The changed lives you talked about I found to be awesome considering the
coldness you mentioned up there in the past. That is really awesome.

Brad


At 09:36 PM 11/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Phil,
>          The most interesting part of all of this for me is dealing
>with the kids who would have been happy to have what Chris had
>growing up and then, having to try to find ways to reach out to Chris
>who has rejected it all.  It is fascinating to me that the Lord is
>showing me both sides of the coin at once.
>          You may find it interesting too to learn that the deacon
>that I mentioned has really come alive since reading Rick Warren's
>"The purpose Driven Life."  I'm not touting the book or
>anything.  I'm just saying that he is one of those people that the
>message clicked for.  God reaches everybody in a unique way and now,
>maybe a bunch of kids will benefit from Dan's getting serious about
>his walk with the Lord.
>          This past month was Pastor Appreciation month.  Lot's of
>churches celebrate it. If you listen to much Christian radio, like
>Dobson and the like, you'll know what I"m talking about.  If you
>don't, that's okay too.   Anyway, a lot of members of our church sent
>cards to us this past month telling about how much they have grown
>spiritually from the ministry here.  It's all Jesus, believe me.  One
>woman told me that before, she just had no idea that it was possible
>to grow in your faith or actually make Christianity a real part of
>her life.  How sad, but she now heads up our dinner at the homeless
>shelter once a month and, if they don't have enough food, the shelter
>knows that they can call Elaine and she'll get something going.
>          It is so exciting to see people actually start walking the
>walk instead of just filling the pew.  God is just so amazing!
>
>I'm glad that you guys liked hearing about, yet another adventure from Maine!
>God bless,
>Kathy
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>At 01:56 PM 11/25/2005, you wrote:
> >Thanks, Kathy, for telling us all of that.  It was great to read because it
> >was Jesus at work in every day life and that we need to hear more about.  We
> >easily forget He works in the smallest of things.
> >
> >Phil.

Brad

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