Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I am writing this letter to personally request the prayers and intercessions of God’s people for me and my family, as I undergo kidney surgery on Thursday, March 25, 2010.
I hardly know how to begin except to say that I know God makes no mistakes. His promises are true, and He will never put on us more than He knows we can bear.
Most of you already know that three years ago last Sunday, a personal nightmare of great proportions came into our lives when we were struck head on by a drunk driver while serving in Cape Verde, West Africa. God delivered me literally from the jaws of death. Glory to His Name! What followed an emergency medical evacuation from Africa were eleven surgeries, seven months in a wheelchair, and several more long months of rehab, but finally they did manage to put “humpty dumpty back together again.”
However, one terrible side effect from all of these injuries has been an excessive build up of calcium in my kidneys. For the First couple of years the body has needed the extra calcium to mend the 22 breaks and fractures. But now the unneeded calcium has formed a ‘large egg size stone’ in my right kidney that can only be removed by entering through my lower back into my kidney.
For some time now, I’ve endured lots of pain, stress, and physical fatigue, while still trying to continue our ministry. Monday night a week ago I collapsed in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and figured I had come to the end of my road.
There are many things Terri and I are facing at the present. Some are material or financial, some physical, and some even the need of spiritual strength to persevere amidst the ongoing and constant struggle of spiritual warfare. For this reason I write, asking you to pray with and for us, to stand with us, if you can help us. We are asking God for a quick road to recovery, and a ready rejuvenation of all our strengths.
In Luke 13, the story is told of a woman who had been ‘bound’ by a spirit of infirmity for 18 years. I believe Satan uses infirmity and physical ailment to hinder and often times delay the work of God, and weaken the will of God’s servants. Sometimes what is lost is valuable, irreplaceable time. So please pray for us to have a divine assistance in every area of need. God bless you all.


Your Friends and Partners in the Gospel,
Dr. Paul and Terri Pritchard