Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Important Message for All Biblical Life Students & Graduates

We received this e-mail from the office of Dr. Karl Coke earlier this week:

I have an urgent prayer request. Dr. Coke was admitted to the hospital late Friday night. His stomach flu virus still hadn't gone completely away and it had spread to his gall bladder. It turns out that his gall bladder was completely dead, gang green, and poisoning his blood stream. He might have died if he had waited any longer. His gall bladder had swelled up so much that it was starting to wrap around his liver. He just had another procedure to fix a leak in his liver. It was a success. He is still in a lot of pain and very tired and exhausted. The doctors haven't said how long his recovery will be. Hopefully, he won't have to have any more invasive surgery's. Today he was able to walk down the hall, but then was really tired. He is trying to rest as much as possible. We will keep you posted when we can.

Dr. Coke is doing the best he can. He is awake and alert and appreciates everyone's prayers. Obviously, he will be out of the office for a while and cannot work.

The good news is that Dr. Coke is at home recuperating. If any of you have had surgery anything like this, you know that it will take some time for him to get completely back on his feet. I need all of our students to do two things:

(1) Pray for Dr. Coke’s quick recovery for this emergency surgery. Dr. Coke, Dr. Looper and myself are schedule to fly to Mexico to train pastors on May 11-15. Dr. Coke is still bent on making this long journey. He needs our prayer support in this important venture.

(2) If you are in full time ministry (and not a Pastor), you know the only way to keep funds coming in is to be out in the Body of Christ teaching and preaching. With him flat on his back for a month before the Mexico trip and his future travel limited to his strength, he could use some financial support too. I know that many of you have been blessed by the wonderful materials of his that we use in our curriculum. Now would be a good time to bless him back.

Spend some time asking God how you could help. Some of our students could give $25.00 and others $250.00 or more. (BLCS provided a love gift today of $500.00) The important thing is to ask the Holy Spirit how much you should give this dear man of God and then be obedient. If we all work together, we can see him physically restored and financially maintained through this trial.

You should make your love gifts payable to: KCEA and mailed it directly to:

Karl Coke Evangelistic Association
P. O. Box 10285
Charlotte, NC 28212-5668

Make sure to include a short note of encouragement to him as well!

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