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from PMS Club: Peanut butter recall

2009-01-20T13:59:00.000-06:00

News article on WebMD:

Peanut Butter Product Recall List Grows

FDA: Don't Eat Products Containing Peanut Butter or Peanut Paste That Might Be Tied to Salmonella Outbreak

By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News

Jan. 20, 2009 -- The list of recalled products containing peanut butter continues to grow in the wake of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 475 people in 43 states and Canada.

The outbreak strain of Salmonella typhimurium may have contributed to six deaths, according to the CDC.

Yesterday, the FDA confirmed that the source of the outbreak is peanut butter and peanut paste made by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Ga., processing plant.

PCA's products aren't sold to grocery stores. PCA only sells peanut butter to institutions and food manufacturers. Some food makers use PCA's peanut butter or peanut paste to make products including crackers, cookies, cakes, cereal, candy, and ice cream.

The FDA's web site has a list of recalls related to the salmonella outbreak. As of this morning, there were 16 recall notices on that web site from companies including Clif Bar & Company, Kroger, Kellogg Company, PCA, and others.

But that may not be the full list; more products could be recalled. So for now, the FDA advises consumers not to eat commercially prepared products containing peanut butter or peanut paste, or peanut butter served at institutions, unless they're sure that those products don't contain PCA peanut butter or peanut paste.

The FDA reminds consumers to throw out recalled products in a manner that prevents others from eating those items, and to see a health care provider if you think you got sick from eating peanut butter.

prayer request

2009-01-20T13:14:00.000-06:00

Please pray for PMS sister Aimee Dison’s dad, Les Gray. He had heart surgery Sunday for a 99% blockage, and hopefully he’ll come home today, but he still has two more blockages that will need attention in the future. He’s also a heavy smoker and he’s trying to quit, so they need added prayers! He’s 63 years old.

Fwd: Fw: Haylie Has a Temperature

2009-01-03T11:56:00.001-06:00

Nancy, I would like to submit a name for the prayer list. This girl, Haylie Birkhead, is Doyle's great niece in Dallas. She had a lung transplant almost 2 years ago,as a result of Cystic Fibrosis and has done well until now. You can read the E-mail her grandmother sent this morning begging for prayer.

Thanks , Carolyn McGrew

Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:27 PM

Subject: Haylie Has a Temperature

As you all know Haylie has been sick for a month now and in the hospital. They took her gall bladder out and it did nothing for her. They have done all kinds of scans, tests and you name it, they've done it and still cannot find the cause of her nausea and cramping and vomiting. Just a few minutes ago she told me she is running a temp. We don't need an infection. Please pray for her healing. She is very afraid and I ask that you concentrate on this temp and her fear. You are the best.

Update on this morning's prayer request

2008-12-15T20:57:00.000-06:00

From PMS Sis Jean H:

Charles Bourne had surgery on December tenth and came home on Saturday.He is doing okay, but in a lot of pain. Everyone is hoping he will get to at least go to Nancy's wedding [his daughter]. The first of the year they will start radiation on him and they are trying to get that set up in Alexandria; he will have to take it

for six weeks. Please keep him and all his family in your prayers.

Urgent Prayer Request

2008-12-15T13:34:00.000-06:00

Dear PMS Sisters,

The prayer request below was forwarded to me by Robin. When I got to the end of the message, and read the name Charles Bourne, I was quite surprised. I know Charles - we were co-workers for several years, but haven't been in touch since. Charles always met me with a friendly greeting, and my day was brightened whenever we had a chance to visit. Please lift him, his family, and his doctors to the Lord in prayer.

Thanks, Sisters!

Nancy

In the summer I had tried to email all of you about my friend/co-worker's daddy having a brain tumor. She just came to me and said that his check-up was today and it is back. 4 weeks ago there was nothing there on his MRI! She asked again that everyone please pray as they go in for brain surgery again! Her sister is getting married next Saturday (wedding was moved up because of what went on in the summer) so now they are afraid of what might happen. There is no good time for something like this to happen, but this really is making it all harder. Please pray! His name is Charles Bourne. Get this prayer-chain started ASAP!!

