Well, to say the least these past few weeks have been terribly
busy. I have failed to keep everyone up-to-date due to illness. Cameron was
sick for an entire week with pneumonia. He ran a high fever the last full week
of February until it broke on Thursday. He was still recovering when we were
trying to get our Gospel Meeting under way. On February 26, Julianna and I
knocked on over 50 doors and with the other members of Philadelphia we knock a
combined 426 doors to invite our neighbors and friends to the Gospel Meeting
with Tim Hayes from Lincoln, AL. We had
the elders and their wives and Tim and Flora Hayes and Alan all over for supper
that same day. We were extremely excited to have done so much that Saturday but
we were worn out when the night was over. Tim did an outstanding job. He has so
much enthusiasm and love for God’s Word. He makes you just want to jump up
immediately and work harder than you have in the past for the Lord. It was so
encouraging to spend time with Tim and Flora. They are wonderful examples and
excellent Bible students. We pray that they will have many years doing the
Lord’s work and that they will always have to support they need to grow and
stay encouraged.
After going to the Gospel Meeting all week and cooking for that
every night, then add in doctor’s appointments (which we had have 6 in the last
two weeks) I am sooo tired. Jim has endured these past few weeks and has done
rather well. His blood pressure has increased significantly from time to time.
His chest pain has increased. He has days where he rests for hours and then he
has days where he can take one nap and just sit around and do pretty good.
Thursday and Friday (4th and 5th) were hard days because
he had over done it during the meeting. He tried to show the Hayes around
Philadelphia a little on Monday and Wednesday. He just did too much. He was so
tired.
Saturday, our neighbor Chuck Burk, helped us clean up our back
yard. We have two large sycamore trees and their leaves are very big. Our yard
was a disaster. Thanks to Chuck, it looks brand new. God has truly blessed us
with wonderful neighbors. The Duncans, Burks and Rick have been so good to us.
Words cannot describe how truly blessed we are for the way they have reached
out to help us.
We have surpassed the 200 card mark. It is wonderful to see all
those cards come in and to be encouraged every single day. It is truly
remarkable. We have also been blessed financially by so many who are giving to
the benevolence fund and those who send gifts to us personally. Times have been
tight but through so many and their generosity our cups are overflowing.
I do want to thank God Almighty for blessing Philadelphia with a
wonderful eldership. They have never ceased to encourage, praise, love, care
for and pray for us. We pray for Bert Tingle and Sid Williams daily. I thank
you both for allowing my husband to fill the pulpit when he is able to. He is
alive today because of his desire to preach and you allow him to do that even
when his health fails him. I know that God will bless you for allowing him to
continue to do what he loves. I pray that God will allow time for Jim to get a
new heart and that he will have many more years to preach the truth. I know
that Jim has something to look forward to and I have the eldership to thank for
that.
I also want to thank the congregation for the way they have feed
us through these difficult times. When you’re a mother and you are trying to
keep up with two kids, you need all the help you can get. I thank you for the
meals. It allows me to have a night off and that means a lot. I pray that God
will bless us all to get closer to one another and that we will always strive
to do what the Lord would have us to do.
We will be going to UMC soon for the transplant workup. It begins
on the 22nd of March. We will try to keep everyone informed. Please
pray that all will be success.
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