From @whitmansprayer
Sunday I am preaching on 2 Tim. 1:8-14, “4 what are you suffering?” and I am completely unworthy of it. Please pray!
The Whitmans
Biopsy results are in… with more details
I apologize for the delay in getting this important news to you. I know how faithfully you pray for me personally and for us as a family.On July 25th I picked up from the lab the results for the biopsy. Here are the results:  Noah likes borrowing my ties… Biopsy showed no signs of carcinoma. The biopsy speaks of hyperkeratosis, a slight acanthosis and chronic phlogosis. People in our church seemed to enjoy looking it up on Wikipedia, so I have linked them for you in case you are one of the curious people out there. Praise God! We are still hoping to understand the cause of the symptoms. Even if there was no carcinoma in the biopsy, I still live with frequent discomfort that makes my preaching, teaching and reading to Noah quite challenging at times. I thank God that Serenella, a recent convert from our church, has put me in contact with a friend of hers who is an ENT (Ear Throat Nose Specialist) for a free private consultation on Monday morning to help me get to the heart of the situation. In Italy it’s all about who you know…but we know One who is above it all!  Melodee, Baby bump, Cristina Ransom and Noah In Other News: The countdown is on for Baby Whitman to make her appearance. According to my counter, the due date is 22 days away. Truthfully, the doctor expects her to be born even a week earlier…which makes it very soon! Thank you for your prayers! |
Biopsy Results [Twitter]
Biopsy showed no signs of cancer. Praise God. Still hoping to get to the why the symptoms. Thank you for your prayers!
Good news for those seeking to get out of purgatory faster…
Pope Francis I
For those of you who are trying to get out of purgatory faster there is finally some good news! *
The pope is giving free indulgences through Twitter!
Read here if you do not believe me:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/07/17/pope-indulgences-twitter/2524411/
The real good news is that you don’t need indulgences at all to get out of purgatory, because Jesus died to free us directly from hell!
By the way, there is nor purgatory.
I read in Galatians 2:16 (possibly the longest verse in the Bible):
“yet we know that no person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.”
Praise God for his perfect plan of salvation…without twitter indulgences!
*Thanks to my brother Josh and our good friend Aaron Good for making this news available!Why you need to pray for the Whitmans this summer
If there were one thing that you could do that could make the greatest difference in one small, spiritually dark corner of the world, would you do it?
Recently, in our Wednesday night prayer time, I shared a challenge that was given to me more than twelve years ago by Daryl, a dear friend and fellow intern at Calvary Baptist Church, our sending church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here is the challenge: Choose to pray every day for six months for something. See what God can do when we put his honor on the line.
A few of us here at the Centro Evangelico Battista have taken that challenge. I decided to pray for three items, since I couldn’t make up my mind…
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Praises
- A well attended outreach concert with Angelo Maugeri.
- A clear Gospel presentation at our annual soccer outreach.
- Our first week of Vacation Bible School with 30 children in attendance. Many parents came for the special outreach Sunday we had at its conclusion.
- Melodee’s pregnancy.
- A new open door to play in community bands, where I am able to make new connections.
Jon’s Gospel presentation at the soccer tournament
Melodee teaching crafts at Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School Children singing “Our God is so BIG”