Fw: answered prayers

2008-12-13T21:09:00.001-06:00

Dear Sisters,
Back in July when our church hosts our annual Bible Conference, our
pastor's grandson Sam was really having some serious health concerns.
He was 18 months at the time and losing weight daily, couldn't keep
anything down, etc. Brother Roger and his wife Sandy wanted me to send
Sam's picture so you could SEE an answered prayer! Little Sam is doing
well, they've diagnosed him with some type of esophagus problem that is
like an allergy and are treating him with success! Little Sam has been
putting weight back on and is doing well. Thank you all for praying for
him!
Kandi
Oklahoma

Praise Report!

2008-12-13T21:09:00.000-06:00

From PMS Sister Kandi:

Hello sisters! Good news from the doctor and radiologist! I got an all
clear from them! Praise the Lord! Thank you all so much for praying for
me!

Prayer Requests

2008-12-10T12:27:00.000-06:00

Please pray for David, the 7-yr old son of our Sis Robin. He is in the hospital since yesterday because of a persistent fever and dehydration. It is not strep or mono; the doctor thinks it must be viral. Robin says he's looking better, but still running a fever.

Also, please remember our friend Angela Bridges, she is expecting, and according to ultrasound, the baby is fine, but there is not enough amniotic fluid.

Thanks for all your prayers, Sisters!

Nancy

Prayer Request

2008-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00

From Sis Robin here in Louisiana:

My Daddy (Bro. Doyle McGrew, pastor of Goldonna Baptist Church) is having surgery next Thursday. He has a very deep skin cancer on his ear, so they're going to cut part of it out and graft some skin back. He'll have to stop taking his blood thinner Saturday so that he won't bleed excessively.during the surgery. There is a fear that he could have another stroke without his thinner. He told me y-day that he was extremely tired and that he wasn't feeling quite right. Please pray for him, his family and his doctors.

2008-12-05T17:59:00.000-06:00

From Sis Robin here in Louisiana:

Fw: Prayer Request, please!

2008-12-05T09:32:00.000-06:00

From our Sister Kandi in Oklahoma:

>I would like my sisters in Christ to pray for me. Tuesday I had my
> annual mammogram and Thursday I received a call to come back for further
> testing. All I was told was that 'some tissue" was more dense than the
> rest and they wanted to double check it, so please pray for me on
> Tuesday Dec. 9th. I'll email everyone with results. They said I could
> have an ultrasound or even a biopsy that same day. Pray that Satan
> doesn't put worry in my heart and that God be with the radiologist who
> will read my results. Thank you so much. You don't know how good it is
> to know I have people in the world I don't even know who are willing to
> pray for me.
> Your Sister in Christ,
> Kandi
> Oklahoma

Fw: Prayer Request

2008-12-02T15:55:00.000-06:00

----- Original Message -----

From: Lori Godwin

To: pmsclub@wildblue.net

Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:29 AM

Subject: Prayer Request

I have a coworker, Kellie Williamson, whose father has cancer. He was sent home from the hospital last week with Hospice and told that there was nothing else that could be done. She asks that we pray for him and for their family. His name is Jessie McClain.

Thanks,

Lori

Prayer request

2008-11-24T11:23:00.001-06:00

From PMS Sis Kandi N:

Nancy, we just got word that a co-worker who has been a cancer survivor for 10 years had a doctor's appointment and at that appointment a "spot" was found on his thyroid (which is the type of cancer he had previously) and I wanted to ask for prayer for him and his family. His name is Darrell Gaches.
Thank you so much! It is such a blessing knowing that I have Sisters in Christ who will band together and pray for friends and loved ones.
Kandi Newby - Oklahoma

Prayer request

2008-11-24T11:20:00.000-06:00

From a friend of PMS Sister Kandi N:

There is a little 17 month old girl from Siloam [not our Siloam B.C. here in Winn Parish] with a rare form of cancer in desperate need of immediate and fervent prayer...she is a little fighter, but every day seems to bring a new battle for her...please take a moment and pray for her immediate healing...

This is her web site if you would like to read her story and daily posting by her mom.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/hannahboles

Thank you to each of you and may God Bless you.

Sue

Fw: Prayer needed!

2008-11-20T08:50:00.000-06:00

From PMS Sister Debbie:

My Name is Debbie… and my sister name is Belinda …she has an older son Brandon that has two children. His first child Jonathon that is three years old has been diagnosed with Leukemia a (Bone Marrow Cancer) and it is very serious. They did a bone marrow test this morning and we just found out today that the test was positive for Leukemia. He has been taken to a children's hospital in Alabama for treatment. Brandon and Becka are not allowed at this time to stay in the room with him. Due to Jonathon being in intensive care.

