God will take care of you and show you the way through this.

Hello.  I haven't posted much lately.  I have been a wreck the past few weeks.  Just up and down and out and everything.  I had been doing a little better since school got out, but now its almost time to go back.  I still feel like I am drifting away from the Lord.  I cannot figure it out.  I think I may have let my pride get the best of me.  Maybe I have gotten too full of myself.  I don't know. 

I also work with my mom and there are a lot of issues at work too.  My mom and our boss don't get along the best in the world.  I, on the other hand, love my boss to death.  He is really the only person that I talk to about anything; he treats me like his own children.  Anyhow, him and my mom are always aggrivated with one another and I hear it from both sides.  When I get home all I hear about is how he made her mad.  And when I am at work sometimes I hear about stuff that she was suppose to have done that she didn't do.  I am tired of being caught up in the middle. 

The next thing is that my entire family has gotten out of church.  I don't think my dad has stepped foot inside of a church in 6 months.  That really scares me.  I have never seen either one of my parents on fire for the Lord.  And what makes it so hard for me is that I can't seem to witness to them.  I don't know why, but I just can't.  I don't even know where to start.  I think you would just have to know my family to understand. 

The last thing that is just killing me inside is that my boss, who I love like a father, and who is probably about my best friend and the only person that I can talk to is about to sell the store where I work.  He and his wife are selling out to one of my grandpa's cousins.  (Its a very small community!)  I am going to miss them so much.  I have had an extra family for the past year, and now I am losing it.  I won't ever see them anymore.  He keeps telling me that I can call him anytime I need to, and that he will be coming in all of the time.  It just won't be the same.  I couldn't make it without them.  I can't keep going the way I am going without someone to turn to and to lean on.  I can't make it on my own.  I know that God is with me all of the time, but I know that he sent me to these people to help me and them.  I just don't understand why He is taking that away.

So now I am fixing to have to go back to school, for another year, and be super stress out all of the time because I am overloaded, and I am losing the  people who helps me get through it all.  And on top of all of that, one of my horses is down!

Y'all please pray for me.  I am just a huge mess.

From what I found out, he died pretty much instantly.  The family seems to be taking it as well as to be expected.  They are really in need of prayer right now.  thanks again

MJC

Hello.  I reckon everyone read about the family that I posted about a few weeks ago that lost their son.  Well, now I have another prayer request to add.  Today a man named Todd Henderson died.  His parents go to church with me.  He didn't come but just a couple of times.  Anyhow, he was involved in a motorcycle wreck this afternoon.  From what I understand he hit a tree.  What makes this situation so bad is that he has been in and out of jail the past 10 years and he wasn't saved.  I know that this makes it so much harder on his family.  Please keep them in your prayers.  The just lost a grandson about a year and a half ago.  Thank you.

MJC

Welcome to Christians Unite!!!

I will also pray for you. 

MJC

I too will pray for you.  I had food poisoning from some bad chicken a couple of years ago.  The chicken and dumplins were good until a couple hours later     I know its not any fun!

MJC

Amen. I have attended many a funeral and have cried with the family each time. It is a sorrowful thing to be separated from a loved one even though it is only a temporary separation. Praise God one day we will be in a place where there will be no more sorrow, no tears, just joy in and with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Yes, it is temporary, but I don't think it really makes the parents feel any better, even though it is so true.  All they can think about is how are they going to get through life without their beloved child. 



One other thing that I forgot to mention is that it has been almost a week now since he died, and they haven't gone home yet.  His mom doesn't want to.  They have been staying at Tyler's grandparent's house.  This is another thing that will help start the healing process.  When they go home to that empty house, away from all the people that are swarming them right now it's all going to start coming down on them.  Then when they walk into that empty bedroom with all of his stuff in it, it's just going to be terrible.  I feel so bad for them.  And someone said something about holidays would be hard, his birthday is just in three or four months.  I just can't get across with words how badly prayers are needed here.  Thank you all.

