Pat, are you talking about, you know, the gal that was in the third grade in
Sunday School and trying to get everyone to read the Bible? I know who you
mean I think. I saw her at the reunion this year. Paulette and I both talked
to her. She and her husband live in Salem? Is that who you mean?

Cec

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From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Attention Pat

Hi Phil, This friend, she was saved once, and I think Cecily can tell 
you more about that than I can. She use to go to Sunday School and 
Church when we were at school, and she even quoted scriptures. Since 
she's been with her current husband, things have changed. I remember 
when she lived in Palmer Alaska, she started going to the Assembly Of 
God Church, she use to call me at night, and we would talk about The Lord.

I'm praying for her renewed salvation.

This brings me to a question I will ask in my next message.

Thanks Phil and thanks to you all.

Loving you all,
Patricia Ferguson



At 03:34 PM 8/18/2007, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
>For many years, I would call my old roommate I had at the school for the
>blind.  He never called me.  I didn't know why.  finally, I quit calling.
I
>thought of him often because I had led him to Christ back when we were
>buddies as kids growing up together.  I always prayed someone would
befriend
>him who was a Christian and could encourage him since at 500 miles away, it
>was a little difficult to disciple him.  I did not know he was an
alcoholic.
>If I had known that, I would have done more to try and be his friend but I
>would guess that his alcoholism kept him from keeping in regular contact
>with me.  One day, a friend emailed me and said our friend died.  He was
>only 47 years of age, a year younger than me at the time, and my friend
>said, he died from complication due to the alcoholism.  Most alcoholic die
>from malnutrition unless, of course, their liver dies first.  This bothered
>me for years but there was literally nothing I could do.  I often wished I
>had called him more often to try and encourage him but I didn't know
because
>he had never told me of his drinking problem.  I felt guilty I hadn't
called
>him for three or four years but then again, he never called me either.  One
>day I received an email from a lady.  I didn't know her.  she had been my
>friends girl friend, sort of, but more than that, she was his best friend.
>She was a Christian and she confirmed that although he spoke of Christian
>things rarely, he did tell her that I had led him to the Lord when we were
>teenagers.  It was wonderful to her how this lady had spiritually and
>Scripturally encouraged him and even worked his vending machine for him
when
>his alcoholism kept him from even going to work due to is physical illness.
>It just proved to me that God heard and answered my prayers all those
years.
>The same can happen to your friend and you may be the first person they
>contact when they come to the Lord.  So, Pat, just keep praying and being
>yourself.  We may not know until Heaven but God knows now.
>
>Phil.