Hi Lyn, I hope you can stay in your home too. I hang on to my Dad's saying. It is a saying from the Netherlands. When my Dad would say it I felt better. I found out at the funeral home he was talking about Heaven. During the dutch revelution the dutch would use the saying knowing that no matter how bad it gets on earth we have better days coming in Heaven. When my uncle told me that I wanted to slap my dad because at the time I thought and wanted better days on earth. Well my life is not really any better except that I have stopped drinking and I depend on God and I now do not mind if I have to wait for Heaven for better days. even if I still desire them on earth. I know they will get here eventually. Hang on to those better days a coming. -- Christ is the reason for the season. If there was not Chirst. There would be no Christ-mas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! Karen Carter Class of '74 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Lyn Latham <[log in to unmask]> Yes, better days are coming. When, I do not know, but I have to believe by faith. I am in a regular home right now, but I lost my home in Ohio when my X. husband let his son live there and he trashed it anddidn't send any rent. I rent my home now, andI hope I can stay here after the lease is up. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Carter To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:41 PM Subject: Re: Please agree and touch with me in prayer I hope your writing will sale. I write music and have not really made any money but I live in a low income building now. I did have a nice house and lost it when I lost my job and got behind on bills and such. But I always say to get by. God know what he is doing even if I don't. And my Dad had a saying he bought over from the Netherlands. "Better days are coming". -- Christ is the reason for the season. If there was not Chirst. There would be no Christ-mas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! Karen Carter Class of '74 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Lyn Latham <[log in to unmask]> It's a really good point. Unfortunately though I can't make enough money that way. If Triston and I are together we might be able to make it. I feel like I don't want to work with all the junk they give us. I don't know. If my writing goes all right maybe I can make it. Right now I am not sure of anything. I will pray about it, and thanks for praying for me on the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Carter To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Please agree and touch with me in prayer This might sound negative and I don't mean for it to be but it is the truth. If I were you I would retire live off of social security or SSI like they want us to do. I have worked since the age of 9 doing od jobs. Cleaning houses, working on cars, cutting grass and other yard owrk. and so on. Well, when I graduated I tried to get all kinds of jobs. Than I went back to college got not just one degree but a few plus certificate. applied for 519 jobs in one year. Than, got a few part time jobs (way under my qualifications) than I finally landed a state job that started out part time. For 6 years they kept saying they would hire me. Well in the mean time a wheelchair hesspanic got hired and out the door I went. So I have decided to retire and live off society. I don't like it and prefer to earn my money and pay taxes but like they say if you can't beat them join them. I am tired of being under the microscope, having to do 200% work when others only do 5% and most of all the rejection. And now I am the happiest I have ever been. I can work on my music (even if it goes no where) work small house cleaning jobs for extra money if need and enjoy life. I just got tired of the fight. -- Christ is the reason for the season. If there was not Chirst. There would be no Christ-mas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! Karen Carter Class of '74 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Lyn Latham <[log in to unmask]> Dear E-church members, I just wanted to pop in today and ask for prayer and also begin a discussion with any of you who might be going through something similar. As most of you know, I used to work at Verizon Wireless, 5 years in Ohio and 2 years in Florida. To no avail, i tried to stick in there, but they would change things so that JAWS wouldn't work, and then not just that, but each time I would mention anything to them they didn't hear my voice. Now I have left since July because of the emotional stress of the high pressured call center. I felt there was nothing else that I could do. Now I am trying to look for jobs, and Division of Blind Services will not help me. They made my therapist write a letter to say what kind of work I could do, and because she said no call centers they said they can't help me. So now, I tried to find jobs and whenever they find out that we are blind they do not wa nt you. I just don't understand that. I have been in therapy since around March or May just trying to get through all of this stuff. I pray and ask the Lord to help me through, I need deliverance from past junk, and I just can't seem to let go because eah time when I think that i have let go, something comes up to tell me that I'm stil a failure. I know the devil is a lier and there is no truth in Him, so why do I still insist on carrying this, and why cant' I get anything worthwhile? I just have a high school education and I know that's a lot of the trouble, but I tried school and I have too much of a learning curve to keep up. How many have ROP, and have you had these problems like with the learning curve? Just pray. I don't want to get on a tangent, but this group should be to lift each other up in the Lord, and that'swhat I need now. I'm pretty down in the dumps now. If anyone wants to call me and talk, you can reach me at: 813-998-2070. Thanks for listening. ound last May or April and I am better. However, I have ____________________________________________________ Lyn Latham Psalm 30:5 NIRV Published author of: "Joy Comes In The Morning" available at: www.authorhouse.com/bookstore/bookhome.aspx Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007