Dear Sharon,
Oh, Loving, it's so great to have you back and to read all about what
you have been doing. I've read all three of your messages.
I've been missing you, and praying for you.
We miss you on the loving QChord group.
Okay, folks Time to give Sharon a big huge squeeze. lol.
My email address is: [log in to unmask]
What the heck. I'll put my phone number in this email, since it's
listed anyway.
For anyone that wants it, my home phone number is: 605-854-9371.
Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 04:54 PM 1/16/2011, you wrote:
>Here I am again with more news.
>
>As some of you also may remember, I talked Gracie and San Juana into
>going to a large church called Christian Faith Center. While Gracie
>and I continued there, they built a larger place to accommodate more
>people at a time. While we were waiting for the ride home at the
>old place, we met a lady named Delores Hakala. We didn't see each
>other often, but eventually she and I started emailing. After we
>started going to the new building, Delores made me aware that the
>attitude of the leaders and some other members was getting sour. So
>she and her husband and our household stopped going there. While
>Delores was looking for another group to settle down with, I went
>with Virgil and Tabita to their Romanian church. I took my Victor
>Reader Stream there with things to listen to while they had services
>in their language.
>
>Delores had a knee replacement surgery, and we girls went to see her.
>She lives just a couple of blocks from us! She and I started
>visiting, and we talked about minister to people who are in assisted
>living homes.
>
>
>
>Then she found it; a small Assemblies of God church not too far from
>where we lived. Gracie, San Juana and I've been going there
>now. It's very nice! I started playing my QChord there for
>worship, without having to go through commitees/worship teams, and
>the pastor's wife asked me to play for the offering just before
>service started. They have a nice piano, maybe a baby grand, which
>I played for that. They even let me play before service, even if
>just to practice for Christmas!
>
>Although I've had some emotional hupheival when I was talking with
>Delores and getting some emails that triggered it, The Lord is
>helping me grow into a closer relationship with him and other
>believers, and He's surely guiding me into more service through Him.
>
>Delores started making lunch and meeting time with other women, and
>we'd have fellowship and prayer together. Sometimes I've been the
>only one of our house, but all the girls in our house have taken
>part. There is a lot of interaction between Delores and us, giving
>and sharing. We seemed to have formed a good friendship. I've been
>to a nursing home a few times with her. She writes poetry, much of
>it inspired by God. The last time, I played Christmas music on
>their piano, and she read some of the poems while I played
>QChord. We want to do more of this, and establish a support group
>for anyone in need. She is putting a book together of many
>works. She's taken photos and put them with music on DVD, and she
>and I are working on a CD with her narration and music that I'd
>already recorded.
>
>Women's aglow came, the second Tuesday of the month since last fall,
>and I've gone with Delores most of the time. There is another
>Christian group called God's Girls. They had me play for the
>Christmas meeting.
>I plan to just go to Aglow.
>
>Some of you may remember the hard time my dad went through. He was
>able to have the stomach tube removed, but there may be some scar
>tissue or something sticking to the back wall of his stomach, which
>they want to look at this Friday. He's still on oxygen. My mom has
>had back pain for some years, and it's gotten so bad that not even
>lying on the floor helps anymore, so she sits a lot with handywork
>and a heating pad behind her. I'm sure they would appreciate your
>prayers. Thanks!
>
>Well, I think I'll stop here. I hope all is going well with all of you.
>
>Sharon
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