OCF PRAYER NEEDS

           11.17.2024    

If you have a prayer need, or especially if you have an update, please email Pat McFeely at:  plmcfeely@orchardchristianfellowship.com or call/text her at 724.469.0088.  Thank you for your prayers for these requests!  

Please contact me to update your military prayer needs.  These require your attention, and I cannot get in touch with all of you!  Thanks, and God bless you!

--PRAISE REPORTS---

God hears and answers prayers. “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”  James 5:16

 --GENERAL PRAYERS & HEALING—

Jessica Clark: Please pray for the complete healing from seizures.  

Sharon Swalin: Please pray for healing of severe muscle pain and problems. Pray the Lord touches and heals her.  

Tim Woods:  He needs prayer for healing for himself.  Please pray that the Lord touch him and heals him in his body.  

Shawn Kasper:  Chuck Kasper’s grandson:  He was playing football and sustained a stinger injury.  The nerves from his neck have been stretched or pinched causing a burning or stinging feeling and possible neurological symptoms may radiate along the path of the nerve into his arm.  He is home from the hospital. Please pray for complete healing for him. 

Charles Kasper: Chuck needs a major healing in his neck and back.  So, please pray for complete healing!

Karen Sager: Pray for healing of her back..

Dennis Hertzler: Requests prayer for wisdom and discernment and health, body, soul, and spirit.  

Elder Mila Zuro: She was experiencing chest pains and asked for prayer. Although she’s doing a little better now, keep up the prayers. Mila was told in the past that she has a second blockage in her heart.  Please pray for the Lord's supernatural protection and healing for this.  Previously, she got an unexpected report from a test at the doctor’s. She has a 40-45% blockage and now requires a nitroglycerin drug and daily cholesterol shot. Please pray for complete healing of this and all health issues, including.high blood pressure and for her immune system to get stronger. Pray for overall strength in her body as well.

Elder Rich Vensel: He has been having severe neck pain. He has an aortic aneurism that the doctors are keeping an eye on. Please continue lifting him up in prayer for healing and recovery.  Pray for the family, too.  

Dan Obusek: Pray for a miracle of healing in his knee.

Phyllis Pokol: She needs healing of the following: pain in R kneecap, torn tendon behind R leg, and torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders.  Right shoulder (torn rotator cuff) is causing extreme pain.  She recently dropped a 25 lb. weight onto her left foot, which is now constantly numb.

Brad Diess: Still having back pain and balance problems.  Unfortunately, these are side effects from his surgeries. He’s also having difficulty seeing. Please pray for complete healing. 

Cathy Diess: is suffering from back and tooth pain.

Jill Runfola: requests prayer for complete physical and mental healing:  healing of depression, a chronic cough, backache, anxiety, and headaches.

Captain Jamie Sethman: Please pray for healing of back pain.  

Buzz & Helen Ford: are very sick and requesting prayer for healing and mental stability.Buzz may have cancer, and Helen has spinal pain which may require surgery.  

David Ford:  Failed ankle surgery.  Please pray for complete healing. 

John Gaspich: John is doing better and stable now. Pray his bloodwork continues to improve. Please keep him and the family in prayer.     

John Boone: Pray for healing of epilepsy & sleep apnea.  

Ryan Speck:  He just had a stent put in due to having bilateral kidney stones.  Pray that he completely heals from the kidney stones and that the stent gives him the kidney function that he needs.  He’s currently in the hospital.  

  —PRAYER FOR RELATIVES & FRIENDS—

Louise, Chuck Kasper’s cousin:  Experiencing unbearable heat strokes.  Please pray for healing.

Steve (From Prayer Warriors): Please pray for his wife, Rose, who has blood clots and is in need of prayer.  

Lola’s grandson:  Just lost his father due to a tragic car accident.  Please pray for peace, strength, and comfort during this difficult time. 

George, Betty Torgent’s b-i-l: Has a-fib and needs prayer for healing of this. Kate DeSellems:  has cancer and it’s very bad.  Pray for complete healing!

Kathy Maurizi, Jaime Sethman’s boyfriend’s mom: She has breast cancer and is currently still undergoing chemotherapy treatments. Please pray for a complete healing and recovery.

Laurel Hertzler: Dennis’ sister-in-law: has a diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia. Her oncologist said at her last visit that he’s satisfied with her current situation.  She’s stable now and in remission. Her mobility is continuing to improve. Please pray for continued healing, especially for restoration from the side effects of the chemo.

Mark, 80 y.o. grandfather of Madison, a former student of Phylis Pokol: Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure.  He is doing much better than he was when he contracted an infection while on dialysis which we prayed for.  He is home from the hospital now too.  But he could still use prayer as he is up there in age.  Pray also for Madison as she is having troubles with one of her main counselors at W&J College and at the end of her first year.  She is in school for Law Firm and needs prayer for travel as well, for safety & driving. Please just pray for peace with her law counselor.  

Jenna, Phyllis Pokol’s niece’s friend, had her baby one month prematurely who is Emelia:  She’s 5 years old now, and finally achieving potty training! Keep up the prayers!!!  She is walking normally now, even with the spina bifida.  Still doing well but doesn’t have much control over her bowel and bladder functions and needs prayer for this. 

