Conference yukon::christian_v7

 I'm quite thankful that the CAT scan on my son showed nothing serious going
on..seems as if the case of the chicken pox affects the nerve endings some-
where and is causing the pain/spasms and speech problems...




Thank you Lord!







Jim

Thankyou Father for the safe delivery of my dear friend Judy's baby, 
Grace Madelaine. Thank you for the blessing of this child, and for the 
Christian family she was born into.

Please keep them safe, and well, and always remembering that they are in your 
warm embrace.

Chele

	Just wanted to share an experience from the weekend with you
	all...

	A friend came over Friday night, and we got on the topic of
	psychics.  Our friend asked our thoughts on the subject, and I
	told him we steer clear.  He asked us why, and I said, "they may
	be dealing in the supernatural, but it's not of God."  He wanted
	to know how I knew that, especially if a "psychic" helps find
	a missing person, etc.  

	I explained that it was in the bible, and he wanted to know where.

	Out comes the concordance, out comes the bible, and I read Deuteronomy
	18:9-12 out loud.  Our friend said, "Let me see that!", so I gave
	him the bible, and he read the passages (and some before and after).

	In the end, he agreed that the bible was quite clear on
	the subject.  None of the above was heated or a debate, but
	just discussion.  

	I was thankful for the opportunity to share the bible with our
	friend, and hope for more opportunities in the future.

	Karen

    


I praise the Lord today, for allowing my girls Anneris and Adriana
to celebrate their third birthday. 

To me they are and always will be a testimony of what the Lord can 
give us in abudance when we come to him in prayer.

I look back three years ago today, when for the first time I held 
them in my arms and with tears in my eyes praise the Lord for not
only giving me two babies when I only asked for one, but for allowing
them to be healthy. 

                        Thank you Lord for having loved me so much
                        For life has given life 
                        Because my heart has now multiplied 
                        And because as simple as you are 
                        You have given me two, Thank you, Lord! 

                 [from a song (in Spanish) that my friend Pablo G. wrote for me]

Forever grateful to my King and Savior,
Josie

	Hallelujah!!!

	We just got back from the Neuro-opthalmologist in Boston.

	Jamie's vision has improved from approximately 20/50 to 20/40.

	His field test (which basically measures the quantity and severity
	of blind spots which block his vision) was very slightly better
	than November, but definitely better than before his surgery.

	Yippee, Yahoo!

	Great is His Faithfulness!

	(PS - Folks, this is the first improvement Jamie's had in his
	vision, the changes are small, but we'll take 'em!!!)

	I told Jamie we'd better hold off on getting rid of our second
	car, 'cause he may need it soon!! :-)

	Karen

    Karen and Josie,
    
    Terrific news!!!!!  Praising the Lord today for his faithfulness.
    
    Sasha

    Josie... God Bless You Mom...  
    
    I truly warms my heart to hear a mother's love so effervescent.  You
    are a special lady and I wish I could have been there to see the
    candles blown out *twice*!!! :-) :-)
    
    Love,
    Nancy

    Karen!!!!!!!!
    
    That is *FANTASTIC* news!!! Praise God!!! I just about jumped up out of
    my seat when I read that... [I'm an emoter or perhaps I should say an
    ejector]  But anyway, really so glad to hear the news.  
    
    Nancy

>> That is *FANTASTIC* news!!! Praise God!!! I just about jumped up out of
>> my seat when I read that... [I'm an emoter or perhaps I should say an
>>  ejector]  But anyway, really so glad to hear the news.

	Hey, that's ok Nancy, I almost High-five'd Jamie in front of
	the doctor when we got the news... the doc was beaming, too!

RE:  <<< Note 7.5 by CNTROL::JENNISON "Jesus, the Gift that keeps on giving!" >

Rejoicing with you Karen !

Leslie

    Thank you Lord ........
    
    ....for giving me a wonderful husband, who loves You and me
    
    ....for parents who prayed faithfully for me when I was out of
    	your fold and still do now
    
    ....for keeping watch over me when I was far from you
    
    ....for a job & providing for me when there are so many without 
    	the basics of life
    
    ....for giving me a "second chance" to experience your love 
    	and the love of your people
    
    
    Great is thy Faithfulness, Lord unto me!! 
    

    IT'S A      M I R A C L E !!!!!!!!!
    
    Kevin Gross has come through a grueling approximately 15 hour surgery
    with flying colors.  The Surgeons believe they have removed 100% of
    the tumor!!!
    
    AMEN!  Can you *shout* it!???!!!
    
    Nancy

  Praise God from whom all blessings flow!





 AMEN!





Jim

for 7.13...

			That's woken up the street ! ;-)
								'rew

                        PRAISE GOD

    God is *too* good.

    WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!
    
    

       AA       A         AAAAAA      AA    AAAAAAA   A     A    AAAAAAA
      A  A      A         AA    A     AA    A     A   A     A       A
     A    A     A         AAAAAA      AA    A         AAAAAAA       A      
     AAAAAA     A         AA  AA      AA    A   AAA   A     A       A
    A      A    A         AA   AA     AA    A     A   A     A       A
   A        A   AAAAAAAA  AA    AA    AA    AAAAAAA   A     A       A
    
    
    PRAYERS ANSWERED FOR KEVIN! YAHOO!    AND JIM AVERA'S WIFE HAD A
    HEALTHY BABY BOY THIS WEEKEND!   
    
    
    GOOD NEWS ALL AROUND
    
    
    
    
    DONNA
    

	#######               
	#     #  #    #  #####
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #####
	#     #  #    #  #   #
	#######   ####   #    #

	 #####
	#     #   ####   #####
	#        #    #  #    #
	#  ####  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	 #####    ####   #####


	    #     ####
	    #    #
	    #     ####
	    #         #
	    #    #    #
	    #     ####


	   ##    #    #
	  #  #   ##   #
	 #    #  # #  #
	 ######  #  # #
	 #    #  #   ##
	 #    #  #    #

	   #
	  # #    #    #  ######   ####    ####   #    #  ######
	 #   #   #    #  #       #       #    #  ##  ##  #
	#     #  #    #  #####    ####   #    #  # ## #  #####
	#######  # ## #  #            #  #    #  #    #  #
	#     #  ##  ##  #       #    #  #    #  #    #  #
	#     #  #    #  ######   ####    ####   #    #  ######

	 #####
	#     #   ####   #####
	#        #    #  #    #
	#  ####  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	#     #  #    #  #    #
	 #####    ####   #####

         :-)

	YAHOO !

	God is SOOOOOOO Faithful !!!

	Karen

	(I'll be smiling and thanking God all day!!)

    With hands lifted up and lips filled with praise, with a heart of
    thanksgiving, we bless Thee, O Lord.  
    
    We bless Thee, O Lord, we bless Thee, O Lord with a heart of
    thanksgiving, we bless Thee O Lord.
    
    The 1 1/2 year old Kevin, whom we have all been praying for has been
    healed!  The entire tumor was removed on Friday (3/19/93) and I am told
    there were just a few live cells left.  However, the entire tumor has
    been removed and the outlook for this child is "good.!
    
    Praise God
    
    Make His praise great and glorious; Jesus reigns all victorious;
    Gracious God ruling over us There is no one like you!
    
    
    

                               thank you, Father

Praise God, for he has healed Caroline.

Caroline is 28 weeks through her 2nd pregnancy, and started to experience 
high blood pressure, and was hospitalized. After one day, she was released, 
and her blood pressure was fine. (She is now taking part in a "double-blind" 
test of a high-blood pressure during pregnancy medication)

She spent half her first pregnancy in hospital due to high blood pressure, and 
baby Natalie was delivered 8+weeks early (Natalie is fine) She broke her leg 
just prior to being diagnosed with HBP.

Father, please continue to lift this Christian family up to your embrace. Keep 
them whole and well, and Caroline free from illness as she waits for this 
childs safe delivery.

    Thank you Father for stengthening me and for being with me.  I rejoice
    in my weakness today for I do indeed know your presence and feel your
    love today.

    And Father, I too praise you for the testimonies and strength of our
    dear brother Jeff.  Lord, continue in the work in peace and
    tranquility.  Comfort his wife and envelope her in your arms today
    and every day as they commit their struggles to You.  In Jesus' name,
    Amen!!!

    I am new to notes and still can't figure out a lot of things, like
    writing an additional praise report here.  Therefore, I will use the
    reply method, which has worked thus far.  (Any of  you out there have
    any written instructions for me please?)
    
    Now for the praise report.  Kevin, the baby the Lord just healed using
    many doctors, technology, but most of all the power of our prayers to
    our Great God, was taken home on Wednesday.  He is doing well.  MRI
    shows no new growth or new cells.  The baby will be allowed to heal and
    then it will be decided what treatment is to follow.  Chimo and/or
    radiation to "kill" cells that are not seen with the new naked eye.  
    
    For Thou oh Lord art God above all the earth, Thou aret exalted far
    above all other gods:
    
    We exlt Thee, we exalt Thee, weexalt Thee O Lord, we exalt Thee,
    we exalt Thee, we exalt Thee O Lord' and we bless You, love You and
    worship You.

>    I am new to notes and still can't figure out a lot of things, like
>    writing an additional praise report here.  Therefore, I will use the
>    reply method, which has worked thus far.  (Any of  you out there have
>    any written instructions for me please?)

Praise the Lord, Grace.  The reply method worked and you're doing it right!

(It is Grace, isn't it?)

Mark

    I praise you Lord, for bringing Kevin through his operation safely!  
    You are so faithful.  
    
    Thank you Lord for giving us Spring to follow Winter.  It was so
    wonderful to go outside today and enjoy the beauty of your creation.
    
    
      

    
    	HALLELUJAH!
    
    	(I was going to inquire about Kevin today!)

	In the last version of this notes conference I started a 
	note entitled "Places of Worship.

	It basically announced a Saturday evening United Methodist 
	Worship service in Stow, Massachusetts.

	It is still there and meets every Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m.

	Praise God for working through us to bring Him praise and glory.

	This Saturday evening, come as you are, casual worship service 
	has done so well that after only three months of services, we are 
	moving into our own space.  That's right in only three months.  

			   Isn't God marvelous!!!

	The first service in our own space will be 17 April 1993 at 5:00 p.m.

	As of April 17th we will worship in the building on RT 117 above 
	the BayBank and Village Donut Shops across from the Stow, MA 
	Shopping Center.

	We have leased the "UPPER ROOM".  We even have space for child care. 

	PRAISE GOD!!!!

	You are all invited....


	Your Brother In Christ Jesus,

	Julian

    Here is a reason for praising the Lord, because if you don't keep the
    faith.........
    
    	My mother-in-law was diagnoised with a growth in her abdomin about
    three years ago. The doctors felt that it could be cancerous but could
    not operate because of her poor blood. So she had to be built up to
    improve her blood. In the meantime even while she was in pain, ther was
    round the clock praying by her family, and her church. Since at the
    time she spoke very little English, I went with her to the hospital all
    the time for the xrays and treatments. One day while she was in the
    kitchen alone she recived a tap on the shoulder. She turned around but
    there was noone there. Several weeks later we went to the hospital for
    one of the usual xrays, and we waited for the results, as we expected to
    be told she was ready to have the operation. The doctors brought us
    into their office and told us that there was no sign of the growth on
    her xrays taken that morning. We were asked "What did you do?" I didn't
    even need to translate the question, I knew the answer. I replied very
    simply "We prayed".
    	I think the story speaks for itself. I am always overwelmed
    whenever I relate this story to anyone, even now tears fill my eyes.
    
    Donald Boyd

    Praising God for this miracle!!! Amen!

    
    I praise God today for the healing he has done in my Mother-In_Law,
    Madge Griffin.  She has been living with us for one year now.  She is
    72 years old.  Since she arrived at our home she has been coughing
    regularly.  She has a serious medical history of heart attack, high
    blood pressure and now hiatal hernia and asthma plus she is probably 80
    pounds overweight.  Anyway in the past four months or so she has
    coughed incessantly, sometimes 18 hours with hardly a breath between
    violent coughing.  This had really sucked the life out of her and to us
    it seemed that someone could not survive such sickness for long.  This
    was especially difficult right after Caroline's death as it appeared
    Elaine might lose her mother to death imminently.
    
    We prayed fervently for her healing.  Miraculously, she started to get
    better (with no different treatment from any doctor) and now coughs
    about 97% less than she did.  
    
    I praise God for His kindness to Madge and to Elaine in healing her. 
    He certainly loves us and will answer our prayers, when we ask
    believing He will act according to His will.  Thank you Father in the
    name of Jesus!
    
    jeff

Thank you , Lord, for the way you have moved in Jeff and Elaine's life!

Sandy

	You've all got me near dancin' in Praise of His wonderous ways!!!!

	said it before, I'll say it again,

	Hallelujah!

	

		Praising God for His glorious answer to prayer.
	My oldest daughter (20 yrs old) has accepted Jesus as her personal
	Savior.  No she wasn't Baptised as a child, but will be Baptised
	this Saturday at our Church's Easter Vigil and I get to take part 
	in her Baptism.

	Thank you Lord!  All Praise, Glory and Honor be Yours.

Julian

    Praising God with you !!  Amen.  Nancy

 Amen!




 

    (7.38)  In moments like these I sing out a song, I sing out a love song
    to Jesus.  In moments like these I lift up my hands, I lift up my hands
    to the Lord.  Singing I love you, Lord, singing I love you, Lord,
    singing I love you Lord, I love you.  
    
    No I didn't make up the above words.  They are words to a song we sing
    at my prayer meeting, and which we sang at our seminar.  I chose these
    words because it must express the feelings I see you trying to convey
    in words in your memo.  What a glorious Easter for you and your family!
    
    

    
    GOD  bless your daughter and your family.
    
    In Jesus , Werner

	YES!!!!

	Great news, Julian!

Praising the LORD with you, Julian...

					Andrew

WOW!  Normally I am predominantly only a reader of this conference, but lately 
I have written alot.

		PRAISING GOD FOR BUILDING HIS CHURCH THRU US


Many of you know about the United Methodist Worship Service which was started 
in January.  For those of you who aren't aware, The United Methodist Churches 
in towns surrounding Stow banded together to start a Saturday evening worship 
service beginning at 5:00 p.m.  This time was selected to offer an alternative 
to the formal Sunday morning worship and to provide worship services to those 
who work or are unable for what ever reason a time to worship and praise God.  
The service is very casual.  PRAISE GOD!

In only three months, we have moved from a small space in the lower section of 
the First Parish Church in Stow, MA., to using their sanctuary, to our own 
space in Stow, above the BayBank and Village Donut Shop across from the Stow 
shopping center, The Upper Room.  God has even provided us with our first 
mission, the Stow Food Pantry.  The Stow Food Pantry will be using some of our 
space.  I understand that the Stow food pantry provides food to approximately 
75 families per week.  PRAISE GOD!

Now for the really good news.  We will be holding an Easter Vigil in the First 
Parish Church sanctuary on Saturday, 10 April beginning at 5:00 p.m. you are 
all invited.  Additionally, the radio station, I forget the name but they 
broadcast on 1120 on your a.m. dial, contacted us yesterday and have asked us 
to begin taping our services.  They will be broadcasting them on Sundays.  
PRAISE GOD!

God has also begun using me even more.  Several weeks ago our Church 
Conference with our District Superintendent thru God's grace bestowed on 
me the Responsibility of being a Certified Lay Speaker in The United Methodist 
Church.  I am truly honored and humbled that God has decided to use me in a 
number of His different minsitries.  ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD!

I was recently talking with our pastors about how one should be careful for 
what they pray for.  Why you ask?  Well, God sometimes doesn't give you what 
you ask for but what He knows you need and God has a habit of abuntantly giving 
you more than you asked for.  PRAISE GOD!


PRAISING GOD THRU HIS SON JESUS CHRIST,

Your Brother in Christ Jesus,

Julian

    Julian,  
    
    Congrats.  May His Holy Spirit Continue to Guide you and bless you.  
    
    

    Update on Kevin (healed Baby of cancerous tumor)  Stiches have been
    removed.  Regaining motion on left side (prior to surgery had
    problems), moving his fingers, playing with rubber bands to strengthen
    fingers and hands.  Chemo treatment will begin this weekend and
    continue for 6 to 10 months.  The treatments will take place two to
    three days a week.  This is caution.  No live cells have geen found. 
    MRI was clear.  
    
    Will follow up when I have more details.  
    
    Peace 
    
    

    I keep seeing only 47 praise reports in here.  I know the Lord answered
    more prayers than that.  How about it guys?  
    
    Please be assured my intentions here are pure and I am not trying to
    offend any of you.  
    
    Peace of the Lord to you all.  
    
    

    Look in notes 6 and 87 for *my* praise reports.  God is soooo Good! 8^)
    
    Dave

 I promised this in my introduction yesterday and after reading .48 decided
 I had better put this together and enter it.  This is a praise report of
 how God answered a particular prayer of my family.  He gave us the desires
 of our hearts, but in His timing.

 In 1985 my family felt led to move from Colorado to Massachusetts due to
 the health of my parents.  My mom is afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis and
 confined to a wheelchair and my dad had one leg amputated due to poor
 circulation.  Both of these conditions had existed for many years prior to
 this but they were now receiving medical help and meals at home and we
 were concerned about them.

 Six months after moving to Massachusetts, again transferring with Digital,
 we were wondering if we had made the wrong move.  Massachusetts was not
 the place that I had remembered it to be and our hearts yearned to go back
 to Colorado.  Hmmmm.  We prayed about it and sensed that God was telling
 us that yes, we would be going back and so I began looking at the jobs
 listing to see if anything was available.  Nothing appeared to be opening
 up and yet we still felt God telling us, YES!  After a while we began to
 get discouraged and doubted that we would be going.  Finally, one night at
 a Carman concert in Worcester, during one of his talk sessions between
 songs, Carman was talking about prayer and said, "I want everyone to place
 your hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you and I want all
 of you to pray aloud to God for something that is burdening you."  My
 prayer to God was, "Lord, I have sensed that you want us to move back to
 Colorado and yet nothing is falling into place.  It is our desire to go
 back but I will accept your plan either way.  Please tell me what it is
 you would have us do."  I felt a peace come over me like I hadn't felt in
 a long time and a voice said to me, "Yes, you are going.  Be patient."

 Shortly after that two jobs opened up that I felt I would be qualified for
 and so I made arrangements to come out to interview.  I flew out and
 interviewed and while I was here, a third job opened up and I interviewed
 for that one as well.  Each one seemed like a good fit and I went home
 feeling that surely God had one of these jobs in line for me and I just
 needed to wait and find out which one.  Wait I did!  None of them came
 through!  Now I was not only confused but somewhat depressed.  "God, I
 don't understand.  You said 'yes' and nothing has come through."  No
 answer.

 July, 1987.  My mom had gone into the hospital for some fluid in her lungs
 and was recovering.  While she was in the hospital my dad started having
 some problems with pain in his remaining leg.  He went to the doctor and
 the doctor put him in the hospital for some tests.  Mom was released and
 arrangements now had to be made for someone to stay at home with her
 because of her MS.  The report from the doctor said that the circulation
 in my dad's remaining leg had deteriorated and would need some surgery to
 attempt to open up the main artery.  They did one surgery which wasn't
 100% successful and so they did it again, this time a little more
 aggressively and still not enough blood flow.  The decision was made that
 he would have to lose his other leg.  This devastated him.  How was he
 going to take care of his wife in a wheelchair if he was in one too? 
 There was no choice.

 During this time I had found out that a job had opened up in my old group
 in CXO doing exactly what I had been doing there two and a half years
 earlier!  I called and told them that I would like to apply for the
 position.

 The surgery was done under a spinal tap as the doctors were concerned
 about him going under again because of his age and because he was very
 weakened from the previous surgeries.  I went to visit him in the hospital
 the next day and he was doing quite well.  He said that he had been up in
 a wheelchair and was practicing at the window sill (which he guessed was
 the same height as the stove) on placing cookware on the stove.  He also
 told me that he was having very bad dreams about the surgery and that he
 remembered seeing his leg on a table across the room.  How horrible, I
 thought.  But, he appeared to be improving rapidly.

 Two nights later, at two in the morning, I got a phone call that finally
 made me realize why God had delayed our move.  It was my brother and he
 said that dad's doctor had just called him to tell us that dad had died a
 short while ago.

 We made funeral arrangements and buried my dad but now we had another
 problem.  Now that my mother's social security check was going to increase
 because of my dad's death, her income was now too much to continue
 receiving medical assistance and meals from the state!  Since she required
 medical help on a daily basis, none of us could afford to take her in and
 pay for it.  The only choice was a nursing home.  I went to church that
 next Sunday and asked for prayer about finding a nursing home for my mom. 
 I had already called several and they all added her name to a waiting
 list.  However, that could take months, or even years I was told.  In
 addition, mom didn't want to go to any of the ones that I had called
 because they were too far from her house.

 Oh, the power of prayer.  On Monday I called a nursing home that was only
 one block from the house my mom lived in.  Unfortunately, they said the
 same thing, "We'll put her name on the list."  Tuesday afternoon I got a
 call back from that nursing home.  I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 
 A bed had opened up and they could take my mom the next day!  I took off
 on Wednesday and signed my mother into the nursing home.

 The next day I went back to work and there was a message to call the
 person in Colorado who had the job open.  I called and he said, "We tried
 to call you yesterday but you were out.  We would like to offer you the
 job out here."  I asked, didn't they want to interview me first since it
 was now under a new supervisor and manager.  Nah, they knew enough about
 me from my past experience there and had heard enough good things from the
 people who knew me from the past.

 Praise God!!!  He did answer our prayers and give us the desires of our
 hearts.  Just like He had told me at the concert!  But in His timing.

 Ron

    <<< Note 6.164 by USAT05::BENSON "God's Love's Still Changing Hearts" >>>

>> Tomorrow morning at 10:30 our child shall be born.  Please remember us tonight
>> and tomorrow.  Pray for joy for us.  Pray for safety for Elaine and the
>> baby.  And pray for Elaine that she be of sound mind.  And pray that fear
>> would not attack us in the night or in the morning.

>>jeff

Let the celebrations begin....

Born Friday April 16 at 11:30 to Jeff and Elaine Benson

Glenn Austin Benson
8lb 1 oz
Mother and baby doing fine...

					Praise GOD !!!!!
								Mike B.

Rejoicing with you...

					Andrew

Praise the Lord!  And Thank You!

 Praise the Lord indeed...congrats!






 Jim

    Praising God for a healthy birth!!!
    
    Nancy

    Also praising and rejoicing .... and anticipating :-)
    
    Mark L.

    Praising God for little Glenn Benson.
    
    Also, Lloyd's memorial service was yesterday.  It was wonderful and
    ministered in a special way to all present.  Praise God for His
    victory.  More on this later.
    
    In His love,
    Dave

    Well, it was worth the wait.  :-)
    
    Susanna Grace Lovik was born at 7:12 pm tonight.  7 lb. 14 oz. (I'll
    leave it for the metrically minded to convert that to grams), 21 inches
    (ditto to centimeters).  The labor was pretty long, but once the
    midwife and nurse arrived, things really got moving (they broke the bag
    of waters).  About an hour more and there she was.  All are doing fine. 
    I love home births. :-)   "Therefore God dealt well with the midwives:
    and the [Lovik] people multiplied,  and waxed very mighty."  (Ex 1:20)
    
    Mark L.

>    Susanna Grace Lovik was born at 7:12 pm tonight.

Congratulations!

	There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim:
	and he took a wife, whose name was Susanna,
	the daughter of Chelcia, a very fair woman,
	and one that feared the Lord.

	Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and
	beauteous to behold.

			Susanna 1-2,31 KJV (also known as Daniel 13:1-2,31)

    Congratulations Mark!
    
    Dave

 Congrats Mark and family!







Jim

O Susanna, oh don't you cry for me...
For I come from Ala-chicago with a banjo on my -uh toe

Congratulations!

    Congratulation Jeff and Mark! Praising God for the new babies!
    
    Rebecca

    Congratulations Mark!!! 
    
    Susanna Grace... I really love that name! 
    
    Nancy

Praising God for our newest noters. :^)

Congratulations Jeff and Elaine and Mark and Connie.


Sandy

Congratulations, Mark! - and Connie, too I guess ;-)

- and a big WELCOME to Susanna Grace - what a delight!  May she early come 
to know and delight in the LORD.


Praise the LORD for all His goodness to you ...

	Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them 
	that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in 
	Thee before the sons of men! 
						Psalm 31:19 


							love
								Andrew

Congratulations to the new stars and their producers:

Jeff and Elaine and Mark and Connie.


Joe

	Hooray!  lots and lots of babies!!!

	Congratulations to Jeff and Elaine on Glenn's birth!!!

	Mark and Connie, congratulations to you, too!


	Karen

    Yay!!
    
     Just read the last several about babies, Great news!!
    
    Gil 

	Me too, Gil... gets me thinking Emily needs a playmate!

