One Thousand Gifts: Monday, Week Fifty-Five

Happy Monday, Friends! How was your weekend? Ours was great, until we got a flat on the way home from the lake yesterday. All the tire businesses were closed, so we had to go to WalMart, and unfortunately they weren't a whole lot of help. But we made it home (finally), but we missed church. :(

This week's lesson is entitled "happiest grace," and I'm hoping that it really is a happy one. I could use it today!

This week's Bible verse:

Prayer Requests

Pray for Terry and Kris's move. Pray that everything will go well for them as they decorate, unpack, and get settled.
Carla's son Sam has friends who will be deploying to Iraq. Please be in prayer for our military and military families... this is a Wisconsin National Guard unit that is deploying to Iraq. Sam is not deploying, but he has friends in this unit.
Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry. Mike might have the opportunity to redo a game with a friends. Let's pray that this works out for him, and it will lead to more opportunities.
Rita asks for prayers for her sweet daughters as their graduate school semester is beginning. Pray for them to have a healthy and productive work/school/life balance.
Pray for Christian leadership in our country. Also pray that God will turn our hearts to him, and he will lavishly bless us with his steadfast love.
Please pray for a job opportunity for our oldest daughter Shanley (her post doc will be coming to an end). Also, our son-in-law Christopher is applying for a CMO position within the pediatric practice/company he works for. Please pray that God's will be done for their job opportunities.
Rita has a praise regarding helping her SC sister relocate: small signs are pointing toward possible options for an apartment and for the logistics of moving. It's hard, and she's thankful for numerous siblings offering to help!

Please let me know if there are any requests I've forgotten!