Carol,
    I will be praying for you and that God will send you some people to help
you out and things will get straightened out soon.

Amy
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From: "Carol Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 7:07 PM
Subject: A FEW PROBLEMS FOR PRAYER, PLEASE


> Hi all,
>
> It's been a hot and sticky weekend, with lots of activity and a number of
> problems - and now I'm really tired!
>
> We need God to answer and make some provision for us pretty quickly.  I'll
> spare the details, except to say that, after some difficulties with the
> person from church who has been reading our mail and helping us to keep
our
> dog bin and run sorted (on a weekly basis, we do the rest), he's not
wanting
> to do it any more and we have no replacement.  The right help of this kind
> is difficult to get and church has not been interested in meeting other
> needs, such as help with cleaning etc.  We also were forced to let our
> gardener go a couple of weeks ago as he was taking real advantage and we'd
> worked with him on this for a long time.  Again, we don't know anyone
> interested.  These things really tend to raise the anxiety level,
especially
> as some just must be done and we can't!
>
> Please pray also as the person who has stopped coming went to our elders
and
> moaned and groaned etc. and they're talking about a meeting with us.  We
> felt his behaviour (in not coming to us directly to discuss difficulties)
> was unscriptural and Mike told him this today.  We are not intending to
> involve others but he obviously feels it's a good thing to have some of
his
> very long-standing friends on his side and listening to what he has to
say.
> This has very much hurt us.  Now he tells us he will continue to think of
> and pray for us . . ..  I am pretty mad as I don't see this as the church
> helping us in our real needs right now.  Also, the elder to whom he spoke,
> contacted Mike at work so that he could keep it quietly from me.  Mike was
> taken by total surprise and was trying to take other calls and then
suddenly
> realised that he didn't want to keep this from me, as he never keeps
> anything, so was very upset late last night.  He had felt he had to keep
it
> back until after we had had a special meal out on Friday and a meeting on
> Saturday with very long-standing friends who I'd not seen for 35 years as
he
> didn't want to spoil these occasions.  He's not good at having to try to
do
> this though and I know he was put in a very difficult situation.
>
> I am sure some will understand how the church's decisions not to get
> involved in real practical needs can be such a problem to us!
>
> Our dog, Fabian, continues to be quite poorly but is still enjoying some
> quality of life, though is very hot in this weather with his big, black
> coat.  Please pray that the Lord will be good to us all and enable us to
> cope for as long as we need and then to make it very clear to us if we
> should not continue to care for him.
>
> Thanks for listening and for your prayers, all of you.
>
> God bless:  I must try to get some sleep.
>
>
> --
> Carol - Reading, UK
>
> To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
> In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
>
>
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