Hello all,

Since our church doesn't have a Wednesday or Sunday night service,
my wife and I sometimes attend functions at other churches.  Marylee,
my wife, recently reported to me that she thought another church
here was very alive and that we should check them out and support
them.  My wife went to 2 services Sunday, one at that church and
one later at ours which I could get up for (after working until
9 a.m. Saturday).  Sunday evening we went to a program and were
surprised to see a very low attendance.  But Sunday morning she
had signed us up for a general dinner gathering which is held every
week at 6 pm on Wednesday, just in time for me to go and then come
to work.  We were kind of worried about it being a small gathering
with new folks like us standing out, but we're brave.

Well we went last night and were pleased to see quite a turnout, had
a good dinner, enjoyed the fellowship, met the pastor, and so forth.
That was certainly praiseworthy in itself.

And now for "the rest of the story":

We also had a very good music program put on by 2 very charming and
talented young ladies.  They were very good and were warmly received.
I didn't catch the names, but my wife and I both particularly commented
on one or two songs about putting ourselves in the Lord's hands.

Then I came in here and was very busy until about midnight.  Calls
drop off then and I get to take a little break and do things like check
in here.  Eventually I came to note 6.189.  In case that doesn't do it
for you, I'll be specific.  This has been my long-winded way of telling
you that your prayers for Fran and Rebecca were answered very well to
the best of my belief.  Unless I am mistaken, they were indeed the
singers!  I was floored.  Called my wife and she says that she remembers
that one was named Fran.

As the chief beneficiary of your prayers since I got to enjoy the
program they had to work at, thanks for the prayers and thank you,
Heavenly Father, for the talent of Fran and Rebecca.

Lew

    Amen!!!  Thanks for sharing that Lew.  Hey girls you gotta make a tape
    and play it for me over the phone!!!
    
    Encore!
    Nancy

    I am not sure if this is the right place or not, but I wanted to share
    this. It is the belief of my paster and Christian in-laws, that this is
    the The Holy Spirit.
    
    	Two weeks ago I was reading a Christian book called Pigs In The
    Palour. I was on a chapter that talked about the phycholgical disease
    of personality disorders called (I can't spell it) scitzofrenia. My
    twin brother has ben diagnosed with this and I thought to myself how
    wonderful it would be to help cure my bother of this through
    ministering to him. Very suddenly I felt something well up within me
    and cause my skin to tingle all over my head, arms, trunk, and I began
    to cry. It lasted around ten or fiften seconds, then left. I was left
    with a good feeling.
    	A little over a week later I was on the way to work thinking about
    what had happened, and how I would like to minister to my brother, and
    then expanded on it by thinking how wonderful it would be to minister
    to other people. As that thought finished, the same wonderful/strange
    feeling filled me again, and the crying as well.
    	I believe that The Holy Spirit has filled me to give me direction
    to my life, to minister to others. It is very clear. I thank God for
    this, as I feel that this is really what I have always wanted to do. I
    thank you for any prayers you may send.
    
    	In Jesus name..
    
    	Donald Boyd
    

Hi Donald,

Praise the LORD for the burden He has laid on your heart.  Wait on Him to 
know how, when and where this will be used, because He has given it for His 
purposes alone.

Keep your eyes upon Him continually, because when you enter an area of 
warfare, it arouses the opposition.  Our defence is not to watch the enemy, 
but to watch our captain.

 "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask 
  anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know that He 
  hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of Him."
								1 John 5:14-15


God bless you, brother, in your walk and work with Him...

								Andrew

Thanks for your note, Donald.  Schizophrenia is a terrible disease and 
your brother will need all the support you can give him.  In addition, 
we need to be praying for those suffering from psychological disorders.


Sandy
								

    
    Hi Dear Family!
    
    As you have read, Austin has been born.  He is doing very well.  Elaine
    is recovering from the c-section nicely.  Through our extraordinary
    pediatrician's advice (she's 95 years old) he should be sleeping
    through the night any day now - he will be two weeks old on Friday.
    
    I praise God for Austin.  If you think about it for a moment, what it
    must be like for us to have lost our dear Caroline only three months
    ago and to now have Austin, you might imagine the mixture of emotions
    we are experiencing.  Though difficult to endure combinations of grief 
    and even unspeakable joy in this fleshly vessel, we are not tossed
    violently for our faith is in God's Word, not our emotions or feelings.
    
    I praise God for your faithful prayers for us.  I thank you for your
    sacrifice on our behalf!  If you find yourself thinking of us, please
    pray for our continued healing and for joy.  If you ever need
    comforting in your grief or would like to comfort another but don't
    feel adequate, please contact me.
    
    Thanks Again!!!!
    
    jeff (for Elaine)

    It's Amazing what Praising can DO,
    Alleluia, Alleluia
    It's Amazing what Praisinig can DO,
    Alleluia,
    I don't worry when things go wrong
    Jesus fills my heart with a song,
    It's Amazing what Praising can DO,
        Alleluia!!!!
    
    Thanking God for you Jeff, and praying too.
    
    Nancy

    Just one more thing to reinforce how important note 6 is.  Thank you 
    Jeff for your report.  Still praying and thanking God for you and
    yours.
    
    In His Love,
    Dave

    Last night a 3 year old stabbed my son Clayton in the face with a 10"
    knife.  The wound went deep into Clayton's cheek, but is only about
    1/4" long.  He took 3 stitches... but now the incredible story.
    
    Clayton is 6
    Matthew is 10
    
    This boy was chasing my 10 year old with this knife, when my 6 year old
    jumped off his bike to chase the 3 year old away from his brother, and
    of course having the boy turn towards him and stab him in the face. 
    
    I just want to thank God and Praise Him for the protection around my
    children today.  It's late here, we are just now all getting to bed.
    
    Nancy

Thankyou Father for guarding your child Clayton, that no more serious harm 
befell him.

	Praying for Clayton and Matthew and "Mom"... Thank you
	Lord God for your hedge of protection around the entire family.

	Love and hugs to you Nancy,
	Karen

*WHAT* was a three-year old doing with a ten inch knife!!!!!?????

Thank You Lord, for the protection of Your love.

 I kinda had the same question, followed by what would motivate a 3 year old
 to be chasing someone with it.



 Praise God indeed for His protection.






 Jim

 On a slightly more cheerful note, we have a revival going on at my church, and
 last night the junior and senior highschool kids put on a musical program. What
 a blessing to hear these kids sing praises to God and give testimony to His
 love.  

 This was followed by a stirring message from the Pastor on 1 Peter 5:8 "Be of
 sober spirit, on the alert.  Your adversary the devil, prowls about like a
 roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (NASB).



 Tonight is visitation night, where many of us will be visiting  folks inviting
them to church for tomorrow night's service and closing of the revival.  God
is truly working in this church and community as witnessed by the number of 
salvations and the spiritual growth within the body.





Jim

    Also praising God for His protection over Clayton and Matthew.
    
> I kinda had the same question, followed by what would motivate a 3 year old
> to be chasing someone with it.

    I suspect the motivation can be traced to two letters, both typed
    with the left index finger (first above-right, second below-right, of
    it's "home" on the 'F' key). :-(
    
    Mark L.

  Well, that thought had certainly crossed my mind.






 Jim

Praising God for His protection ... For His hand on Clayton, showing not
only that He cares for him physically, but also bringing out that love
commitment....  To give Clayton - and Matthew - a deeper-than-before
awaerness of the suffering our LORD went through for him, and the reality
of His love... 

Praising ... with tears in my eyes....

And I guess we need to be praying for a three-year-old too...

							love
								Andrew

    Now, that I'm not drop-dead tired, I'll try and answer some of the
    questions about this child.
    
    Bizarre circumstances... an older daughter in the home took Clayton in
    the house, washed his face and placed a bandaid on it and told him
    stitches weren't needed and sent him home.  As Clayton walked in the
    door and Matthew and Clayton began telling me what happened, I through
    on my shoes and walked down the house to confront the parents and see
    the knife [looking for rust condition].
    
    The mother came to the door and said, he's not my son, I'm just
    babysitting.  I requested to see the knife and to my horror, it was a
    10" blade, and sharp enough to slice paper!  Then, I asked for his
    mother's name and phone number.  To my amazement after having gone down
    the road of Mom, Dad, Grandma, and just who the heck is responsible for
    this child, the story began to unfold,
    
    He was a drug baby, Mom Japanese, Father Iranian, neither parents are
    in this country.  Grandmother took the baby, but couldn't raise him,
    and gave him to this Filipino couple.  They do not have legal
    guardianship of the boy.  
    
    As I watched the boy for the 10 minutes or so I was in their home, you
    could tell he definitely had problems... almost seemed like scared,
    frightened animal, though no-one was even addresssing him.  His speech
    and physical body are normal, but he just didn't seem to be all there. 
    
    When I asked , "HOW DID HE GET THIS KNIFE?", they didn't know.  They
    were cleaning the weeks out in their backyard... sigh
    
    The hospital told me I should call the police, so I did.  However, the
    police officer that came to the door, didn't want to fill out the
    paperwork involved in filing a report, so he took an "informational"
    note on a 3x5 card.. which probably goes in a *round* filing bin.
    
    Although, he did say that he was going to go down and talk to these
    people.... sigh.
    
    Nancy

Thankyou Father for the safe delivery of a new daughter, Rebecca Kate, for 
dear friends Carolyn and Amauri.

Rebecca was 34 weeks, and Carolyn had been in hospital for 2 weeks prior to 
her Caesarian (hypertension). With her first daughter, Natalie,  (32 weeks) she 
spent nearly 3 months in hospital (& she had a broken leg as well).

Lord, thankyou for the strength you have given this Christian family, and for 
the joy that they share with others.

Praising with you, Chele...  May God bless this family; those little ones, 
that they will grow up to know and love Him...

								Andrew

    Praise God for this birth!!!!  Thanks for sharing it with us Chele. 
    Amazing God is everywhere! :-) :-) :-)

    Moved notes 7.93 and 7.94 to a new topic 131.1 and 131.2.
    
    Nancy
    Co-mod CHRISTIAN

 Saturday I picked up my kids to go to the church softball game.  All day long
 the deceiver was telling me that I shouldn't take Chris there because nobody
 is going to accept him with his long hair and earring, and it seems a bunch of
 things cropped up during the day trying to prevent us from going, capped off
 by a jam packed McDonald's were we dined before the game (carbo loading?) that
 seemed to be short on help, and long on flaired tempers, but I digress.  


 At any rate we made it to the game and the first person we encountered upon 
 our arrival was the youth pastor, to whom I introduced Chris and Scott and 
 he was quite warm towards him and I could see Chris relax a bit (as did his
 Dad).  We get to the field and the pastor came up right away and introduced 
 himself to Chris (he already new Scott) and made a big deal out of Chris being
 there and told the coach to make sure to get him in the game!  So, Chris
 and I played some catch as people from the church kept coming up and intro- 
 ducing themselves and both kids were having a great time.


 We won the game 8-5 (I got a base hit breaking a 15 year drought) and Chris
 struck out and grounded out, but he had a great time.  After the game we hung
 around while all the younger kids got a shot at hitting and that was fun..

 As we were leaving the guys on the team came up and thanked Chris for coming
 and told him he was on the team and hoped he could make the next game!  All
 the way home that night both kids were beside themselves with excitement..And
 Dad was smiling quite a bit.  

 The kids stayed with their Mom Saturday night, so didn't come to church with
 me, but a bunch of people asked about them at church.  I called Chris and told 
 him about that last night and he said "Well, you know, maybe I'll come to 
 church with you next week" :-)  I still can't get the smile off my face. Oh,
 and Scott said he'll come again too.  There's a long way to go, of course,
 but Chris is a "soft" and sensitive kid and I believe that with the right
 amount of attention and prayer he will come around.  And Scott, who thinks 
 Chris is the greatest thing since sliced bread, won't be too far behind.  
 Sean, my oldest, is a bit harder and will take some time. 



 Praise God, and thanks for the prayers




 Jim

    Shouts of  Alleluia come to mind with operetic [sp] overtones!!!
    
    :-) :-) :-) :-)
    
    God is so good, God is so good, He's so good to me [us]!
    

 AMEN!  I was so excited after talking to him last night that I wanted to run
back to the church (where 8 people had just been baptised) and tell the 
preacher :-)

Praise the LORD, Jim!! thanks for the boost ... ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) 

						Andrew

    As some of you know I have taken a job in ALF.  I have been in Georgia
    without my family for 3 weeks now.  During this time I have been
    looking for a house and a church. Bonnie has been back home with the
    kids trying to sell our house in NH.  My Praise today is that this past
    Sunday I have found the church family that I believe God wants us to be
    involved with!!!!!! I have already shared this news with my good friend
    Mark, you see I have found a Church of the Nazarene to attend, and
    believe me God had everything to do with me finding it as I was only
    looking for the church God would have us attend regardless of
    affiliation.
    
    Also please pray for our family as we are apart!
    
    Dan
    
    God IS so Good!
    

    Praising with you!!! :-) :-)
    
    Nancy

 Great news, Dan!







 Jim

    Good news, Dan.  Now, get your family down there! :-)
    
>            <<< Note 7.100 by CSLALL::HENDERSON "Revive us again" >>>
>                               -< Praise snarf >-
    
    I LOVE IT!! :-)
    
    Mark L.

            <<< Note 7.101 by CHTP00::CHTP05::LOVIK "Mark Lovik" >>>

    Good news, Dan.  Now, get your family down there! :-)
    
>>            <<< Note 7.100 by CSLALL::HENDERSON "Revive us again" >>>
>>                               -< Praise snarf >-
    
    >I LOVE IT!! :-)
    
    >Mark L.


And I'll bet it was au naturel.



Great news, Dan.  We've missed you here.


Sandy

    Hi Dan,
    
    Please look me up!  I'm at ALF2/P20.  x31021
    
    jeff

I am thankful to God for His people.  Since my church found out that Joy 
has pneumonia, they started bringing in meals (as i told you before)
and we're scheduled out till next Tuesday (so far).

I often joked that my wife had the need in her life to serve and that
I fulfilled that need in her quite well.  It seems that we are fulfilling
a need in some people to also give and it is humbling to receive.  Again,
we learn more what it is to be the gracious receiver that the giver might
reap the benefits of God's economy through their giving.  (And while I
am glad for the lesson in giving God has for others through us, I'm still
hoping for a speedy recovery of my wife, and myself, so that we can
rejoin the ranks of service instead of the served.)

Mark M

 To me it was quite humbling when years ago my youngest son was born with
 some problems (from which he recovered) and not long after that a number of
 other problems popped up, including my wife needing an appendectomy within
 3 weeks of my youngest son being born.  Folks from the church were there with
 meals, to help around the house..one woman even nursed my son.


 It was also a great joy when the opportunity to reciprocate came up.






Jim

	Markem,

	I'm sure your kids are praising, too ;-)

	Love and hugs,
	Karen

    Last summer, Danese suffered two miscarriages.  This after numerous
    "signs" and seeming promises in the Word.  (No, we don't rely on signs,
    but God has blessed us on many occasion with His humor and use of
    circumstance to work in our lives.)  Of course, with our love of
    children, this left us not only with the grief of the loss, but an
    uncertainty in our ability to discern His voice.  The natural question
    in such times is "Why?".
    
    Now, when we moved to Georgia, the home we purchased was fronted with
    about 200 pansies.  Now pansies will bloom until they drop their seeds,
    so it's common to pick the seed pods to keep the plants blooming.  With
    200 plants, this is quite a chore and takes a fair amount of time.
    
    Sometime after the second miscarriage, Danese was outside while our
    children were napping, picking pansy pods.  During this time, a still
    voice asked her "Danese, what are you doing?"  Her reply was "Picking
    these seed pods so that they will continue to bloom."  The voice
    replied "So have I done with you."  He used us as vessels for the
    creation of a new soul for His heaven.  We look forward to meeting our
    unborn children.
    
    After the loss of Jeff's dear Caroline, Danese related this story to
    Elaine, to comfort with the comfort we have been given.  There is a
    purpose and a season to all things under heaven.
    
    This spring, we decided to plant another batch of pansies in front of
    our house.  After searching all Saturday morning with a car load of our
    4 children and ourselves, we decided to call it quits for the day and
    get some lunch.  For the sake of doing something different, we chose to
    return home by a different route.  As we were driving along, to the
    left of the road was a sign: 
    
    				Color Farms
    
    			      The Lord is Good!
                            Pansies $5.00 a flat.
    
    After pulling a fast 180 and picking ourselves off the floor, we bought
    150 plants from a most helpful (Christian) woman. Seems as if they are
    a major supplier of plants to the area.
    
    Now to answer Karen's question in 6.whatever:
    
    The Lord has picked our pod.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken
    away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.
    
    Danese is doing well.
    
    Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement.
    
    David

    David, what a wonderful analogy... may God continue to bless you and
    your wife with wisdom to trust and cherish Him even in times of sorrow.
    
    Thanks,
    Nancy

    My wife recently told me she heard a story on James Dobson's program of
    a couple that suffered several consecutive lost children (a stillbirth,
    a child that lived only a few days).  They were wondering "Why, Lord?",
    and the same answer was given to them: "Those are children for the
    kingdom."  It is amazing how something seemingly "dark" can become so
    full of light when we get a glimpse of God's perspective.
    
    Mark L.

	Thank you, David.

	Praying for you, Danese, and your family.

	love,
	Karen

    Has anyone heard of a *wonderful* problem?
    Let's see...
    
    We have the president of our Guatemalan conference (Primitive Methodist
    denomination) staying with us on his way to our annual conference which
    I'll be attending next week. He was sharing with us how the Lord has
    blessed them and how so many lives have come to Christ in the last few
    years, to the point that right now they have too many saved ones and not 
    the finances to help them; Such as to build churches, purchase bibles/
    discipleship materials, prepare leaders, etc., etc. They have 8
    churches needing pastors.
    
    It's still a problem to lack the finances, but the fact that this problem 
    is caused by lives being saved, doesn't make it a problem, but rather a 
    reason to rejoice and praise God.
    
    GLORIFIED BE HIS NAME!!!
    
    Josie
    P.S. Now, does everyone agree is a wonderful problem? 

Praising, with both Brian and Josie, in these very different reasons for 
rejoicing...

									Andrew

Status on Joy:  when you ask her whether she's improved, she'll say
she doesn't know because there are times when she does and then sinks
back.  The doctor thought she was marginally improved (listening with
the stethescope and having her breath through some apparatus).  So,
the doctor has continued the medication and will see her on Wednesday.
I'm optimistic that she's turned the corner (albeit a slow turn).

My son is at a friend's house; the other three are in school.  We've got
many friends helping out.  I'm hoping things will at least
be pretty much back to normal by next week.  Prayers still appreciated
and beneficial.

Mark

    God be with Joy and your family Mark. If there is anything I can help
    with, PLEASE, let me know...
    
       Phil

	Praising with you Brian, and standing right along with you in
	prayer, especially on the 26th.

	Love,
	Karen

	Greta's back - that's reason to rejoice!

	Karen

 Praising God for things that are beginning to happen in the lives of my sons.
 





 Jim who has a lot to be thankful for today.

 I was able to participate in an experience tonight that has me 
 shaking my head in amazement at how God works.  Tuesday night is
 visitation night and a few of us meet at the church and head out
 in pairs to visit people.  Tonight we went to visit a woman who 
 had visited the church a few weeks ago.  We arrived at the apart-
 ment building and were looking for apartment 3.  We looked at
 the number above the door and thinking it said "3" we knocked.
 A man came to the door and we asked if the woman we wer to visit
 was home and he said we had the wrong place, we were at apt 2!
 Ah, so my partner started talking to him and explained where we
 were from (I'm still a new at this so I just stand there and 
 smile :-) and asked if he  read the Bible, and he said "well, 
 as a matter of fact I've been reading it quite a bit lately"!

 To make a long story short, the man wound up accepting Christ
 tonight.  This man was just waiting for someone to come 
 knocking on his door and tell him about Christ, and here we
 are knocking on the wrong door :-)


 Praise God..


 Jim

    Yes Jim!  Worthy of praise!  These examples of supernatural
    intervention by God on behalf of puny men and women are encouraging!
    
    jeff

 Encouraging for sure..as we drove home (we went up to #3 that we were supposed
 to visit) we just kept saying "This man was just waiting for us to knock on
 his door"...how many more like him are out there..just waiting for someone to
 tell them about Christ?



 Jim

 Oh yeah...#3 wasn't home..






 Jim

> and here we
> are knocking on the wrong door :-)
    
>  Oh yeah...#3 wasn't home..

    Sounds to me like you were knocking at the right door, but the Lord
    hadn't revealed it to you at that point. :-)  Wonderful news, Jim.
    
    Mark L.

 Well, I was just along for the ride and the experience..while my partner
 talked I prayed.  But the whole experience taught me a couple things.  There
 are a lot of folks out there who are waiting for someone to share the gospel
 with them and God does have a plan for our lives.  It was planned for this 
 man's life that we would knock on his door.


 Unfortunately I missed a golden opportunity that also taught me the same 
 lesson as the points above,  earlier in the evening.  I was rushing out 
 of a grocery store, running late to get to the church (and my cup of Dunkin'
 Donuts coffee enroute) and a young woman came up to me trying to sell me 
 magazine subscriptions..I listened to her pitch, explaining that I was late,
 and she fumbled around in her folders and I noticed a sticker symbolizing
 a popular rock band that until 6 months ago was my "god".  I fumbled around
 trying to find a tract to give her and start to talk to her about the Lord,
 but to be honest was in more of a hurry to get out of the rain and into my 
 car :-(  As I drove to the church I realized what a chance I had missed.



 Great night for a couple lessons though.




 Jim

    Karen! You make me blush! *&^) but I've missed you (and folks here in
    the file), too.  I'm grateful to be participating, even if it's just a
    little bit these days.
    
    Some immense healing over a particularly painful wound in my life has
    been happening the last few weeks.  Layers upon layers upon layers of
    old baggage getting left with the Lord.  I praise Him that He's helping
    me to accept myself, inspite of all the past sins and failures.
    
    I'm really thankful and praising God for a new work that is happening
    at our church.  A few of us are heading up a fellowship for singles,
    targeting those who are out of school awhile (25 and older).  It's been
    a very positive experience so far and I hope to write up a bit of
    information about it and post it here (in the events of interest to
    Christians topic).  God is so good.  He's helping me to rejoice in this
    unique time of life as a single daughter of God.
    
    Even if these wonderful things were not in my life, God would still be
    worthy of praise.  That's the real joy and blessing . . .He loves us
    and delights in our fellowship.  Pretty awesome!
    
    Hugs,
    
    -gret

    Jim,
    
    To echo a favorite Sister of mine, WoW! :-) :-)
    
    Thank you Father, for those who are willing to be teachable.
    
    In His Love,
    Nancy

Rejoicing over #2 .... praying for #3, for when the time comes....

Thanks Jim - GREAT!!!!


							Andrew

	Update on my father-in-law:

	Mark is not experiencing any more nausea or indigestion!

	The doctor stopped one of his medications (just after
	I entered a prayer request on Mark's behalf), and he's
	gotten better every day since!

	This may seem like a small thing, but Mark was taking nearly
	30 pills a day before his surgery, and was down to about 10
	last time I saw him.  The process of determining which pill was
	causing the trouble could have taken months... it took days!

	Thanks again for all of your prayers!

	Karen

 Update to 7.130..the woman in apt #3 accepted Christ last night.






 Jim

 Update to 7.130..the woman in apt #3 accepted Christ last night.


	2 for 2 !!

Lew

Rejoicing with you, Karen!

	- and with the angels, Jim!!!!


						Andrew

    Great news, Jim!  Hmm -- the person in apt. 1 had better watch out! :-)
    
    Mark L
    

    Oh Lord, dear God, how majestic is thy name over all the earth.
      I feel compelled to to shout to the Lord hands uplifted lest I burst!
    
      Lord I give thee thanks Lord!!
    
                                Psalm 100
    
    	1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
    	2 Worpship the Lord with gladness;
    	      come before Him with joyful songs.
    	3 Know that the Lord is God.
    	   It is He who made us, and we are His;
    	    we are His people the sheep of His pasture.
    	4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise;
    	   give thanks to Him and praise His name.
    	5 For the Lord is good and His love endures forever;
    	   His faithfulness continues through all generations.

 This last Wednesday night we sang the chorus "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus",
 just prior to the offering.  We sang one verse, and the pastor who would
 normally pray at this time stepped up and said "lets sing that again", which
 of course we did..then he had the women sing, then the men, then just the kids
 then all the rest of us.  We sang that song 5 or 6 times. 
 
