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Debb,
Finding a good church is hard sometimes, so I'm glad you have one.
Julie
visit me at
www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb Kroll" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: Hello
> Well, John and everyone, if I told you everything it would take an awful=
> lot of time so I'll try to keep it short, but I really do want to share=
> it.
>
> It all started a little over two years ago when my husband Gene had to go=
> to the hospital because of breathing problems. He asked our neighbor=
> across the street to look in on me from time to time and she did. She=
> drove me home from the hospital the Saturday after he went in and she
> just=
> casually mentioned something about going to church. I said I really=
> needed to find a church and she invited me to go with her and her
> husband.
>
> And from there it just kept getting better. I went to their church and=
> liked it. I asked the pastor to suggest ways that I could sing the
> hymns,=
> since many of them were unfamiliar to me and not long after that I met a=
> wonderful lady who has a Braille embosser that her blind granddaughter
> was=
> using so now I get all the church bulletins in Braille.
>
> Then I heard the choir sing and knew I had to be in it and the dear lady=
> wrote all the words to the choir songs, too.
>
> Since then I've become more and more active in the church. The people
> are=
> really God's people. From the beginning they accepted me just as I was=
> and I can feel God's wonderful presence every time I go in the door.
>
> Now, how's that for an example of God taking something bad and turning it=
> into good? And by the way, Gene's problem wasn't serious, but it sure=
> took a lot of tests to find that out.
>
> There's a lot more to it, but that's pretty much what's been happening.
>
> Oh, almost forgot. I was finally baptized about a year and a half ago on=
> the most beautiful day the Lord ever made. The weather was perfect and
> so=
> was everything else.
>
> Well, I hope I didn't bore anyone too much. I'm not really a writer.=
> <smile>
>
> Love in Christ,
>
> Deb
>
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