Hello.  I was wondering why we're getting repeats of messages.  Anyone else
having this problem?  I'm having a blessed Christmas and not feeling sad at
all.  God bless.

Cecily

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From: Echurch-USA The Electronic Church
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Pat Ferguson
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Sick and Discouraged


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.
>
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