 As I stood there listening to the singing, which seemed to become more powerful
 the more we sang, I got to thinking.  Here in that auditorium were 200+ people
 who at some point in their lives decided to drop whatever they were doing, 
 change whatever direction their lives were going in, and follow Jesus.  I 
 wondered about the trials they may have gone through, the joy they may have
 found.  I've heard a few testimonies from folks over the miracles that have
 taken place..the kid who was the "black sheep" in his family, was dragged into
 Satanic and idol worship through "death metal" music, who made that decision
 to follow Jesus, who has since led many people to Christ and who leaves this
 summer for the mission field; or the family who recently decided to follow
 Jesus, where the wife who had left an abusive ex husband several years earlier
 and had been fighting for custody of her children and appeared to be losing 
 the battle, asked for prayer from the congregation and just this past Monday 
 found out that the courts reversed their earlier decisions and awarded her 
 custody.  Not only were the lives of these children changed, the lives of 
 their mother and step father, but as a result the mother of the stepfather
 was saved this past Sunday!  Another soul who decided to follow Jesus.

 We have a man and wife in our church who are leaving in July to start a 
 work in Tingsboro Mass.  They recently found a building to use and have been
 praying for some needs, simple, but important needs, like chairs.  This past
 Wednesday a furniture store, going out of business called and asked our church
 if we needed or new of someone needing 50 folding chairs, the exact number we
 were looking for! 

 I spent a couple hours last night (foregoing plans to clean my apartment) 
 with my 16 year old son because he wanted to practice for his driving test at 
 school.  I'm finding I'm enjoying these times with him more than just about
 anything I've done..we just drive and talk.  And as we talk I hear (though 
 he doesn't seem to reaize it) the Holy Spirit working in him, and I know that
 with the right amount of prayer and love and talk that he too will make that
 decision to follow Jesus.
  
 Nobody said its going to be easy, nobody said it was going to be all smiles
 and no heartaches or tragedy or pain.  But having made that decision to follow
 Jesus, I know that He is with me through it all.

 Heavenly Father, I love you and praise you for all you have done in my life,
 and continue to do day by day.  I thank you for all the ways you've blessed 
 my life in so many ways I couldn't count them.  And I thank you for the count-
 less miracles you have worked in the lives of those in this conference and in
 the church.  And now, I pray that if anyone reading this conference is faced
 with making that decision to follow Jesus, that today would be the day.


 In Jesus precious name,
 

 Amen

    Praising with you Jim!!!!  Boy, this morning my eyes and heart have
    been blessed beyond words!
    
    Praising God for Jim whose life has been changed, Praising God for
    Paul's whose life has been touched...
    
    Geesh, what more can girl ask for?
    Nancy

Jim, He's SOOoooo good!!!  I just want more of Him...

Thanks for sharing.  In the right place ! ;-)

And Phil - enjoyed - I can empathize with that one!  It must be good to 
praise Him with hands uplifted while floating down at x,000 ft....

My difficulty is doing about that while driving.  Praise Him for keeping 
road users safe beyond what we deserve too .. ;-)

						Andrew

     Dear Fam'ly, 

     From both my impression, and direct (unsolicited!) feedback from the
     interviewer, the interview went *extremely* well! Moreover, he stated
     that he feels that I would be a valuable asset to the SAIE group!

     He has requested that I make myself available next Wednesday for
     in-person interviews at NIO with various managers and other members of
     the team. Goodness! I'm going to have to shuck the eight-inch
     steel-toed boots and remember how to tie a necktie! 8^) 

     Things are going *extremely* well, IMO. Now, if only personnel doesn't
     derail this effort with technicalities! Please keep this part of the
     job situation in prayer. G_d is FAITHFUL! Thank you, Abba! 

     Hopefully, 

     Brian

Great news, Brian.  We will keep praying for you.  You said that 
you were separated from the family.  If this comes through, will
that end?

Lew

 re: <<< Note 7.141 by MIMS::GULICK_L "When the impossible is eliminated..." >>>

     Lew, 

     > Great news, Brian.

     Amen. 

     > We will keep praying for you.

     Please *do* continue. 

     > You said that you were separated from the family.  If this comes
     > through, will that end? 

     Unfortunately, the current separation is more than circumstantially
     originated. I precipitated a breach of trust in my family which
     resulted in my wife, Robin, feeling that she had to depart. While the
     L_rd has completely dealt with this in my life, it will most likely (I
     always allow room for the Holy Spirit to intervene miraculously) take
     some time to restore the trust that previously existed between my
     family and myself. Only then can complete restoration and reunification
     take place. Nevertheless, I continue to trust in the L_rd that "He who
     has begun a good working you shall continue it until the Day of Messiah
     Yeshua." Your prayers in agreement would be most gratefully appreciated.

     Hopefully,

     Brian 

    Praising God for this good news! :-)
    
    
    
Hello Nancy,


I'm *CLEAN*! The ultrasound was unpleasant, but nothing showed up. Thankyou 
for your prayers, they (of course) worked wonders.




    

    How great is thy faithfulness O God!!!  Thank you Lord for your
    mercy and love upon anonymous! Thank you Lord God, Father over all
    things.
    
       Alleluia Andrew pass it on!

    Just received some news on Fran - she has two herniated discs - but,
    one, she's extremely grateful to know what's wrong and two, the doctor
    thinks there's a good chance that they've begun healing and will
    be able to heal on their own. So - praising God for the healing and the
    peace of mind that knowing brings and praying for continued healing.
    
    Rebecca

    
    Folks,  I just spoke with Brian Phaneuf.  He sounds terrific and is in
    seemingly good spirits.  He did not suffer a heart attack per say and
    did not sustain damage to his heart rather to arteries around the
    heart.  He is going to be somewhat incapacitated for a while.  The
    interview has been rescheduled for Monday (I believe) and things still
    look good.
    
    He has specific needs: He needs help moving this weekend from the
    Skowhegan, Maine area to southern New Hampshire.  If anyone wants to
    help on the Maine end, please let him know.  He's much more concerned
    however with getting help on the New Hampshire side.  Since he has
    lived in Maine for some time now he does not have the support in New
    Hampshire that he needs right now.  
    
    Let's make sure that Brian gets our help.  I urge any of you in the
    area to contact Brian and offer your help to him in his move.  If I
    were there I would coordinate it all and I would make sure that his
    needs were met.  I am not there so I hope someone will prayerfully
    consider and then decide to coordinate a ministry of sorts to Brian in
    the next several weeks.
    
    jeff

	Praising God for his faithfulness, and the healing of his children.

	Karen

    JUST praising that Markel moved all these notes without gliche!
    
    :-) :-)
    Nancy

    	
    	making a joyful noise in praise of our lord the 
    	master musician!  :)
    
    

    
    Thank you, Father God, for forgiving my initial outburst when I
    received the unreasonable mail from my boss, and thank you once again
    for teaching me how to answer to his mail, word for word...!!
    
    Mike

    
    Family,
    
    Should I assume from no replies to .147 that no one in the conference
    is able to assist Brian this weekend?
    
    jeff

    Jeff,
    
    I spoke to Brian last night.  I believe that he won't be needing help
    this weekend, as he will have just gotten out of the hospital and will
    not have time to pack up and load.  I believe he's just coming down for
    the interview on Monday and will try and set up the following weekend
    for the move.
    
    I dunno... might wanna ask again.
    
    Thanks,
    Nancy

 If its next weekend I *may* be able to help.   Its become extremely
difficult for me to plan anything for weekends lately.





Jim

    
    I suggest that whomever wants to help Brian, whether this weekend or
    next and during his period of convalescence, that you contact him
    directly.  His hospital number is: 207-474-5121 room 214.
    
    jeff

    From my conversation with Brian on Wednesday, he's planning to do the
    bulk of the moving next weekend (that is, the 12th and 13th).  He
    expects to have enough help to pack everything in Maine but is looking
    for help unpacking on Sunday the 13th in the early afternoon at the
    U-Haul storage units in Nashua.  Lord willing, I'll be able to help out
    with this.

    He is also in need of someone to help tow one of his cars from Maine to
    his parents' place in Nashua and is willing to cover expenses.  This
    could be done any time between now and the end of the month, though the
    sooner the better.

    And I would echo Jeff's suggestion that anyone who wishes to provide
    assistance contact Brian directly.

    In His love,

				*** Daryl ***

     'Lo Fam'ly!

     It's good to be able to contact you once again. By the grace of our
     loving Abba, I remain on this mortal soil, further humbled.

     I would very much appreciate the assistance of anyone who might find it
     in their hearts to assist with the unloading of a U-Haul truck next
     Sunday afternoon, 13-JUN-1993. Anticipated meeting place is Community
     Chapel, near Exit 7, in Nashua, NH. Anticipated meeting time is right
     after church, about 1230. If you desire to help, but the meeting time
     would not allow you sufficient time to get there from your church, let
     me know, and an alternative meeting arrangements can be made (I
     anticipate unloading most everything into a storage room at the U-Haul
     Center on Daniel Webster Hwy, So, in Nashua. Quite frankly, I do not
     have the physical endurance at this time to do very much of the work
     myself, so I will be totally dependent upon you charity to assist me. 

     I will be staying with my parents in Nashua through Tuesday night, and
     can be reached there at (603) 883-8636. From Wednesday through Saturday
     noon (or so), I will be back in Harmony, ME, packing and loading. I can
     be reached there at (207) 683-2343. Subsequent to that, I will be back
     at my parents' home. You can always call them and leave a message. 

     Also, please pray through Monday morning and early afternoon, as I will
     be participating in a series of highly important interviews at NIO.
     While I am confident going into these interviews, I also realize that
     everything is in Abba's hands, and that He hears and answers prayers. 

     ADthanksVANCE,

     Brian

     'Lo Again!

     Just wanted to let you guys and gals know that the L_rd *continues* to
     answer prayers (as if you had any doubt!!)!!!! I WAS ACCEPTED AS A
     MEMBER OF THE SAIE TEAM AT NIO TODAY! THEY CALLED ME BACK THE *SAME
     DAY* WITH THE JOB OFFER!! I stand in amazement how G_d works! Even my
     cynical earthly father had to admit that G_d was moving mighty
     powerfully in my behalf. The L_RD will glorify Himself and testify of
     His power in *all* things that He does, praise His Name! Thank you *so*
     much for your continued prayer coverage! 

     In Awe of Abba's Love and Grace,

     Brian

    
    Now all you gotta do stay outa jail!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    :) :) :) :)
    

	YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

	Thank you, Lord, for your constant and unfailing love for your
	child, Brian.  You are the GREAT I AM!!

	Love and hugs to you, Brian!

	Karen

Praising with you, Brian!

hugs from here too...
						&rew

    All Right Brian!  Way to go L_rd!!
    
        PDM_maybe_see_ya_Sunday..._not_totally_certain

Ain't G_d good? Ps 103 becomes more meaningful 
to me all of the time! Baruch Ha'Shem!

Brian

	Gasp!

	Methinks Brian's recovering quickly - he SNARFED 165.165!!!

    
    I praise God for this conference and the fellowship of believers! 
    Because of the presence of this conference and the unified nature of
    the body of Christ, I have a new friend, a true friend, a piece of iron
    on which to be sharpened.  I am not lacking in believing friends but 
    there's something special about these cross-cultural relationships (south 
    meets north, in this case)  ;)
    
    jeff

 Amen!

    Our God is an Awesome God... :-)
    
    Praising with you, Markel!

    
    Updates:
    
    My Uncle Bob who was given six months to live last September and
    who wasn't doing to good in March, is improving now.  He is no
    longer bed-ridden.  He gets up and gets dressed and has even gone
    out to dinner a few times and has put on some weight. 
    
    My cousin Kathy who contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during
    a breast cancer operation in 1984 is now the currently longest living
    HIV+ person taking the particular drug that she takes, sorry I do not
    know the name of it.
    
    #24

 Amen!







 Jim

    Lisa... that is GREAT news!!
    
    Praising with you.
    
    Nancy

Good to hear, Lisa.... Praising the LORD for both!

But my heart still aches for Kathy ... going for surgery to give a new
lease of life, and getting something, maybe worse...  how is she?

							Andrew

 Saturday I was getting rather discouraged with my kids as any attempts
to bring Christ into discussion seemed to be met with roadblocks.  As 
we were driving somewhere Chris (16) mentioned to me that a friend's parents
had expressed their appreciation to him for helping with their daughter and 
some stressful times she was going through.  Perfect opportunity.  So I men-
tioned to Chris how proud I was of that, and then I told him there was some-
thing I wanted him to think about. I told him that there aren't too many 16
year old kids today with a heart as big as his who cares for other people 
as he does and that God could use him, but he was going to have to make a
a commitment one way or the other.  I tread lightly in that vein as I didn't
want to sound like I was preaching to him.

Sunday morning in church (which Chris attended but Scott who was ill did
not)  the pastor's sermon was pretty much along those lines, saying things
I wanted to say but held back.  I know it had an impact on Chris, just what
I'm not sure yet, but I know he's thinking about it.

Our pastor's son who is 18 is going to be asking Chris to get together after
softball tonight, which should prove to be interesting.



I praise God for His love and wisdom, power and grace.




Jim

I wish to publicly praise our G_d for the Marvelous blessing I received over
the past weekend. Some 15 brothers and sisters, most of whom are not members
of this conference, some of whom reside in Maine, some in Nashua, NH, 
enabled me to relocated by packing or unpacking a 26 ft U-Haul truck and 
assisting me with the trailering of my automobiles.  Thank you all.

Special mention should go to Community Chapel, of Nashua, NH, which has
a "Movers and Shakers" relocation assistance ministry, (some 9 teams of
4-5 people each). This minsitry is specifically for the purpose of assisting
people with moving. What a blessed, tangible outreach in the Name of our
L_rd! Extra special mention should go to Collis Jackson, who facilitated 
the deployment of the "Movers and Shakers", and even drove up to Harmony, ME,
to pick up and tow back to Nashua one of my cars! He was even on the moving
team that helped me unload yesterday! *THANKS*, Collis - Blessings on you!

Gratefully,

Brian

	Praising with you Brian, and sorry that I could not have
	been one of the "movers and shakers" with you.

	

Rejoicing and praising with Brian - and Jim...

								Andrew

    Where to begin, where to begin ????
    
    The MYSTERY SPOT on Saturday... 29 bus kids [14 girls, 15 boys.]  The
    girls were from Sunday School Class and the boys were from their Bus
    Route #16.  Mr. Ed Guinan who is the bus captain [preacher] joined me
    on our field trip.  He preached on the way back, and you know it was
    towards me!  He preached to the girls [and last time I checked, I'm
    one]  It was a great time... a water balloon fight ensued at the park 
    and guess who got drenched!!! Moia!!!!  It was so hot I dried up in 
    15 minutes. :-)
    
    Then, in Jr. Church [which is first hour] when the invitation was given
    a girl in my class came to me and said that she had backslid and needed
    to get saved again.  As we began to deal with the sin in her life
    [she's 12], I found out that her real mother and father died of aids
    and her 9 year old Brother now has it.  She's been tested and the
    results were negative.  She lives with her stepfather and grandmother.
    Her heart was broken and she was very angry.   But she didn't know
    *who* she was angry with.  I began to reveal to her that her anger was
    at God.  She began to weep [this girl never cries] and God led me to
    reveal the *love* of God to her and express it in a real way through
    this earthly fallen vessel.  I held her in my arms [she's taller then
    me], and let her tears fall on my shoulder.  Then we prayed together. 
    I hope you'll remember Kamika in prayer.
    
    Then, the Sunday School Class... After having prayed with Kamika, the
    Spirit of God refreshed my soul.  I took my guitar and taught the girls
    three scripture songs...  II Timothy 1:7, Isaiah 40:31 and Psalms [oops
    can't remember the address].. the "Great is the Lord and greatly to be
    praised in the city of our God"... you know that one. :-)
    
    As I began to teach the Sunday School lesson, God had me throw out the
    prepared one... :-)  And I began to teach on our class name, "Lydia's
    Ladies" from Acts 16.  As the Spirit blew through that bus, I can't
    even recall all that God gave yesterday.  But it was mostly knowing the
    *love* of God and seeing our families come to know the love of God.  
    
    At the end of the class, 5 girls received Christ as Savior, 18 girls
    raised their hands to show their desire to be a "Lydia". :-)  I had 26
    in class yesterday.  
    
    Praising God for His faithfulness, He was there!  
    
    In Him,
    Nancy

    The program, and all that led up to it, went well yesterday.
    My schedule is suddenly quieter and I am home taking the day off (after
    some notes elsewhere).  The voice is raw.
    
    Sandy, the quartet sang well Sunday night (except for one minor glitch
    where we nearly lost our words near the end of verse 4).  After I sat
    down, I thought of our conversation where the imperfect keeps us
    humble.  Thank the Lord!  I smiled to myself pretty big.
    
    This afternoon's task is to blow up the float for the pool.

Tremendous, Nancy .... the LORD sure blessed you *all* that time!

				- didn't know you played guitar too!

							Andrew

    [Extracted (with author's permission) from the DCF (Digital Christian
    Fellowship) newsletter -- M.T.L.]
    
    
Date:	9-JUN-1993 11:34:00.95
From:	FAB2NI::FLOYD "SEEKING INTIMACY WITH JESUS  09-Jun-1993 1058"
CC:	
Subj:	Thanks for your prayer support.

An answer to prayer.. My daughter Toni Marie called in, as is her 
usual, Tuesday afternoon. She stopped at an Army buddy's house that 
she knew in Germeny that had no phone. There was also a mix-up in 
communications between her and her brother as to what the plan was. 
Fact is she is "SAFE!!!" and that is all that matters.

I know what the prodigal son's father felt when he saw his son afar 
off. It no longer mattered what had happened, only that he was alive 
and well.

It has shown me that I too am lax at keeping in touch. It has also 
rekindled a closness that goes by the wayside when all the kids move 
away.

My prayer calender page this morning stated;

	God engineers the circumstances of His saints in order that 
	the Spirit may use them as the praying-house of the Son of 
	God.

What a fine day it is to know the Living God.
Thank you all for your prayers of faith that may have altered the 
outcome of what could have been.

in Christ

David Floyd

*THIS* one delighted my heart so much this morning.... PRAISE THE LORD 
indeed, for Toni Marie's safety!!!!

								Andrew

    I praise the Father of mercy for His marvelous works!
    
    I praise Him because he is able to penetrate the walls that seem
    impossible to men. Some of you know about the sad and long story 
    of my nephew Jonathan. I wouldn't like to post the details here,
    but I'd love to tell anyone who feels led to pray for him.
    
    Anyhow, the important thing is that he let Jesus into his heart last 
    night. This kid (17) was raised by my brother, who has belonged to 
    a cult since very young, and eventhough he might still have some 
    twisted ideas about the God we serve, the point right now 
    is that he responded to the touch of the Holy Spirit. It was probably 
    the second time he stepped in a Christian church, as it was always 
    prohibited to him, but the Lord is merciful and loving enough to touch 
    him and have him respond to this touch.
    
    If anyone is wondering what is my brother going to say when he
    finds out, well I don't think he'd care (which is part of the main
    problem-neglet), but *I know* that though my brother expects the worst of
    him, the Holy Spirit can make him a new person and use him for His
    glory. He already started working in his life. So please remember
    Jonathan in your prayers. He needs a lot of love and affection, 
    and we're trying to show him this love that only God can offer. He 
    needs to forgive my brother for the harm he has caused him, and I know 
    he can with the help of your prayers.
    
                  "Lord, thank you for this precious child. Be the Father
                   to him that he's never known. He needs to feel that
                   though our earthly mother and father might leave us, 
                   you promise to never leave us nor forsake us. Oh how
                   wonderful it is to have such Father as you, Dear God!"
    
    Josie

    Praising with you Josie!!!
    
    It just makes me wanna jump and down and sing!  Of course if we'd done
    that in the van with Daryl and Dan, we might've bounced right past
    Boston! :-)
    
    Nancy

 Amen!




 Jim

    Praise God, Josie!
    
    Rebecca

    I know, Nance!  I miss them, don't you?
    
    Rebecca, thanks for your prayers sis! I know it had to be 
    what did it. What else?
    
    

    :-) :-)
    
    I went shopping for a new geetar today to replace my one that got
    stolen... and God really had a special treat for me.
    
    A 12 string, Applause.. black.. beatiful for $199.  All guitars similar
    that were 6 string were $400 and over.
    
    :-) :-)
    I'm so happy... I've always wanted a 12 string guitar.
    
    Nancy

(1) Don't leave it in the car.
(2) 12 strings have a lovely full sound.
(3) Bless the Lord, O my soul - with the guitar

I hope it becomes an even better set of pearls, Sister.

    Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I hope that 12 string has a truss
    rod in it.  For that price, I doubt it.  The extra string tension will
    probably be lifting your bridge and/or arcing your neck within 3 years.
    
    Mike

    Mike It's an Applause made by ovation.
    
    It's an approximately $500 guitar that I bought at a place called the
    Starving Musician [a heavy metal shop really].  It was a steal.. but
    splain to me what a rod is... I only pick and pluck, I'm only trying to
    be chicken. :-)
    
    Nancy

 On a positive side to the prayer request that I entered, my 3 sons were at the
game last night (Sean, 22 got a hit that started the winning rally!) and had
the opportunity to see us Christians having fun and fellowship, and then after
the game gather in prayer for what  was happening in the church, even as it was
raining..I know it had an impact on them, as Scott (10) was full of questions
and Sean seemed interested in discussing it..





Jim

    
    I have another reason to rejoice and praise my Savior for his
    great mercy.
    
    During this weekend another one of the young men that came forward
    asking Jesus into their hearts, was a 27 year old Zacarias. He was
    invited to church by one of the young girls. As she took him home 
    that evening she asked him how he was feeling and he answered 
    "I know I have a battle to fight, but I'm gonna win it". That happened
    Thursday night and the next day Friday he was killed by a drunk driver 
    as he walked down the streets near downtown Lawrence. 
     
    Sad to hear this happen to someone this young, but greatful to the 
    Lord for giving him an opportunity, which he responded to, hours before 
    his fatal death. 
    
    
    Josie

    Thank you Lord from keeping me from serious harm. I am ok and aside
    from a little pain to remind me of the seriousness of the injury, I am
    doing fine. Thank you Lord, Praise you Lord!

    Praising right with you PDM!!!!!!
    
    :-)
    Nancy

    AMEN!

    
    So......
    
    
    What kind of impression did you make???????????????
    
    
    
    :) :) :)
    

    -1
    
    geezzzzzz oops I mean ShhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeSH
    
    I can't believe you said that! :-)

So **GOOD** to see you in here again so soon, Phil...

Praising the LORD for His continuing care over you 
	- and just glad to know He's caring for each of us the same!

					In Jesus' love
							Andrew

Hi All,

Just a quick praise report and an update on my ulcer.  I meant to enter this
last week but things got hectic with the office move.  My red cell count and
haemoglobin levels are now back to normal after the bleeding from the ulcer.  I
finished my second lot of medicine for the ulcer earlier this week and I'm
happy to report that I'm feeling fine, Praise the Lord!

Thank you all for lifting me in your prayers.

God is so good!

Graham

Praising the LORD for His work within you, too, Graham...

May you continue to know His blessings...

							Andrew

    My sister did manage to get out of Indonesia a day late and was present
    at my brother's wedding.  She was placed in a difficult position at one
    stage; her husband's paternalistic boss was attempting to bribe an
    official to get her the appropriate clearances; which is the usual way
    of getting things done over there.  Anne is very much against that
    practice, and was glad to find that they had struck one of those rare
    unbribable officials.
    
    Neil's wedding went fine.  Petria and I were pleased to see some
    ancient traditions cast away; 90% of the guests were Christians from
    bible college and the couple's churches, and only 10% were Relatives.
    There was no "you may now kiss the bride", no veil, no garter throwing,
    no rice or confetti, no alcohol, no painfully long speeches by parents,
    and no painting cars with shaving cream.  A very well-behaved crowd.
    
    James

The visit with Pamela & Malcolm went quite well (I think). It was preety tense 
most of the time. When Malcolm was down, he was REALLY down. Unfortunately, 
Pam has had to "make nice" for so long, watching everything she says, she's 
really wound up tight. There were lots of tears, lots of hugs, and lots and 
lots of prayers. I've not prayed so much in ages.
We have a wonderful God. He answered our prayers for "b*ms on seats" in the 
restaurant Mal & Pam own. The first Tuesday I was there, they had 5 people. I 
prayed that they have at least half again that number for Wednesday night. 
Wednseday night they had 8 people. I praised God and made the same request. 
Thursday night they had 12 people. Same prayer, again - Friday night they had 
20 people.
On Friday night a friend from our Sydney Bible study rang - she was in Port 
Macquarie for the weekend, and wanted to see me. My friends had gone out, so 
Linda & I ate a curry & prayed up a storm (metaphorically speaking). Such a 
blessing to have her there! Wneh Pam got back I asked her what numbers they'd 
need for Saturday night. 46 people.
On Saturday night, there were 46 people in the retaurant. I rang on Sunday 
morning to check.
Pam is really encouraged that God DOES listen to prayers - we ARE "allowed" 
to pray for things we need and want. I pray that Malcolm's heart will be 
softened, and that he will hear God's word.

