Good praise Pat.  Thanks for sharing.

And... Why don't you make one of those talking ice makers.  Giggle.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: Family update


> Dear Loving EChurch Family,
>
> Thank you all so very much for the love and prayers you always are so
> loving and sweet! I love you all a whole bunch. I don't want you to forget
> it, either.
>
> Oh, before I start the praise reports I have to tell you all something
> funny that is not related to this message. lol
>
> The phone rang just as I was writing the next paragraph down below this
> one. lol. Some guy wanted to know how to get into our catalog on our web
> site, so I showed him how to do that. I asked him if he was looking for
> something in particular, he said he was looking for an ice maker? lol. He
> asked me if we sold ice makers! I laughed and told him no. It was so
funny!
> lol Now, should we come up with a talking ice maker!
>
> Kathy, you are out of ice, you need to let me make more ice! Vicki, you
are
> using too much ice! lol Phil, You are not drinking enough ice water! lol.
>
> Okay, now to my message.
>
> I just wanted to update you on the situation with my Mom and family.
>
> I was kind of scared to call Mom last night, but I prayed before I called
> her. I don't think she was drinking, either when I called her. She was
> sweet, and I did apologize again, and she said she received my phone
> message. She then told me all about her situation with her breathing
> problems. This all did happen on that Saturday I had last talked to her,
> also. I don't know if it happened before I talked to her or after.
>
> It all boils down to the fact that she is now on oxygen at night. They
> delivered an oxygen tank and 3 tanks of oxygen to her house on Monday
> evening. I'm really worried about her. She told me she has quit smoking,
> but that it hasn't been easy. She said she was really scared.
>
> She is loosing weight, and getting shorter. She told me she use to be 5
> foot 2, but I haven't noticed her being that height for ages. She has
> always been shorter than I am. lol.
>
> She will see a pulmanary specialist on the 16th of September. I'm so glad
> that she did tell Joe and Sherilyn and the rest of the family about all
> this. I guess they are both going with her to the doctor, and that is
good.
>
> Now about Harvey. I told Mom I had called Harvey on his birthday, but he
> wasn't there. I asked Mom where he was, and she told me he was in jail.
She
> told me he turned himself in and wanted to clear up all the d.w.i.s. He is
> serving time in all the counties he has D.W.I.s. This is good.
>
> Please pray that my family will try to call me and update me on these
> situations as they occur. I'm always the last to know, and I usually don't
> get a phone call, unless I call my family. Mom admitted to me that she
> wasn't very nice to me on that Saturday when I called, but that she had a
> really bad day, and it was Dad's birthday on the 21st of August. I do
> understand, and I told her I love her.
>
> I really think this is a Praise report and a blessing, as all this could
> have escalated in to something not good, but Praise God, it worked out
okay.
>
> Please continue to keep my family in your prayers.
>
> Thanks to all of you for everything and your love and prayers and support.
> You are all my loving ones! I'm praying for all of you.
>
> Love, and Blessings,
> Pat Ferguson