Father in Heaven please keep reaching out to Ralph and heal him so that he know of your loving power. In your precious name I pray Amen -- Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all. Karen Carter '74 > Hi Phil, > > I will certainly be praying for Al. I'm Praising God that He accepted Christ! > > Please keep us posted. I pray the pain goes away completely and it is > replaced with a spirit of love and joy. > > Love and Blessings, > Pat Ferguson > > > At 09:59 PM 7/3/05, you wrote: > >Ralph is my son, Everett's, Karate instructor and has been for about the > >last 7 years. Everett helps teach at the Karate school. In the passed few > >weeks Ralph has been in the hospital, he has had both legs removed below the > >knee. He has had bypass heart surgery. He has been on dialysis for many > >months. One leg got infected and he has had surgery three times on that leg > >alone. His mother is very spunky and is 86 and Ralph is about 63 years old > >or so. He is one of the toughest men you would ever meat. The pain, on the > >other hand, is astronomical. Last night, he called his older brother in > >Arizona and his brother led him to Christ over the phone. Ralph asked his > >mother today to call us and to ask Everett and Sandy and I to come down to > >see him so he could tell us the good news. He had two bouts of severe pain > >while we were there so it wasn't easy to watch. Sandy sang several > >Christian songs to him and some were old hymns Ralph remembered from his > >childhood. Will he live? Well, if not here, he will live there and we will > >now all get to see him in person some day. He admitted tonight that he had > >always thought he could lick the world on his own. Those were his words. > >Now, he said, he knows he can't do it alone and he needed Jesus in his life. > >He also said a great heavy burden was lifted off of him last night about > >midnight when he called and prayed with his older brother. Pray about the > >pain and pray for peace because the Enemy will try and use the pain against > >him. I talked to him a little of how to listen for the Lord and how to talk > >to the Lord and Sandy told him some things about just calling on the name of > >Jesus when the pain comes on like it does. In spite of all the pain he was > >having, I could tell something was different in this man's soul. Praise God > >for that. Sandy went down to the Karate school before Ralph went into the > >hospital and witnessed to him but he just said he became a Christian when he > >was a child. Tonight he was talking about his sin and the burden lifted > >from him and things only someone truly born again would feel. Thank God. > > > >Phil. > > > >Phil C Sharp > >The Coil Of The snake > >A Free Online E-Novel > >www.SafePlaceFellowship.com