{"id":2602,"date":"2024-09-26T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:33:38","slug":"messick-fall-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":"Messick Fall 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Gary\u2019s recovery has gone well.&nbsp; His main areas of pain are his back and neck, but he has been able to resume many of his normal work activities. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Realizing it is time to downsize to a smaller home with less upkeep, we have been busy getting it ready to put on the market.&nbsp; Unfortunately, we had a setback on September 17th when Gary became ill and was diagnosed with Covid.&nbsp; He was very sick with much congestion and coughing, but is doing better now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From time to time, he has filled in for our 88 year old pastor when needed, and is always thankful to help whenever he can.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The end of August, we were saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend, Connie Wells.&nbsp; We were thankful to be able to fly to Cody, WY. to attend the service.&nbsp; The message was such a blessing; truly Christ was honored, as was Connie.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRAYER REQUESTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*We would appreciate your continued prayers for Gary\u2019s full&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp; recovery from the fall and from Covid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Wisdom in where the Lord would have us move<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*The sale of our house<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Please pray for comfort for Brother Bud Wells and family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gratefully in Christ,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gary &amp; Bev Messick<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary\u2019s recovery has gone well.&nbsp; His main areas of pain are his back and neck, but he has been able to resume many of his normal work activities. &nbsp; Realizing it is time to downsize to a smaller home with less upkeep, we have been busy getting it ready to put on the market.&nbsp; Unfortunately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-71","category-messick-missionary-letters","category-missionary-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}