I don't mind reading, either, and I do read all 
the posts from this great loving list.


Thanks much.

Many Blessings,

Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.


At 09:30 PM 6/12/2015, you wrote:
>I don't mind reading...cram away *smile*
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Electronic Church 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:30 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Comtinuing
>
>First, and before I forget, those writing me at 
>my old comcast address may not always hear from 
>me.  My windows computer only half works half 
>the time and not all mail gets forward over to 
>my Mac computer.  This iCloud.com address comes 
>to both my iPhone and my mac computer which synchronize on their own.
>
>Now, for the rest of the story, although that 
>might take more than one message to complete.
>
>As I said, I was sick as a dog for a couple of 
>days but the recovery took a lot longer, 
>probably due to my advanced age, he he, and I 
>likely got it from my grandkids.  Anyhow, 
>although I’m still not where I want to be 
>physically, that likely isn’t going to change any time soon.
>
>This week I was struggling with my hearing 
>aids.  We had gotten our annual hearing tested 
>recently, I believe I’ve already talked about 
>that, but my aids starting diminishing  and I 
>finally wasn’t getting much value out of 
>them.  I went in today, my younger sister taking 
>me in, and our doctor of audiology took them 
>apart, cleaned them, and then we and I spent 
>about 10 minutes fine tuning the volume 
>levels.  Our last visit to him, a few weeks ago, 
>was when he not only tested our hearing again, 
>but he flashed a hardware upgrade into our 
>hearing aids.  This new software allows for 
>additional features that I can talk about 
>later.  Today, I got the volume levels tweaked 
>and boy am I feeling a lot better 
>emotionally.  I was getting to the point I 
>wasn’t putting my hearing aids in for a couple 
>of days because it was more 
>frustrating.  Anyhow, thank the Lord for 
>that.  I’m especially thankful I’m not so 
>weak any more but I have a ways to go yet.
>
>I’ll comment in a followup message on how I am getting along with the Mac.
>
>During the days I was ill, I was 
>struggling   with emotional issues.  The list 
>was pretty long but things like getting older, 
>not able to do some of the simplest things I 
>once did, such has work with my hands, repairing 
>fencing, driving screws, even pulling out  20 
>pounds of garbage from the trash compacter and 
>carrying the bag out to the trash barrels along 
>side of our garage, were things fighting for 
>solutions.  Of course, there are no solutions to 
>such problems, that is, making everything new, 
>or younger, to put it bluntly.  I kept telling 
>myself to do just those things I could do and 
>let the rest go but I didn’t want to grow 
>older and I didn’t want to live without doing 
>the most basic of things I once did for myself 
>and my family.  Having a job and making a living 
>is something I started living without 6 years 
>ago, almost seven now, and that hasn’t gone 
>away even though I work at adjusting to it, 
>aging, I mean.  Not working, due to my physical 
>condition, or lack thereof, to be more 
>specific.,   is as awkward adjusting to on a 
>perpetual bases as going blind.  Boy, am I glad 
>I lost my sight at age twelve and not in my 
>later years of retirement.  Anyway, I could list 
>a dozen things which have been pestering me 
>emotionally over the last few months, or even 
>longer, but getting ill the other night helped 
>me focus on what was wrong; not because I wanted 
>to either, but because the Lord wasn’t getting 
>my attention due to all the mental and emotional 
>complaining and belly aching I have been doing.
>
>I’m going to continue this in a followup 
>message lest I get carried away and try and cram 
>everything that comes to mind in a single message, smile.
>
>Phil.