But, Gee it's good to be home (even without my hubby)

Chele

Chele, 

Having moved it here from chit-chat, I had to put in a reply to praise the
LORD for the answers to prayer, showing Him working in Pamela & Malcolm's
lives... 

						Amen!!!
								Andrew

! <<< Note 165.201 by SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI "Swear: Make your ignorance audible" >>>

    
!    So......
    
    
!    What kind of impression did you make???????????????
    	Having given all the glory to God that I was actually in good
    	condition after having fell with the force and height of about 15
    	feet,...- I would say a good one! 8^) . The people at the hospital
    	were immediately aware of the fact that I was a christian,...we had
    	a prayer session right in the emergency room. Almost all those who
    	visited me, engaged in a small prayer session.
    	  - I would say a good impression, maybe a lasting one, who knows!
    		8^)
    PDM
    

	Praising along with PDM and Chele, and adding one of my own...

	Emily had a bug bite on her leg last week, which grew and grew
	until it was the size of a half dollar by yesterday.  It was
	just red and slightly raised until then, but when a few of my
	family members commented on it yesterday, we noticed that it
	was looking somewhat like a bull's eye - dark in the center,
	lighter around that, then very red on the edges.  That mark,
	combined with fussy behaviour at nighttime and a slightly elevated
	temperature the last few days had us thinking Lyme disease.  (I
	never seriously believed this was the case, but did want to 
	understand what was happening.)  This morning, I prayed over
	Emily as I dressed her, and made a doctor's appointment for her.

	We saw the doctor at lunchtime, and she is perfectly fine.  The
	mark was just a reaction to the bug bite (some type of fly is
	suspected).  While we were there, the doctor checked throat,
	ears, temperature, just to be sure.  Emily's as fine as can be!

	Thank you Lord!

	Karen

 Last night I took my oldest son, Sean, out to eat and to do some stuff.
 He's 22.  He's had a rough time of it lately (actually most of his life
 has been kinda tough).  He's always had a tough time with authority and
 as a result has been in out of trouble..nothing serious, but enough to 
 have his driver's license revoked (too many tickets).

 I've got him involved in playing softball on the church team and last week
 he was exposed to Christians having fun playing softball, and immediately
 thereafter, Christians praying for a brother in serious need.  On the way
 home that night we talked about the church and the one we used to attend
 in Colorado and he expressed his interest in coming to church with me.

 So, last night we talked some more and he said he's been thinking about
 returning to church, and his relationship to God.  We talked about an 
 paper he wrote for school when he was 10 that talked about the real meaning
 of Christmas which was later published in the local paper.  What really got
 me was he said "It seems life was so much better when we were all going to
 church"!  He's going away this weekend, but he will be going with me next
 weekend..


 God is so good..


 Jim

    
    > God is so good...
    
     Amen to that Jim!

    Praise the Lord, Jim.  I *know* that your return to the Lord is really
    stabbing at the heart of your sons.  Won't it be grand when the
    prodigal sons join the prodigal dad (in returning, that is!). :-)
    
    Mark L.

Sounds rich, Jim....  God is good indeed...

						Andrew

    Jim,  as I've told you many times before, watching your return, being
    an eye-witness, seeing you grow and struggle, and now the blessings of
    God pouring in around you and your estranged family, drawing you
    closer.  
    
    Nancy

	P R A I S E      T H E      L O R D !!!!

    Worthwhile mentioning here...
    
    In our department of 65 or so, I recently started a weekly meeting of
    Christians.  I got five last week, and eight yesterday.  We've decided
    to present "Christianity Explained" in a conference room for the next
    six weeks.
    
    James

 Amen!

Praise God,

Greg (husband) and team are home safely from Indonesia after a 2 week church 
visit tour.

Chele

Praising with you, Chele ... Are we going to get a trip report?

								Andrew

    GREAT! I'm with Andrew... trip report?
    
    :-)
    Nancy

Hiya,

I might have to ask Greg to type it up on the PC at home, then I'll dump it 
down. 
I'm afraid lots of it sounded like "then we went to <nonsense word> where we 
heard <nonsense word> give a really great lesson, and there was lots of 
singing and dancing and praise and prayer before we went on to <nonsense word>"

Chele

Hi Chele,

I thought you might do a first-pass purge on the <nonsense word>s for us,
'cause my station has trouble with its adenoids already, and I wouldn't like 
it to have to be hospitalised...  It never fully got over a bad attack of
trying to decode random ASCII codes squirted through voicemail, and had to 
make do with an artificial larynx ever since...

Meanwhile, we'll look forward to Greg's versatility in typing variations on 
<nonsense word> ...

							Andrew

    Just wanted to let everybody know that our dear friend Carol had the
    X-RAY done on her leg yesterday and she will not need surgery.

    Praise God!

    Instead, she will go back in a week and they will replace her current
    full leg cast (with a slight bend at the knee) with a full straight leg
    cast.  She will have to keep this cast for the entire eight weeks,
    though, instead of changing to a partial walking cast after four weeks.
    She prefers the cast to the surgery so it worked out great for her.

    Thank you all for your prayer support.

    Ron

Hi Mark,

Great that the LORD's protection over Nathan included teaching him a little 
more really - practically - where to get that protection....  His feet are 
that bit more securely on the Rock because of that experience...

Wonderful to see our kids learning to walk in Him, putting it into 
practise... 2 John 4, 3 John 4...

							Andrew

 Praising with you, Markel.





 Jim

    Yeah, Markel, you and Connie are doing *SOmething* right!! 8^)
    "If ye have the faith that of a grain of mustard seed, then nothing
    shall be impossible unto you."
    
    Praise the Lord!

    Just got back from a doctor's visit. It would seem that I am doing
    exceptionally well. The doctor feels confident that I could make
    a 100% recovery. Bones are all healed, now I am just waiting on the
    ligaments and soft tissue (I think that mean muscle).  The Lord has
    been merciful to me. Hopefully by the end of September, this little
    accident will all be behind me. 
    
    Thank you Lord for your continuous blessings.

    Great news, PDM.
    
    Mark L.

 Sean had a good time working at the shop today..He was surrounded by Christians
 and even participated in their daily devotions!


 He'll be going back tomorrow.



 Jim

That's terrific Jim.

 Scary time this afternoon..went to pick up Sean at the shop where he's working
 on the church bus..and found out that they had taken him to the hospital..seems
 like he was sandblasting the bus and inadvertently sandblasted his leg..the 
 doctor said it could have been a heck of a lot worse..they had to take him
 to surgery and open the thing up and clean it out, but they released
 him after that and he's fine..will be laid up for a few days though.



 Praise God for His protection!





 Jim

Praise Him indeed

   For the sake of many involved, I can't go into details publicly, but I really
   need to Praise G_d publicly for what He's done, is doing, and will be doing
   in my family's life.

   Earlier this year, I violated my family's trust in a major way. As a result,
   our relationship was severely strained, almost to the point of breaking. There
   were consequences to my sinful actions, though I confessed my sin and repented
   almost immediately. As most of you know, there is a sharp distinction between
   forgiveness and pardon. Nevertheless, G_d has been extraordinarily gracious and
   merciful to both myself and my family (HALLELUJAH!).

   Though my sin could have resulted in the destruction of my family and other
   awful consequences, it has not. Instead, the L_RD has stayed the hand of 
   justice and judgment in favor of grace and mercy. My life and the life of my
   family has been spared. I have been permitted to walk out Psalm 51. Having 
   come through the first 14 verses, I am presently at verse 15, and am entering
   into verses 16 & 17. I can see verses 18 & 19 on the horizon. Therefore, I 
   praise His holy Name, and magnify His unbounded love. Truly, He is a G_d of 
   goodness and mercy.

   After having lived apart for some five months, my family and I will be moving
   back together this Friday. I may only be living with them on the weekends at
   first, gradually integrating back into their lives. I am unspeakably grateful
   to Abba and selected members of this conference for helping me through this
   unimaginably difficult time. I will humbly remember you in my prayers forever.

   Brian

    Brian, I am right there with you praising the L_rd. Brian, I
    am so pleased to read that your close walk with the Holy Spirit has
    shown favorable upon you and your family. All praise and honnor be
    given to Abba, our Father in Heaven. Brian, my joy for you can not be
    fully expressed, I am limited by words, but I tell you, my spirit
    rejoices in the presence of believers and it is not restrained.
    
    PDM

 Praise God, Brian...will be praying.





 Jim

Psalms 51:1  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  2  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  3  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
  4  Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou
judgest.
  5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
  6  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
  7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
  8  Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken
may rejoice.
  9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
 10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 11  Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
me.
 12  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
spirit.
 13  Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.
 14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my
tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 15  O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
 16  For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest
not in burnt offering.
 17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
 18  Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
 19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon
thine altar.

One week later and ... both our son and daughter-in-law have
jobs they are delighted with!  Thanks to all who prayed and
thanks and praise to our Heavenly Father who is so good to us.

Lew

 Wonderful news Lew!




 Jim

	Brian,

	Tears of joy are flowing as I rejoice with you and your family.

	Praise to the Lord!

	Karen

Well, I'm officially Back Home permanently, now. After much prayer and
counseling, my family decided that it would be a good thing if I stuck around
100% of the time. Words fail me to express my joy and gratitude for the 
graciousness of our Father and L_rd.

Brian

PS - Keep us in prayer - the struggle is still joined, but victory is in sight.

	*Wonderful* news, Brian!
	
	God's grace is ever abundant!

	Karen

    Praising Him with you Brian... now tell me did Robin get that hug?
    
    :-)
    Nancy

    
    
     Well it has been a long road. but our family is back together in our
    new home in Georgia.  I have been working in ALF since April of this
    year and only able to get back every 4-5 weeks.  We were able to sell
    our house and purchase one here in Georgia, we closed on our house in
    NH last Friday and moved into our house here on Monday.  
    
     I want to first thank our Heavenly Father for caring for us, the Lord
    has used this opportunity to show Bonnie and I many things. We both
    have grown in the understanding of the Lord more than we thought we
    were able.  A couple of things that I would like to share as I praise
    His name, is that God really does care for us, if we only let Him take
    control when we are going through these times we will understand how
    important it is to surrender all - all the time.  Through it all I have
    also become quite aware that the most important thing is to be a family
    together that Loves the Lord, all else is of little importance.  Oh
    Lord that I would not forget that.  He is our Heavenly Father, how much
    more does he love us, than we as earthly fathers love our own children.
    
    Thankyou for your prayers, and Praise his name.
    
     Dan 
    
     

    Dan,
    
    That is wonderful news!  It sounds like you've grown so much through
    this move [trial].  Thanks for writing it up and remind us that we His
    children.  
    
    Nancy

Praising the LORD with you, Dan ...


							Andrew

 Praising God with Brian and Dan..wonderful news all around.




 Jim

 I praise God for my pastor.  The man has been such a blessing to my life
 from the minute I walked into the church the first time.  He is one of the 
 most gentle, loving men I have ever met who has the ability to show love
 and care in all that he does.  I immediately felt comfortable with he and
 his wife, and a few days ago it occurred to me why.  My mother and father's
 family were from Mississippi and Arkansas and they were all gentle, loving
 people.  The Pastor and his wife are from Tennessee and remind me a lot of
 relatives on both sides of my family.  When my mother died and my dad remarried
 I kinda lost the connection to much of my dad's and mother's family for 
 various reasons.  Getting to know Pastor Fuller and his wife have brought
 back some wonderful memories about my family..last night watching Pastor
 Fuller and my son Scott in the outfield at our softball practice brought all
 of this back to me.  I've learned, in just a few short months, a different
 view on being a father, and the love we need to show to all with whom we
 come in contact..


 I don't think God could have put me in a better church, or with a better
 Pastor, and I thank Him for that daily.



 Jim

    Jim,
    
    As usual you have blessed me with your writing.  When I think of how
    much God has done in your life over the last 8 months [?], it
    encourages this Sister. 
    
    Thanks for sharing and please keep it up.  Oh yeah, and it's okay to
    share when things are tough too. :-)
    
    Love,
    Nancy

    God is *so* good.  The tests on Ed came back clean.  They ran over 120
    Xrays throughout his body looking for any sign of cancer and as best as
    their instruments can tell, it's clear.  Ed has decided to quit the bus
    ministry, per the doctor's instructions temporarily.  Please pray for
    Ed's emotional well being, as his heart and soul is in that ministry.
    
    An update on "In God's Image"... has been changed to "Women at the
    Well"... :-)  God really impressed this as the ministry title.  I truly
    believe that captures its essence.  You see the woman at the well's
    life was truly in disarray, as the women I will be talking to, but
    after she met Jesus, she had an impact on the city she went in to.. her
    changed life, help change others lives.  However, I have about 3 - 4
    months of preparation before starting this ministry officially.  Please
    pray for the hours needed to put together this program.
    
    And for the women I am meeting with one on one.
    
    Thanks,
    Nancy

 Amen on Ed's condition!  And will pray for Women at the Well.






Jim

Praise the LORD for Ed's clean X-Rays!!!  But giving up the bus for a while 
sounds emotionally difficult.  Will remember Ed...

"Women at the Well"...  Right on!!!!  Will be praying for you putting the 
program together.

And the 1
	1 s

							Andrew

Praise God,

David's back seems to be OK. He was climbing up the inside of his wardrobe, 
and fell. After considerable pain standing and walking, and a visit to 
Casualty, he is still a bit sore, but able to walk (but not run) without 
tears.

(silly thing was, he reminded me of my father, favouring HIS hip, as he 
walked)

Chele

 Glad David's OK..hope he's not too uncomfortable...




 Jim

He's better than he was yesterday - he's mobile and climbing :( 
Yesterday he just lay on the lounge watching "Beauty and the Beast", with a 
hot water bottle resting on his behind.
When I look at the scars on my husband from various war wounds as a kid, the 
years ahead are pretty scary looking.

Thank goodness there's Someone else looking out for my crazy kid!
 
Chele

 My son Sean came to church last night..he was a bit nervous, but folks
 welcomed him warmly (particularly the guys on the softball team).  The
 preacher made a big deal of it when he saw him there and stopped by and
 shook his hand and then mentioned him by name in the opening prayer!


 He enjoyed it, I noticed he was listening intently during the message (we
 are studying Ecclesiastes on Wed nights and last night were in chapter
 5) and was rather quiet on the way home.  After the service I went to
 the preacher's office for some stuff and again he shook Sean's hand and
 chatted with him a bit..he and his girlfriend will be coming on Sunday night
 I believe..not the pastor and his girlfriend, btw :-)




 Jim

    The friend that came over to my house today accepted Christ as Savior. 
    Please remember Juan in prayer as he begins to put his life in order. 
    He's 39 years old, single parent with 5 children.
    
    To those of you who prayed, THANKS MUCHO!
    
    :-) Hallelujah
    
    Nancy

    Wonderful news, Nancy.  Rejoicing with you.
    
    Mark L.

 Amen!




 Jim

Terrific !  Praying that he grows in the wisdom and knowledge of Jesus.

Leslie

 Last night our pastor gave a summary of how God has blessed our church
 and the project to build on the land we own.  I wish I had taken notes.
 Some wonderful things have happened, which the world would call 
 coincidence, to make it possible for us to construct an athletic field
 (soccer and 2 softball) for use by our school and not go 1 dime over
 the money we voted to spend back in April..


 While one could question the need for an athetic field over other pressing
 needs, it is quite a boost to our kids and the growth of the school as well
 as the church, and represents a wonderful testimony to the power of prayer
 and a church coming together.




 Praise Him



 Jim

Praising with you, Jim...

						Andrew

    There have been some wonderful people that have reached out to me
    during this time as well as some pretty incredible responses. I was
    able to get a bunch of money back that was supposedly non-refundable,
    this will help me pay some of the legal costs that settling the house
    will cost as well as temporary living expenses. I want to praise you
    God for taking care of our needs and keeping us safe. Often times I
    forget, thinking I'm alone in my problems and it is at that time, You
    make things happen. Praising You God for the way you take me back after
    each mistake I make that causes me to do things you would not have me
    do. I just praise you God for your forgiveness and mercy and help in
    seeing us through this difficult time. May I someday learn to forgive
    using Your constant forgiveness as an example. 
    
    -Marjie

    Though my problems pale in comparison to many, sometimes they tend to
    get the best of me.  It is in these times that God seems to "interfere"
    in my life, turning stressful and hopeless times into a situation I can
    handle...and most of the time, I'm fighting Him all the way (young
    Christian syndrome?).
    
    I praise God for His faithfulness to me, even though the reverse is not
    always true.  I know He has a plan for me because He keeps my head
    above water (financially), my mind clear (in those times when you feel
    like you'll loose your mind), and my body healthy.  He has taught me
    that depression occurs when I take my mind off Him and place it on me
    (my problems).  
    
    He has always been there to pick me up and to see me through the tough
    times...even before I gave my life to Christ.  Many events in my life,
    looking back upon them, I can see how He has altered my path away from
    destruction and into the light.  Praise God.
    
    
    
    This note is not posted for anything specific...I just felt like
    praising God for the many things He has done for me.  Bad things happen 
    to everyone, what we can't do is forget how
    God touches each of our lives, and how deserving of praise He is.  It's
    a shame, but sometimes I can't see past my few petty problems to praise
    Him for what He has done for me.  Hopefully, by typing all this in, I
    will internalize my thankfulness more fully.
    
    -steve 

 Praising with you Marjie and Steve..



And praying for Marjie's continued protection and sustenance.




Jim

    Marjie, AMEN!!!  With you on this one.  God does answer prayer and help
    those that call out to Him.  
    
    And as well,
    
    Steve, it's those generic praises that keep the warm fires glowing
    inside each of us... While we need to acknowledge God in those "big
    things", the "little things" are so important too.
    
    Nancy

    A word of praise from a proud POP to my son....
    
    and here's why..:
    
    On the first day of school, in gym class, there was a boy in the 
    class who's movement was aided by a wheelchair... Unfortunately, 
    no one in the class would approach the boy, to talk or play... 
    When my son walked into the gym, before even lining up (as instructed), 
    he walked over to the boy and introduced himself, and asked if the boy 
    would stand by him, in line. After that "ice breaker", all/most of the 
    other kids joined in, making the boy feel a part of the class..
    
    He was Praised by his gym teacher after class that day.!
    
    He makes his pappy proud! 
    
    This is the same one who brought me back to church!
    
    Praise God for Kids..! They'll show us the way!
    
    God Bless!
    
    Bob G.
    

    Bob,
    
    Warms my heart... I pray one day my ex-husband can say that about one
    or both of his sons... You give me hope...geez it must be hormone time
    of the month again, my eyes are watering up.
    
    Nancy

>    ...geez it must be hormone time
>    of the month again, my eyes are watering up.
    
    I hope not, because my eyes kinda got watered up, too. :-)
    
    Mark L.

    Well Markel you said it... :-) :-)

    Well, something just occurred to me (but, no!  I remembered before now
    :-) ) that I could enter into the praise topic today.  Today is
    Connie's and my 15th anniversary.  The Lord has been good to us.  As
    our anniversary comes this year, we have one daughter who is entering
    the crawling stage at 5 months, one daughter who is entering the stage
    of womanhood (did someone mention hormones?), and a daughter and two
    sons in between.  The Lord has shown Himself faithful to us.
    
    As we were driving on the morning following our wedding, we were
    talking about verses that had blessed us with in our separate times
    with the Lord that morning.  We realized that we had both claimed the
    same verse that day, and it became the Lord's promise for us together:
    
         Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that
         which thou hast wrought for us.  Psalms 68:28
    
    Mark L.

 Congrats, Markel!






 Jim

    Amen, 15!!!!  Love it.
    
    :-)
    Nancy

    Way to go..!! 15 and climbing..!
    
    Keep up the good work!
    
    God Bless!
    
    Bob 

    
    Jesus has given us NEW LIFE. *I* have a NEW LIFE - Allelujah!!!!
    So, what ever your problems, trials, sorrows, and tribulations are -
    WAVE THEM AWAY... Just lift your hands to the Lord and wave them away!
    
    
    Lorenzo
    

    The previous note was relocated into this topic.  Just trying to keep
    the conference tidy.
    
    Mark L. co-mod

    I recognize the tune!  Isn't it the same as "The God of Abram Praise"
    (I think the melody carries the name 'Yigdal')?
    
    Thanks, John.  It's one thing to share a song.  It's another to get us
    singing with you! :-)
    
    Mark L.

re .1

Yes, it is the same tune.  It carries the name "Leoni".

/john

Thanks, John - I enjoyed that!

						Andrew

    Well, I went down to the pound at 3:00 and had my sitter with my two boys
    meet me there.  As were walking through the pound checking the dogs
    [even considering adopting should we not find Sheba], a woman came
    running up and saying, "We believe a man has your dog in his car in the
    front of the office!"  
    
    We all four ran through and sure enough Sheba was sitting there and
    almost jumped through the window to get to us!
    
    Praise God that even these prayers are answered!  The miracle, that we
    were there when he brought the dog in... but he said he was going to
    keep her because she was such a wonderful dog and was feeling guilty
    because Sheba looked depressed as though she was missing her family.
    :-(  :-) :-)  That's my dog!
    
    Thanks for those who prayed.
    
    Nancy

Nancy,

That's wonderful! Maybe you should get Sheba a really noticibale dog tag with 
your phone number on it?

Chele

 AMEN! :-)

    Oh I forgot... because the dog never made it inside the pound, I didn't
    have to pay anything to get her back! :-) :-) :-)
    
    Nancy

Did you make a donation?

    -1
    
    I didn't even *think* about it... good idea though.  I'll discuss it
    with my boys and have them write a note and send a donation. Yeah!
    
    Nancy

         Nancy,
         
         We've been suffering the effects of a power-down here at DECpark 
         in Reading, so whilst I caught sight of the notes praying for 
         Sheba and the kids, and your subsequent praise note to say she was 
         found, somehow I missed your original prayer request!
         
         Anyway, I join with the others in praising God for a *positive* 
         answer to your prayers and that the kids (and you no doubt) slept 
         better last night than you might have otherwise have done, safe in 
         the knowledge that the Prodigal Dog was now back, and no doubt 
         enjoying the "fatted calf" [you did leave one out for her last 
         night, didn't you? :-)].
         
         Funnily enough I've just finished reading my 6 year old a Lassie 
         story at bed-time earlier this week - caused a few lumps in the 
         throat which made reading a trice dificult!
         
         Paul

    Also rejoicing in the return of Sheba (and the saving of the pound
    fees!).
    
    Mark L.

    Well, I have a confession.... [head tilted downward, eyes looking up]
    
    Only those who are strong should hit return...
    
    
    I let SHEBA sleep with me last night and Clayton. :-) :-) :-)
    
    This will not become a habit.  This will  not become a habit.
    
    Nancy

Sure Nancy, I believe you {cough, cough} ;-)

I'm glad Sheba's back at home with you all !  Good idea about the collar &
tag.  That way people know she's loved and wanted when they see her, and
also know how to contact you.

I bet it was a joyful evening in the Morales household !

Leslie

    Finally, catching up with life, notes, work, et al! *&^)
    
    I tell you, having major changes in both  my professional and personal
    life has got me feeling a little discomboobalated, if you know what I
    mean! ;)
    
    There's been so much to praise God for of late, that the recent
    blessing of a job seems to be the littlest of all that's happened!
    Major Praise #1/The Lord is Faithful! Merciful! Patient! Righteous!
    Major Praise #2/God is still God! (yes, I'm serious)
    
    Other praise stuff...I was baptized at our church picnic end of August. 
    (I know, I'm really behind in updating y'all.)  It was a special treat,
    as Paul Lucier's daughter Rebecca was baptized the same day!  We had a
    very special ceremony, amidst all the fun of the picnic.  About 20
    people were baptized.  Some children, some adults (or kidults, like
    me).  In my case, I felt the need to publically be baptized, after
    going through a ceremony years ago (at 13) which was an attempt to, 
    basically, please my parents.  But *this* ceremony (at the picnic) was
    a solemn/joyful expression of my faith and belief in Jesus Christ as
    Lord as Saviour.  It was glorious!  And it very much reflected the
    "newness" in my life these days.
    
    Wonderful things are happening in my life at church.  Along with some
    other adults, we've started a Singles group.  It's been such a
    blessing.  We're seeing the Lord move mightily in breaking strongholds
    of fear (of relationships, intimacy, etc), as well as in deliverance,
    in healing.  It's just incredible!  I am rejoicing that the wounded are
    finding a safe place to be built up in their faith and in their
    fellowship with the other single saints.  God deserves ALL the glory!
    This group has also provided me with a place to lead praise and worship
    again, after many years of not doing same.  "Coincidentally", the small
    Christian band I have been involved with for five years is disbanding. 
    This leaves much more time to spend with praise/worship preparation. 
    And tonight, our Singles group is kicking off a Bible study.  There's
    been such excitement and anticipation of this event!  Praise you God!
    
