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Post by anna on Aug 3, 2017 7:27:16 GMT -5
I was at pastor Scott's on-line praise and worship chat yesterday, which has been a blessing for me to be there, but now there is a problem. I got corrected yesterday on there by pastor Scott as to how I was worshiping, that it was not to his liking. I was told to use the words of the song for worship and not type scripture or short prayer, not to complicate the worship, but that we all stay with the same worship words according to what was being said in the song. That is what he wants, but I am bored doing that. It is his worship program so he can do it how he wants and if I am not comfortable with his stated way than I suppose I should not go there. My feelings are hurt and I do feel disappointed, but it is time for me to move on with my time then and do something else. Michael the Bible study teacher said that he would let people worship how they wanted to worship, but that would be Michael's way of doing it and not pastor Scott's way.
We have had Monsoon rain here the last few weeks, everything is the color green, it is nice to see green, such a pretty color, instead of just brown. I even have some grass in my yard. I almost got caught in my car in flood water as I was driving down a highway and the water on the highway kept getting deeper, so I had to put my car in reverse and back out of the water and turn around on the highway. It was good that no other cars were around on the highway, so that was easy enough to do.
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Post by Cindy on Aug 3, 2017 9:12:37 GMT -5
Thanks for telling us Lorrie. I am so sorry to read that, I will keep Lulu and Ron in my prayers.
My husband was able to pick some peaches from a peach tree in Wayne's yard and I made a peach pie and still have enough peaches left over for smoothies, so I was glad to get fresh fruit from the tree. Praying for Ron and Lulu. It's rained here since last night. I'm on the patio with the parakeets. Listening to this gentle rain is soothing (no lightning or thunder). Reading a good book by Lynn Austin - Pilgrimage My Journey to a Deeper Faith in the Land Where Jesus Walked. Hugs to all.
The Lord protected us once again from dangerous storms that were supposed to hit us yesterday afternoon and during the night, but again, at the very last second almost, they turned!
For those of you not on FB (or for those who are but haven't seen it yet), Lulu had to take Ron to the hospital yesterday for chest pain. Turns out he had a mild heart attack, so was admitted into ICU early today.
Please keep Ron in your prayers for complete healing, and of course Lulu also, as she takes care of him.   I'm so worried about them both. But, I know the Lord has them in His hands, and will heal Ron.
I just went over to facebook to check for updates.
Ron went in for an angioplasty, at around 3pm their time. Ron posted there too, and said that the doctors are going to have to do triple bypass surgery. Lulu said tomorrow or Friday.
I was at pastor Scott's on-line praise and worship chat yesterday, which has been a blessing for me to be there, but now there is a problem. I got corrected yesterday on there by pastor Scott as to how I was worshiping, that it was not to his liking. I was told to use the words of the song for worship and not type scripture or short prayer, not to complicate the worship, but that we all stay with the same worship words according to what was being said in the song. That is what he wants, but I am bored doing that. It is his worship program so he can do it how he wants and if I am not comfortable with his stated way than I suppose I should not go there. My feelings are hurt and I do feel disappointed, but it is time for me to move on with my time then and do something else. Michael the Bible study teacher said that he would let people worship how they wanted to worship, but that would be Michael's way of doing it and not pastor Scott's way.
We have had Monsoon rain here the last few weeks, everything is the color green, it is nice to see green, such a pretty color, instead of just brown. I even have some grass in my yard. I almost got caught in my car in flood water as I was driving down a highway and the water on the highway kept getting deeper, so I had to put my car in reverse and back out of the water and turn around on the highway. It was good that no other cars were around on the highway, so that was easy enough to do.
I'm so glad you didn't keep driving but turned around instead. I've heard of so many deaths because the people just kept going, so that's scary to me. I'm glad you're ok!
