As some of you may know, Jessica Hulcy, co-writer of the KONOS curriculum, was in a terrible accident yesterday. You can keep updated on Jessica's condition at Caring Bridge.

Please keep Jessica and her family in your prayers.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Please keep mamasmurf and her family in your prayers. Mamasmurf is battling cancer and as of the last post on her blog she is back in the hospital due to a high fever. This family needs our prayer and support as they continue the fight.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Many of you know Marsha from Our Homeschool and Other Such Happenings and Heart of the Matter Online. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Marsha's three year old son, Dozer, went to be with Jesus.

Please pray for Marsha, David, and their entire family as they mourn the loss of their darling little boy.

You can read a tribute to Dozer on Heart of the Matter Online. They've put up a memorial fund button for him there and an address where you can mail cards.

Emily over at The Learning Never Stops bought Marsha an iPod and is asking everyone to offer their choice of a song that will give Marsha comfort. 

Marsha, we love you deeply and cry with you and for you. May our Heavenly Father bring you and your family peace and comfort.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

My heart is broken for this family.  Dixie Cajun's husband was killed in a terrible accident.

Other family members have blogs here at HSB as well. LivingfortheKing, ryansgirl, dixiebeauty,  and dixiefiddler. 

Please keep this family in your prayers. 

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Please keep raisingarrows  and her family in your prayers. Her baby girl passed away on Sunday, Feb. 10. 

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Please keep the family of Notebooking Nook in your prayers.  There home burned down recently and they have lost everything.  You can read some of the details at Ramirez Family Homeschool.

To help with some of the costs Notebooking Nook is having a sale 30% off any $10 or more order.  At this time we aren't aware of anything being organzied to help the family but I'm sure something will be soon - perhaps it will be you! 

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Mary is the owner of HomeschoolChristian.com.  She recently had surgery due to breast cancer.  She is also receiving chemo treatments.  A flesh-eating bacteria is now attacking her body.  She has had a blood transfusion to help her white cell count and she is on very strong antibiotics. 

The latest update reports that Mary's kidneys are failing and they can't put her on dialysis because her blood pressure is too low. 

Please pray for Mary, her husband and their family.  During all of this they have had to deal with the fires in California which has required Mary to be  moved to three different hospitals. 

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

I'm sure many of you have been wondering just what is going on with Gena and her baby.  There's still a couple of months to go until Baby Susanna is born and it has been a very rough pregnancy.  Please keep the Suarez family in your prayers! 

You can read an update at Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths.  Start with this post to get an idea of what the current situation has been, but don't forget to read this post where prayers have already been answered! 

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Earlier this week I was sent an e-mail about a curriculum that has been introduced to preschoolers in Germany.  A curriculum so vile and disgusting that I wanted to throw up. 

I wondered how I would be able to share this with others, I wanted to be able to scream a warning.  How do I do that though without totally offending your own senses and searing the images into your brain?   After consulting a co-worker on the matter she brought up a very important point.  Ephesians 5:11-12. 

And have no fellowship with the unfrutiful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.  For it is a shame to even speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 

So that is it, that's all I'm going to tell you about this prayer request.   I will not give the link to what I read so please don't ask.  Just pray for the children in Germany and in the U.S. and everywhere because evil is being forced upon them.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Hannah and her family need your prayers.  This mother of five, a foster parent, and homeschooling mama has just been found guilty of murder.  Her husband will be facing trial soon for the same murder. 

You can read a news article HERE and check out a website created to help free Hannah HERE.

This story is so sad and scary.  If a parent doesn't rush their child off to the Dr. or ER then they are accused of delaying treatment, even if they didn't think the symptoms were dangerous, or they used common sense steps before getting outside treatment.  If a parent must take unusual steps for an unusual child they are abusive.  

Hannah is not the first homeschool parent to have the facts twisted and face charges.  She won't be the last.    

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB