Sharon,
I will pray for God's will to be done and that you can have  resolution for 
these things according to His will.  Huggs and blessings!
Virgie and Hoshi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:49 PM
Subject: Please Pray for Tawney and Me


> Hi all!
>
> I've been talking on the phone with my friend Tawney.  she sure goes 
> through a lot!  Tonight she doesn't have the medication she needs, so 
> that's one thing to pray about.
>
> Another thing is that she shared more about herself with me, and I 
> mentioned Phil's ministry, and introduced her to the way we pray in our 
> sessions.  I hope things happen right away!  One thing I learned out of 
> this is that God can use me even when I think I'm not ready or can't 
> handle the process.  I thought that if I prayed with Tawney right then 
> over the phone, something might happen that I couldn't, or didn't know 
> how, to handle.  Yes, there is training material for this ministry, and I 
> think it would be a good idea to walk through it, but you know what?  God 
> doesn't need training!  Tawney asked me when I would do it, and if I 
> wanted to do it now.  She said yes when I asked her if she wanted me to, 
> so I did, and she prayed too.  It wasn't like the pattern of, I pray for 
> God's revelations, then we wait, but oh well, I don't think God likes it 
> when we rely too much on formulas.  So now let's see what God will do!
>
> A third thing for which I would like prayer is this:  For a long time I've 
> been wanting to live with a certain couple.  for reference, I'll call them 
> the Browns.  when I first wanted to move out of an Assisted Living 
> situation into a Personal Care Service, now called a Certified Family 
> Home, Judy, my sister, and I, met the Browns.  I spent part of the weekend 
> with them and wanted to live with them, but they decided that they 
> couldn't give me the attention I deserved, because they had a niece and 
> nephew, who were troubled teens, in their home.  then, about a year and a 
> half later, I had to move because the people I was living with were no 
> longer available.  I called the Browns again.  the man said that maybe 
> they could take me 5 years down the road; the children were still living 
> with them.  So I moved elsewhere. About 2 years later, after struggling 
> with conflicts, I moved again, to the home where I'm living now.  I miss 
> the traveling, the camping in the camper, sitting in the hot tub, 
> 4-wheeling and other vehicular excursions in the desert, and going to 
> community activities.  this is part of the description of where I lived 
> before coming to this home, where we rarely go out, by comparison.  We 
> were trying to make it so that Tawney could come live with us, or at least 
> Blanca's daughter-in-law, but last night I told her that I might move out 
> if I can't go out into the community more with Blanca or Jose.  I know 
> that I need to learn to be assertive and ask, which I do sometimes if I 
> need to go to a store.  so Tawney plans to look elsewhere for a home.  I 
> will look too, and see if the Browns can prepare themselves for next year, 
> if they still want to do that type of health care work.  I'll make it a 
> point to she if someone will take both Tawney and me, because we want to 
> live in the same house.  I don't know.  maybe I'm expecting too much of 
> this type of care.  If god wants me to be content to stay here, please 
> pray that He'll help me accept it.  At least we go on outings at Daybreak, 
> and Judy and I try to get together once a week, and of course some of my 
> birth family goe on trips every once in awhile, so I know I should be 
> grateful.  If the place where I want to move to does not have room for my 
> music studio, I won't go there, so please pray that, if it's okay for me 
> to move, that He'll see to it that I have room for it, and, if possible, 
> that Tawney can move in with me.  Thanks!  I don't want to sound like an 
> "I want, I want," character, but I would really appreciate your prayers. 
> May God give you all a good night's sleep, and reveal to you that there 
> are infinitely better days ahead for us!
>
> Sharon
>