Samuel's home & well!

Samuel got out of the hospital in OK City last Friday afternoon. He's home & doing very well! I'll post some more photos of him soon. Thanks so very much to each of you who prayed for him!

Surgery update for Samuel

I'm at the OU Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City with Samuel & Lynnette. Samuel did very well in surgery & has done well since coming out of recovery. The doctors drained 3 oz. or so of pus from the large lump, leaving a drain in that will probably stay in for 2 or 3 days. He was very alert when they brought him back to his room. Was able to drink Pedialyte right away & then some formula. He seems to have some pain, but he's been relatively content & happy, even smiling & "talking" to us & the nurses. He'll be in the hospital until the drs are certain the infection is gone. Thanks for still praying!

Late Sat. nite update on Samuel

Update on SAMUEL PERRY (my 5-mo-old nephew):

Thanks to all of you who are asking about Samuel & praying for him. We found out today that the bacteria he has is VRE. That is a group of bacterial species of the genus Enterococcus that is resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin. He also has a couple lumps under his chin, one oozing, that the doctors don't yet know what they are. They might be doin...g a CT scan tonight. Other than that, at this point, the drs are planning to wait for any further action on the lumps until after the weekend. Surgery might be indicated, according to at least one dr.

Keep praying. And, thanks from Samuel's mama & daddy, Ray & Lynnette Perry, as well as all of us family who love Samuel so much!

Please pray for my great-nephew, SAMUEL PERRY!

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY GREAT-NEPHEW, SAMUEL PERRY!! At this moment, he & his mom, Lynnette (Shields) Perry [my brother, Doug's oldest girl & baby], are in an ambulance transferring Samuel from Woodward, OK hospital to Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. He has a raging infection & some other symptoms that aren't responding to the antibiotics they've been giving him the past couple days in the Woodward hospital. Please help us pray that God will work a miracle & heal this baby!

Kathy's Blog on Northwest Nazarene University Wesley website

For almost 10 years now, Holiness Data Ministry, a ministry of Duane & Dorothea Maxey, has been a supporter of my music ministry.  They have invested heavily into my ministry & have been used mightily of the Lord to promote & encourage my music.  I deeply appreciate all they have done over the years.

Just in the past few days, Duane has been able to request & receive confirmation that The Wesley Center Online of Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) in Nampa, ID has put a link on their website for my ministry, Daystar Music Ministries.  Please take time to check out this link.  While there, take time to get informed about all the resources available on this wonderful website.

Thank you, Duane!  Thank you, NNU Wesley Center!

http://wesley.nnu.edu/holiness-classics-library/

Happy Easter!

Today was a wonderful Easter for me!  My pastor (also my brother-in-law, Roger McCasland) had a different kind of service planned this morning.  He read Scriptures & gave little mini-sermons in-between having the congregation sing different songs in our hymnals relating to Jesus' death & resurrection.  Roger & Christine, my sister, sang a beautiful song at the end of the service: "I Don't Need to Understand".  We were blessed to have several people from our community in our service this morning.  I hope each of you were blessed as well today in your own churches.

A side note:  this past week, I noticed from Kathy Herman's post (she's an incredible author) about Texas bluebonnets, that the flowers I'd picked behind our garage & made into a small kitchen bouquet are also bluebonnets.  They were so pretty that I just had to bring them in for a bouquet, but I didn't know what they were called.  Enjoy the picture of just a few bluebonnets.  At this time of year, I think there are places in Texas (where they get more moisture) that have fields & fields of bluebonnets.  Maybe some of you have seen them!

Again...a blessed & happy Easter to you all!

LLL...Lubbock Ladies Luncheon

In late March, we had a Ladies Luncheon for our church at my niece, Linda  (McCasland) Harner's, home in Lubbock, TX.  Linda, my sister, Christine McCasland, & I organized the event & really enjoyed making it happen.

Each lady brought an ingredient for tacos.  Wow, did the ladies ever deliver!!  We enjoyed a wonderful lunch when the ladies first arrived.  Next, I gave a short lesson on "Seeds of Kindness".  I found a wonderful website as an excellent source of material for women's ministries.  Check out this website...http://www.juliabettencourt.com.

We ended our time together by making our own planters to take home.  Just a simple tin planter from Dollar Tree, some stones in the bottom of the planter, then potting soil & a plant.  Everyone enjoyed this, & it was really nice to take something home to remind us of our time together.


Brandi Long, Laverne Gaither, Brenda, Destiny, Ellen McCasland

Laverne Gaither, Brenda, Mary Jean Maxey, Ellen McCasland

Laverne Gaither, Christine McCasland (my sister), Brenda,
Mary Jean Maxey, Ellen McCasland



Destiny, Mary Jean Maxey, Ellen McCasland, Laverne Gaither



Rachel & Brandi Long, Laverne Gaither, Linda (McCasland)
Harner (my niece-Christine's middle daughter), Christine McCasland,
 Mary Jean Maxey, Ellen McCasland




Rachel & Brandi Long



Marylee Shields (my mom), Ellen McCasland, Rachel Long



left to right side of table:
Destiny, Mary Jean Maxey, Ellen McCasland, Marylee Shields,
Rachel & Brandi Long, Laverne Gaither, Linda Harner



Kathy Zink, Mary Jean Maxey, Christine McCasland,
Marylee Shields, Destiny, Ellen McCasland, Brenda,
Linda Harner, Laverne Gaither, Brandi & Rachel Long,
Cynthia (not in picture)

Kathy Zink, Mary Jean Maxey, Christine McCasland,
Marylee Shields, Destiny, Ellen McCasland, Brenda,
Linda Harner, Laverne Gaither, Brandi Long,
Cynthia (not in picture)