24 Hours of Prayer
We have been overwhelmed with the love, support and prayers that have come from all of your posts! So many of ya’ll have expressed ways to specifically pray for the family. As we move forward from here, we have decided to do a day of 24 hour prayer for the family and close friends who are struggling with the news as well.
As many of you expressed how hard it was to hear the diagnosis, I am sure you can only begin to think how hard it has been for Glenda, Brian, Ryan, Kaci, and Austin, as well as for Brian and Glenda’s parents, siblings, and close friends. At times our hearts break and we wonder how we will be able to go forward from here, but we have been reminded over and over that the God that we serve is still ALIVE.
We thought of how powerful it would be to build this wall of support and lift up all of those who are involved and close to the family in prayer for 24 hours straight. Coming from the weekend where we celebrated Jesus’ birthday, reminds us that he is just as alive now as he was that day he was born and that we have to keep the faith.
What better way than to join together from across the states and pray specifically for God’s peace and strength to conquer the days ahead, and most of all for healing.
Instructions:
We will be doing this day of prayer on Friday, December the 30th, starting at 6 a.m. and will continue until Saturday, December the 31th, at 6 a.m.
We ask that you sign up for 15min during that day to take time to pray.
We have split the day into four six-hour sections in the posts below. Please comment under the appropriate post and say which 15min you will be praying so that we can keep track.
6:00am – 12:00pm
Please comment under this post which 15min. you would like to pray between the hours of 6:00am and 12:00pm
(Thank you for all of the prayers and support! All of the time in this section left for today is filled!)
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Please comment under this post which 15min. you would like to pray between the hours of 12:00pm and 6:00pm
(Thank you for all of your prayers and support! This afternoon is almost full! Times left are 3:15-4:00, 4:30-4:00, and 5:30-6:00!
6:00pm – 12:00am
Please comment under this post which 15min. you would like to pray between the hours of 6:00pm and 12:00am
(Thank you so much for your prayers! It is awesome to see everyone praying! There is still some time left in this section – 6:00-7:30, 7:45-8:00, 8:15-9:00, 10:15-11:00.)
12:00am – 6:00am
Please comment under this post which 15min. you would like to pray between the hours of 12:00am and 6:00am
(Thank you for your prayers! There is still time between 12:45-1:00, 1:30-2:00, 2:30-3:00, and 4:00-5:30)
Meaning of it all
We have created this website/blog to build a support system around Brian, Glenda, & the family, as well as to keep you updated with what is going on and prayer requests.
We hope that with your encouraging comments and prayers this can become a positive aspect in their lives as we all move forward from here and seek God for healing and peace.
Glenda’s Story
To all of our dear loved ones, friends, and family,
As many of you know, Glenda had been fighting an illness for quite some time. While in Canada several years ago, we first started to notice that something was not quite right. At first it was subtle things such as difficulty reading or pronouncing certain words. Since we have been home, the symptoms have progressively gotten worse. Over the course of the last few years we have sought out the best doctors in search of answers and diagnosis to her illness, but it seemed there was never a clear answer as to what was going on.
On November 26th, with the help of some friends and family, we submitted her records to John Hopkins Hospital, known as one of the world’s greatest hospitals. Within one week they called and said we had an appointment there. On Tuesday, December 13th, we were able to meet with the doctors that looked over her records, and we were given a diagnosis of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). It is a disease that causes areas of the brain to shrink, causing progressive speech and language problems, as well as a decline in thinking and reasoning skills.
The doctor was one-hundred percent sure of his diagnosis, and he said that the prognosis for this disease is that it will eventually take her life as it is terminal. The doctor also said that the disease will eventually result in the need for Glenda to have twenty-four hour care.
To all of you, we have felt your love, prayers, and support through all of this. We are taking comfort in the fact that God is all knowing, all powerful, and will never leave us. He is always with us. We continue to seek God, the Great Physician, for healing and ask that you join us as we covet your prayers.
