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Special Prayer Request for Stefani Black, Daughter of Pastor James Black, NAD Youth Director


I just received the following note from Pastor James Black, Youth Director for the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is asking all of us to pray for his daughter Stefani Black, who has been very ill for the last two and a half years.

I would like to ask each youth, young adults, adult, and every small group, church, club in our Conference to place Stefani in the top of your prayer list.

We believe that Jesus has the power to heal and make a beautiful miracle.

Below, you may read the note from Pastor James Black.

Blessings,
Pastor Jose
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Greetings Everyone,

This is an urgent request for immediate prayer on behalf of my 20 year old daughter Stefani.

For the past two and a half years she has been challenged with a mysterious illness that began with swelling in her knee. Doctors have taken her through countless MRIs, Scans, X-rays, biopsies. etc. and still no diagnosis. She has been on crutches during this entire time.

Her condition has deteriorated recently. On Saturday night she was admitted to Doctors Hospital in Lanham, MD. Her kidneys are now inflamed and she was badly anemic. She has been processed to be transferred to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. We have been waiting for two days now for a bed to open up. There is a team of Infectious Diease doctors waiting to examine her case. Right now she is in severe pain and the long-term of the pain medication is taking its toll.

Please pray that a bed will open up today, but more importantly that the healing hand of Jesus will touch our baby's body. Also, please contact other prayer warriors you know and share this request.

We are deeply grateful.

James Black