Pat, lol.  Actually, I think the number of verses is determined by how long
the altar call lasts.  No, I won't do any singing.  After a view verses, I
would lose track of where I am.

At 05:43 PM 12/17/03 -0600, you wrote:
>John,
>
>lol. I didn't know there were 95 verses. Do you want to sing them for me in
>an MP3 file, and I'll learn them and sing them all to VErnon. lol.
>
>Lovings!
>Pat
>
>At 10:52 AM 12/17/03 -0600, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> >It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let
> >them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
> >-- Henrik Ibsen<*>

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