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
>
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