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Post by Cindy on Aug 3, 2017 10:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 11:21:54 GMT -5
thank you Lorrie and Cheryl for helping me and sharing.... I did just get done updating my prayer thread also.... getting a ultrasound on his heart.... Attachment Deleted finely getting to eat after the angiogram Attachment Deletedwell, I've got some chores to get to around here, already have the laundry going, and gotta water the garden, take boy for his walk then off to see Ron....not much happen today, mapping out his vein's for the bypass and more testing, to get him ready for tomorrow... thanks again for your support and prayers Fresh hope family! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 18:53:46 GMT -5
I was at pastor Scott's on-line praise and worship chat yesterday, which has been a blessing for me to be there, but now there is a problem. I got corrected yesterday on there by pastor Scott as to how I was worshiping, that it was not to his liking. I was told to use the words of the song for worship and not type scripture or short prayer, not to complicate the worship, but that we all stay with the same worship words according to what was being said in the song. That is what he wants, but I am bored doing that. It is his worship program so he can do it how he wants and if I am not comfortable with his stated way than I suppose I should not go there. My feelings are hurt and I do feel disappointed, but it is time for me to move on with my time then and do something else. Michael the Bible study teacher said that he would let people worship how they wanted to worship, but that would be Michael's way of doing it and not pastor Scott's way.
We have had Monsoon rain here the last few weeks, everything is the color green, it is nice to see green, such a pretty color, instead of just brown. I even have some grass in my yard. I almost got caught in my car in flood water as I was driving down a highway and the water on the highway kept getting deeper, so I had to put my car in reverse and back out of the water and turn around on the highway. It was good that no other cars were around on the highway, so that was easy enough to do.
You are a smart lady, Marlene. The saying around here is "TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN".
We have many lakes and rivers in my area, so the flood watches seem more frequent than the storm warnings. Flash flooding is mostly the scariest thought. I am grateful our home is way up on a hill, at these times. Ed used to say, "If WE get flooded, the entire town would be under water".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 19:12:31 GMT -5
thank you Lorrie and Cheryl for helping me and sharing.... I did just get done updating my prayer thread also.... getting a ultrasound on his heart.... finely getting to eat after the angiogram well, I've got some chores to get to around here, already have the laundry going, and gotta water the garden, take boy for his walk then off to see Ron....not much happen today, mapping out his vein's for the bypass and more testing, to get him ready for tomorrow... thanks again for your support and prayers Fresh hope family!
But, seeing him in that bed made my heart sink into the pit of my stomach.  Just my memories coming back to me. It's why I know EXACTLY what you are going through, Lulu! And like I wrote to you, on FB.....My heart goes out to you. We might be separated by miles, but we are not separated by Christ. And my heartfelt prayers are going up to Him as I write this. 
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Post by anna on Aug 3, 2017 20:47:35 GMT -5
When I went to praise and worship either songs were played or pastor Scott sang a song and played the guitar, which was nice. I got along well with everyone, we all had a blessed time, and whenever I typed a scripture or prayer the others liked it and said amen. I was praying and doing what I felt led by the Lord to do to be a part of the worship and I was surprised when the pastor called me out and said to just stay worked up over the words of the song that was being sang. He said to keep the worship simple and don't complicate things by getting off of the subject of the song. One song just says mostly la la la etc. and some of the ladies type la la out 50 or so times in their posts. I didn't like that but if that is what made them feel good I did not say anything. I didn't like some of the songs, I don't know the names of the songs, so I prayed instead and wrote what I felt would help us all be blessed, and we all were blessed. Here is something that really bothers me in my life and it always happens to me, when a person has something to say to me that is not nice, they never say it right to me, always in a crowd of people and where things move forward so that I don't have a chance to respond to what they said. Sometimes some of the men shy away from women, but most of them don't and are kind to women. Anyways I only need to be told once that I am not doing things right for me to say good-bye. I love them, they are dear Christians that love the Lord but I figure it is not God's will that I am there anymore, I am moving on to other things, organizing my time. I can now have time to switch my attention to Bible study, which also has chat and everyone is loving there at chat, and people say what ever they want to say there. Or now just taking the time to read my Bible and spend more time doing that, I feel that is the will of the Lord for me right now, what the Lord wants me to do, because the Lord talked to me about that before pastor Scott said what he said to me.
