July 31, 2000

Dear Family,

I have a special burden and request regarding Skylar
today, and I am contacting you to ask for specific prayer.

"Then God said, ""Behold, I have given you every plant
yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and
every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food
for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird
of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth
which has life, I have given every green plant for food'';
and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold,
it was very good." - Genesis 1:29-31

I've prepared a detailed presentation of a proposed plan
to enhance Skylar's nutrition. This morning Pam will
put that into a priority mail package and send it to
Dr. Macias, Skylar's pediatrician.

Please ask that the Lord might grant this plan favor in
the eyes of Dr. Macias. If the doctor approves the plan,
I will be able to feed Skylar with the fresh juices of the
vegetables that God has created and given us for food,
rather than a man-made canned formula.

I also want to share with you my meditation and prayer
of this morning. It is a prayer for the Lord Jesus to
return and rescue us all from this fearful place:

Isaiah 63:11 - 64:4
"Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the
shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy
Spirit in the midst of them,
Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of
Moses, Who divided the waters before them to make for
Himself an everlasting name, 
Who led them through the depths? Like the horse in the
wilderness, they did not stumble; 
As the cattle which go down into the valley, The Spirit
of the LORD gave them rest. So You led Your people, To
make for Yourself a glorious name. 
Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious
habitation; Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are
restrained toward me. 
For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know And
Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD, are our
Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. 
Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And
harden our heart from fearing You? Return for the sake of
Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. 
Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little
while, Our adversaries have trodden it down. 
We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.

Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That
the mountains might quake at Your presence 
As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil
To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the
nations may tremble at Your presence! 
When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You
came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. 
For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by
ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in
behalf of the one who waits for Him."

My trust is in this God, the One "Who acts in behalf of the
one who waits for Him." I wait for Him and for His word to
be fulfilled.

Thank you for joining with me in prayer.

In Him,

-Dann