Hi All,

Thank you all for your prayers for Matthew.  I HAVE GREAT NEWS TO 
SHARE!  Last Saturday, nothing short of a miracle happened!  When I 
met Matthew this morning, he was so excited; and when I heard his 
news, I was excited as well.  You can guess what our first song 
was:  Victory In Jesus.  He told me that Saturday, he went out to 
check the mail and received a letter from the VA, giving him a 50% 
disability for depression caused by Post-traumatic Stress 
Syndrome.  Matthew felt that his supervisor was going to let him go 
at the end of the month; so this is wonderful news.  It will be 
harder to fire him now that he has a documented disability.

Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

Thank you!

Love To All,

Jackie



At 08:35 AM 2010-02-22, you wrote:
>Dear Jackie,
>
>What a wonderful Blessing! Oh, I just love hearing that.
>
>I will continue to pray for Matthew and for you.
>
>Praise The Lord.
>
>Loving you all bunches,
>
>Pat Ferguson
>At 04:34 PM 2/20/2010, you wrote:
>>Thank you, Pat.  I do appreciate your and the group's prayers.
>>
>>Just an additional note about Matthew, he is saved and is an 
>>officer in the Salvation Army.  He meets me at the bus stop on my 
>>side of the street and helps me across as there is no light.  Then 
>>we pray, share scripture together,  and sing two or three songs 
>>from a hymn book that he carries with him until the bus 
>>comes.  What a great way to start the day!  In this way, God has 
>>truly blessed me. He works at the building next door to mine.
>>
>>At 01:26 PM 2010-02-20, you wrote:
>>>Dear Jackie,
>>>
>>>I'm praying for Matthew that he will be healed from his 
>>>depression, and that he will be able to get the type of job that 
>>>God would want him to have. We know that God heals everyone, in 
>>>any and every kind of situation, so Lord, please heal Matthew from 
>>>the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, and I pray Lord, 
>>>that Matthew knows you as his personal Savior.
>>>
>>>Lord, please provide a huge financial blessing for Jackie, and 
>>>Bill, and I pray Lord, that she would have those things returned 
>>>to her which were stolen from her, and this included her loving 
>>>Victor Reader Stream. Lord, I pray that who ever took her backpack 
>>>would return it with everything that was in it. Lord, I thank you 
>>>for what you are going to do in Jackie and Bill's lives. Thank You, Lord. Amen.
>>>
>>>Glad to see your post here, Jackie.
>>>
>>>Lovingly,
>>>
>>>Pat Ferguson
>>>
>>>At 12:02 PM 2/20/2010, you wrote:
>>>>         Hi Beloved Friends,
>>>>
>>>>I thank you for allowing me to be on this listserv.  It is one 
>>>>listserv for which I am greatful to belong!
>>>>
>>>>My name is Jackie Shepherd.  I am 61-years-old, am married, have 
>>>>2 children; along with 2 step-children which I consider my own, 
>>>>and have 14 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
>>>>
>>>>I am an alumnus of the Oregon School For The Blind, along with my 
>>>>husband Bill, where I met Pat and several others on the list.
>>>>
>>>>I accepted Jesus as my Savior in the summer of 1971, and was 
>>>>baptized  by Pastor Siers, who at that time had no church; so we 
>>>>were baptized in the River.  In 1972, I was baptized in the 
>>>>Calvary Baptist Church, in Portland, Oregon.
>>>>
>>>>I currently work at Talking Book & Braille Services, at the 
>>>>Oregon State Library.
>>>>
>>>>My hobbies are:  Music, singing, amateur radio, and a good book.
>>>>
>>>>I once had a Victor Stream; and on one of the cards with the 
>>>>stream was a King James Bible.  It didn't have a Concordance, but 
>>>>was read by Alexander Scorby.  You could search by both book or 
>>>>chapter, not sure of searching by verses.  If anyone is 
>>>>interested, I'd gladly send them the file.
>>>>
>>>>Now, on a personal note, I have a prayer request to make.  I have 
>>>>a friend named Matthew, who is in the National Guard and for a 
>>>>while was over in Cuait, (I know I didn't spell that correctly, 
>>>>sorry).   When he came back he experienced bouts of depression, 
>>>>and had been put on medication.  However, it has effected his 
>>>>ability to do his job.  His supervisor is trying to get rid of 
>>>>him and he has already been forced to take a pay cut.  He is 
>>>>raising a grandson whose mother doesn't want anything to do with, 
>>>>probably because of her current husband.  Matthew is trying 
>>>>either to get another position within the agency, away from his 
>>>>current supervisor, or another job altogether.  As you all know, 
>>>>jobs are very hard to find.  Therefore, would you please pray 
>>>>that God will uphold and sustain him in his current situation and 
>>>>that He will continue to provide for Matthew and his family; and 
>>>>that all the trials will eventually work out for good?
>>>>
>>>>Again, thank you for this Listserv and God bless all of you today.
>>>>
>>>>Your sister in Christ,
>>>>
>>>>Jackie Shepherd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 08:44 AM 2010-02-20, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>I believe that we have two new members in our loving EChurch family.
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to personally welcome both Sharon Gill, from Duluth MN, 
>>>>>and Jackie Shepherd, from Salem Oregon.
>>>>>
>>>>>We would love to hear from both of you, a little about 
>>>>>yourselves, as there are many on this list who don't know you. <smile>
>>>>>
>>>>>Please share with us about you ! <smile>
>>>>>
>>>>>This is a loving group of people who love Jesus!
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks a bunch.
>>>>>
>>>>>Loving you all bunches,
>>>>>
>>>>>Pat Ferguson