Please Keep Our Brother in Your Prayers

Well, Mary Amelia and I are off to Maryland to be with our brother, Brooke, during his surgery tomorrow. We will stay with him until Friday when his girlfriend, Sue, will take over so we can drive back to N.C. to attend our brother-in-law's wedding on Sat. in Winston-Salem. Our brother-in-law is marrying a wonderful woman (who also lost her spouse to cancer) and we wish them all the happiness in the world.

These are bitter-sweet times for the Rector/Ashcraft/Witzig clan. We know that God has us all in His hands, but sometimes it's a little more difficult to have confidence that "all things are working to the good for those who love the Lord". Please remember us in your prayers. We really appreciate it--especially now.
-- Marthann

Good News about Betty Hall

Thought you all might like to know that Betty Hall's CT scan on Aug. 3rd showed some suspicious results and consequently she had a PET scan on Aug. 6th.

"The PET scan showed absolutely no indication of a cancer cell anywhere in her body!!!"

I know the power of prayer has played a part in this miraculous outcome for Betty Hall, and want to ask you to continue praying for both her, and Eric as they greet the first good news they've had since last fall with thanksgiving and praises.

Eric and Betty wrote: "We can finally write the closing pages in this chapter of our lives, and look forward to whatever today may hold for us. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery--today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."

Marthann Witzig