PRAYER TABLE REPORT
Saturday, April 18, 2009; at Christ Church in Schenectady. Torre Bissell and Don Foust, 9:20-10:30 a.m.
+–indicates received wooden cross made by Dennis Adams of North Carolina.
Torre and Don “Our low-tech operation”
+Clifford — middle-aged man — for his baby girl named Journey and Akida, for his family, and all the sick and suffering and the poor — “that God keeps me on the right path and I thank him for everything I have.”
+Alex — young man who stopped last week also — “for me and my family” he passed the prayer table when he saw we were praying with someone else and then came back when we were done.
+Charles — young man — “for my friend +Cody, a couple of days ago got held up at gun point” prayed for protection and provision
+Issa — young woman who has come the last couple of weeks– “for my brother Michael who is in Missouri being trained for combat, my mother is OK.”
Pedro — young man — he got a job, looked very happy, we also prayed for his wife Norma.
+Luis — man –got thrown out of half-way house, on the street, goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings at Christ Church, gave his life anew to Jesus. He said he walked by the prayer table last week and didn’t stop, this week he did.
+Patricia — grandmother with grandson +Jihad — broken little finger from taking care of Jihad, Patricia has congestive heart failure. Wanted prayer for Beth Ann “my baby girl”, Richard her son who is “paraplegic and terminal”, and daughters Christina and Michelle who are diabetic.
+Amin — man — at City Mission, just got out of jail
Robert — man — confused but looking
Jim — man, a frequent visitor — prayed for the comfort of the Holy Spirit for him because of the death of his son Robert at age 31.
Hussein — Muslim man, a repeat customer from last year — crossed the street to get prayer
Eric and Eric Jr. (with trumpet) — on the way to the Macedonia Seventh Day Adventist Church around the corner on Swan St.
Christy — woman, a repeat from last year — “that I will stay clean and lead a good life.”
PRAYER TABLE REPORT #2 (Christ Church Schenectady)
(Sat., April 11, 2009; 10:30 – 11:30 — Dianne Gambill and David Carlson)
[+ --indicates received one of the wooden crosses from Dennis Adams of North Carolina.]
PRAYER TABLE REPORT #2
(Sat., April 18, 2009; 10:30 – 11:30 — Dianne Gambill and David Carlson)
[+ --indicates received one of the wooden crosses from Dennis Adams of North Carolina.]
+++ David – young man in his 20’s who was walking by as we were “changing shifts” from the first hour of the prayer table – Torre asked what he would like prayer for and he said “happy family” – we did pray that they would be happy and that they would know that Jesus loves them; David took crosses for himself and his 2 kids
+ mother with a toddler and a baby – politely declined our offer for prayer but she did allow her little girl to accept a cross
+ Marcus – 14-yr-old on a bike – stopped for prayer and seemed to have something on his mind – we asked if school is going well and he said ‘no’ – we prayed for him, his family, for school – protection and provision; we assured him that God loves him and has a plan for his life; we both felt that there was something else he wanted to say, some burden – we told him the prayer table is open on Saturdays between 9:30 and 11:30 and that he can always come back for prayer any time
++ Serita – stopped at the table and asked prayer for her marriage, which we did; she came back about 20 minutes later and asked if we know anyone who can provide marriage counseling; we gave her one of the Christ Church cards and told her to call the church office and ask for Pastor Brad; she said she is reading the book, “The Power of a Praying Wife”
+ Cedrick – young teenage boy – seemed uncomfortable but was willing to let us pray for him and his family
middle-aged man – asked for prayer for his friend in NYC (woman named Bahesia) who has been fighting cancer off and on since 1998; we prayed for her healing and also prayed for the man that the Lord would bless him and make him a blessing to others; he thanked us and said “it’s not every day that you get prayed for!”
++ Bita – woman walking by to catch a bus – said she didn’t have time to stop – we said that we’re always here on Saturday mornings if she has a burden – she then stopped and asked prayer for her 17-yr-old son Brandon who is in jail; we prayed for protection for him and the Lord’s covering over all the details
++ Joshua and Jordan – 2 teenage boys who rode up on their bikes and waited patiently while we prayed for someone ahead of them – Joshua asked prayer for his family, Jordan asked prayer for healing
+ Pablo – older man who also stopped last week – said everything is good in his life – we prayed that it would stay that way
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