answered prayer

Thank you for all your prayers. My dad came out of the surgery well. He was also progressing well afterwards, even though he was still sedated. The nurses told him after he woke up the next day (he was out for about 24 hrs), that he was their star pupil that day because he came around so fast with his vitals, etc. I'm so releived and praying for his moods and mom's ability to remain sane during his recovery.

God is faithful and looking after us. I believe He is definitely getting my family's attention. I coudn't believe this was actually happening, until Mon morning when I woke up at 2:30am and realized, "they're cutting my father's chest open today - I have to go see him". I prayed and prayed that he would be ok and that he would have a change of heart spiritually after such a scare. Yesterday when I got to talk to him after the surgery, the prayer started to be answered. He said he knew that God saved him and that was because of my prayers and that He didn't call his number yet because he was supposed to be around longer to be with his grandchildren. WOW. An almost verbatim answer to the prayer I wrote out that morning for him. I didn't think it would come so soon. I continue to pray that he will be a changed man. The man who told me in high school he didn't have time to read the Bible, he had to work. Now he is talking about retiring and isn't even concerned about golfing in 2-3 months. He actually said "I have all the time in the world to golf. I'll golf with Ted (who is in heaven) when I get there. I just have to get better. When something like this happens, you really think about what matters." I should have had a tape recorder for this. My mom and I will have to attest that he said that when it is time for him to really complain that he can't golf yet. I have never heard him talk like this in my life. Praise GOD!

PRAYER FOR DAD

I know the Lord is watching over him, but I thought
I'd get all the prayer we can get tonight and tomorrow
morning. My father was rushed to the ER Sat night
because of chest pains which turned out to be a heart
attack. He is scheduled for early morning
double-quadruple bypass surgery in the morning -
whichever is needed when they get in there. Please
pray for his protection and survival through the
surgery and for my family as we go through this with
him. He will have a rough time recovering and resting,
as he always does after surgeries. This is a BIG one
though, so we'll all have to be on him for rest and
diet regulations.

I think God is definitely giving him a chance here to choose to
get to know Him better and spend quality time with his
Maker. He has already beentalking about early
retirement and taking it "easy".

Thank you in advance for your prayers. For my MOM TOO>
She's been through quite a lot lately with taking care
of her mom, now she'll be taking care of her husband
and quite disappointed they didn't get to take their
Vegas trip they were planning to leave for this TUES
and the heart attack just happened to fall on her
birthday. We went out for a big dinner with the whole
family last night and then it happened after she'd
already gone to bed. Thank GOD the pain woke my dad up
in his chair and he was able to get to the hospital to
"get fixed up", as he puts it. Please pray for my
mom's patience, strength and comfort in the LORD to
continue. Thanks so much. Francine