Dear Cecily,

Yes, that is who I am talking about.

She wants nothing more to do with me, so I am not answering her 
email, and I will delete her from my address book. I have prayed 
about this, and God has been giving me peace, but God has not 
instructed me to write to her yet, so I will not do that until I hear 
from Him to do so. I will continue to pray for her and to love her.

Lovingly,
Pat Ferguson
Come! On! Jesus! The Glorious One!



At 04:09 PM 8/20/2007, you wrote:
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Pat Ferguson
>Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:57 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>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.