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Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
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No wonder I couldn't find it, smile.

Phil.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: German to English Dictionary


>g e s u n d h e i t.
>
> the "d| at the end of gesund is pronounced like a t though because it is 
> at the end of the syllable.
>
> if you speak more than one language, it is amazing to see how languages 
> relate. I understand french better since I started learning Spanish, for 
> example. Both are romance languages. english and german on the other hand 
> are also close as they both are germanic languages.
>
> humor is probably the most difficult as it very often does not translate 
> literally and is also culturally and enerationally influenced.
>
> Hugs and smiles,
>
> Doris
>
> At 09:06 PM 2014/03/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>Doris,
>>
>>I knew you had lived in the states so I was pulling your leg, making a 
>>joke, because I knew from your email postings your English was great. 
>>Here I am, half German, and the only word I know in German is what my 
>>grandmother taught me when I was about 7 years old and asked her to teach 
>>me a German word I could use.  Let's see if my spell checker gets it 
>>right.  The word was cazoonhtite.  Nope.  My dictionary, or spell checker 
>>doesn't spell it at all but it is the word you speak when a person 
>>sneezes.  I already knew it because my mother said it all the time when we 
>>were growing up and getting colds as children.  So, Doris, how is it 
>>spelled?
>>
>>Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 7:24 PM
>>Subject: Re: Too Much Oxygen
>>
>>
>>>oh, mr phil! no need for a german-english dictionary. ever since applying 
>>>the immersion treatment at berlin american high, i have had an above 
>>>average vocabulary
>>>
>>>indisputable means not to be argued with or established as fact.
>>>
>>>i hope i do not come across cocky. i  fell in love with the english 
>>>language long ago and learning my word or phrase for the day is just part 
>>>of my enjoyment. i love writing as I think of it as making love to the 
>>>language.
>>>
>>>i have always read a lot even from being read to and always had an an 
>>>above average vocabulary in either language.
>>>
>>>hugs,
>>>
>>>Doris
>>>
>>>At 02:04 PM 2014/03/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>Doris,
>>>>
>>>>When I had surgery on my neck just 5 years ago, I came out of recovery 
>>>>after the 5 and a half hour surgery.  Recovery was about 1 hour and then 
>>>>they took me back to my room where Sandy and the rest of my family were 
>>>>waiting.  I truly wondered, before surgery, if this was not my time for 
>>>>going home to Heaven due to the neurological symptoms I was having.  In 
>>>>fact, I did not want to live if I couldn't use my hands again or walk 
>>>>normally.  In short, though I had eye surgery a couple of time that 
>>>>lasted over 5 hours when I was 11 and 12 years of age, this surgery on 
>>>>my neck was far more serious in so many ways and in so many other areas 
>>>>of my body.  In short, I was asleep from the anesthesia for probably 
>>>>close to 7 hours.  When I came back to my room and was able to talk to 
>>>>my family, I spent much of my time crying because of what the Lord 
>>>>revealed to me while I was under the anesthesia. First, he clearly 
>>>>revealed to me more plainly than anything I have ever experienced, that 
>>>>our relationship with Him is not a game.  My family just thought I was 
>>>>still sort of mixed up, I'm sure, because I said it out loud, "It's not 
>>>>a game; it's not a game." Then, too, the Lord revealed to me, that is, 
>>>>He confirmed is power through waves of assurance that I was an 
>>>>intercessor and doing what He had told me to do and to prepare for it 5 
>>>>years earlier.  The feelings and spiritual depth I experienced were not 
>>>>drug induced; it was closeness to God in a way I truly cannot explain to 
>>>>this day.  The drugs break down the walls we have put up to protect 
>>>>ourselves and our feelings and that gives the Lord a perfect opportunity 
>>>>to minister to us in ways we might never experience otherwise.  The drug 
>>>>don't cause this to happen; the Lord just uses it. In the 25 surgical 
>>>>procedures I've had in my life, they have resulted in some amazing 
>>>>spiritual experiences.  This is what the renewal of the mind prayer is 
>>>>like, too.  It is indisputable.  I don't know, you might have to look up 
>>>>"indisputable" in your German to English dictionary, haha.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Phil.
>>>>Living His Name
>>>>WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.COM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 10:32 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: Afraid of death
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dear Mr. Phil,
>>>>>
>>>>>at the moment, your hunches or whatever the Lord imprints in your mind 
>>>>>are certainly touching my life and speaking to my middle. I know that 
>>>>>as a saved and committed Christian, I should not be afraid of death but 
>>>>>sometimes I am. and have not been able to shun away that fear. so 
>>>>>praying with you or one of my prayer buddies like old Brad here would 
>>>>>be most welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>>I had someof the most direct spiritual experiences during my recent 
>>>>>hospital stay. Chris thinks it is in part due to too much oxygen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>>if I did oxygen on the highest of 3 level, i had indeed some very vivid 
>>>>>dreams. One of those was that the lord repeated over and over in my 
>>>>>mind that service is just about that, serving gds people and not about 
>>>>>some certain ministry or church building. I felt I needed to imprint 
>>>>>this on chris;s  mind also.he has given up so much for me and has been 
>>>>>admonished for not attending church, especially by his family.
>>>>>
>>>>>there is more stuff but these are the most vivid memories, too much 
>>>>>oxygen or not. *g* looking forward to praying with you, maria, brad, 
>>>>>papito. please pray i can persuade papito to return to this list. i 
>>>>>know he would really love it.
> 

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