I get tired easily so I struggle to get things done that need to be done. But if I stay focused I can get all my work done. I have a bathroom that is so dirty because I don't find the time to clean it, but now I am focused on cleaning my kitchen, then that bathroom and then the bedroom. I am going to take the carpet out of that bedroom and maybe paint the walls and ceiling.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 23:59:24 GMT -5
When I went to praise and worship either songs were played or pastor Scott sang a song and played the guitar, which was nice. I got along well with everyone, we all had a blessed time, and whenever I typed a scripture or prayer the others liked it and said amen. I was praying and doing what I felt led by the Lord to do to be a part of the worship and I was surprised when the pastor called me out and said to just stay worked up over the words of the song that was being sang. He said to keep the worship simple and don't complicate things by getting off of the subject of the song. One song just says mostly la la la etc. and some of the ladies type la la out 50 or so times in their posts. I didn't like that but if that is what made them feel good I did not say anything. I didn't like some of the songs, I don't know the names of the songs, so I prayed instead and wrote what I felt would help us all be blessed, and we all were blessed. Here is something that really bothers me in my life and it always happens to me, when a person has something to say to me that is not nice, they never say it right to me, always in a crowd of people and where things move forward so that I don't have a chance to respond to what they said. Sometimes some of the men shy away from women, but most of them don't and are kind to women. Anyways I only need to be told once that I am not doing things right for me to say good-bye. I love them, they are dear Christians that love the Lord but I figure it is not God's will that I am there anymore, I am moving on to other things, organizing my time. I can now have time to switch my attention to Bible study, which also has chat and everyone is loving there at chat, and people say what ever they want to say there. Or now just taking the time to read my Bible and spend more time doing that, I feel that is the will of the Lord for me right now, what the Lord wants me to do, because the Lord talked to me about that before pastor Scott said what he said to me. I get tired easily so I struggle to get things done that need to be done. But if I stay focused I can get all my work done. I have a bathroom that is so dirty because I don't find the time to clean it, but now I am focused on cleaning my kitchen, then that bathroom and then the bedroom. I am going to take the carpet out of that bedroom and maybe paint the walls and ceiling. |
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Post by anna on Aug 4, 2017 7:18:45 GMT -5
Thanks Cheryl for the kind words.
Talk about thunderbolts, Michael was talking about chargeable particles that fall from space into the earths atmosphere creating an environment that is conducive to thunderbolts. A few days ago there was a thunderbolt of lightning close to my home, I saw it outside my window. Forty two people in India were killed by lightning in the last four days, and yesterday a Christian man from Indiana was saying how he was getting into his car when a thunderbolt of lightning came down from the sky and stopped right above his head and his wife witnessed it as she was sitting in the car already.
Good day, my this week has gone by fast.
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Post by Cindy on Aug 4, 2017 11:57:08 GMT -5
thank you Lorrie and Cheryl for helping me and sharing.... I did just get done updating my prayer thread also.... getting a ultrasound on his heart.... finely getting to eat after the angiogram well, I've got some chores to get to around here, already have the laundry going, and gotta water the garden, take boy for his walk then off to see Ron....not much happen today, mapping out his vein's for the bypass and more testing, to get him ready for tomorrow... thanks again for your support and prayers Fresh hope family! 
I'll keep praying and know that the Lord is using this for good for both of you and that everything will work out according to His great plan for you both. I love you. Please give my love to Ron and tell him we're praying for him and you both ok?