    The Lord has also been gracious in providing me with a place to live. 
    After giving my notice at my apartment, I set about to find another
    place to live.  It was at this time that I was given notice that my job
    was going away (this was back in August).  My sister and brother-in-law
    have taken me in, have given me a place (at no cost) to store my stuff
    as well as live.  I can save my $$ for a few months.  He truly brought
    me out of a hellish situation (my previous rental deal) and gave me a
    peaceful, restful and fun place to live.
    
    Meanwhile....the Lord has provided me with some inner stirrings of life
    outside of Digital.  I get the sense that things will be changing.  As
    you know, school/ministry have been on my heart for some time now.  I
    look forward to seeking Him on His next direction for my life.
    
    God is so good!  He deserves all the praise and glory!  Thank you Lord!
    
    I know, I know...I'm gushing here and running on, but there's just so 
    much to thank Him for these days,
    
    In Him,
    
    -greta

    Hi -greta,
    
    I just love your gushing... keep it up!
    
    So gREAT to see in here.
    
    Hugs, Sis,
    Nancy

Wow Greta !  Its neat how God leads us through changes sometimes.

Leslie

Thanks Greta - **so** good to hear of the blessings the LORD has overflowed 
into your heart .... The baptism (and Rebecca too!) .  

Thank you for sharing that delight for us too....  I must mail Paul again -
though I'm off for the rest of this week.

Graham Crosbie came to 'my' church on Sunday, with a friend, Patrick, and
we had a great time of fellowship together.  Reviewed pictures of many of 
you all ;-), and delighted our hearts with His goodness to us.

Looking forward to the meeting time with no parting....  The God Who gives 
us such delights down here, has limitless glory in store for eternity, 
where sin is gone, and all is joy in His presence... 
			Psalm 16...  "In His presence is fullness of joy..."


							Andrew

	Praising God for Sheba's return!
	
	Greta, that was a wonderful praise report, thanks for catching
	us all up on the things the Lord has been doing in your life.

	I had to give a brief testimony at a group meeting a few weeks
	ago, and realized that my (adult) baptism was the beginning
	of a turning point in my walk with Jesus.

	Also, I just learned yesterday that your new job is in a group with
	a friend of mine.  She and her husband are unsaved, but I love the
	thought of them having more Christians around them ;-)

	Karen

    Praising God (again) for your (collective) responses....look for
    off-line mail.
    
    In Him,
    
    -greta

Well - what can I say... I'm a daddy now! This morning (10/7) at
5:57am our first child, a boy, was born. We named him after me,
Scott Robert Marison Jr. (I'm so vain)

Praise God to help my wife and I get thru the tough times during 
the pregnency and labor, which was especially hard.

She had excessive bleeding in the start, then dialted to 10cm in
about 5, maybe 6 hours (keep in mind, this is her FIRST baby!)
Then, as all seemed well and she was pushing, the fetal heartrate
fell to 60. The cord was wrapped around the baby's neck. But God
answered our prayers and with the help of a vaccum to pull the 
baby out (and a MAJOR episiotomy) all went fine and the baby sufford
no ill effects (except for turning blue...)

He is truely wonderfull, and without Him we wouldn't have been able
to do it!

/Scott

Alleluia!

Thant's wonderful - congratulations to all 3 of you.

Please be VERY nice to your wife.

    Scott,
    
    Congratulations!  Amen!  So happy to hear that all went well inspite of
    the complications.
    
    Nancy

    Amen to the praises!  Not only for the birth of your son, but for the
    Lord's protection on him during the birth.
    
    Mark L.

    Congrats Scott!
    
    OK, come clean... This is your first, right..? How many times have you
    counted the toes and fingers.. OH, come on, how many..! Every first
    baby gets an inventory.... "yup, fully equipped and ready to go"...
    
    
    Again, Praise God for your addition and health of your family!
    
    Bob
    

    MAJOR congratulations, Scott!  Excited to hear of God's blessing on
    your family!
    
    -greta

 I ha a real blessing tonight.  The Pastor asked me if I would give a couple
 a ride home tonight as the man who usually drives them had to leave..the man
 in this couple, Ron, is blind and his wife, Marilyn is about 4 ft tall.  I've
 talked to them briefly in church and never really had a chance to get to know
 them..so I gave them a ride home and they invited me in.  Ron plays piano
 and we got to talking about music..and it seems we share a common interest
 in some country and western swing music.  


 I could go on for a while..at any rate, I was really blessed with the time
 I spent with these folks tonight.  They love the Lord, and Ron is quite
 a piano player..he played "The Old Rugged Cross, Kneel at the Cross and
 Theres' Room at the Cross for you" and it brought tears to my eyes hearing
 and watching him play..talking about music with him inspired me to pick up
 my guitar again and we are going to get together and play some..

 Praise God for letting me get to know these folks..



Jim

    Thats great Jim, have you been taking your lessons? :-) :-)
    
    Nancy 
    
    P.S.
    BTW, have you learned any of the songs in the mega gospel music book I
    have you? :-) :-)
    
    

   I haven't taken any lessons since December, though I have been thinking about
 it.  Our youth director plays a little and he and I have been talking about
 taking lessons..haven't learned much from the book..they use some pretty wierd
 chords (wierd for me).  I'll get to it though :-)




 Jim

    Jim,
    
    Sounds as though you could do with another instrument to make up the
    perfect trio.
    
    ....I'm on my way
    
    Paul

 There you go!




 Jim

> in some country and western swing music.  
    
    Jim, this is an oxymoron ;-)

Rejoicing and praising our glorious LORD with you all, as I catch up after 
my week out.

	- Scott, the new one, learning to love this amazing new papa...
	- Jim's encounter with the Old Rugged Cross
	- Paul, plucking up his BBass to depart these shores... ;-)

					love you all...
								Andrew

	Scott,
	CONGRATULATIONS !!!

	I love kids!

	Karen

    My wife and I celebrated our 12th anniversary on Sunday!

Congratulations, Mike, and praise the LORD for his goodness to you both!

								Andrew

    Amen Mike!  

 Well, it was a great and blessed weekend in the Lord.  Friday night we had
our missions conference banquet.  The speaker was a missionary to China, whom
we support and it was a great time of fellowship and preaching.  We had about
300 people at the banquet and the food was excellent, and we all left with
a better understanding of the role of this missionary in China and what the
Lord is doing there.


Saturday morning was the final meeting of my evangelism class.  Dr David
Wood who authored the plan we were using came to speak to those in the class,
and that was a blessing.  Saturday night we had a banquet for those who 
had been in this program over the last 2 years and then Dr Wood brought
a message on committment..I tell ya, I don't think there was a dry eye
in the auditorium that night..each of us made a committment to God, wrote
it in our Bibles and dated it


This morning Dr Wood presented a dramatization of the Crucifiction of our
Lord with a powerful message.  We had the most people I've ever seen in
the church (with overflow in the fellowship hall) and we had 12 people
saved.  After that I found myself feeling so much closer to Him, and
somehow watching a football game after church wouldn't quite cut it.


And tonight a man who is about to go to the field in Canada brought the closing
message for our missions conference..he spoke on Romans 13:11 "And that, know-
ing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep.." Phew..this
kid is fresh out of Bible college, 22 years old and he delivered one of the
best messages I've heard..


A blessed weekend in the Lord, I pray this feeling of committment and 
desire to serve Him never leaves me..



Praise God..



Jim

    Amen! 

         I shared this little story at our Church last night:
         
         On Saturday Wendy and I drove up to London to load the car up with 
         some bulky, heavy items - bunk beds for the boys, flat-packed wall 
         units and so on, which I knew would be quite a strain on our 
         faithful VW Golf. After about 35 miles, not very far from the 
         store, the engine started missing, and rapidly losing power. I 
         decided to slow down (I didn't actually have much alternative!), 
         and find a phone to call for road-side assistance, which would put 
         at least another couple of hours, and unknown expenditure, on the 
         journey. At the same time I prayed, out loud, "Lord, you know 
         what's wrong with the car - if it's your will, heal/fix 
         (whatever's technically appropriate!) the problem - IN JESUS' 
         NAME".
         
         When we found a phone box, I kept the engine running in case it 
         wouldn't re-start. Just before I got out of the car, I noticed 
         that the engine was NOT spluttering and missing - in fact it was 
         running, dare I say it, rather sweetly!
         
         This encounter drew a few chuckles from the congregation, and I 
         would agree that it is amusing - but as far as I was concerned, it 
         was nothing short of a miracle. As children of our Heavenly 
         Father's kingdom, it was a very visible and tangible demonstration 
         of His loving concern for us, to enable us to continue on with the 
         task ahead of us, and a demonstration of His Grace, by alleviating 
         the need to call out the rescue service.
         
         I was reminded that licence plate number is D 360 UGM. When we 
         first acquired the car Wendy and I (in true Digital fashion) took 
         the acronym "UGM" to stand for "Under God's Management".
         
         Thank you Lord
         
         Paul

    .321
    
    :-) :-)  Paul that really brought a smile to my face.  I think I'll go
    out and have my license plate monogrammed with UGM! 

    Re: Note 165.323 by COVERT::COVERT
    
    That lifted my spirit... I can imagine it being spoken with grand music
    in the background, with appropriate images flowing past the screen...
    Oh for Multi-media DECnotes... ;-)
    
    What's the non-english part?

Glory to you for ever and ever.
...
By your will they were created and have their being.
...
Have mercy, Lord, for we are sinners in your sight.
...
By his blood, he reconciled us.
By his wounds, we are healed.
...
Holy! Holy! Holy, Lord God of Hosts:
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.				Isaiah 6:3
Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.						Matt. 21:9b

    And what language was it?
    
    (I forgot to ask that!  It sort of looks familiar...)

Farenghi



No, French.

 My visitation partner and I went to a man's house to do a Bible study tonight
as we have done for the past 8 weeks or so..a friend of the man stopped by and
sat in while we did the study..and wound up getting saved!



A sinner has come home!




Jim

Praise the LORD, Jim !  His ways are wonderful!

And thanks John - I appreciated that offering of praise as well.

						Andrew

Greeting Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

About a year ago, I posted a prayer request in the Christian notes file and the
DCF. I was in the midst of some extremely trying circumstances which did not 
appear to have a reasonable solution. The supportive response that I received 
was absolutely awesome.

In June of this year, our problem developed into a real crisis which I feared
would destroy our family. Instead, I saw the Lord intervene. Attitudes which 
were previously unyielding were dramatically changed in just a matter of days.
Our entire family left an abusive, heretical religious system! We now attend an
excellent church. My wife is happy, the kids are happy, and I am happy (though 
I am in a state of shock over how thoroughly and rapidly this transition 
finally came to pass). 

I thank the Lord for answering this pray. I also thank Him for those who 
supported us through this most difficult time.

I have learned that God does not always answer our prayers as quickly as we 
would like or in the way which we prefer. However, when He answers our prayer 
it is just right.

Gotta run,

Neil

    -1
    
    Hi Neil! 
    
    Set your note in the Praise topic.. thought it may be a little hard to
    find down here. :-)
    
    Nancy

    Neil,
    
    I remember intimately the details of your situation and can testify
    with you to God's glory the miracle that has taken place.  Thank you so
    much for posting! and AMEN!

I'm really happy for you Neil.  Thanks for coming in and posting your
praise, and the reminder about how faithful God is.

Leslie

 Praising God with you, Neil







Jim

Praise the LORD, Neil! thanks for letting us know too.

							Andrew

    (I was going to put this into 320.last, as I've read up to .89 this
    morning and this seems very pertinent... but then I thought that the
    praise topic would be the best place for it.)
    
    I'd like to announce a change of my perceptions.
    
    Last weekend I went to a camp with about 40 young people.  I was the
    prime source of first aid treatment, and I was needed for about four or
    five cases.  One fist through a glass window, two mild concussion, one
    damaged foot, one unexplained headache, and a sprained ankle.
    
    The sprained ankle belonged to our "New Water Skiier", Trish, one of my
    home group that meets on Tuesday nights.  If you're "up" on the prayer
    topic you may recall me writing about her in reference to her parents
    forbidding her from attending church functions... well, she and her
    (unsaved?) sister came along to the camp.
    
    On Saturday she was in great pain, and I treated the foot with ice
    packs and compression bandages.  (well, actually, they were bags of
    frozen corn kernels...)  On Sunday she visited a hospital who diagnosed
    it as torn ligaments (which fitted what I had found; surprisingly small
    amount of swelling compared to my sprained ankle experiences, but
    enourmous pain which had her in tears when I did the initial bandaging
    _and_ the rebandaging the next day).  She came to church that night on
    crutches.  The hospital had said five or six days of crutch support
    would be required.
    
    I went to a small gathering last night (Tuesday) on recommendation of
    my home group's leader, along with Trish.  Petria couldn't come because
    she had to stay near a toilet.  I had to give Trish a lift from her
    house, and I observed (19:42) that she was off her crutches but still
    limping severely as she approached the car and got in.
    
    The gathering was to hear a speaker who is a christian medical doctor. 
    He speaks on healing.  Since he's trained as a doctor, he's somewhat
    into the facts and figures.  Of the 4500 cases he has treated since
    becoming a christian in 1989, only 300 accepted his offer to pray for
    them.  He didn't ask all of them.
    
    Of these 300, 200 were christians, and 100 were not.  The "nots" were
    most brands; athiests, confused, muslems, hindus, but interestingly no
    jehovah's witnesses or mormons consented to his prayer.
    
    Of the 200 christians that he prayed for, 95% were healed.
    
    (His definition of healing is a reduction in the condition, sign or
    symptom of at least 50% *during* the consultation, or a reduction of
    100% within a period not normally associated with recovery from the
    particular condition.)
    
    Of the 100 non christians (his definition) that he prayed for, 70% were
    healed.
    
    He observed that the accepted placebo effect is 30%.  That is, given
    a group of people with a headache, and a sugar pill for each provided
    by a doctor, 30% will be healed within 15 minutes.
    
    He observed that the success rating for any new treatment required by
    medical practitioners before it would be placed into use was 66%.  So
    he said God gave him that extra 4% success just to be sure.
    
    Now all this I took with a grain of salt; that is, I did not accept it
    as truth nor did I assume it was a lie.  I was neutral on it.  I
    believe that healing could and does occur, it's just that whenever
    anybody has tried it when I've been present, it hasn't worked.  Perhaps
    my spirit of unbelieve prevents healing?  I don't know.  Seems strange
    though that God could be thwarted by mere me...
    
    After his talk he laid-hands-on-and-prayed-for about five or six people
    before I had to get off home.  There was no obvious healings of the
    people he actually laid hands on that I observed.
    
    He did say, however, that when he speaks, some people are healed
    without even coming forward for the handy treatment.
    
    Well...
    
    I *know* the patient.
    I *know* her condition.
    I actually _treated_ her after she had fallen from the water skiing.
    I saw the effect last night.
    I *know* she is now _much_ better.
    
    Trish is now able to wiggle her foot around (21:35) (I flinched when
    she did it!) and walked normally to the car (21:50).  (I'm somewhat
    tall and I used my cruising speed to get to the car, and she kept up
    surprisingly well).
    
    Well, that's where I'm up to.
    
    James
    
    (ps; Petria said it was ironic that she couldn't attend the gathering
    because she was sick...)

re -.1

    (ps; Petria said it was ironic that she couldn't attend the gathering
    because she was sick...)


Has anyone read the diairies of Adrian Plass aged 33 1/2??
It's a christian version of `Diary of Adrian Mole...'

One part of the book, Adrian Plass gets a fone call saying that
theres a faith healer coming to a local church that night, and 
whether he was interested in attending.. First thing he did
was lay down on the the floor to make certain that both of
his legs were the same length..

Steve O

re <<< Note 165.337 by GIDDAY::OLLIS 

>Has anyone read the diairies of Adrian Plass aged 33 1/2??
>It's a christian version of `Diary of Adrian Mole...'

Yes - I'm also a fan of Andromeda Veal

Chele

    This came up in chit-chat, but was too good to allow to be purged in a
    week.
    
    Mark L.
    
================================================================================
Note 14.8584        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8584 of 8589
CSC32::W_TUTTLE                                       6 lines  23-NOV-1993 11:25
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    I accepted the LORD last night as my savior. I had a hard time fighting 
    off satan. But, the LORD defeated him and saved me. LORD thankyou 
    for answering everyones prayers and mine. 
    .
    William 
    
================================================================================
Note 14.8585        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8585 of 8589
CHTP00::CHTP04::LOVIK "Mark Lovik"                     1 line  23-NOV-1993 11:29
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    HALLELUJAH!  PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!
================================================================================
Note 14.8586        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8586 of 8589
JULIET::MORALES_NA "Sweet Spirit's Gentle Breeze"     3 lines  23-NOV-1993 11:51
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Amen! Praising God for you!
    
    Nancy
================================================================================
Note 14.8587        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8587 of 8589
CSLALL::HENDERSON "Friend will you be ready?"        32 lines  23-NOV-1993 11:53
                           -< Praise God, William! >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Everybody sing! 




Chorus:
 
 There's joy in the camp
 a sinner has come home,
 there's joy in the camp
 rejoicing 'round the throne
 singing and shouting 
 the great redemption song
 There's joy wondrous joy in the camp.


 For years I traveled down that long and lonely road
 Sorrow and pain my lot to bear
 but then I met the Christ who took my heavy load
 and since then I've been singing in the air


 Chorus


 The angels in heaven are rejoicing around the throne
 filling the lofts with chords so grand
 they're singing because of one lost sheep who's just come home
 I know there must be joy in the camp.


 Chorus
================================================================================
Note 14.8588        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8588 of 8589
BSS::GROVER "The CIRCUIT_MAN"                        16 lines  23-NOV-1993 12:06
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Great news (again) William! 
    
    My wife was mildly surprized to hear of you're coming to the Lord. But,
    after a short bout with dought, she said "Praise the Lord"..
    
    For those who don't know... My wife and daughter take care of Williams
    daughter at the day care center... They knew William before I met him.
    Of course, I just met him yesterday, when he hunted down my cube.. We
    spoke only briefly..
    
    As they say.... "small world"...!
    
    Praise the Lord for Williams return!
    
    Bob (the Circuit_Man)
    
================================================================================
Note 14.8589        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8589 of 8589
CHTP00::CHTP04::LOVIK "Mark Lovik"                    3 lines  23-NOV-1993 12:10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    So, Bob, who recently came back to the Lord, told William, who is known
    to Bob's wife through the day care center, about a church where Jim,
    who recently came back to the Lord, was saved 15 years ago....
================================================================================
Note 14.8590        Chit Chat (7-day old replies are purged)        8590 of 8590
BSS::GROVER "The CIRCUIT_MAN"                        10 lines  23-NOV-1993 12:25
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    RE.: <<< Note 14.8589 by CHTP00::CHTP04::LOVIK "Mark Lovik" >>>
    
    Ya... that's it! You got it!
    
    The Lord works in GREAT ways!
    
    Praise the Lord!
    
    Bob
    
    

From:	DECPA::"hack@atria.com" "Peter A. Hack"  8-DEC-1993 15:38:33.20
To:	distribution:; (see end of body)
CC:	
Subj:	Just what the world needs - AHOTHER hack!  :-)

	I'm happy to announce that Debbie gave birth to Rebecca Marie Hack
on November 29, 1993 at 4:40pm.  Rebecca is 9 pounds, 7 ounces and 22 inches
long.  Based on that size, we're very glad that the doctor induced Debbie
8 days early or else we could have ended up with another Benjamin-sized baby!
The pediatrician said Rebecca is quite healthy.  Mom is feeling better every
day.  Papa is quite tired but can't complain.  Benjamin LOVES having a baby
sister - I didn't expect this much affection at 16 months of age.
	We thank the Lord for a safe delivery and a healthy child!  I hope all
of you are doing well!

				Peter

P.S.  I'm sure I've left some people off this list that would be interested
	in hearing - I'm just too wiped out to think of them all.  Feel free
	to forward it...

 /---------------------------------------------------------------------\
 | Peter A. Hack                                   hack@atria.com      |
 | Atria Software, Inc.                            (508) 650-5119      |
 | 24 Prime Park Way, Natick, MA  01760       FAX: (508) 650-1196      |
 \---------------------------------------------------------------------/

The tree of life my soul hath seen, laden with fruit and always green: The
trees of nature fruitless be compared with Christ the apple tree.

His beauty doth all things excel: by faith I know, but ne'er can tell the
glory which I now can see in Jesus Christ the apple tree.

For happiness I long have sought, and pleasure dearly I have bought: I
missed of all; but now I see 'tis found in Christ the apple tree.

I'm weary with my former toil, here I will sit and rest awhile: under the
shadow I will be of Jesus Christ the apple tree.

This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, it keeps my dying faith alive; which
makes my soul in haste to be with Jesus Christ the apple tree.

 Our Christmas Cantata last night was wonderful..the church was packed,
lots of visitors, and everything went off without a hitch.  After all of
the fun and fellowship working on it, and the special time prior to the
program last night, I'm kinda sad that its over :-(  And, the narrator
only blew his lines once :-/



We had at least 2 people get saved that I know of!


And another praise...my son and his fiance were in a wreck on the way
home but there were no major injuries.  My son went to the hospital with
neck and back pains.  I met them there once I heard about it and they
were fine.



Jim

 Oh, and praise God that all 3 of my son's (and Sean's fiance) were
 at the cantata last night!




 Jim

 Praising the Lord with  you Bob!





 Jim

 My son Scott's EEG came back as normal :-)



 Praise God!  They still want to do a CAT scan just to be sure, but I
 think the EEG is a good sign.






 Jim

    
    	Jamie and I decided to spend New Year's Eve together at home.
    
    	The night started out well, with an early dinner at a Thai
    	restaurant.  We were home by 6:30, and spent 1.5 hours just
    	playing with Emily.  Emily was in bed at 8:00, and we settled
    	in to watch a movie.
    
    	A couple hours later, Emily began to cry.  We waited a few minutes,
    	and as the cries got louder, went to check on her.  Jamie lifted
    	her out of her bed, only to realize that she'd gotten sick.  We
    	spent a half-hour changing the bed, the baby, and ourselves, then
    	held Emily for a while until we thought she could go back to bed.
    
    	Just as Jamie was about to put her back in the crib, she was sick
    	again.  Another half-hour spent cleaning, changing, and cuddling.
    
    	Finally, around 11:30, Emily went back to bed.  She had a rough
    	night trying to sleep, and spent a few hours sleeping in bed with
    	Daddy, another hour sleeping restlessly in her crib, and then I
    	brought her onto the couch the slept with her there.  As I lay
    	there holding my daughter and listening to her sleep, the baby
    	in my womb began to move and kick.  It even roused Emily a bit
    	as it kicked against her legs.  And holding my two children as
    	close as could be, I was filled with such peace and joy at the
    	blessings of God in my life.
    
    	It was 6:30 when I put Emily back to bed.  We all awoke at 8:00,
    	and when Jamie went in to greet Emily, she was standing at the
    	edge of the crib, grinning from ear to ear, and saying "Good 
    	morning, Daddy!"
    
    	God is good!
    
    	Karen
    

 :-)  Thanks for putting a big smile on my face :-)





 I remember one time when my son Chris was young and was quite ill.  He had
 a high fever that we couldn't get to break and he was coughing, etc..I had
 been up with him quite a bit during the night and would hardly sleep because
 I was worried about him..finally I dozed off, about 6AM or so and I was
 awaken by Chris saying "Daddy..I'm hungry"..best words I'd heard in that
 24 hour period :-)



 Jim

    Karen,
    
    Isn't it wonderful how those quiet moments can reveal so much to us. 
    Your note really warmed me up through and through.
    
    Nancy
    

    A friend of mine from Houston (well, actually she's at school in Iowa
    right now and her family is from Hungary...) but anyway, she has been
    dealing with Bell's Palsy since last fall, and has been unable to move
    one side of her face (the left side).  It is really weird to see.  
    
    The praise is I got some email from her this morning, and she is able
    to move the lower left part of her face a little!  Yeah!!!
    One of the doctors she saw over break gave her high hopes of 95%
    recovery, and when she discovered she could start to move her face
    again a little, she was really excited!
    
    She tends to be a very friendly person, who likes to smile at people,
    and when she couldn't give a real smile, only half, it *really*
    bothered her.
    
    

Rejoicing with you, Phil!  Wonderful!  A smile makes the world of 
difference.  Thanks for that one shared!

							Andrew

 With tears welling in my eyes, I say... Praise God!




 Jim

 

    WOW!! Sending mail...
    
    -greta

So thrilled to see this progress, Nancy.  Praying with you for the fulness
of the Spirit to be manifest ever increasingly in Rafael's life, restoring
more than you've ever had, in a family united under our LORD... 

