Pastor Bill Raws was admitted to the hospital on Friday due to an infection. Around 4:00 AM he experienced some breathing difficulties and was admitted to ICU.
He has a strep infection that is affecting his kidneys and also causing some breathing difficulties. He is very weak.
We would appreciate your prayers for Pastor Bill's recovery and for strength f0r his dear wife, Ruth.
We will update the blog as information is available. Rather than phone America's KESWICK for information, we want to encourage you to visit the blog as often as possible. You can access the blog through our website @ www.americaskeswick.org.
To write a word of encouragement to Pastor Bill and Ruth, simply respond to any blog posting.
Thanks for your prayers.
Bill Welte
President & CEO
America's KESWICK
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Hi Pastor Bill and Ruth,
Please know that I am praying for you both.
Pastor Bill, I'm praying that you will get over and through this infection very soon so you can be back with us doing what you do to the glory of God.
Ruth, knowing how your body is already weak, I pray that God would grace you with all the strength you need to be there for Pastor Bill.
Hugs and blessing to you both.
Stephanie P.
Dear Pastor Bill and Ruth,
Praying for you both...for Pastor Bill's recovery and for peace and strength for Ruth until he is well!
Miriam
Pastor Bill and Ruth, Be assured of our thoughts prayers~~ May you know God's healing and peace.
John and Diane Hunt
Dear Pastor Bill and Ruth,
We are praying for God's healing and for your peace.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday.
LY
Pastor Bill and Ruth,
We are praying for your strength to return and for full recovery. Rest and let God do the work. We love you very much and look foward to your return home to Keswick.
Love,
Jan Welte
Hi Pastor Bill & Ruth,
Chris & I are praying for you both. (The Preacher is the one supposed to visit the sick, not be in the hospital himself !)
May God Bless and Heal you real quick and bring you back to the folks and work you love.
And Ruthie, we're praying for you, too...Love you both, Paul & Chris
Dear Pastor Bill & Ruth,
Genine and I were just sitting outside tonight, and checking Lindsay's blog on Keswick's website, and were shocked to see a new blog with your picture there.
What a blessing to know word will now get out so quickly as the prayers will start going up on your behalf. Please know we are standing with you in prayer tonight.
We love you !
Glen & Genine Zigrang
Dear Pastor Bill.
Praying for you from an ocean away.
That you may know his presence.
You are very loved.
Your friend, brother, and one of you greatest fans,
Love,
Chris Thompson.
Ps. I'll bet I could take you in straight sets today.
Pss. Still walking with the King!
Hi Pastor Bill and Mrs Raws (Ruth),
We are praying for the both of you. We often think of you and how you had ministered to us when we were on the staff at America's Keswick. We are sorry to hear that you are not well. We are honored now to serve you by praying to our great God and King on your behalf. Thank you for being steadfast in your walk with the Lord and we know that those who will be caring for you will see God at work in and through you during this time.
We love you both,
Doug, Ellen and Gabie Barger
Dt 31:8
Praying for you Pastor Bill & Ruth,
Please know that we love you both and appreciate the faithfulness to the Lord that you have demonstrated for so many years. God bless you both!
Robert, Joyce & Jordan
Dear Pastor Bill and Ruth,
We are praying for you and that God will give you back your strength. We have been down this road and we know how tuff things can get. Let God do the work and just trust in Him to see you through.
Love,
Jon, Laura, Tanner
Dear Paster Bill and Ruth,
May the LORD uphold you with HIS righteous right hand and may HE alone be your strength now. Somehow, I know that this is the case. Thank You Pastor Bill, for all you have given so many. Thank You for you steadfast walk with JESUS that everyone who knows you have seen. GOD Bless You, We Love You - Mike and Cindy Dulaney (Colony and Women of Character Grads)
Pastor Bill & Ruth,
Our prayers and love are with you. Thank you for your ministry and testimony to us all.
Bill Pruitt
Dear Pastor Bill and Ruth,
AS you know I have always admired you as a man of God and now that you are physically weak I am praying constantly that God,by his will, will restore you to your beloved ministry.Also I am praying for you Ruth to be strenghten during this trying time.May God bless Pastor Bill and his love Ruth.---Alfred Barrett
Good Morning Pastro Bill & Ruth,
Please know that we are keeping you
in our thoughts and prayers. We do
pray for wisdom for those doctors &
nurses that are caring for you. We
pray that our wonderful, loving Lord will give you strength and that "perfect peace that passes all
understanding" while you are in the hospital. We love both of you, and praise the Lord for your
faithfulness in serving Him @ Keswick. We send you HUGS, and lots of prayers...George & Diane Nichols
Hi Pastor Bill & Ruth,
I think of our wonderful days and evenings at Keswick and all the
projects. I am praying
for your quick recovery.
Glenn Ritter
Dear Pastor Bill & Ruth,
We love you are praying that the Lord heals. Thanks for your example of steadfastness and faithfulness that has encouraged us and so many others.
The Baergens
PASTOR BILL & MRS.RAWS, ANOTHER EXCERCISE IN FAITH...WHETHER IT IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH YOU WALKING AROUND THE GYM, OR SWIMMING AROUND THE POOL, OR FOLLOWING YOU AS YOU FOLLOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; YOU'VE SET A STANDARD FOR ME TO STRIVE FOR. YOU ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS...tom...
Dear Bill and Ruth,
Having been down this road I think I know somewhat of what you are expericeing. I'm praying for you, Bill, ...for strength, peace and full recovery... for you, Ruth,...for strength to support Bill and to be there for him. You are both important to me...have been for years.
I'm also praying for the doctors...for wisdom to use their knowledge and experience for right conclusions that will help Bill recover.
Praying that the Lord will uphold you with His everlasting arms as you rest in the hollow of His hands.
Lovingly
Mary Ella
Dear Pastor Bill & Ruth,
We have been and will continue to up hold you in prayer, for peace, comfort and strenght during this difficult time in your lives. We Love you and appreciate the impact you have had on soooo many lives.
Stan & DeEtta
I heard Pastor Raws speak at church a few weeks ago, the first time I went to the Chapel. Afterwards, I told him he reminded me of my missionary grandfather, a man whom I have only begun to appreciate lately, some forty-five years after his death. Pastor Raws's message was powerful in the Lord and I pray for him with all my heart. The Lord has used him in a powerful way.
Dear Pastor Bill,
Joan and I are in constant prayer for you and Ruth!I tried calling and left a message with a nurse.We would visit but understand the resriction.
Love,
Joan& Doug W.
Hi Pastor Bill & Ruth,
I'm sorry to hear Pastor Bill is ill and I pray the Lord will guide the doctor,s hands as they take care of you and I pray His healing hands will heal you.
With love and prays to you and Ruth.
Mary Deibler
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