Prayer Requests and Updates from 10/09 – 11/15/24
11/15/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) Barbara Shanks (Montgomery, AL) writes on FB “I am home! Lots to do to get settled. But praise the Lord, I am home!”…and please keep me in your prayers! I certainly need God’s help.
11/15/24 Prayer Request update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) I appreciated your prayers for surgery on my right shoulder completed on Tuesday morning 11/05. Repairs were made to my bicep that was torn, rotator cuff tears, and several shredded tendons. I will have multiple months of rehab before the shoulder will be back to “normal”. I am doing better each passing day, although this rehab is not for sissies. 🙂
11/15/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) Aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Here’s a note CGM received from two of the families in NC where aid was given to help. “Hope your week is going well. Just wanted to say thank you and those that helped us after the storm. It is so appreciated and we are blessed to have you in our lives and family!!!! Please let the brethren that helped know that we appreciate their giving hearts.”
11/09/24 Prayer Request Update – (Ben Faulkner, pastor, Church of the Sovereign God, Tampa, Florida) From Rick Beltz. Eileen Beltz, 75, had to have emergency surgery on Friday afternoon Nov. 8 at Advent Health Hospital in Deland, FL for abdominal distension (swollen belly) and a blocked colon. Having had colitis from age 2, her condition has progressively worsened since being infected by a mutated virus at the 2022 Feast of Tabernacles in North Myrtle Beach, SC. She also had problems at this year’s Feast in Grand Junction, CO for which she was anointed. The surgeon stated the kind of an operation she thought it would be turned out to be far more complex because they had to perform a colon ostomy. Then later, after Eileen heals and gains strength, the surgeon will call on the assistance of a gastroenterologist to go back in and remove the colon blockage which will hopefully be benign. Many of God’s people are ageing and having more health problems in the process. Please pray for God’s healing hand on Eileen, for her speedy recovery, for no additional complications, and that she can eventually get back to somewhat of a normal life. Updates will follow. Thank you.
10/10/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) Aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. With the multiple brethren we have been in communication with in both NC and FL there has been difficulty, but no life threatening injuries or deaths to date. In NC some have just now begun to see power partially restored. Here is what CGM posted recently on our CGM FB page. “In times of distress and disaster we at CGM help many who are suffering by the impact where they live. Many have asked “How can we help through you all?” Since the aftermath of Hurricane Helene we have been sharing resources from our “Disaster Relief and Assistance Fund” made possible by generous donations from those affiliated with CGM and others. You may donate here https://cogministries.org/donate/ if you wish to do so, and we assure you the funds will be only used for assistance to those in need affected by this storm and others as they come. Currently we are helping mostly folks in the Morganton, North Carolina area as having served in these areas as their pastor we are aware of specific needs and in contact with people directly. Most commonly we are helping with bottled drinking water, funds for gasoline for mobile generators, and food. Thank you in advance and blessings to you for your care! T. S. Hoefker – President & Senior Pastor, CGM”
10/09/24 Prayer Request update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) I so appreciated your prayers for surgery on my right knee completed on Tuesday morning 08/20. I have been released from PT as of Tuesday 10/8 and will continue now with my own daily PT at the gym to regain strength and stability.
Ongoing Previous Requests
09/17/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) I spoke via WhatsApp video connection today with Noé Monsanto (CGM – Guatemala City, Guatemala). August 16th’s court proceedings went overall very well. He requests continued prayers regarding a very serious situation he is still facing and needs God’s intervention and will to be done. The legal decision has been extended again (after the meeting today, September 17) to December 11 at 1:00 p.m. Please continue to join my wife and me in prayer lifting Noé before our Father in heaven that His will be done in this situation with divine intervention as needed.
09/12/24 Prayer Request update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) Pam Kimmons (Boque Chitto, MS) “September 12, 2024 – 2:51 p.m. “This morning (9/12), Pam underwent an ERCP procedure as an outpatient to remove the temporary stent placed in her biliary duct 6 weeks ago. It involved full anesthesia but no surgery. The GI specialty doctor that performed the procedure was the same one that did the original stent. We talked with her both before and after the procedure today. We advised her that Pam has decided to not do chemotherapy and surgery rather choosing more natural and less invasive treatments. The GI doctor then advised that instead of replacing the temporary stent with another designed to last for 6 months we could elect a replacement designed to be permanent. Pam chose that option. We explained the monitoring, testing, and treatment process we plan to pursue under the supervision of Pam’s doctor in Texas. We offered and she agreed to be kept updated on Pam’s progress and be available should we need further assistance. The GI doctor reported that the procedure was successful with no complications. She did not notice any changes from what she observed in the original procedure 6 weeks ago. The procedure took about 90 minutes including time in recovery. Pam was then released and we have returned home. Thank you for your continued prayers and support on this journey to healing. (On a side note: The hurricane passed directly over us in Brookhaven and Jackson. MS with no noticeable damage. For us it was a complete nonevent. 😎 (In spite of what the weather channel reported.)” – (Anthony Kimmons).”
09/05/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) I spoke with Patty Graham this afternoon and she asks that we continue to pray for her husband Stan Graham. “Our condition here remains difficult. Several weeks ago Stan fell, and ended up having them go in through the back of his neck to staple, screw, and wire several vertebrae in his neck that were broken. He is just starting to walk again. Stan also has cirrhosis of the liver and is very sick, continuing to decline daily. He basically sleeps, watches a little TV and goes to treatment for 5-6 hours. I truly believe trials are for the testing of our faith and when endured gives the peace and strength needed to endure even harder times. Without them, we would not need to rely on God”. The Grahams live in Pensacola, FL.
05/31/24 Prayer Request Update – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) Wanted to give a brief update on my left eye that I had surgery on in September of 2023. For the last 8 months I’ve had no problems. However, last Sabbath I experienced some very disturbing symptoms that lasted through Memorial Day. After an extensive exam on Wednesday of this week it was determined that there is no detached retina. However, a “glob” of some type of liquid has separated and is floating through my vision, which gives me headaches trying to concentrate around the opaque film. I was told “it may clear up in a week or take as long as a year…” No further surgery is required at the present time. I’d appreciate prayers for it to clear up as I do need my vision to continue with this calling God has called Gayle and me to. Our Father’s will be done.
05/11/22 Prayer Request – (from Scott Hoefker, pastor, CGM) From Larry Field, (Nebraska). “I would like to ask for continued prayers – it’s my back/pelvic area. I was badly injured in 2016 when a machine fell on top of me, breaking my pelvis in 4 places, and severing a bunch of nerves. It also cracked my tailbone and came extremely close to severing my spinal cord. I would/should have been paralyzed, if not for God’s intervention. Lately the pain in my pelvic area has ramped up to extreme levels, and it is very difficult to walk. The strongest non-prescription drug, Tylenol, is no longer effective. My body just is resistant to pain medication, for some reason. I’m not getting much done at all, and I’m falling seriously behind on everything here…please pray that there be some relief, at least for this pain, if it be God’s will”.
(These prayer requests and updates listed are partial, as there are a large number received each week, so we simply cannot list them all. These come from several fellowships of the body of Christ throughout the U.S. and world.) Any prayer requests or announcements to be shared on the CGM website and/or this weekly update should be sent directly to Scott Hoefker by Wednesday of each week, (via e mail if possible). You may also use the “contact us” page on the CGM website to do so.)