For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For the time it takes, this page will be devoted to Ryan,
that his chains will be irreparably shattered - never to be reforged.

And that God will be in the scheduled court appearances

We will take our strength from Acts 12

7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell.
He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said,
and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

But we must remember how this was achieved!

5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

And our prayers should continue for Susan, in prison at the moment until January sixth. Pray that God will refresh and renew her during this time and she will be freed from prison together with other chains that have bound her fast.

And now Susan is out! Early, but on a monitor.

Pray, please, that this freedom will be permanent.

Prayers also for Lionel who very shortly will helping with the site; this page, the diary et al, that God will encourage and bless him in this work. Amen

Speaking of the Worsfolds, the Canadian branch is again in need of prayer, this time for daughter Caitlin. Lionel will shortly update this page in more detail but for the time being here is the latest from his son Tony whom prayer helped dramatically last year.

Hi All,
So nothing really new at the hospital yesterday, a little frustrating really. Doc says her spine is a little worse now but not much, he took a bunch of different x-rays with her in different positions and one with her in traction to see how flexible the spine will be in surgery. It went from a 79 degree curve to a 16 degree curve, after surgery he expects it to be somewhere in the 10 – 14 degree range when everything is done. Apparently it will not be totally straight and he said that they never are after surgery but the difference will be extreme, probably gain 2 -3 inches in height!!.
They will notify us down the road as to when the surgery will be but it will not be any earlier than April and could be as late as the fall. Hopefully we’ll know early in the new year.
Between now and then they want her back down for more x-rays, an MRI, blood work etc. then we get to meet the anesthetist and he will go over the surgery in full with us. Apparently the curvature is all at the top of the spine so he will not have to fuse the bottom vertebrae which should leave her flexibility good although her days of slouching may be coming to an end.
Hopefully next appointment is a little less of a hassle as we had to be there for 2, got out at 4.30 in the middle of rush hour, got as far as Bayshore by 6 and decided to go in there for an hour to let the traffic die down a bit, came out at 7 and went straight in to the fans heading to the hockey game!!. At 8.15 we broke out of Kanata and in to a snow storm finally getting back here at 9.30 last night starving and in need of a couple wobbly pops.
Any way that’s the news as we have it,
Hope all are well
Love Tony