Dear Jackie,
Loving, I'm so happy to hear about the letter of disability, in
Matthew's behalf. I'm praying that he will get his job back.
Also, I'm praying for the return of your backpack with everything in it.
Loving you bunches,
Pat Ferguson
At 10:18 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Once again, thank you for your prayers for Matthew. He presented
>his documented proof of disability yesterday to the Personnel
>Office; and now we're just waiting to see what happens. Matthew
>said the timing for that letter couldn't have been better. God is
>truly awesome.
>
>On another note, I would appreciate continued prayers for either the
>recovery of my backpack and its contents; or that the insurance of
>my friend won't deny the claim for what I have submitted. If
>anything, I under-priced the value of items, so I do hope they will
>accept the claim.
>
>Sharon G, I do hope your mother came through the procedure ok and
>that she won't have any lasting effects from the surgery. Also, I'm
>praying for little Rachel.
>
>Love you all,
>
>Jackie
>
>
>At 06:22 PM 2010-02-23, you wrote:
>>That's great Jackie! Praise The Lord!
> >
>Dear Jackie,
>Oh, Loving! That is wonderful News! I'm going to continue praying
>for Matthew, though.
>I wouldn't want to go through what those men go through. They
>deserve the best! I'm
>praying!
>God Is An Awsome God!
>He is in complete Control!
>Thanks much.
>Loving you bunches,
>Pat Ferguson
>At 10:01 PM 2/22/2010, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>Thank you all for your prayers for Matthew. I HAVE GREAT NEWS TO
>SHARE! Last Saturday,
>nothing short of a miracle happened! When I met Matthew this
>morning, he was so
>excited; and when I heard his news, I was excited as well. You can
>guess what our
>first song was: Victory In Jesus. He told me that Saturday, he
>went out to check
>the mail and received a letter from the VA, giving him a 50%
>disability for depression
>caused by Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome. Matthew felt that his
>supervisor was going
>to let him go at the end of the month; so this is wonderful
>news. It will be harder
>to fire him now that he has a documented disability.
>Please continue to keep him in your prayers.
>Thank you!
>Love To All,
>Jackie
>At 08:35 AM 2010-02-22, you wrote:
>Dear Jackie,
>What a wonderful Blessing! Oh, I just love hearing that.
>I will continue to pray for Matthew and for you.
>Praise The Lord.
>Loving you all bunches,
>Pat Ferguson
>At 04:34 PM 2/20/2010, you wrote:
>Thank you, Pat. I do appreciate your and the group's prayers.
>Just an additional note about Matthew, he is saved and is an officer
>in the Salvation
>Army. He meets me at the bus stop on my side of the street and
>helps me across as
>there is no light. Then we pray, share scripture together, and
>sing two or three
>songs from a hymn book that he carries with him until the bus
>comes. What a great
>way to start the day! In this way, God has truly blessed me. He
>works at the building
>next door to mine.
>At 01:26 PM 2010-02-20, you wrote:
>Dear Jackie,
>I'm praying for Matthew that he will be healed from his depression,
>and that he will
>be able to get the type of job that God would want him to have. We
>know that God
>heals everyone, in any and every kind of situation, so Lord, please
>heal Matthew
>from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, and I pray Lord,
>that Matthew
>knows you as his personal Savior.
>Lord, please provide a huge financial blessing for Jackie, and Bill,
>and I pray Lord,
>that she would have those things returned to her which were stolen
>from her, and
>this included her loving Victor Reader Stream. Lord, I pray that who
>ever took her
>backpack would return it with everything that was in it. Lord, I
>thank you for what
>you are going to do in Jackie and Bill's lives. Thank You, Lord. Amen.
>Glad to see your post here, Jackie.
>Lovingly,
>Pat Ferguson
>At 12:02 PM 2/20/2010, you wrote:
> Hi Beloved Friends,
>I thank you for allowing me to be on this listserv. It is one
>listserv for which
>I am greatful to belong!
>My name is Jackie Shepherd. I am 61-years-old, am married, have 2
>children; along
>with 2 step-children which I consider my own, and have 14
>grandchildren and 2 great
>grandchildren.
>I am an alumnus of the Oregon School For The Blind, along with my
>husband Bill, where
>I met Pat and several others on the list.
>I accepted Jesus as my Savior in the summer of 1971, and was
>baptized by Pastor
>Siers, who at that time had no church; so we were baptized in the
>River. In 1972,
>I was baptized in the Calvary Baptist Church, in Portland, Oregon.
>I currently work at Talking Book & Braille Services, at the Oregon
>State Library.
>My hobbies are: Music, singing, amateur radio, and a good book.
>I once had a Victor Stream; and on one of the cards with the stream
>was a King James
>Bible. It didn't have a Concordance, but was read by Alexander
>Scorby. You could
>search by both book or chapter, not sure of searching by verses. If
>anyone is interested,
>I'd gladly send them the file.
>Now, on a personal note, I have a prayer request to make. I have a
>friend named
>Matthew, who is in the National Guard and for a while was over in
>Cuait, (I know
>I didn't spell that correctly, sorry). When he came back he
>experienced bouts of
>depression, and had been put on medication. However, it has
>effected his ability
>to do his job. His supervisor is trying to get rid of him and he
>has already been
>forced to take a pay cut. He is raising a grandson whose mother
>doesn't want anything
>to do with, probably because of her current husband. Matthew is
>trying either to
>get another position within the agency, away from his current
>supervisor, or another
>job altogether. As you all know, jobs are very hard to
>find. Therefore, would you
>please pray that God will uphold and sustain him in his current
>situation and that
>He will continue to provide for Matthew and his family; and that all
>the trials will
>eventually work out for good?
>Again, thank you for this Listserv and God bless all of you today.
>Your sister in Christ,
>Jackie Shepherd
>At 08:44 AM 2010-02-20, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>I believe that we have two new members in our loving EChurch family.
>I want to personally welcome both Sharon Gill, from Duluth MN, and
>Jackie Shepherd,
>from Salem Oregon.
>We would love to hear from both of you, a little about yourselves,
>as there are many
>on this list who don't know you. <smile>
>Please share with us about you ! <smile>
>This is a loving group of people who love Jesus!
>Thanks a bunch.
>Loving you all bunches,
>Pat Ferguson
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