They are in a place and they don't know a sole. We need believers that can move mounts to pray and to touch the throne of God asking for Jonathans healing, as if there where standing in the gap for there on child or grandchildren.

Please pray also for the parents Brandon and Becka to be able to walk in the peach of God during this time in there life. They are there with no family right now. They are in great need of income to take care of bills, due to being out of work to take care of there child. Pray also that God will send the money for them to be able to take care of all their needs and his family…I know and believe that God is still in the business of Healing and restoring.

Fw: prayer request

2008-11-19T21:18:00.000-06:00

----- Original Message -----

From: Robin Barnett

To: 'PMS Club'

Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:55 PM

Subject: prayer request

Please say a prayer for Marty Cantrell, ag teacher at Choudrant. He was in a terrible car accident this morning and doesn't have a good prognosis. One of our teachers here at school is a close friend of his. Thanks ladies, Robin

Prayer Request

2008-11-19T07:48:00.000-06:00

From our PMS Sister Treva McKay:

I too am asking for prayer. I will be having double knee replacement on Thursday. I know the Lord will be with me and he is the greatest healer of all!! Amen!

Update

2008-11-18T10:41:00.000-06:00

Well, Sisters, as usual in cases like this, the first information we had was incorrect. Mr. Billy Pelt's neice has a broken hip and was taken by ambulance to alexandria; her daughter (a 9th-grader) has a compound fracture in her leg (the bone is protruding - she wasn't impaled as first reported) and she was airlifted to the hospital (I don't know where).

There was another car involved, and the young girl who was driving and her passengers were able to walk to the ambulance, and have no serious injuries.

Please continue to pray for all those involved.

Nancy

Prayer Request

2008-11-18T10:01:00.000-06:00

My husband Shawn recieved a call from his co-worker Billy Pelts (of Oakdale, LA), who asked for prayer for his neice and her two daughters. They were in a wreck this morning, and as of the phone call, emergency workers hadn't been able to get the two girls out of the car yet. One was passing in and out of consciousness, and the other had something impaled all the way through her leg. I don't know about the condition of the mother; I don't believe she was in danger.

Please pray for these girls, their mother, and their family.

Thanks, Sisters.

From Sam's Mom

2008-11-15T22:24:00.000-06:00

From: Lori Godwin

To: PMS Club

Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 11:10 AM

Subject: Re: Fw: prayer request

I want to thank all of you for your prayers for Sam. We ended up "flying by ambulance" to Birmingham as the weather was bad and the life flight couldn't fly. We spent two nights at Childrens Hospital and came home Friday night. Thankfully they did not have to go back in to cauterize - the bleeding stopped on its own. Truly an answer to prayer! Please continue to remember him as we have to be especially careful for the next two weeks. He can only have liquids and soft foods so that it won't cause bleeding again. For those of you who know my Sam, this will be hard to control as he likes to eat! Thanks again and Praise God!

Lori

Fw: My Way News - God, humbug: Humanist holiday ads say just be good

2008-11-13T10:22:00.000-06:00

The following link was sent by PMS Sis Lou Ann in Alabama.
>
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081112/D94D1RTO0.html
>
>
It's an article about a humanist group in Washington D.C. who have purchased
expensive ads on city buses encouraging people to enjoy the holiday season
without honoring the deity of God. I have lots of thoughts I want to share
with you, but my brain is uncooperative this morning. Basically, the
problem is that our world is bombarded by anti-Christian propaganda, rather
than being bombarded by loving Christianity. As long as there are
Christians who behave in an ungenerous, judgmental manner, our message of
love is over-ridden by the more friendly-seeming propaganda of those who
teach that humans are good enough on their own. Jesus commanded us to love
freely and give freely, so that others will look at us and say, "I want what
she has." Let us each endeavor to shine the light of love on the world, and
be so busy loving and giving that we have neither the time nor inclination
to participate in any activities or conversations that may convey a
less-than-Christian attitude.
Love to you all.
Nancy

Fw: prayer request

2008-11-13T09:55:00.000-06:00

----- Original Message -----

From: Robin Barnett

To: 'PMS Club'

Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:28 AM

Subject: prayer request

Please say a prayer for little Sam Godwin, 2 yr. old son of PMS sister Lori Godwin. He had a tonsillectomy about a week ago, and began coughing and spitting up blood last night. They determined he was hemhorraging and airlifted him to Birmingham. Keep him and his family in your prayers, sisters. You know what it's like when you have a little one sick. But praise God, prayer can change everything!