							Andrew

    ME TOOO!!!!!    (tears are a welling over here too!!!)
    
    YES!!!!
    
    AM I dreaming or what?!!
    That is awesome news Nancy!!!
    
    Can God do some excellent stuff or what?
    
    p
    
    (The leadership meeting went well last night, despite my lack of
    preparedness :-)

    Also rejoicing, and continuing in prayer.
    
    Mark L.

    
    Optimistic!

1/11/94 7:00 P.M.

Matthew, Clayton and myself went to my ex-husbands house to discuss and 
encourage his decision to get help for alcoholism.  On my agenda was to 
discuss God's healing through salvation and the claiming of Biblical 
truths.  I had already discussed this with my Pastor about the direction of 
Scripture to be used and settled on Matthew 5 and the Romans road.

I wanted the boys to tell their father how happy and encouraged they were 
at the decision he had made and that they were praying for him.  As we 
gathered at the table with their father, I asked the boys to say what was 
on their hearts.  Matthew started by saying that he was happy and hoped his 
Dad was telling the truth and would follow through this time.  Clayton 
basically parroted his brother.  I then told Rafael that the boys had been 
praying for him everyday without fail.  He then asked the boys for what 
were they praying.  Both Matthew and Clayton responded for his salvation, 
for his legs to heal, and for him to stop drinking and smoking.  And then 
to my surprise Rafael said that he wanted to address the issue of 
salvation.  Imagine rapid heartbeat in my chest as I sat amazed at how God 
worked this topic in without my saying a word. :-) :-)

To make a long story short, Matthew asked me if he could speak and I said 
sure and I sat back listening to my 11 year old son presenting salvation to 
his father.  I only clarified certain points.  Rafael said he wanted to let 
Matthew and Clayton's hearts rest at the knowledge that he was a Christian.  
Rafael's definition of Christian was that he believed and HOPED that God 
would let him into heaven.  Matthew and I together interspersingly told 
Rafael how he could *know*.  Rafael's strict catholic upbringing has him 
convinced that no-one knows they can only HOPE that they made it. [sorry to 
you Catholics that *know*, no snide remarks meant towards you in that 
statement, it is simply EXACTLY what Rafael said]  Then Matthew began to 
tell his Dad about assurance and after intense listening on Rafael's part, 
Matthew asked him if he could pray and ask Jesus into his life and 
*believe* that he was saved.  Rafael said yes.  Matthew and I looked at 
each other very quickly [hoping no-one noticed that we looked at each 
other] :-), and bowed our heads as Rafael prayed.  Then to our heart's 
discontent, he prayed a prayer that was nothing near the topic of receiving 
Christ or asking forgiveness.  After he prayed, I told him that the prayer 
was beautiful and held much in the way of sentiment, but that it didn't 
address eternity.   Matthew, shut me up and took over and began talking to 
his Dad about how he wants to spend eternity with his father and that this 
was what really was most important to him.  Rafael then prayed again, with 
tears in his eyes and asked Jesus to come and indwell within him and to 
help him pull his life together and to forgive him of his failures.  I 
asked Rafael after he prayed if he now *knew* that God allow him in Heaven 
for receiving the gift of Jesus.  Rafael again responded, "When I die, I 
will ask him to let me in."  I know he believes in Christ and all that 
Christ did and why he did it, but the dogma of his youth has him trapped in 
hope instead of assurance.  I left it there with Rafael's commitment to 
call my Pastor and talk with him about this prayer, the decision to get 
alcohol treatment, and the reconciliation of our family.

The boys then went to play a video game, while Rafael and I had private 
time to talk.  During this time he asked me what I REALLY wanted from him 
and in my life.  My response was for Rafael to become my best friend and 
the Spiritual leader of our home.  I told him I thought this was entirely 
possible and I believed in him that if he chose, he could do it.  He didn't 
shrug away from either statement to my surprise and at this point was when 
he again said he was going to see my Pastor [our Pastor].  

I told him I was scared, that in all of my life, I've never felt truly 
loved from any human being [other then my kids which is different] and to 
his surprise he questioned why I never felt that he loved me.  I braced 
myself and told him the insanity of the alcohol that lack of intimacy [not 
sex] in our marriage never gave me the security I needed to feel loved.  
That to say I love you and then head out to the bars seemed rather 
contradictory... I just didn't trust his loyalties.  He accepted my answer 
and apologized for having put me through this.

Oh yeah, during the *family* discussion the subject of church and his 
attendance came up.  He said he'd go for one service for one hour and that 
after church he wanted to leave immediately as a family.  He knows my 
schedule with church and I sat there feeling so disappointed.  I asked him 
how many nights he spent in the bar per week and for how many hours.  He 
responded many and many.  I then asked  how he could deny God and this 
family the 3 church services per week in an effort to rebuild the 
foundation for our home.  He responded that he couldn't take too much 
medicine at once he'd overdose.  As much as I wanted to argue that on this 
medicine you can't overdose.  I again responded okay.  Matthew then asked 
his father if he'd go to both services on Sunday morning; teaching and 
preaching.  Rafael reluctantly said yes as long as he and Matthew were 
together first hour, as I teach that hour.  

Oh yeah, and before I forget one of the sweetest moments of the evening was 
our closing family prayer.  Each of us prayed with Rafael being the last to 
close and seal our prayers.  This was not easy for Rafael folks, a miracle 
to say the least has happened for which I praise my God!  

Well, there you have it folks, target prayer areas from this point forward 
are:

1.  Rafael will grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord.  That he
    will read the Bible that the boys and I will give him.

2.  That he will be consistent and faithful to the alcohol program.

3.  That our family will be reunited as a result of the above.

Praising Him,
Nancy
    

    Reply .351 reposted with margins tightened. 

	Praising along with you, Matthew, and Clayton, Nancy!!!

	God is AWESOME!

	Karen

    All praise and glory be given to God our Father! Nancy, I'll be praying
    right along with you. May the Prodigal dad find eternal rest among his
    family and may the angels rejoice!
    
    8^)

    Praise God for His infinite grace, mercy, and gift of salvation.

    Nancy:
    
    Again as I have said to you in the past, I deeply admire your
    perseverence and faith in this matter.  You have certainly showed
    Rafael your agape love for him.  I'm sure it is ringing in his
    conscience.  I also know when taking these steps of faith, it can be
    just like David facing Goliath at times.  Press on toward the goal for
    the prize!!!  
    
    It sounds like Rafael is beginning to realize some things.  I only hope
    that very soon he will realize that his role should have been that of
    your son.  By the way, your children strike me as a model of youth
    heading for spiritual leadership.  Tell them that a man in New
    Hampshire is very proud of their faithfulness.  Their children are
    going to be very fortunate.
    
    Love,
    
    Jack

    Re: Note 165.351 by JULIET::MORALES_NA

    Dear Nancy,
    
    it is hard to get my eyes wet (the Lord is currently working with me on
    that issue), but your note really moved me! I know your love for the
    Lord and strongly believe that you are exactly following his guidance
    in trying everything to restore your family. Your faithfullness in
    forgiveness for your husband will always encourage me to not cease
    forgiving! To God be the glory for this miracle. He started the healing
    of your family, may he complete it in his most wonderful way and carry
    you through this process in His mighty arm of love.
    
    Glad to know you,
                       Hartmut

	Earlier this week, a co-worker invited me to have lunch.

	We made plans for today.  She also happens to be a neighbor,
	living on a street adjacent to mine.  She also has a son born
	the day before my daughter, so we've recently found ourselves
	to have much in common.

	We set out for lunch, expecting mostly to discuss the new home
	she's having built, and talk about our kids.

	The conversation got around to attitudes, and she commented
	that I tend to not worry about things and to have a positive attitude.

	We'd talked about this once before, and I told her again that
	years ago, I was a different person, but that the peace she
	saw in me now came solely from knowing God.

	I could go on and on about the things we touched on, but suffice
	it to say, I had a wonderful chance to present the message of
	salvation to her in a totally non-confrontational way.  She asked
	lots of questions, and on the way home she said, "I just got butterflies
	in my stomach when this occured to me.  Why don't you pray for me
	that I can get a better understanding of these things, and believe
	the way you do ?"  I told her I definitely would, and also told her
	that if at any time she wants to ask Jesus into her life, and wants
	someone to pray with, I'd be happy to.

	It was truly the best lunch I've had in years...

	Karen

    .365
    
    Way to go Karen!!!!  You just made butterflies in my stomach!!!! :-)
    :-)
    
    Thanks for sharing this, I am absolutely thrilled and will pray for
    this new found friend [no accident, you know] and you.  Oh yeah, were
    those butterflies exasperated by some kicking? :-)
    
    God Bless,
    Nancy

Amen, Karen!





Jim

	No Nancy, *she* was the one with the butterflies, as she thought
	of getting some new understanding (of things it seems she thinks
	about frequently)...

    .368
    
    OH :-)  Well did she feel anything kicking by virtue of osmosis? :-)
    :-)
    
    Oops...
    
    Nancy

Praise the LORD, Karen - what a wonderful lunchtime!!!!

Will be praying.

							Andrew

  I've been following the case of a missing girl from Upstate New York, Sarah 
  Jane Wood who is now believed to be dead.  As the searchers comb the area
  where the alleged perpetrator said they will find her body, her father is 
  there encouraging the searchers and testifying to his faith in Jesus Christ
  and the Power of the HOly Spirit which sustains him in this painful time..
  I've actually seen a report or 2 on the news.





 Jim

    Jim,
    
    This is so close to my heart!  The father of the missing Sarah is the
    pastor of the church where I grew up in NY.  The community is truly
    pulling together in a wonderful way.  I can't help but praise God for
    how this father, who certainly must be struggling, is glorifying the
    Father in how he reacts to what must be a horrible situation.
    
    I've often prayed for this family....just so sad that our children are
    at risk this way.
    
    -greta

I struggle to know what to say in such a situation.  The horror of such a 
thing being allowed to happen, the intense grief it must give the family - 
living with them all their lives...  yet, the father being able to give it 
back to the LORD so sincerely, so soon...  I don't know how they can bear 
it, even though I know the LORD gives strength according to the need...

Truly, He is faithful...

								Andrew

    Update on the homefront!
    
    Well, Rafael went to church this Sunday, both to Sunday School and
    Preaching [a commitment he tried to worm out of]! So Praise God for his
    follow through.  Each time Rafael thinks he's going to slide the boys
    [innocently] encourage him to keep going in the *right* direction.
    
    Praise God for His faithfulness.
    
    In His Love,
    Nancy

    Michelle Marfia:
    
    The surgeons believe they got *all* the cancer and she is recovering
    comfortably!!!  I'll have more indepth news about it after church
    tonight.
    
    Praising and thanking you Lord.
    
    

    Lately I've been feeling lots of pressure in the financial area. Well
    God just did a real neat thing for me. 
    
    Last fall I foolishly made a purchase from a catalog house for a good
    amount of money. They screwed up and ended up sending me two orders so
    I sent the second one back. I then received notification from them of a
    credit to my credit card. Well I got the bill in Nov and it had both
    the cost (of only 1 of the orders) and a credit for it on the bill.
    That meant that they'd only billed me for one shipment but shipped to
    me twice. Well I hate dealing with these guys over the phone to
    straighten out a mess so I decided to wait a couple of months to make
    sure they weren't billing me for my order. 
    
    Finally today I decided to call them. The woman was surprised that I
    wanted to pay what was owed even though their system shows them
    shipping me one shipment and then canceled it. I told the lady I felt
    like I was stealing to not attempt to pay it. She kindly told me to
    forget it and call it a wash.  I guess they must build into their
    business operations for things like this. I wasn't going to push the
    payment issues mostly because it is too much hassle trying to
    straighten it out and I'd already spent at least 30 minutes on the
    phone with her trying to explain the situation. I feel that this is a
    gift from God to meet my financial concerns and am content letting it
    rest here. I made the effort to be an honest customer.
    
    Sometimes God amazes me. I knew last fall that the purchase was wrong,
    that it was a selfish "want", and repented of my covetousness. God
    showed me his love by graciously "forgiving" me the money. What hits me
    is that if I hadn't made that call I would have felt the guilt of
    stealing and never have seen the Father's care for me in this
    situation. I'm just grateful to not have to depleat my bank account
    further than its been hit with lately do to my car.
    
    Thanking God for His Mercy,
    
    Nancy 

    -1
    
    Can I print this out and share it with others? :-)
    
    Nancy [the other one]

 That's great!





 Jim

 I was in a rush after I left work last night, wanting to get home, grab
 a bite to eat (at BK) and then head home, grab my Bible and head to church.

 Unfortunately the traffic fouled my plans up a bit, but I managed to get 
 to church in time.  Every once in a while the pastor tosses out the usual
 schedule for Wednesday nights (which confounds us ushers) and thats what 
 he did last night.  A couple hymns, opening prayer, offering and the teens
 go to their meeting.  And for the rest of the evening we prayed.  The 
 outpouring of hearts, the tears, the love that was expressed was wonderful.
 I don't think any of us noticed how cold it was outside after the service.


 What a shame that the world has no idea how truly wonderful it is to be
 a Christian and to have these moments with our Lord.




 Jim

From:	GIDDAY::OLLIS "Leaders aren't born.. they're cornered."
                                                          21-JAN-1994 00:21 AEST
Hi Y'all

	Well, after all this intense anticipation, Timothy John Ollis 
was born into this world. He was born in Blacktown hospital at 7:42pm on 
the 20th January. He weighs 8lb, 14oz, and has proven to have a good set of 
lungs. Both mother and baby are fine.
    
						Stevo...

    Congratulation Stevo!  Takes that paternity leave fella! :-)
    
    Nancy

    Stevo, Praising the Lord for Timothy John Ollis...! 
    
    Bob
    

    Also rejoicing (and praying) for Timothy John Ollis!
    
    Mark L.

    Tonight at NVBC we had the shortest Evangelist preaching our Sunday
    Evening Service.  Brother Brindle is 3'9" tall... but what a powerhouse
    preacher.  When they say dynamite comes in short packages, they
    must've just jet Brother Brindle.  
    
    One of the girls in my Sunday School Class invited a friend from her
    neighborhood, Melinda Gaffney, 5th Grade, from East Palo Alto,
    California [ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD] tonight to church to see Bro. Brindle
    and hear him preach.  At the invitation, I turned tMelinda and asked if
    she had ever asked Jesus to be her Savior.  Melinda responded No. 
    With Miranda [from my class] looki on, I led Melinda to the Lord.  
    
    Praise God for the faithfulness of one, who brought another one.
    
    Nancy
    
    
    

    Praise God! This came this morning:
    
    From:	CRL::"jkindy+@CMU.EDU" "Jon D. Kindy"   25-JAN-1994
    23:07:00.89
    To:	ricks::psherwood, newburn@ece.cmu.edu
    CC:	
    Subj:	Senate Vote results
    
    Praise God!  The vote to remove InterVarsity's recognition failed
    7-11-2.
    

 My son Scott's MRI came back as normal...





 Praise God!



 Jim

    Great news.... PRAISE God!
    
    Bob
    

    AMEN!!!  That's wonderful Jim.
    
    Nancy

    Yea!

    My family and Huw's all went to the restaurant on Saturday night to
    celebrate our engagement. My father and sister were both going. Both
    knew the other was going (at least, they should have known, given the
    hints that both my mother and I dropped) and I suppose we were rather
    apprehensive about what would happen. The first wonderful thing that
    happened was that my father's car broke down and so I had to give him
    and my mother a lift to the restaurant (in other words, he couldn't
    walk out because the restaurant is in the middle of nowhere).
    
    Huw was bringing my sister and grandfather and turned up a little later
    than everyone else and when my sister came in, my father got up and put
    his arms round her. I had to go to the toilet and sort my make-up out
    (it wasn't waterproof!). Of all reactions, I never expected to CRY over
    it! Thanks to a bit of clever engineering by my mother, they ended up 
    sitting together at the table and were talking to each other all night.
    Kerry still feels a bit dubious and defensive, but I know my father -
    he'll act as though the whole thing never took place and I know that
    Kerry will soon feel more at home with him. Mum suggested that I visit
    with her the first few times just until she feels more comfortable.
    
    So our prayers worked! Our Church had its re-dedication service
    yesterday and I said a special thankyou to God for bringing them
    together again.                                   

That's wonderful Julie!!!  I think that even the apparent fiasco at 
Christmas must have worked in your father's heart so that he became open 
for this.  I think I'd have had to sort out my make up too  ;-) ;-) ;-)

						God bless
							Andrew

    I'm ecstatic for you Julie!!! :-)
    
    Amen!
    

	Hazza has just telephoned to announce the safe arrival of 
			Nathaniel Joel Woodward-Clarke
		at about 5 to 3 local time, weighing 7lb 13oz.

	Kazza and Nathaniel are doing fine (some initial complications, 
	and it was a Caesarian), and even Hazza is coming through it well
	- they've let him out of the hospital now, after being there from
	8 a.m. until 7 p.m. 

	Joshua is waiting to see his new sibling!

	Praise and prayer in order!


								Andrew

Praising with Hazza, Kazza and Joshua at the birth of Nathaniel!

	Praising also with you, Jack!

	karen

    Wow, Congratulations to Hazza!!!!
    
    Hey Chele, Maybe you could collect the howdy dos for Hazza and give
    them to him ... :-) ??????
    
    What a name

I am very happy for Hazza and company!  
Send my warmest wishes.

Mark

    Nathaniel Joel born to Harry and Karen Woodward-Clarke, Thursday 3rd
    February 1994, at 14:55 Australian Eastern Summer Time, by Cesearian
    Section, massing 3575g (7p13o), mother and baby well.
    
    Karen is groggy from the general anesthetic, since the epidural tap
    attempt failed to find the "right place".  Nathaniel is well, lungs are
    in order, sucks OK (Hazza's words!), and both are in Gosford North
    hospital.
    
    James
    
    (07:45am Friday)

OK, I'm just slow - I stuck my comments in the Chat note.

Hazza was very happy - he gave Nathanial his first feed (bottle, of course), 
since Karen was still in the recovery ward.

Chele

Finally, back at work, and having more than 5 minutes to 
use notes.  

Both Lyn & Timothy are home now, and have been for almost
2 weeks now.. 2 days after the note was enterd, and prayers 
offered, Timothy was out of special care, and by his mother's
side in the ward. He's a strong, bouncing bouncing boy, 
and is going full steam ahead. Lyn's recovery has amazed
even her closest friends. People were amazed that we made it
to church yesterday twice in one day, with Timothy in tow.
Timothy even managed to sleep through both services. :-)

God is so good.. The birth of a child is so awe inspiring.
May God bless Timothy's life, and give Lyn & I the wisdom
to bring him up in the way God would have us to..

Steve O.
 

 Amen, Steve o!

    Seconded...

    I am happy to announce a dear friend has now become a sister
    in the Lord!  Judith came to church with my husband and I yesterday
    and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior!  Thank you Jesus for 
    your faithfulness to us even when we aren't faithful to you. Thank
    you Lord for this answer to prayer.
    
    Karen
    

    Karen, praise the Lord.....!
    
    

 Amen!

Rejoicing with you SteveO...

	AND with you, Karen!  Wonderful news!

Prsise Him, for His mercy endures for ever...

						Andrew

    Update on 6.608:
    Susan made it back from Florida ok -
    but her grandmother died 2 hours before she got there.
    She thinks her grandmother finally recently came to realize what it
    meant to be a Christian (she had been rather religious, but w/o Jesus
    in her heart), so she'll see her again. Sue also said it was probably
    better that she didn't make it down in time, because it would have been
    rather distressing to see her grandmother in that situation.
    When I (finally) talked to her Saturday, she was talking about how
    blessed she was ... so I praise God for her witness...
    however, I did hear that her brain fluid leakage was getting worse and
    might require surgery (a risky procedure, apparently)
    
    thanks for your prayers - she is very dear to our group...

Thanks Phil....  truly our LORD interprets our prayers for a 'best' that we 
could not have forseen or asked for...

								Andrew

    PRAISE THE LORD!  My son Bobby has made it to age 15. His b'day was
    yesterday...
    
    I kept telling him (in a loving way) that he'd never make 15 ('course I
    say the same for each age).. BUT he has... Now let's see if the Lord
    will help Bobby reach # 16.
    
    Billy will be 13 July 3rd... Lord help me, I'll have three full blown
    teens in the house.... 8^{} Urgh!
    
    I know the Lord gives us tests... BUT three teens... 8^)
    
    Of course I'm just funnen' 'round..!
    
    

    Praises,
    
    Peggy has made it home in one piece. It was a ten hour ride, but she is
    here.. 
    
    We are once again a whole family....
    
    Thanks for all the prayers!
    
    Bob

  That's great, Bob!




  Praise God..




  Jim

Praising with you, Bob!
    
				Andrew

  One of the things I've said I wouldn't really want to do in service to the 
  (well, better put, I've hoped the Lord wouldn't ask me to do it) was serve
  on the bus ministry at my church.  Well, sure enough, yesterday I was asked
  to serve on our bus going to Manchester NH.  I immediately thought of a bunch
  of (lame) excuses as to why I couldn't..wanted to sleep late (8AM!) on Sunday
  morning, wanted to be able to enjoy a nice leisurely cup of coffee before
  going to Sunday school, I can't handle a bus load of kids who had just 
  injested who knows how many bowls of frosted sugar bombs...but, as I sat
  and thought about it, I said..OK..


  So, I showed up at the church at 8AM and hopped on a bus that felt like it
 had been parked in the Arctic over night, and went on the way to Manchester..
 approxiamtely 2 hours (and 30 kids later) we arrived at the church.  What a 
 blessing it was..yeah, the kids were not very well mannered, and they were
 loud, and yeah I didn't get home til about 3PM, but it was worth every minute.
 On the way home we played games on the bus, and offered prizes (candy bars
 which I'm sure kicked in just as the frosted sugar bombs were wearing off) for
 those who could recite Bible verses..a couple boys (the kids were ages 4-11)
 who hadn't seen much of a Bible asked me if they could use mine..so I helped
 them work on a couple verses (John 3:16 and Romans 10:13) and each of them
 worked at it (and I took a few minutes to talk about what they meant) and
 I made sure they got a candy bar..on the way to church there were 2 girls
 aged 11 and 7 who the whole trip were asking me to name Bible verses and they
 looked them up in their Bibles and read them to me..and recited the first 10
 books!...

 Wow...I was asked just to fill in for today..but, guess where I think I'll
 be next week?  Just the feeling I had hearing those 2 girls and seeing the 
 faces of those 2 boys as they read the verses and I talked about them, was
 enough to convince me...

 Also, they need someone trained to drive the bus..and as we were driving around
 I suddenly remembered..that when I was a young boy, I wanted to drive a bus..


 God is so good...



 Thank you Lord, for this opportunity..

    amen, Jim....
    
    God has this past week (and is continuing to) renew my desire to work
    with the college group and put effort into it.  I had been getting
    discouraged, but through several conversations (with Him and others) He
    showed me how I was getting out of focus, Praise Him for His
    faithfulness!

 A while back we prayed for Susan Dube, a woman in my church.  She was in 
 church yesterday for the first time in a month and her recovery is going
 very well.  It would appear that the surgery was a success.  I know she 
 looked healthier yesterday than she has in a long time!


 

 Jim

    re: .414
    
    What a nice testimony, Jim!  
    
    I do the same thing ("I hope God doesn't ask me to do [fill-in-
    the-blank]) only to find out when He does, it's more of a blessing 
    to me than I am to it.  
    
    Karen
    

 I was able to sit with a man here at work this afternoon and share the
 gospel, and he was saved at 5PM!




 Praise God!

    Amen!  

    Been trying to rent my room out!  Amen? :-)
    
    Well, without advertising one day, my room is rented out to a very
    sweet Chinese couple.  Very interesting couple indeed.  He's studying
    at the University of Santa Clara to be a lawyer and his wife works to
    help their income.  They are new Christians and very sweet.  They have
    a very good Chinese Pastor, independent fundamental Baptist. :-)
    
    They aren't paying what I originally asked, but they will cover the
    tuition payment for kids! :-) :-)  AMEN!  And he said he'll take over
    doing the yard work... which at my house is tremendous.  My back yard
    is huge [double lot] with about 7 fruit trees back there or more..
    
    Lessee 2  orange
    1 tangerine
    1 apple
    1 lemon
    2 cherry
    1 peach
    
    8 trees... oh well, just off by one!
    
    :-) :-)  

 AMEN!!!

Jim , Nancy ....

Some great encouragements here!  Praise the LORD!  I look forward to
hearing more to praise for here...!!!! 

					God bless
						Andrew

    Jim-
    
    Ain't it great to be Salt and Light?  When our friends came to the
    Lord, I think I was more excited than them!
    
    Nancy-
    
    Great news!  Isn't it wonderful how God meets our needs and even
    exceeds them!
    
    Karen
    

I have to leave for a course at 9:00, so I don't have time for a full report,
but...

