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The following is an emailed prayer request for Colin McCartney from Urban Promise.

Colin, Our executive director at URban Promise, and his wife and two children (CJ - 10; Victoria - 6) are in hawaii on their way to australia for a sabbatical as of last Tuesday (Nov. 23/04).

Yesterday, Colin was boogie boarding in the ocean on a secluded island close to Maui and was taken under with the current. He has some (not sure the extent of all) spinal damage but has most recently gotten some feeling back in his feet and hands. This is a tremendous healing already. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LIFT UP COLIN to the LORD for full RESTORATION.

PRAY for the swelling to go down especially around his neck.
PRAY for Judith and the kids as they have been through this most difficult time.
Some family and friends are going to meet Jude today at some point so she won't be alone. PTL!!
PRAY for full restoration of every vertebrae in COlin's back.

This hits hard. I've got spinal cord injury terminology, knowledge and impact understanding that takes this request beyond a "shock" response to an inner, most tender place. Lots of prayer required here.

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Found through my wonderful brother-in-law, Arthur!

Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.

-Bono

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Would you, could you, should I?

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Found through Sacred Gateway

There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace.

St. Ignatius

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From comments in Christina's Adventure, Ian asks, "Charlene, you need to complete this blog entry .. how did things go?"

And so here is... the rest of the story!

Christina's trip - as with so many other things in our lives - was a real testimony to answered prayer and the grace of God. On the morning of the second day Christina experienced numbness and tingling on one side of her face and in her mouth. The incharge teacher, Charmaine, left a message for Darryl & I at home in the early afternoon to update us on Christina's condition. Charmaine arranged her afternoon and evening to be with Christina and she advised the other adults (teachers and parent volunteers) of the situation so that people would be prepared to respond in the event of a larger seizure.

As I listened to this message peace flooded over my heart. In his great mercy the Lord extended to my failing faith the evidence that He is more than able to provide not only sufficient, but in fact overflowing, provision. On a human level, there was nothing that could be added to the care that was being extended to Christina. On a grander scale I was flooded by the tangible evidence that the protection of God is far greater than the best of my human capabilities.

There was no grand mal seizure. The tingling and numbness subsided and resolved itself. The icing on the cake in this whole scenerio is that, Charmaine (next year's teacher) and Christina developed a strong bond from their time spent together.

Just another awesome God moment in the midst of our mundane lives.

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it's a small step
from the heights of proclaiming God
to the depths of defaming God

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