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Thank you for all of your prayers. I pastor a small church (100-140ish) and in less than two weeks I have lost my pianist and an Assistant Pastor. Your prayers are coveted and I thank you for them.

To be honest it is going to take me a while to get over this. Today was the hardest day I have had in 33 years in the ministry and 21 of those at this church. When I came here the church had 7 people. God has been so good to us and I know He has a plan. For now I am just kind of numb.

I have lost one more of my staff members tonight. Would appreciate continued prayers. This has been hard on my church. Two church staff men in less than two weeks.

Preaching Glenn’s funeral this evening. Thank you for all of the prayers.

Glenn Koch will be graduating to heaven anytime soon. They are just keeping him comfortable.

I was also very grateful to find a brother. That happened because of everyone’s prayers. I thank each and everyone of.

Edit: he is being moved to hospice and his brother should be here today.

RoyGBiv wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:38 pm I would encourage you to take action consistent with his wishes, should you feel you know them.
As difficult as this certainly is, he has, it seems, made his decisions known and only asked you to see they are carried out.

This is the answer. “He has already made this decision.” That is what the DNR is. I don’t have to. Thank you.

My piano player is in ICU. He doesn’t have any family here and doesn’t get along with his family very well. We had set down sometime ago to discuss what his wishes were. I was to take care of his belongings and pets if something were to happen to him. I hold the dual power of attorneys also. All of that is legal garbage.

He went by ambulance to the ER last week. He has the flu and COPD. I have talked to him several times and have been to see him. They put him in ICU because at the time they didn’t have another bed available. Well last night/this morning at 12:30 they called me from the hospital and they have put him on the ventilator and then discovered his DNR. They called me and asked me what I wanted them to do. I counsel people what to do I don’t make those decisions, but now it appears to be me. I went to his house (thank God for LE education) and after some digging I found a brother and sister in South Carolina.

Please pray God will heal Glenn Koch and that his family will come take over the decision on what to do with the ventilator. They tried taking off this morning and he begin to go into cardiac arrest. They have revived him, sedated him, and put him back on the ventilator even after knowing he has a DNR. They said because they spoke to me and I said I wasn’t for sure. This is such a mess.