FRIENDS AT HOME: ▪Will Smit was recently informed that the CRP levels in his blood have returned to Please contact Pastor Jeremy with your normal – praise God. Doctors will now be prayer request by calling 669.1213 x124 or able to schedule a final date for hip surgery. by emailing [email protected]. ▪Barb Van Eden continues to recover from surgery to battle melanoma. She awaits an MEMBERS THIS WEEK: upcoming MRI for further study regarding a ▪Roger VanderMeulen will undergo back suspicious spot located on the brain stem. surgery at Holland Hospital on Friday, ▪Rev. Harris VerKaik returned home from December 19. Doctors anticipate a 1-2 day the Meijer Heart Center on Wednesday, hospital stay. December 10. ▪Ben Preslar was placed under Home ▪Andy Gibbie continues to heal following a Hospice Care on Monday, December 8. recent ear surgery at St. Mary's Hospital. ▪Bruce Everts has recently been diagnosed Doctors evaluated his condition on Tuesday, with Stage 3A Lung Cancer. He will begin December 9, and are pleased with the both chemotherapy and radiation in two results. weeks. ▪Sandra Redder returned home on Sunday, ▪Mary Hinken continues to recover from December 7, following a successful lumbar breast cancer surgery; pathology reports fusion at St. Mary's Hospital. were expected by this weekend. ▪Betty Brouwer returned home from ▪Steve Roon continues to undergo Zeeland Hospital on Sunday, December 7. treatment for a brain tumor. He continues She was treated for congestive heart failure to be in need of people to sit with him and is recovering well. during the day for care and companionship. ▪Mark DeWitt underwent knee replacement Please contact Pastor Jeremy if interested in surgery at Zeeland Hospital on Wednesday, assisting Steve. December 3. He remains in considerable ▪Rebecca Hower was informed by doctors pain and is undergoing rehabilitation at that her recent MRI revealed no new home. information. Doctors are now evaluating ▪ Paul Kroll was released from Mary Free Bed and expanding their approach towards following significant rehabilitation due to diagnosing her condition. a hip surgery. Please continue to pray for ▪Nicholas Longstreet will travel to Sri Lanka patience and healing during the homeon Sunday, December 14, as part of a based recovery process. mission outreach through YWAM. Pray for ▪ Marilyn VanderLaan recently suffered a safety and the advancement of the Gospel fall. Please pray for strength and healing. during the 12-week trip. ▪Danae Brinks and family will travel to New OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO: York for a consultation with her doctor on ▪ Lauren Duimstra and Devan Filkins who December 15. Danae has been struggling will be joined in Christian marriage on again with her fight against Lyme’s Disease Friday, December 19, at Fellowship and is also experiencing severe headaches Reformed Church. and nausea. DO YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST? 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