Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 10/28/2025

For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:

• Please lift up Julianne Lavornia in prayer as she navigates health issues. 
• Carol Gunderson will be having a total hip replacement on November 4. Please pray for peace for her as she prepares for surgery. Also, pray that the procedure goes smoothly and that her recovery is free of complications.  
• Pray for Bianca Burke’s bible study at FDU – she is asking 1) that God would direct her to the lost sheep on campus;  2) Specific prayer regarding someone named Lucas who comes to the study but he doesn’t believe and is skeptical. Pray that he have an encounter with Jesus. 3) For an event Bianca is having to do with spreading the Gospel – that the event reaches someone that needs it.   
• Please pray for Lana Johnson, she is hospitalized because she needs antibiotics intravenously.  
• Amy Acker would like to thank everyone again for their prayers. Her case has now come to a close, and her stalker was released on Friday evening. Amy chose not to attend the sentencing so he would not see her in court and further fixate on her. She is grateful that the court granted everything requested — including three years of probation, mandatory mental health treatment, and a stronger restraining order than the one previously in place. This new order is a significant victory, as it prohibits him from contacting her family, known associates, or anyone whose contact would cause her annoyance or alarm.
• Priscilla Jangam request prayer for that God would provide her a full-time position at her current company. Priscilla also asks for prayer for Daniel (20) and Olivia (18) that they will come close to God, used by God, get baptized and excel in school and get into good graduate schools. Pray also for her ministry “Zion Prayer Calls”.
• Pray for Shirley Kraus as she recovers from double bypass surgery. Surgeon said everything went well.   
• Dennis Beam is beginning a new treatment and would ask prayer for its effectiveness targeting specific cancer cells and that his body will handle well its side effects.    
• Connie Wilken would like to say thank you for the prayers. She is sensing God working in Sydney and her lives. Please continue to pray for her, and a revelation of Jesus in their lives.  
• Please pray for Jennifer Lin. She needs protection for her bones and joints from the effects of multiple steroid treatments, and that the treatment will be effective this time. She is also scheduled to have foot surgery on 11/5.  
• Marilyn Flood recently had an MRI, which showed inflammation in her L2 vertebra. She is experiencing severe groin pain and was able go get an epidural. Please pray that the treatment is effective and allows her to stand and walk without pain. She is deeply grateful for everyone’s prayers and support   
• Danny Orben requests continued prayer for intrusive thoughts.  
• Pray for Michelle Bachman, as she had her first surgery was told that she will need at least two more. Dates to be determined.  She will be seeing the surgeon on October 23rd and will make decisions then; she is home resting because she’s exhausted.    
• Pray for Stan Zugay is at the Cranford Rehab & Nursing Center. Hoping to get strong enough to return home (which is uncertain). Misses MBC. He’s very lonely and greatly appreciates visits and phone calls   
• Pray for Susan LaSelva’s continued healing and recovery from spinal surgery.   She will need to wear a cervical collar for 5 weeks with no driving or PT until she is evaluated next month.  She hopes to return to work after starting PT.   
• Praise for Charlie Latora’s test results: two the lymph nodes were tested and both were benign. Continue to pray for Charlie to stop smoking.        
• Please continue to pray for Marian Miller for full recovery as she’s recovering from two concussions (most recent was from a fall hitting her head last week). She’s having in home PT, but speech therapy had to be put on hold since it was brain overload for her. She’ll be having an MRI on Wednesday & seeing a neurologist on November 6. Please pray for Bill, also, as he cares for her. They thank you so much for your prayers.            
• Pray for Bruce Hyldahl for his ongoing cancer treatment.      
• Pray for Carole Hyldahl who is struggling with health issues.          
• Please continue to pray for our expectant mother’s, Caroline Pisano, Kim and John McCarthy’s daughter, who is due in January. Madi and Luke Prothero, Ruth Prothero’s son and daughter-in-law, due in late January.   Nelia and Ivan Jones, who are expecting their first child, a boy, due in February