Christ Church Schenectady Prayer Table Report, Saturday, September 3, 2011, 9:25 – 10:35 a.m. Bob Baker Torre Bissell and Sue Plaske, Carol MacNaughton
+–indicates received a wooden cross made by Dennis Adams of North Carolina
+Dean — “I need some food.”
Connie — “I need a prayer said for my family right now. My mother’s mother just died.”
++++Pedro — “I want my wife [Iris] to get better.” Took crosses for his three kids.
+Rena — “My blood pressure is too high. My niece just had a stroke. I’m not a Christian. I need a job.”
The Bus Driver — stopped and gave me a note with these prayer requests:
1) A Christian helpmate, equally yoked.
2) Present my body a living sacrifice, flee all sexual lust.
3) Faith and patience, wisdom
+Opal (young woman) — “For strength to get through a crazy time.”
(Older woman walking by who did not stop) — “Pray for my anyway.”
+Wendy — “My entire building caught fire and we are stuck in a motel. Maybe we will go back on Wednesday. One person lost everything.”
Bob (he works for the Regional Food Bank) told us that when many of the communities were devastated by the recent flooding by Irene, the agencies that would normally have helped were also wiped out. The Regional Food Bank is trying to get refrigeration units into those communities. They have noticed that people are helping each other.
Joe (from last week) — “When you try to do right, the devil is still there. I feel like he is winning.” He gave the problem of the broken relationship with his girlfriend Cindy to Jesus.
+Andrew (young man) — As soon as he sat down he started weeping. He said that every good thing he tries to do gets smashed up.
+Richard — He is in Alcoholics Anonymous.
+Paula (regular) — Zorrie (age 6) is coming home next week to go to school.
+Johnny — “For Darryl, he is doing bad, he has brain cancer.”
+Blake — “Health.” He has had an aneurism and a stroke and brain surgery. He asked for prayer for restoration of his short-term memory.
John (Paula’s husband) — We prayed his legs would be healed and strengthened and that he would not fall.
+Diana — Prayed for protection.