Things went OK at the funeral.  No big scenes, but a lot of coldness that was
pretty hard on my sister.  The memorial service for him Saturday in Maryland
was much better.

The two of them left there are going to need a lot of prayer from here.

Paul

    Thanks for letting us know!  I was praying about this and wondering how
    it went.  I know that there was coldness there, but I'm very glad that
    she didn't get out of hand.
    
    God bless,
    
    Donna

Thanks Paul ... I'd been wondering too.

						Andrew

    WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    PRAISING THE LORD for you JACK!!!!
    
    Give Michelle a hug... and take good care of her fella.
    
    Man... 10lbs 9oz baby girl... you must've had her doing bench presses
    in the womb. :-)

The Lord works in strange ways sometimes.  This week I saw an example of "He
meant it for evil, but God meant it for good."

When we went to the funeral home last Tuesday afternoon, the tension was
incredible.  Michael's mother had poured a lot of one-sided information into
the ears of all the people in town.  We went there and sat in the front row
for an hour and a half, with a room full of 50+ people, all of whom knew who
Donna was, and for the first hour not one person spoke to Donna.  Several
looked right at her and turned away.

Not that I would defend all of my sister's actions, but the hostility was
intense.  One man, the father of one of Michael's friends, came up and
offered condolences.  It was extremely formal, but at least it was SOMETHING.
A little later, the other "outlaw" in the family, the irish wife of one of
Michael's cousins, came up and talked to her for a while.  Those two weere
the only ones to speak to her in an hour and a half.  To not speak to her, 
people had to "go down the line" of mourners, headed by Michael's mother and
grandmother, then cousins and godparents, and then turn aside when they got
to Donna.  That's exactly what they did.

Tuesday evening was similar, though not quite so pointed.  There were more
people there, maybe 100, and perhaps 10 spoke to Donna.  There were also some
more of our relatives there, so she didn't feel so isolated.

Then Wednesday was the funeral itself.  The priest got up and gave the
eulogy, and Christ was weeping over what he did.  He had the opportunity to
speak for reconciliation and forgiveness, yet he chose condemnation.  On
three separate occasions in his eulogy, he spoke of Micahel's roles in life,
or of the people he left behind:  Mother, grandmother, cousins, friends,
daughter.  Very pointedly, he ommitted "wife" or "husband" from those lists,
while looking right at my sister, seated in the front pew.  It was
excruciating.  That it was done in the name of Christ made it that much
worse.  "The name of God is blasphemed ... because of you."

But you know, a funny thing happened.  Not a person in that sanctuary didn't
recognize what he was doing, and I really believe that a lot of them saw
themselves, and didn't like what they saw.  Immediately after the eulogy,
there was a "sharing of the peace."  Michael's aunt, who had been one of the
most hostile, made quite a point of going up to Donna to wish her peace. 
There was a brunch afterward that we went to, and nearly everyone came up and
spoke to Donna.  There were only half a dozen who remained in their hostility.

I doubt that anything that the priest could have said about love or
reconcilliation could have made most of those people rethink what they were
doing.  But by mirroring their hate for them, and letting them see what they
were acting like, he did far more than he could have done otherwise.

Paul

    Excellent illustration Paul.  Gave me goosebumps as I read it.  This is
    a great example of that verse, as was Joseph himself.
    
    Amen!

Thanks Paul .... a very humbling experience. The parable of the unmerciful
servant comes to mind, from Matthew 18:21-35... Reminds me that no
difference between one fallen human and another is even recognisable when
we look at the gulf which separates us from the perfection in which He
dwells, and for which He created us.  Grace alone reached down into the
slime, and tenderly encouraged us out... 


					God bless
							Andrew

    
    		
    	It is with great joy that Jamie and I announce the birth
    	of our son, Andrew Mark Jennison (<--- I've been reading this file
    	too long!!)
    
    	Andrew was born by cesarian section at 7:48 am March 10, 1994,
    	after 17 hours of (stalled) labor.
    
    	He weighed in at 10 lbs, 4 oz. and is 21.5 inches long.
    
    	Mom and baby got home yesterday.  We're all doing well.
    
    	Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
    
    	Karen
    

 Amen!  Welcome Andrew Mark!





 Wonderful news!



 Jim

    Yea!!! 
    
    I was wondering what was up with y'all!
    
    

Wahoo!

Congratulations!

Paul

Congrats Karen -- you sure didn't waste any time logging to tell us all
after you got home.  Enjoy your time with your new son, and may God 
bless him & keep.

Leslie

    Praising the Lord with you Karen and for Andrew Mark...
    
    

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
    
    Congratulations Andrew Mark... Say Markem isn't that your son's name???
    :-) :-)
    
    10 lbs.... wow!!!!  My babies were 6lbs ... jeepers how you feeling
    Mom?
    
    I love boys... this is when I feel so lonesome... so far away...
    wishing I could hug you Karen and hold Andrew....
    
    with love,
    Nancy

Congratulations, Karen!  And welcome to Andrew Mark J...!  He sounds a good 
strong lad...!  Must have been a weight off your mind!  

May you both know the joy of the LORD in this gift from heaven.  
And may he learn to know the LORD from his earliest days...

Wishing you the richest of blessings...

						Andrew

    A big CONGRATUALTIONS Karen. Really pleased for you.
    
    Erich

    Praise the Lord!  Rejoicing with you.
    
    BTW, Andrew is my first son's middle name.  Mark is my second son's
    middle name. :-)
    
    Mark L.

    Congratulations, Karen!!
    
    Rebecca

    Let me also add my Congratulations to the pile!
    
    Welcome to the world, Andrew!
    
    Karen
    

Congratulations Karen - to you and your newly expanded family. My back twinges 
for you!

Chele    

>    Congratulations Andrew Mark... Say Markem isn't that your son's name???

Was skimming and almost missed this!

No, my son's name is Andrew Crawford Metcalfe...
...but MY NAME IS MARK ANDREW METCALFE!

Wow, Karen, thanks!  ...and congratulations!!!!!!!

Andrew means "manly one"
Mark means "mighty warrior"

May the Lord bless this manly, might warrior to His good pleasure and the
settling of the kingdom!

MM

    
    
    congrats Karen and family...may our heavenly Father continue to bless
    your family...
    
    
    
    				fonz
    

  My son Scott asked the Lord to save Him at 9PM tonight :-)





  Jim

    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
    
    I don't think that smile was big enough Jim. :-)

    And you didn't call me???????????????????? 
    
    :-) :-) :-)
    
    Praising with you Jim!

That's wonderful Jim....  So happy for you both.  Praying for the LORD's 
strength in his walk....

Nancy, wasn't it on all the networks?  ;-)

							Andrew

    Praise God....
    
    Yesterday morning, at 8am.. a 12 year old girl (Nikki) was baptized
    into Christ. 
    
    Nikki is part of our church youth group and kinda like part of my
    family (she spends lots of time on the other side of my telephone). She
    and Bobby (my oldest son) were chumming around for awhile. Now Billy 
    (my youngest) and Nikki seem to be close friends (same age).
    
    Yesterday, Nikki said the greatest thing.. She said "I have to read the
    Bible more so I know how God wants me to live". This sounded so great
    at the time, because it was so spontanious. It was a great event!
    
    Bob
    

 Yesterday after church we came home and had lunch, and afterwards turned
 on the TV.  There was some sports award show on and they were handing out
 awards for this and that..and a number of athletes, as they were accepting
 the awards, would say "I'd like to thank God for the ability He's given me.."
 or "I thank Jesus Christ..", etc.  Each time Scott would look over at me
 with a look of amazement on his face..it was great for him to see these people
 acknowledging their Lord on television.


 Scott stood in front of the church yesterday and made a profession of faith...



 What a great day in the Lord yesterday!


 Jim

Great, Bob and Jim,

Praising the LORD with you both for His wonderful goodness to us all....

    Wow!  I needed a lift like this this morning!  Praise the Lord!!!

    Great news, Jim!!
    
    Praising God with you for his wonderful gifts of grace, mercy and
    salvation!
    
    K
    

 My oldest son Sean told me yesterday he wants to talk to my pastor about
 marrying he and his fiance (I told him the pastor was already married ;-)..
 I said I'd mention it to him...a few sittings with Pastor Fuller is just
 what Sean needs whether he performs the ceremony or not

    Yes!!! :-)

    I praise God and thank Him for all my brothers and sisters who are
    praying for me.  
    
    I thank You, Lord, for the peace you are settling upon me, even as the
    situation at home continues to deteriorate (as seen from my eyes).  I
    praise You for the knowledge that You are soverign, You are in control,
    and You are faithful.  I thank You for the knowledge that You will work
    out my family situation to Your glory, and I will be blessed by it.  
    
    I thank You that You chose this week for Jim Dobson to rerun his series
    on "When God Doesn't Make Sense", and for his reminder to trust in You,
    especially when I am in the "Coffee Pot".  
    
    And Lord, I especially want to thank you for the words of wisdom I have
    received here, and in Mail. 
    
    I thank You for leading me to the church in New Providence, and to the
    Bible Study here at work.  
    
    Praise You, Lord Jesus!
    
    Amen

    Well, the vacation was great, no car trouble, fantastic weather (except
    for a small snowstorm driving through New Mexico), and even the kids
    behaived.
    
    We went to church Sunday at a small Navaho church, and really were
    blessed with the fellowship there.  Also got to hear favorite hymns
    sung in Navaho and English alternating verses.
    
    Sites included Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Petrified Forest,
    Grand Canyon, Sunset Crator and Anastosi Indian ruins, Sedona (which is
    now proclaimed the new age capital of the country), Oak Canyon, The
    Arizona State Capital and other things in Phoenix.
    
    I did have some problems with the interest markers stating as fact
    evolution, and the age of the some of the stuff, but overall a
    wonderful trip.
    
    Thanks for the prayers.
    
    Sparky  

 Oak Canyon (is it Oak Creek Canyon?) is beautiful as is Sedona (new age
 stuff aside)...





 Jim

 re 6.651


 We went to visit the man mentioned in the above note...after spending some
 time talking to him I got the definite impression he was indeed saved..he
 is interested in growing, attending Sunday school (he's an older man and
 when we talked about Sunday school he had this image of adults sitting around
 drawing pictures with crayons :-)...I told him since we're grownups they let
 us use magic markers and water colors ;-) )


 A nice visit though...turns out he and Ron used to be drinking buddies back
 when Ron played piano in a bar band (and before Ron was saved).




 Thanks for praying.


Jim

>    Sites included Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Petrified Forest,
>    Grand Canyon, Sunset Crator and Anastosi Indian ruins, Sedona (which is
>    now proclaimed the new age capital of the country), Oak Canyon, The
>    Arizona State Capital and other things in Phoenix.
    
    glad you enjoyed my home ;-)  Did you catch any spring training games?  
    
    Mike

 Yesterday we took all the kids in the bus ministry to McDonald's..my bus
 had 55 kids on it and praise God, it went very well.  The kids were, uh, kids,
 but it was a real blessing to see them enjoying themselves..on the way to
 church one little girl (8 years old) whom I hadn't seen before asked me 
 if I could show her how to be saved..and we talked for quite a bit, and she
 asked the Lord to save her..then she asked if I (or someone) could show her
 mother..after church while we were loading the bus to go to McDonalds a 
 boy about 9 didn't want to get on the bus until he and his brother and another
 friend knew how to be saved..so we sat in the back of the bus and I talked to
 each of them and read some things from the Bible and they were saved..as we
 were leaving McDonald's one of them said "Man, this is the *best*" :-) and
 the 3 boys were asking me about how to pray and asking God to forgive them..
  


 It was such a blessing seeing these kids having fun, singing songs and playing
games, I couldn't help but have tears in my eyes as I observed the scene..

 As I was sitting in Sunday school I felt the Lord was leading me to get more
 involved the bus ministry, and I'm praying about it..




 God is so good, isn't He?


 Jim

    Jim-
    
    that testimony almost brought tears to MY eyes!!  That's wonderful
    news!  I can picture that whole scene - it's a blessing for you 
    and those children...that we all could be so trusting and child-like 
    when it comes to our Heavenly Father!
    
    Praise God!
    
    Karen
    

    Absolutely Karen!
    
    Yesterday my Pastor preached on gleaning... does everyone know what
    gleaning is?  Remember Ruth and her gleaning in Boaz's fields.
    Yesterday about half an hour before the message was to end, Pastor sent
    out all the assistant pastors, bus workers and Sunday School teachers
    to go to the other ministries, cambodian, spanish, filipino, Jr.
    Church, Jr. and Sr. High, etc., and glean the fields.  That meant that
    each person was to personally ask another person if they had ever
    received Christ as Savior and to try and win them.  
    
    We had near about 35 baptisms yesterday morning.  Baptizing 5 families,
    mother, father and children!   
    
    What a joy to go to a church that is actively seeking to win them.

    Praising/thanking God that my cat Sunny is in perfect health after a
    lukemia scare, and that the tests that I had last week turned out very
    well considering the circumstances.
    
    Donna

    That's great Donna!  

Thanks Donna - great to hear!

					Andrew

    
    I praise and thank God that He is seeing us through the latest
    phase in our lives....selling our house!  We sign the purchase
    and sale tonight...and start looking for a new home also.
    
    This our personal miracle....we've been waiting 3 years - His 
    perfect timing.
    
    Karen
    

    I am truly praising the Lord today for how He revealed Himself to me
    during a time of personal worship last night.  
    
    At my church, we are currently doing a study called "Experiencing God -
    knowing and doing the will of God".  This is a combined self/small
    group study.  One of the self study exercises for yesterday was to
    spend time just worshipping God and meditating on a list of the names,
    titles of God, and brief descriptions of the attributes of God's
    character.
    
    During this time of worship and meditation, I experienced a real sense
    of God's peace filling me. 
    
    I can truly praise God because He is my peace.
    
	    He is our peace,
	    Who has broken down every wall;
	    He is our peace,
	    He is our peace.
	    He is our peace,
	    Who has broken down every wall;
	    He is our peace,
	    He is our peace.
    
	    Cast all your cares on Him,
	    For He cares for you;
	    He is our peace,
	    He is our peace.
	    Cast all your cares on Him,
	    For He cares for you;
	    He is our peace,
	    He is our peace.
    
    In His love,
    
    Graham
                             

    AMEN GRAHAM!  That is wonderful... isn't it great how the Lord just
    reaches up and hugs us close sometimes. :-)
    
    Your sis,
    Nancy

    I just realized that, after asking everyone to pray for the revival a 
    few weeks ago, I had not given any kind of report back on the results.  
    I know, I know, "How rude!"  (Imagine sorrowful, repentant look on my 
    face.)  To fill anyone in who may not remember, I was asked to preach a 
    Sunday a.m. and p.m. service and then on the Friday preceeding I was 
    informed that the pastor had extended it through Friday for a total of 
    seven services.  No time to take vacation (new job, just came back from 
    vacation) so I had to work the day and preach at night.
    
    First of all, a very large thanks to all who prayed.  I can guarantee 
    that it was only by His grace that I was able to finish the week let 
    alone be somewhat coherent.  Most nights I got between three and five 
    hours of sleep and commuted 200 miles a day.  I think I got as much out 
    of these meetings as anyone else, in that I had to rely so heavily on 
    God's Spirit.  I worked very hard on Friday and Saturday preparing a 
    series of sermons for the seven meetings but my agenda did not always 
    coincide with God's.  I had this wonderful flow and each message built 
    upon the preceeding one and led smoothly into the next.  I was so proud 
    of myself.  Sunday night, as I began to speak, I began to feel like a 
    salmon swimming upstream against the flow of God.  It's difficult to 
    describe but while I'm preaching to the congregation there is a 
    separate conversation going on inside me.  I'm going, "Okay Lord, what 
    do you want to do now?"  I began skipping through my notes, all the 
    while preaching, saying to God, "What about this?"  On each point it 
    was as if He would just say "Chuck it."  Point after point.  Finally, I 
    got down to the last three subpoints to my last main point and I got 
    the green light that this was the part that God wanted to say.  When I 
    finally concluded between ten and fifteen people came to the altars.  I 
    know that doesn't sound like much but it's a small church and they only 
    average about 40 on Sunday.  Monday night I wound up preaching 
    Tuesday's sermon which was good because Tuesday God began to move 
    during the music and I didn't get to preach at all.  Wednesday and 
    Thursday I got new sermons in the morning completely different from 
    what I had planned.  Friday, I finally got to preach Monday's sermon.
    
    There was around forty for the Sunday services and it dropped slightly 
    to around thirty throughout the week so overall it was well attended.  
    There were three who made initial professions of faith, I lost track of 
    how many recommitted their lives (my guess is around twenty-five but 
    preachers always overestimate on such things).  There was a tremendous 
    need for God to work a healing in many of their hearts.  Scars from 
    wounds of words were healed.  Proverbs 26:22 says that the words of a 
    talebearer are as wounds and they go down into the innermost part of 
    the belly.  A lot of people were able to forgive those who had hurt 
    them and allow God to move in their hearts.  For my Pentecostal and 
    charismatic brothers and sisters, there were many physical healings 
    (again I was too busy to try to keep track and I got conflicting 
    reports later) and six people received the baptism in the Holy Spirit.  
    One of the most precious things I saw was a husband and wife who had 
    been estranged come on separate nights and give their lives to Christ 
    and then the third night come together and renew their commitment to 
    each other.
    
    Thank you again for your prayers.  They were greatly appreciated.
    
    Kent
    

Praise the LORD, Kent!  He is faithful, Who promised...

						Andrew

    AMEN!!!!! 

    This reminds me that I may not have posted about my cat Sunny.  He
    doesn't have feline lukemia!  
    
    Toodles,
    
    Donna

    Good news!  I'm technically sick, but its the mildest case I could
    possibly have!  Just an anoyance instead of a problem.  
    
    
    Yah-hoo!
    
    
    Donna

Good to hear, Donna!  Thanks for the update!

				God bless
						Andrew

 Amen!

    Technically sick... I've been technically impaired. :-)
    
    wonderful Donna!

    Yahoo! I just got out of a 2 hour preaching with Dr. Jack Hyles!  Amen,
    Halelujah, he preached one of the most face blowing sermons I've ever
    heard... man near knocked me out of my pew, which I needed anyway...
    
    :-) :-)
    
    I've never been so pumped up in my whole life, God is good.  I'm near
    giddy with excitement over what God has done for me... and YOU!  
    
    When was the last time you kicked up your heels and shouted HALLELUJAH
    ANYHOW, I NEVER LET MY TROUBLES GET ME DOWN,   WHEN MY TROUBLES COME MY
    WAY I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH AND SAY.... HALELUJAH ANYHOW!
    
    Praise God for giving me the injection I needed to go through another
    day.  
    
    Anybody not know who Jack Hyles is?
    
    
    :-)

	Notes 165.482-.490 on Jack Hyles' sermons moveed to note 455.*.

								Andrew
							     co-moderator

    belatedly, Praise God for a safe trip to Pittsburgh and back, and a
    wonderful time while there...
    :-)
    
    p_still_a_bit_sleepy_from_it

    
    I am thanking God for having all of our house hunting, financing, etc
    go so smoothly.  We found out yesterday that our new mortgage has been
    approved and we can close in 3 weeks.
    
    He has been giving us the physical strength to get through all this
    (running around, packing...), it's a big job - but He's bigger!
    
    I was thinking the other day how neat it is that with all the other
    things going on in the world in any given day, God used this experience
    to show us that He takes care of all that and gives us this 'personal
    attention' too!
    
    Thank you Lord!
    
    Karen 

Sounds great Karen!  Praising the LORD with you!  
Changing house is one traumatic upheaval....
			... except when you've got the right One in charge ;-)

								Andrew

    AMEN to that, Andrew! :-)
    
    Karen
    

    Just a note regarding the prayer request for myself this week.  I'm not
    completely "normal" (but then who IS, right?) but getting better.  Anyhoo,
    my feet are still a bit numb but I'm getting back to where I was when
    this vitamin fiasco happened.  My body seems to be over the
    shock/trauma.   This really taught me a lesson.  I'll never take weird 
    vitamins without checking with a doctor!  
    
    Have a good one, everyone.
    
    Donna

    That's great to hear Donna, really great!
    
    But sorry to hear about the vitamin thingy.

    During our Tuesday night outreach five more names were written in
    the Lamb's Book of Life.  One of my trainees did a wonderful job in 
    leading a couple to the Lord.  Of course, the Lord really had them
    prepared ahead of time.  After a few minutes of talking the wife says,
    "I've been wondering about this salvation thing.  You know, 'saved',
    'not saved'.  Maybe you could tell me something about it."  Boy could
    we!  For two hours we told them.  It was great.  BTW, I know none of
    you watch WCW wrestling on TV but Mick and his wife came to the Lord as
    well.  He's better known in the wrestling world as Cactus Jack.
    
    I just love a party (Luke 15:7,10,32).
    
    Kent
    

 AMEN!!




 "Rejoicing 'round the throne"

    Halelujah!
    
    :-)

I asked for your prayers for our elders retreat.  Well, the God who can do
"far more abundantly than anything we can ask or think or dream" came through
once again.

We gathered on Friday afternoon, and began by spending a few hours (until a
bit after dinner) sharing some of our own life stories and backgrounds, and
what God was doing in our life right now, then praying for each other. 
Before we continued, we noted that all eight of us had said, in one form or
another, that what the Lord is doing in our lives right now is telling us we
have to depend more on Him and less on ourselves or on other people.

We had asked for input from the congregation, suggesting that they send
letters in the form of the letters to the churches in Revelation.  We
received 15 letters from diverse people, and we spent the next hour reading
them and looking for common threads.  We talked for a while that night, then
regathered in the morning.  We decided that what we needed to communicate to
the church was a single, unified letter that captured what the Lord was
saying through the congregation and through us.  We began to write down what
it should say.  There was clear affirmation: "I am pleased that you have
followed my commandment to love one another."  There was also clear rebuke:
"You are not putting me first in your lives or in your hearts, and are
beginning to lose what you have."  We were working on the words, when the
need to pray became palpable.  I was starting to feel it, and another elder
said "We can craft the rest of the words for this later.  The Lord is telling
me that we need to pray."  We all immediately agreed and were driven to our
knees in confession and prayer, weeping before the Lord.  And driven is the
right word, one of the elders shared how she started out by sitting, but the
Lord kept telling her to get on her knees.  She argued with the Lord
for a while, then obeyed, and was then overwhelmed as the Lord showed her the
'ugliness' (her word) of her stubborness.

After some time, we rose and had a wonderfully joyous walk together outside
in the beautiful spring air.  I've never been part of a group that has been
so unified over such a strong and potentially controversial message.  Truly,
"with one heart and one mouth, we glorified the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ."

We then talked about how to bring this word to the congregation.  After a
brief discussion, we agreed that we should not wait, but should present the
message the next day, in the Sunday morning service.  We would read the
letter, and then each of us would share how the letter had impacted us,
followed by a time of corporate confession and prayer.

At that point one of the elders became very agitated and upset.  She was
leaving the next morning to go on a travelling vacation with her husband and
mother, and would not be able to make it to church.  They were driving, and
their plans could be changed to the next day, only her husband is not a
believer and she anticipated real difficulty in his acceptance of such a
change.  We prayed for her and that the Lord would work it out.  We had to
leave it that she would have to write a letter that night for us to read the
next morning.  In her words, "It would take a small miracle for me to be able
to make it tomorrow."  She went home, and told her husband about it, making
no suggestions of change, just saying what a special service it was going to
be and that she was saddened to miss it.   To which he responded and
volunteered: "Do you need another day before we leave on vacation?"  Praise
the Lord!

The Lord takes care of all the details.  As I got a bulletin Sunday morning,
(prepared before the retreat began) I opened it, and the full facing page on
the insert was a picture of a heart,  with the verse from Psalm 51: "Create
in me a clean heart, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me."  Praise the
Lord!

The service went wonderfully.  So far we have received nothing but positive
responses.  Please pray for us now that we receive this word, and that we be
protected in our acceptance of the Lord's word.  The main work is in
individual hearts, but those of us in leadership have another job too; to
examine every aspect and every program in the church life in the light of the
question "How does this put Christ first in our lives and hearts?"  It is one
thing to *say* "I want to put the Lord first in my heart."  It is quite
another to do it.  We have much work to do, but we rest in the assurance that
the "Lord who has begun a good work in us will be faithful to complete it!"

Praise the Lord for His abundant Grace!

Paul

    re -.1
    
    WOW!  Great testimony, Paul - glad for the Lord's clear direction 
    in your lives/hearts, both personally and as a church.  The power
    of prayer is an amazing thing!  I will continue to pray that Lord
    gives direction to make the changes that need to be made.  As you said,
    it's one thing to recognize that a change needs to be made, another
    thing to DO it.
    