Al Shigo, Phyllis Pokol’s brother-in-law from SC: He is healed of shaking.  He has lost a lot of weight & needs to eat more and gain weight.

Kevin Mollis, Phyllis Pokol’s brother: He is now 7.5 years sober and is doing well!  Pray Kevin continues to be alcohol-free and for his salvation. Please also continue to pray for his wife Louisa who has been in a depression and suffering anxiety.  However, Louisa is now improving and is reaching out to Phyllis once again. Keep up the prayers! 

Milene, Mila Zuro’s twin sister: Was told by her cardiologist that she needs open-heart surgery. She was diagnosed with an aneurysm.  She is doing well now after the open-heart surgery. Continue to pray for her.

Rick, Mila Zuro’s brother-in-law: Milene’s husband Rick had surgery on his colon, and now they see 2 more spots.  Rick has stage 4 cancer.  Please curse this cancer at the root, and pray that Rick will live and not die and declare the works of the Lord. Please pray for him and his family.

Kris, Mila Zuro’s friends’ son: Has been very sick and in the hospital with alcoholism.  Please pray for his deliverance of the disease and for his salvation. 

Dane Ferris, Peggy Rattay’s nephew- He had surgery on Nov. 2^nd for Myelomalacia, which is compression of the spinal cord.  He is currently working from home and only has to go into work once a week.  He is having trouble with his leg, and it feels like it’s going to buckle.

Tim Evans, Peggy Rattay’s son: Tim has relapsed. He is not good: he is in trouble again. It is likely he’s in Butler, Pa, now. Just continue to pray that he overcomes the addiction he’s battling in Jesus’ Name. 

Amelia Grace Durst, Peggy Rattay’s great granddaughter (Christina & Nate’s daughter): She has a small hole in her heart that needed prayer to be closed by the time she is 2 years old, so she wouldn’t need surgery. She is 2 years old now and is doing great.  They won’t do the surgery till she is 3.  Keep up the prayers!

Haylee, 24, Peggy Rattay’s patient: suffering with hereditary skin disease and resulting complications.  She gets blisters in her throat making it difficult to eat, as well as difficulty with bathing and dressing, which takes her 2-3 hours and very painful.  Her skin is very fragile and has to be bandaged over most of her body.  She is still trying to live a full life, but it is difficult!  Please keep praying for healing.  

Lori’s son and his friend, Jeff and Alexandria (Lori is Peggy Rattay’s friend) are in active addiction and Lori does not know where she is.  Please pray for their salvation and the release from addiction.  

Matthew, Jan & Jill Runfola’s brother:  Please pray he finds a full-time job that works out for him so he can get his own place and car. Pray he gets closer to God.  

Sherrie: Jill Runfola’s best friend from high school. Sherrie is diagnosed with cancer and needs a miracle of healing. She is currently in remission. She is suffering from side effects and is on a lot of meds. She has terrible pain, esp. in her joints and bones. She is currently having some success with physical therapy. Praise God! She has recently been praying and seeking the Lord! Pray for her salvation.  

Stanley, good friend of Jill Runfola:  He needs a new kidney or dialysis for the rest of his life.  He suffers from lymphedema, high blood pressure, kidney disease & congestive heart failure. Please pray for a miracle and complete healing.

Butch Hillen, Friend of Nancy Gedeon-Armstrong, has Stage 4 cancer.  The tumor is pushing on his esophagus, making it difficult to breathe.  He is born again and has had miracles before in his life.  We are believing for God to bring him through this stage of cancer victoriously.  

Bill Lytle, Brother of Nancy Gedeon-Armstrong, is having tremors during his chemo treatments; believing God for complete healing.  Pray for the Lord to impart  wisdom for his doctors to possibly stop the chemo & do only immune therapy. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love You prosper.”  Psalms 122:6 Pray for God’s anointing and release of giftings.  Pray against the plans  the enemy has to fracture the unity of our country.  Keep Pastor John in prayer as God strengthens his ministry and continues to grow his congregation!

---- MILITARY---- (Please call me with updates!)

Garrett Mayernik: serving in Navy.

Zachary Thorpe: is in the Army, Ramadi.

Brandon Grogan: is in the Army.

Jason Vinin: Karen Cipalla’ s son, now an air crewman,  

electronic warfare officer (EWO), on West Coast in U.S.                             

Jeremy Hellen: son of Delores Ernewein, Iraq, Army

Pvt. Mark Stark: in Iraq 

Mark Alexander: serving in the Army in Syria

---REMEMBER OUR MISSIONARIES & EVANGELIST IN PRAYER---

Missionaries & Evangelist Location

Rev. Allen Claycomb:  44 Millard Ct., Sterling, VA  20165

Email:  pclaycomb33@yahoo.com

Evangelist Todd Levin: PO Box 826, Rostraver Township, PA. 15012

Website: www.toddlevintoday.com    

Karen Welker: Globe International, c/o Karen Welker, 8590 Hwy 98 W, Pensacola, FL  32506; 336-981-7191

Website: globeint.org

Please pray for and consider supporting them as they perform their work, outside the U.S. or closer to home.