Pat, did you play all 95 verses of Just As I Am?  Lol.

At 10:51 PM 12/16/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Phil,
>
>I can relate to the sadness that many feel this Christmas. Today,
>especially, I have been feeling sad, and for no particular reason. I played
>my new organ and it does help cheer me up. Vernon and I spent more than 2
>hours together this evening while I played the organ. He said to me, let's
>start our own Church. I agreed. He said "let's start a Church with music
>only, no talking." I then said: "We can Praise and Worship The Lord through
>Music." I said: "I'll play the Alter call song." I then played the song
>"Just as I am."What do you think of that. <smile>
>
>Of course, we were not serious about starting our own Church, but I was
>serious about Praising and Worshiping The Lord through Music. Then I played
>and sang the song: "I love You Lord." Then VErnon asked me to play "The
>Lord's Prayer", so I did. He loves the song, "In His Time."
>
>Thanks so much Phil for all your love and support to all of us. You and
>Sandy are totally loving, and I honestly mean that with all my heart.
>
>God Bless you both.
>
>Lovingly,
>Pat Ferguson
>At 05:40 PM 12/13/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >Have you ever come up to Christmas time and gotten sick and discouraged on
> >top of everything else?  I have many times and I have so much to be thankful
> >for, too.  Not many weeks ago, as you all well know, I ended up in the
> >hospital with this wonderful Colorado flue stuff and pneumonia as well.  I
> >hate hospitals but not because sick people are there.  I hate hospitals
> >because it stirs so much hurt and pain up in my emotions.  I have had
> >surgery at least 15 times in my life and 14 of those were related to my
> >eyes.  The other was the removal of my appendix when I was about seven.
> >Hospitals, by nature I suppose, bring fear in some ways but they also bring
> >life.  As I lay in the hospital one evening, Sandy was there and we were
> >talking, an emergency call came over the intercom system throughout the
> >hospital.  I asked Sandy what the message meant.  She said a baby had a
> >heart attack in the maternity section of the hospital and that the code they
> >gave meant the baby had no heart beat.  I wanted to cry but instead prayed
> >the little one would be safe.  No doctor, no nurse, no one in the medical
> >field, can care for us like Jesus.  Shortly after coming home from the
> >hospital,  about three weeks ago, I felt pretty good for a week.  Then I
> >started getting a stupid cold that everybody around me has.  I am better
> >today but last night and Thursday, I felt horrible and my mood dropped to a
> >1 on a scale of 1 to ten.  The last thing I wanted is to be sick again.
> >Like I said, I hate hospitals.  I know some of you are going to be alone
> >during Christmas and I know many of you will be discouraged.  I often get
> >discouraged after Christmas is over because it didn't last long enough.  It
> >is the one time a year I can hear Christmas music in the stores and the one
> >time of year everyone talks about the same thing.  We have men and women
> >overseas who will be discouraged they are away from their families right now
> >but I, for one, am super thankful for them and what they do.  I especially
> >honor the dead who died in my place to protect my family from those who hate
> >us and want to kill us every time they get the chance.  If you are alone
> >this Christmas season, you can call Sandy and I at any time, or email us,
> >and give us your phone number and we will call you right back.  We will call
> >you every day, if that is what it takes.  If I was rich with money, I'd pay
> >your way to come and spend Christmas with us but the phone is the best I can
> >offer this year.
> >
> >Phil.
> >
> >WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.COM

John

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