    Karen
    

    
    Our church has been at a crossroads - we are a small, but growing, 
    church and it was made clear to us (the church, not me specifically) 
    that this was the year that was going to make us or break us.  Big
    changes need to happen if we are to survive.
    
    We don't have our own facilities - we currently rent space from a 
    church in the center of Lunenburg, MA.  Over the past six months,
    relations have become strained between our church and the place we 
    rent from.  
    
    So...to make a long story short - our church is moving!  We will be
    leasing a building in Shirley, MA (about 4 miles from where we meet
    now).  The owner is donating all the building materials we need to make
    it into a "church".  It has more than enough space (to accomodate the
    growth we expect to take place.)  The building is on a main road
    (Rt. 2A) which will give us visibility.  (Where we are now, we're not
    able to even put a sign out.)
    
    I believe this is the first step in the changes that need to take place
    and want to thank God for providing for our church in this way.  I am
    excited about the things to come!
    
    Karen

 Wonderful news, Karen!




 
 Jim

That's great Karen.  Praying that the Lord will bless your church body, and
that you will see clearly the choices you need to "make it," and be further
empowered to follow through on those choices.

Paul

    Paul,
    
    Thanks for sharing this with all of us!  I am rejoicing with you. Also,
    with Karen! 
    
    Nanchy
    

  My Pastor related a story yesterday.  Seems a member of the congregation asked
  him to visit an unsaved relative living in another town.  Pastor agreed to do
  so.  One particular day he felt led to visit this man and went off to visit 
  him.  He knew he worked at a construction site and when he had found the
  site he noticed that there was no one at this site, except one man sitting
  on a bulldozer with the engine off..the man was just sitting there.  Pastor
  walked up and inquired as to whether he was the man he was to visit, and then
  climbed up on the dozer and introduced himself, and asked if he could share
  some things from the Bible with him..the man said, "please do"..and so pastor
  shared the Gospel with him and the man was saved..as the man didn't live near
   our church, he recommended a church to him and got him settled in..

  This past Saturday as pastor was working with some other men on our church
  land, one year after the above man was saved, he showed up on the land,
  and mentioned to the pastor who he was..Pastor remembered him and they 
  talked..the man had been a slave to alcholol and from the day he was saved
  he had not touched another drop, and had become involved in his church, 
  sharing Christ with others who were alcoholics..

   they talked for a while, and the man started to leave, then turned back 
   and said "Oh, by the way pastor....there's something you don't know..the
   day you came up to me as I was sitting on that bulldozer, I had shut it
   off and was planning the best method of committing suicide..I had reached
   the conclusion that there was absolutely no hope in this life and no reason
   to live..since that day I've seen many alcoholic men come to Christ".


  How many times have we felt the "tug" of the Lord telling us to go talk to
  a specific person about the Lord?  



 Jim

That's a wonderful one, Jim.....

Thanks.  Duly praising, indeed!!!!
							Andrew

 Indeed...the pastor was rather tearful as he told us about that.





 Jim

    re: Jim's story
    
    Another example of how there are no 'coincidences' in a christian's
    life....or even a non-christians.
    
    Karen

    Amen! Praise God!

 AMEN!!

whew!!! Praise the LORD!  His ways are certainly mysterious and wonderful
beyond our imagining ...

						Andrew

    That is wonderful!  :-)

    
    re: .503
    
    I love how our God works!!
    
    

    Cool!  What a wonderful God we have to work in so many different ways.

    Today has been a very confusing day.... It's been joyous, wonderful and
    heartbreaking...
    
    The Open House was a GREAT success.  I had 13 people show up from work!
    AMEN!  I know one got saved... :-)  !!!!
    
    My son picked out the most beautiful birthday card I've ever received..
    
                          MOM, My First Best Friend
    
    listened to my secrets
    soothed away my tears
    told my favorite stories
    chased away my fears
    shared my smallest dreams
    loved me through the years
    
    Thanks Mom, Happy Birthday!
    
    Matthew picked this out...  He and his brother took their 3000 pennies
    and bought me a pendant that says MOM, the O is a heart shape with tiny
    diamonds accenting the shape.  Imagine having been one of the clerks at
    the card shop or Jewelry Store counting their savings, which they had
    hidden in their farm silo piggy bank! :-)  "That will be $25.79, young
    man.  How would you like to pay for that?"
    
    "In pennies," splash all over the counter!
    
    
    

re    <<< Note 165.509 by JULIET::MORALES_NA "Sweet Spirit's Gentle Breeze" >>>

That was lovely! Congratulations Nancy, you are rearing 2 wonderful people.


Chele    
    

    re: .509
    
    Heartwarming!
    
    Reminds me of the time my brother and I bought some tv trays (? - don't
    ask why we decided on that :-) ) for my parents (I think it was for
    their anniversary) - we got to the store (Service Merchandise type
    store) and found we had not planned for sales tax - we were $2 - 3.00
    dollars short....we stood there looking at each other like "what are we
    going to do now?" and a kind elderly gentleman gave us the money we
    needed. :-)
    
    Karen

    My wife's grandmother came through surgery well.  She had a hip
    replaced, the elbow replaced and a pin put in her shoulder.  She is
    still in surgical intensive care, because of fluid in her lungs, but is
    responsive and beginning to complain!  Thank you Lord for such a great
    89 year old Grandmother and the children she bore and nutured. Thank
    you all for prayers for her and the family.

    That's wonderful Daryl!

   There were 8 (perhaps more) people saved after the performance of the play
   "Once to Die" at my church this evening.  A powerful play involving a group
    of people on board a "plane that can't crash" that crashes.


   Another performance Saturday night (and if more people show up than were
   there tonight, I don't know where we are going to put them).





 Jim

    Re: Note 165.514 by CSLALL::HENDERSON
    
>  Another performance Saturday night (and if more people show up than were
>  there tonight, I don't know where we are going to put them).
    
    One of those annoying comments that comes up whenever we run out of
    room at church "well, aint that good!"
    
    ;-)
    
    (What punctuation goes into aint?  ain't?)

re<<< Note 165.515 by AUSSIE::CAMERON "and God sent him FORTH (Gen 3:23)" >>>

>    (What punctuation goes into aint?  ain't?)
I believe it is "ain't" - contraction of "am I not".

RE:   <<< Note 165.515 by AUSSIE::CAMERON "and God sent him FORTH (Gen 3:23)" >>>

       
> > Another performance Saturday night (and if more people show up than were
> > there tonight, I don't know where we are going to put them).
    
   > One of those annoying comments that comes up whenever we run out of
   > room at church "well, aint that good!"
    
    
     
 We aren't complaining!  We'll just activate plan B!




Jim

    Praise the Lord, for my wife's grandmother's situation.  She is tired,
    she is trusting the Lord, she is out of bed walking on the new hip, her
    attitude has changed and she started eating and is now talking about
    getting home to her kitties. Thanks for your prayers.
    
    In His love,
    
    Daryl

    Great news Daryl!!!

    Praises...

    My in-laws are to be baptized by immersion tonight, at 7pm.
    
    Apparently the elders of the church and our associate minister have
    been talking with them for quite some time...
    
    For my mother-in-law this is incredible, because she has been a
    faithful Catholic for her entire life, totally devoted to her faith as
    a Catholic... She is also extremely afraid of being in the water, so
    this is for sure a heavenly choice for her to make...
    
    My father-in-law has been a non-practicing protestant for most of his
    life, so this to is a blessing from the Lord....
    
    Bob
    

    Amen!

Hi Bob,

Praising with you over this step of faith and commitment from both of them!

								Andrew

 Wonderful news, Bob!





 Jim

    rejoicing with you, Bob!
    
    Karen

    Well, it is official, I witnessed it... My in-laws were baptized last
    night... My mother-in-law did rather well for someone who is incredibly
    afraid of water... of course she soaked Tim (the assoc. minister) when
    she had a slight panic attack.
    
    Great night!
    
    Bob
    

    Gee, does everyone have an associate minister called Tim?  I've heard
    of a remarkable number of them...  ;-)
    
    Good to hear anyway...

re     <<< Note 165.526 by AUSSIE::CAMERON "Equal rights for unborn women!" >>>

>    Gee, does everyone have an associate minister called Tim?  I've heard
>    of a remarkable number of them...  ;-)
    
Yep. Or at least "our" Tim used to be the Youth Director - he's now the 
official Evangelist (as opposed to unofficial)


Chele

    Howdy y'all...
    
    Great day in Colorado....
    
    Our Tim is the Assoc. Minister AND the Youth Minister.. 
    
    No time to chat... Off for my daily walk/work...
    
    God Bless!
    
    Bob
    

    
           Just a note to say Thankyou Lord!!!   The person whom I entered
    a prayer request in note 6.698 has received his prayer.  He will be
    moving home in about 4 weeks.  Now he will be close to his family
    again.
    
          Thankyou Lord for your Love, and Mercy!!
    
                                     in His Beautiful Name,
    
                                                          Gil

Praising with you, Gil!
							Andrew

    I have just received a letter from one of the kids that attended easter
    camp this year and I would like to share it with you.
    
    'Thank you for your letter. It came in great timing as my best friends
    dad died last week. I was around at her place and we were talking and
    she said she was really scared for her dad as he wasn't a Christian. I
    got up the guts to ask her if she wanted to pray about it and I was
    really surprised when she said 'yes'.
    
    Then yesterday my friend came up to me and asked if she could join the
    Lutheran youth group. I said sure and asked if she wanted to come to
    church as well, but she said 'I dont know' I guess I'll pray for her.
    
    Its really good that one of my friends is turning into a Christian, but
    I think it will be harder with my other friends. The 'in' thing at the
    moment is to be an 'individual', so they all think that it's cool that
    I go to church. They dont realise that there's more to being a
    Christian than the image'
    
    This girl is only 13 or 14.
    
    I give God praise for the way he is working in her life and pray that
    she continues to grow in His love.
    
    What an awesome God we have.
    
    kym

That's tremendous, Kym!  Thanks for sharing it...  Praising with you!

							Andrew

	I just recently found out that I've been healed from
	a problem that was discovered while I was pregnant
	with Emily.  The pregnancy precluded treatment, then after
	Emily's birth, both my doctor and I forgot about the condition,
	so again, no treatment was done.  I mentioned it during my
	pregnancy with Andrew, and again, the pregnancy precluded treatment.

	At my six week postpartum visit, we confirmed that the condition
	had gone away, supported by the results of routine tests performed
	over the past 1.5 years!

	My husband and I both prayed for a healing while I was
	pregnant with Emily, then I virtually forgot all about it... and
	along the way, in His time, He did it!

	Karen

Howdy neighbors,

Some of you know Gil Bernier, a DECcie for more than a few years,
who left Digital a year ago because he believed God was calling him
and his family to a simpler lifestyle, which at the time he thought
would involve living on and working a farm.

Well, one year later, after much prayer, wondering, more prayer,
and a few Clear Signals, Gil, his wife Michelle, and their five
children (Katie, Adam, Sam, Philip, and Sarah, with number six on
the way) will be moving to a large farm in upstate New York!

I went to a farewell party for them Saturday night at Michelle's
brother's family's house, and Gil asked me to give you all the good
word, which is truly a testimony of God's faithfulness to them.

There have been many moments of anxiety along the way.  They even
had to sign the papers selling their old house before they knew for
certain (i.e. legally) that the farm in NY was finally theirs.  But
the seller wanted them to have the farm, they knew God wanted them
to have the farm, and even though another couple almost bought it
first, Gil and Michelle patiently waited and prayed their new home
in.  They are completely convinced this is what God has for them,
that He has done EVERYTHING to make this possible, and that all
thanks and praise are His!  It is so exciting to see them take these
steps of faith and obedience, and encourage everyone around them in
the process...

Although I (and some of you, I know) will miss them a great deal,
they hope that being in the middle of semi-nowhere won't keep folks
from visiting.  Ann Marie's (my wife's) parents live on the west
shores of New York, so hopefully we will be able to stop by on one
of our swings.

Move-in day to the farm is July 1st, and their new address will be:

The Berniers
RD #1, Box 265 A
McDonough, NY  13801

Dave

Thanks Dave - great news!

Remember me to them when you're swinging ... Tarzan!

Unless I get pen to paper first... ;-)

							Andrew

	
	PRAISE REPORT!

	My father-in-law Mark recently had his prostate biopsied, due
	to 2 tests (done at least one year apart) indicating it was likely
	he had prostate cancer.  This is the new blood test that they
	use, and his second test showed in even higher (worse) rating than the 
	first.

	He got his results back Friday, and there is no cancer!

	Mark has been through quite a bit in the last two years, including
	quadruple by-pass surgery and bladder cancer (which has also 
	been completely eradicated!), and was getting a bit depressed
	at the thought of more treatments (radiation would have been
	the treatment course for prostate cancer).

	Rejoicing in the goodness of God!

	Karen

    Praise the Lord and thank you all for your support.
    
    At lunch, I went to see Mike, who just a few hours ago was still in the
    ICU. When I got to the hospital, I found he had been moved to a regular
    room.
    
    Well folks, he is sitting up. We had a long talk (would have been
    better if my sister had left us alone to talk, but). He says other than
    being light headed and nacoius from all the drugs still in the body, he
    feels fine. They were trying to get him to eat solid food, but he was
    fighting them on that one.. But, I told him if he didn't eat his lunch,
    he wouldn't get to go out and play..
    
    I will be going back after work to see him again. I hope to convence my
    sister to give Mike and me some time to talk.. 
    
    So, thanks for all your prayers. The Lord is working. Though Mike isn't
    totally out of danger, he is on the road back. 
    
    Thank You Lord!
    
    Bob
    

 Amen, Bob....Praise God

    Once a month, we hold our Sunday evening services outdoors in a public 
    amphitheatre.  We just had the June version and were given an incredible 
    testimony from a Mexican family.  This Spanish-speaking only family had 
    been studying with a group of JW's for 6 months, but they broke off the 
    relationship because the couple felt the Holy Spirit was telling them they 
    weren't teaching God's truth.
    
    During the last outdoor service, they were strolling through the adjoining 
    park when they heard the sound of our Pastor teaching.  Though they don't 
    speak English, the father of the family stated that the Holy Spirit was 
    telling him that what this man is saying is the truth (we've been studying 
    Luke on Sunday nights and were in chapter 18).  They felt so impressed with 
    what the Holy Spirit was telling them, they went over to the back of
    the congregation to listen to the rest of the service.  When our pastor
    gave the altar call, the whole family went forward to accept Christ as
    their Savior.  One of our Spanish-speaking elders helped lead them to
    the Lord and hear their testimony.  Praise God, even a language barrier
    can't hold back the Truth!
    
    The second one is the miracle of growth when God helps you meet the
    needs of His people that are starving for being grounded in His Word. 
    When I first started attending this Calvary Chapel about 2 years ago,
    our congregation was about 700 strong.  After May 1994, we're sitting
    at 3,000!  After being in churches where you might see one soul saved
    per month, it's absolutely astounding to me to see God working where 70
    souls are saved per month!  Parking is a hassle and we're usually short
    on teachers and nursery help, but praise God for drawing people to Him!

Praising with you, Bob - continuing in prayer...

And Mike ... !!!  Tremendous testimony.  Thanks

							Andrew

 Praising God for Mike's progess, and for a brother-in-law such as Bob to be
 there with/for him...





Jim

 Sunday night my friend Ron, who is blind, received a certificate for completion
 of the evangelism training we held at our church.  Its a 13 week program with
 a lot of reading and scripture memorization.  He was reluctant to take the 
 class at first, but I offered to help him and he decided to take it.  His
 wife came to all the classes as well and did most of the reading for Ron, 
 and he and I went on the required visitation classes..in fact he continues
 to be my visitation partner..


 Anyway, it was a wonderful moment seeing him get this certificate..Praise God
 for Ron's enthusiasm and desire to serve Him.



Jim

Great, Jim!  Thanks...

	Great news Jim!  It's nice that we can see with more than our eyes!
From you and his wife he certainly had to see that people care and love him!


Glen

 Yes, God has shown Ron some wonderous things, and is using him in 
 some mighty ways through his musical abilities and his love for God and
 knowledge of His Word.




Jim

    AMEN! Jim, that is absolutely wonderful....  requires a standing
    ovation... can you tell I'm typing while standing up?
    
    :-)
    
    Nancy

    Well, I said goodbye to my best friend yesterday.  It was hard
    to know that whe will be moving so far away and I won't be seeing
    her for a long time.  But I wanted to praise God for all He
    has done in her life and in mine through her and thank Him for
    bringing our lives together.  We are truly solemates if there
    is such a thing.  He is leading her and her family on a new
    direction but He has made the path clear and has made wonderful
    things happen.  And I know that He will continue to do so. I
    pray the He will keep them safe on the long ride to North
    Dakota.  Praise God for all He has done!
    
    Pam

    As I read your note, I thought of my oldest son... he's like my best
    friend... and one day as his Mom, I'll have to say goodbye, when God
    makes clear his path.
    
    I will Praise God that day, but also feel the loss.
    
    
    

Hi Pam,

We've been saying a lot of medium term goodbyes to our lads, as they're at 
university for long terms, and barely seem to touch home base during the 
vacations.  Seems a bit strange with just the two of us!

But we too praise the LORD for their friendship and fellowship, and for 
what the LORD is continuing to do in their lives.

							Andrew

    Pam, I know what you ar saying.  My friend moved from MA to AR this
    past December.  We've been lucky to keep in touch via phone, letters
    and so far two visits.  She joined us in FL during our April vacation,
    and we are heading to their home next week.  I can't wait to get there. 
    The hardest part of her leaving was that we spent the better part of
    the last two years becoming close friends (our son's were best friends,
    too) and now we are both floundering in our own locations - knowing we
    can't replace that special friendship (also not wanting to) yet still
    looking for someone to be close with.  She said to me after she arrived
    in FL this spring...Good friendship must be cultivated and that is why
    I drove two days alone in the car with two little kids to get here...
    that and Mickey Mouse, of course!
    
    -sandy
    
    Set a special place to meet her in heaven!
    
    

         As has been mentioned before, we are privileged to have a number 
         of Christians here at DECpark, some of whom get together once a 
         week for fellowship.
         
         Today was one of those occasions when we decided to have a 
         lunch-time "away day" into the Town Centre to a Business Lunch 
         Meeting.
         
         Following a good buffet lunch, a 20 minute talk is given, and 
         today it was the turn of the Archdeacon of Berkshire, Michael Hill 
         (nobody I have asked, including members of the Anglican church in 
         which the meeting was held, could give any clue as to exactly what 
         an Archdeacon is, or indeed what he does!).
         
         This man comes across as a genuine evangelical Jesus loving 
         Christian - and gave an inspiring talk on "Speaking the Truth in 
         Love" based on Ephesians 4:15. Amongst many other things he said, 
         he emphasised that Truth and Love were absolutely inseparable, and 
         that we should be always ready to speak/give an account of the 
         Truth, i.e. the Gospel - but always in Love.
         
         He also recounted that when he was a nipper at school - one of his 
         end of term reports had the following comment:
         
         "Michael undervalues himself and sets targets that are too low, 
         and consistently fails to achieve them!" :-)
         
         Paul

 Good stuff Paul.

	I know we've got quite a few Christians here at HLO, but
	I've never managed to get together with more than 2!

	Methinks they're all hiding!  

	Actually, I do get together with one of them each and every
	day, but only because we're married ;-)

>      Following a good buffet lunch, a 20 minute talk is given, and 
>      today it was the turn of the Archdeacon of Berkshire, Michael Hill 
>      (nobody I have asked, including members of the Anglican church in 
>      which the meeting was held, could give any clue as to exactly what 
>      an Archdeacon is, or indeed what he does!).

Archdeacon:  Title given to a priest on the administrative staff of a
bishop who has primary responsibility for communications with other
clergy and who may also have responsibilities for work with small
churches, stewardship, and Christian education.  An archdeacon's title
is The Venerable, and he is entitled to wear a purple cassock.

So an archdeacon is not a deacon, but a priest.
         
/john

         Thanks for the info John,
         
         now why, as I entered the note, did I get a strong feeling that it 
         would probably be yourself who would be the first to enlighten the 
         assembled throng?   ;-)
         
         Paul

    I just wanted everyone to know what a GREAT God we have and what a
    privilege to be working with Christians whose hearts are tender to Him. 
    James and his wife consulted and are loaning me $1200 to help get my
    van back on the road.  They've offered this to me interest free and
    given me quite some time to pay it back!
    
    This testimoy was received by my boss who said that it gave her
    goosebumps just thinking of the power of prayer.
    
    Praise be to God and thanks to James!
    
    

    That amount's just been upped.  I've had a donation from someone else
    here of $aud200.
    
    James

    Action:: Nancy is speechless :-) 
    
    

    Praising the Lord with you Nancy...!
    
    Amazing things can happen when Christians pray together.
    
    God Bless!
    
    Bob
    

    I have a *LOT* to be thankful to our Lord over the past month - the
    vacation was a blessing, the healing of my son, and the doors opening
    for the healing of some relationships in my family.  
    
    My youngest son (4-years) had a nasty fall on a Casco Bay ferry the first 
    week of our vacation.  When I picked him up, there was blood all over
    his face and he was crying up a storm.  I thought for sure he broke his
    nose since that's where most of the blood was coming from and his
    nostrils and the end of his nose didn't look quite "normal."  I
    immediately gathered my kids and my wife around and we prayed for him.
    Our awesome God healed my son in front of everyone.  If you've seen
    those ferrys, you know how hard those floors are (steel+concrete).  He 
    survived his fall without getting a concussion or broken nose.  He had
    a bump on his head and fractured his wrist.  We all know it could've
    been a lot worse though, but God touched him.  
    
    We were rushed onto a Coast Guard ambulance at the next island and
    transported to an ambulance on land in Portland.  It was a long night,
    but God prevented a tough situation from getting worse.
    
    Mike

Praising with you, Mike!

							Andrew

    Praising the Lord with you and your family, Mike.
    
    I can relate to your story. I use to travel on those ferries
    constently, over to Peaks Island... I've had a few bumps!
    
    God's speed in healing your son!
    
    A brother in Christ,
    
    Bob

    joining in praise of our Mighty God with Nancy & Mike - 
    He meets all our needs!
    
    Karen
       
    

    I've hesitated writing more in here about this subject.. but I feel
    compelled to let you all know what God is doing.
    
    Under the prayer request note, I asked for prayer for a man who is 33
    years old, diagnosed with melanoma and given 6 months to live.  He's an
    Evangelist and went out on an Evangelistic journey during the months of
    May, June and partial July.  
    
    He and I are close... we've been close for quite some time now as he
    was the bus captain on the route which carried most of my Sunday School
    Class that I taught.  Ed is a wonderful, but very strongly convicted
    minister.
    
    When I told him of my accident and the consequences of my behavior, he
    responded with  prayer and concern.  He called me on Monday night and
    offered me a $1000 loan payable to either him or his brother should the
    Lord call him home.  
    
    Yesterday he left an envelope at my home with a note that read, pay me
    back when you can, if the Lord takes me home, consider it a gift.
    
    As well, the doctors told him on Monday that he has 4 brain tumors. 
    They want to do a complete brain radiation and he has declined this
    treatment.  He is asking for a different treatment where the "zap" the
    tumor [not sure the medical terms] on each turmor.    He doesn't want
    the quality of his life to lessen at this time.  He still has preaching
    engagements.
    
    I've been blessed to know this man... and I can't ask you enough to
    please pray for him.  I just don't like the thought of losing him.. but
    God knows best, though I may not understand.
    
    Love in Him,
    Nancy

    Praise God!!!!!!!
    A year and a half ago my 2 sons and I were involved in a snowmobile
    accident that almost killed us. I had no insurance at the time, and the
    hospital bill amounted to $6000.00. Well my church took up an offering
    after the accident and received $2500.00, which they used to pay the
    bill. That was great, however, I still had an outstanding balance of
    $3500.00. Well, I received a letter from the hospital yesterday
    informing me that they reduced my bill by $2800.00 due to my financial
    hardship. That leaves me a balance of only $700.00.
    
    Is God awesome or what. Rejoicing Rejoicing Rejoicing
    
    
    Sylvain

    Amen Sylvain!!! :-)

    Praising the Lord with you Sylvain...
    
    

    I want to thank God, and all those who have been praying for me. It
    seems like most of the pain has lifted, and for this I am very
    grateful. May God bless you all for your concern.
    
    Thanks so very much,
    
    Bob

	Praise you Lord God, for your wonderful servants, who have
	answered your call and helped Nancy and Sylvain.

	Praise you, Dear Father, for directing their paths, and for
	meeting the needs of your children.

	I am rejoicing because I feel blessed myself just to hear
	these testimonies of the Lord's faithfulness - to be reminded
	what an Awesome God we serve.

	Thank you, Nancy, Mike and Sylvain for sharing here with us!

	To God, be the Glory, Great things He hath done!

	Karen


	

    Bob, was it my hug?????? :-) :-) :-) :-)
    
    Nancy