Welcome to the world!

2008-11-10T10:52:00.001-06:00

A warm welcome to little Chloe Lynn Dickerson, who joined us healthy and happy (almost a month early!) at 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and 20 inches long! Congratulations to Mitchell and our PMS Sis Brandi. Mom and baby are both doing great and are at home already! Thanks for your prayers!

Prayer Request

2008-11-06T12:43:00.000-06:00

Our PMS Sister Brandi Dickerson, who is expecting a baby in early December, has gone to the hospital with high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia. Please pray fervently for her health and her baby's.

Thanks, Sisters!

Love you all.

Nancy

Prayer Request

2008-10-31T10:02:00.000-05:00

This was forwarded to me by our PMS Sis Lou Ann in Alabama. I've been
avoided bombarding our prayer circle with political emails, but this one is
somehow different. The "stirring of the Spirit", as mentioned below, leads
me to share this with you. Rather than focusing on the many large and small
(and sometimes ridiculous) reasons we should be afraid of the outcome of
this presidential election, the writer wants us to consider God's power, and
trust Him to do for us what He did for David and so many others who were
willing to obey Him, seeking His face, and trusting the details to His
power. Not because we are afraid of the anti-christ or any other power or
principality, but because it's what God commands us to do, for His glory and
no other reason. There have been many calls to prayer and fasting for this
weekend and Monday in preparation for Election Day on Tuesday. This is God
giving us a very public and obvious chance to do what He asks of us daily,
in all circumstances. Please pray for God's will to be done, His power and
glory to be unequivocally displayed, and His people to come together in a
newer, deeper relationship with one another and with Him. And let us
remember that, no matter what happens, God is in control, and His kingdom
will ultimately prevail. It's up to us as His hands and feet to move our
homes, communities, states, nation, and world to that end, for one reason,
and only one: that others may know the power and glory of our Lord and His
Son, Jesus Christ.
Love to you all.
Nancy