MJC

I went to the funeral today.  It was really ruff.  They literally had to drag his mom away from the casket when they got ready to close it.  They wanted all the family to go in the back of the church.  She said she wasn't leaving her baby and that they weren't going to make her and she was just wailing.  I felt sooooo bad for her.  After this all started everybody in the church was crying.  I can't stand to see someone in such agony.  The next several months are going to be so hard for them.  Then when his birthday comes around in November its going to all start again.  It is so different when you see something like this happen to other people's family and everything.  But when its someone that you really know and care about it hits you.  Please just continue to pray for all involved. 

MJC

I just got home from the wake.  There were so many people there.  When I left church Sunday morning, I didn't expect to come back for this.  The wake was held at our church.  I walked in and it was like a dream.  I can't believe that he's gone.  His mom is a wreck.  She is so sweet, but she's just a mess.  I know I would be too in her position.  She just asked me to pray for her.  I told her that I had been and will and that God would take care of her.  What do you say to someone that just lost their child?  The funeral is tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it at all.  It just doesn't seem real.

MJC

My mom went up to his grandparents house today.  Their whole family was up there.  She said that his Grandpa looks about 10 years older than he did Sunday morning.  Everyone is taking it really rough.  His parents are both just all to pieces.  The wake is tomorrow night and then the funeral is Sunday afternoon.  The next few days are going to be really rough on the family.  Please just keep them in your prayers.

MJC

Well, we got some bad news today.  When I got home from my grandparents house, my mom told me that Tyler had passed away today.  I don't know the details of what took place today.  Last I knew they were trying to wean him off of the breathing machine, and I guess his body couldn't handle it.  This is so unbelievable to me because he was a year younger than me.  I don't know what to think, but our prayers are turned to his family now.  Things are going to be really tough for them.  They are leaning on God right now, so I guess that's the best thing they can do.  They still need a lot of prayer though.  Almost everyone that goes to our church is kin to him.  His cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles, just everybody.  This is the biggest tragedy our church has faced in a long time.  Please just pray for strength and comfort for everyone involved.

MJC

We had special prayer meeting for Tyler at church tonight.  His parents are both in a terible position.  They don't want to have to make a decision like that.  His dad said that he either wants God to heal him or go ahead and take him home.  They said that there is very little blood getting to his brain and if this changes to where there is no blood getting to the brain then they will declare him legally dead.  The doctors said that from his injuries, it appears that the jeep rolled over the back of his head.

Also, pray for our pastor.  He's been at the hospital the past two or three days with all of this and he's just drained.  He said that he doesn't know how his parents are dealing with it all.  He is trying to be strong for the whole family and he's just worn out.

MJC

Thank you for your prayers and please continue.

Today they said that there was no brain activity.  His mom and grandmother(who has heart trouble) is having a really hard time.  His dad is trying to be strong for his mom.  His parents said they wanted to pray about it and let it sink in before they tell them to pull the plug.

Hi.  Today there was a really bad wreck.  One of the boys involved goes to church with me.  He is in ICU right now and he's on life support.  He just went into surgery to have pressure removed from his brain.  The doctors say that it will me a miracle if he lives.  PLEASE remeber him in your prayers.

MJC

I wish I knew what my life held for me.  I have begun to see the ways that the Lord is working in my life to prepare me.  I have had many opportunities to teach and witness to people.  But especially children.  I have developed a love for teaching.  I have also noticed that I don't get very nervous anymore when I teach or share.  The night that I did that devotion I didn't get the least bit nervous.  Last year I would hardly even CONSIDER doing it at all.  I would have never done it.  I also feel like the Lord wants me to start singing.  I already play the piano at church every Wednesday and some Sundays.  I have always like to sing but been very nervous.  I think I could do it.  A friend of mine and myself helped two different girls on the chorus of songs at youth camp this week.  I really enjoyed it.  I can't explain it but I think that God is trying to let me know he gave me that talent for a reason, to sing about Him.  I am just overwhelmed with all the ways that God has blessed me.  He has helped me to overcome so many obstacles in my life.