>> Dear Friends in Christ,
>>
>> Are you sensing that there is something different about this
>> presidential election? I was telling someone just recently that it
>> seems like this election is far more serious than those in the recent
>> past. Something in my spirit is very uneasy. In the past I have felt
>> the need to pray for different elections but I have never felt so
>> strongly the urge to pray, and pray fervently, for an election as I do
>
>> for this one. I truly believe that if the wrong person (Obama) is
>> elected this nation will be changed forever. We may not be able to
>> undo the things that will be unleashed during an Obama presidency. My
>> concern about an Obama presidency is not based on politics; it is
>> based on righteousness. Look at any of the major moral issues
>> (abortion, homosexuality etc.) and you will find Obama on the wrong
>> side of the issue, and Palin and McCain on the right side of the
>> issue. What makes this so disturbing is that the Obama team has raised
>
>> far more money than McCain/Palin, and the media is unabashedly
>> supporting Obama with every story and headline they write. Currently
>> McCain/Palin is behind in the polls and is having a very difficult
>> time. Some in the media have suggested that the race is over and there
>
>> is little or nothing McCain can do to change the outcome. Oh how wrong
>
>> they are!
>>
>> Let me briefly share a story I recently read in 2 Samuel Chapter 5.
>> David had just become king of Israel and the Philistines went up to
>> wage war against him. So David inquired of the Lord and said, 'Shall I
>
>> go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?' The
>> LORD said, 'Yes I will surely hand them over to you.' So David went
>> and defeated them. He said, 'As waters break out, the LORD has broken
>> out against my enemies before me.' After suffering a great loss in the
>
>> first battle the Philistines must have thought they now knew David's
>> defense strategy and they would be ready for him the next time because
>
>> once more the Philistines came up to attack David. So once again David
>
>> inquired of the LORD, but this time the Lord gave different
>> instructions. He said to David, _'Do not go straight up, but circle
>> around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. As
>> soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam
>> trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in
>> front of you to strike the Philistine army.'_ David obeyed the Lord
>> and was victorious.
>>
>> This story holds a very important lesson for us at this time. In most
>> presidential elections a frontal assault, a face-to-face battle, is
>> what is needed. But this is no ordinary election. McCain is trying all
>
>> the normal tactics, but he is not prevailing. It seems no matter what
>> he says or does it is not effective. I am convinced this election
>> CANNOT be won using normal methods. Just as the Lord told David to go
>> around behind the enemy and attack him there, so we must go around the
>
>> face of this election and wage war where the battle is truly
> raging...in
>> the spiritual realm! The fact that the normal physical methods are not
>
>> effective this time should tell us that this is a very important
>> spiritual battle and we can only win by using spiritual
> methods...Prayer!
>>
>> What about the sound of marching in the treetops? What is that? I have
>
>> read on the Internet several accounts of fellow Christians being
>> stirred up in their spirits to pray. Many have been drawn into times
>> of deep prayer and weeping as they intercede for Palin and McCain.
>> Some have waked up in the middle of the night and sensed a great need
>> to pray; other have told that when they heard about Sarah Palin being
>> chosen as VP something came over them and they wept and felt a need to
>
>> pray for her and McCain. Many others are feeling the calling and
>> urging of the Spirit to enter into a time of fervent prayer and
>> fasting for Palin and McCain and our nation. What is this unusual
>> stirring that is occurring? I believe it is the Sound of the Lord
>> marching in the trees, calling his children to act quickly to pray and
>
>> fast for Palin and McCain. Think about this, what would the marching
>> have sounded like to David? It may have sounded like the rustling of
>> leaves as when wind blows through them, but this time something was
>> different and out of the ordinary. Maybe it was like the sound of the
>> great wind when the Spirit moved on the day of Pentecost. Also, God's
>> people are referred to as Trees of Righteousness in Isaiah 61. So the
>> sound of the Lord marching in the treetops in David's time is a
>> portrait of the Spirit of the Lord moving among and stirring up his
>> children today.
>>
>> So what are we to do when we sense this stirring of the Spirit? Two
>> things, first we are to take it as the sign that the Lord is moving
>> out in front of us. Anytime the Lord calls us to do something he goes
>> ahead of us to prepare the way and fight for us. When Joshua returned
>> from spying out Jericho the Lord gave him insight to see that the Lord
>
>> had removed Jericho 's protection so Israel could defeat them. When
>> the Lord calls us into battle he goes ahead of us, removes the enemy's
>
>> protection, and fights for us to give us the victory. Secondly, the
>> Lord tells us when we sense the stirring of the Spirit we are to act
>> quickly and join Him in the battle (through prayer, fasting, praise
>> and obedience).
>>
>> This election is by no means lost. For God would not be stirring up
>> his children all across this nation and indeed around the world, to
>> pray, if he did not want to give us the victory in this election. And
>> he wants us to join him in the battle. God will hear the cries of his
>> children if we will only cry out to him with fervent, earnest, prayers
>
>> for this election and this nation. If those who are being drawn to
>> prayer by the Spirit will indeed enter into a time of prayer and
>> seeking His face, then God will have mercy on America and spare us
>> from having an ungodly leader. I'm sure of it!
>>
>> One more thought, after the last debate, so-called 'conservative'
>> David Brooks gushed about Obama, 'I thought Obama had the night he
>> needed to have. You know, through this whole 20-month marathon, I
>> think what struck me is how incredibly even he is. And how frankly
>> reassuring he is. It is like you're camping, and you wake up one
>> morning, and there is a mountain. And then the next morning, there is
>> a mountain, and there's the next morning, there's a mountain. Obama is
>
>> just the mountain. He is just there. He is always the same, he doesn't
>
>> hurt himself. McCain can sometimes lob a cannonball at the mountain,
>> but the mountain doesn't move, and the mountain doesn't care. And so I
>
>> think his steadiness, his temperament has been the dramatic theme of
>> this campaign, dramatic in being undramatic. And it was on display
>> tonight. And the good part of the mountain is that he is reassuring
>> and reliable.'
>>
>> I'm really glad he used the word 'mountain' to describe Obama. It
>> caused me to remember what Jesus said about unmovable mountains. Jesus
>
>> said, I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard
>> seed, you can say to this *mountain*, 'Move from here to there' and it
>
>> will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'
>>
>> And it only takes a little faith!
>>
>> This election can _only_ be won by going around the face of the
>> election and attacking the enemy where he is vulnerable, through
>> prayer, fasting and praise. If you hear the sound of the Lord marching
>
>> in the tree tops, if you feel the stirring of the Spirit calling you
>> to pray, then move quickly into a time of prayer, for God is moving
>> ahead of you _at that time_ to give us the victory. **May God give us
>> ears to hear the marching!**
>>
>> Together with you in the battle,
>>
>> Scott Whitley>