When I went to praise and worship either songs were played or pastor Scott sang a song and played the guitar, which was nice. I got along well with everyone, we all had a blessed time, and whenever I typed a scripture or prayer the others liked it and said amen. I was praying and doing what I felt led by the Lord to do to be a part of the worship and I was surprised when the pastor called me out and said to just stay worked up over the words of the song that was being sang. He said to keep the worship simple and don't complicate things by getting off of the subject of the song. One song just says mostly la la la etc. and some of the ladies type la la out 50 or so times in their posts. I didn't like that but if that is what made them feel good I did not say anything. I didn't like some of the songs, I don't know the names of the songs, so I prayed instead and wrote what I felt would help us all be blessed, and we all were blessed. Here is something that really bothers me in my life and it always happens to me, when a person has something to say to me that is not nice, they never say it right to me, always in a crowd of people and where things move forward so that I don't have a chance to respond to what they said. Sometimes some of the men shy away from women, but most of them don't and are kind to women. Anyways I only need to be told once that I am not doing things right for me to say good-bye. I love them, they are dear Christians that love the Lord but I figure it is not God's will that I am there anymore, I am moving on to other things, organizing my time. I can now have time to switch my attention to Bible study, which also has chat and everyone is loving there at chat, and people say what ever they want to say there. Or now just taking the time to read my Bible and spend more time doing that, I feel that is the will of the Lord for me right now, what the Lord wants me to do, because the Lord talked to me about that before pastor Scott said what he said to me. I get tired easily so I struggle to get things done that need to be done. But if I stay focused I can get all my work done. I have a bathroom that is so dirty because I don't find the time to clean it, but now I am focused on cleaning my kitchen, then that bathroom and then the bedroom. I am going to take the carpet out of that bedroom and maybe paint the walls and ceiling. Thanks Cheryl for the kind words.
Talk about thunderbolts, Michael was talking about chargeable particles that fall from space into the earths atmosphere creating an environment that is conducive to thunderbolts. A few days ago there was a thunderbolt of lightning close to my home, I saw it outside my window. Forty two people in India were killed by lightning in the last four days, and yesterday a Christian man from Indiana was saying how he was getting into his car when a thunderbolt of lightning came down from the sky and stopped right above his head and his wife witnessed it as she was sitting in the car already.
Good day, my this week has gone by fast.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 20:18:05 GMT -5
Well Ron's been in for a couple hours now.....we are waiting....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 21:14:49 GMT -5
Well Ron's been in for a couple hours now.....we are waiting....
You're welcome, Anna. I call it how I see it, and I don't lie.
That was a neat story about the lightning that stopped just above that guy. wow!
I started a prayer request for Marianne. She called me, this evening to let me know she is in the hospital and asked me to ask all of you to pray for her. She can't get into FH, with her phone.
Cindy, I've noticed the weird lightning too. Not so much here, because too many trees, but my sister likes to photograph it and send them to me on email. LOL Awesome videos.
And a lot of other weird weather too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 0:51:43 GMT -5
The surgeon said all went well, 4 way bypass. Ron is stable, I'll be able to see him in about an hour. He'll still be out till morning, so I'll be back early.
thank you all for the prayer support.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 3:02:07 GMT -5
The surgeon said all went well, 4 way bypass. Ron is stable, I'll be able to see him in about an hour. He'll still be out till morning, so I'll be back early. thank you all for the prayer support.....  I'm so happy that Ron's surgery went well. The next few days are crucial. He probably won't remember the first day or so, because of the morphine. Well....Ed didn't remember anything. They had him pretty loopy for several days. I'm just so happy that he was able to tell you "he doesn't feel right". As soon as I saw those words on your FB post, I knew it was his heart, before you even came back and said what the doctor found. I knew that because it's the SAME thing that Ed said too.
While I'm here, may I ask for prayer for Ruthanne for some things going on with her, right now? A pretty major deal, that she has had to deal with, and I can't even call her to find out if she is OK, and she hasn't checked in with me. We check in with each other, quite often, usually, but right now she doesn't have access to a phone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 13:57:49 GMT -5
Just updated prayer thread, Ron's breathing on his own... all numbers look great! He is thanking Jesus as am I..... Cheryl, no morphine for Ron....they are using non narrcardic drugs at Ron's request. Attachment DeletedFor Ruthanne..... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 16:01:18 GMT -5
Just updated prayer thread, Ron's breathing on his own... all numbers look great! He is thanking Jesus as am I..... Cheryl, no morphine for Ron....they are using non narrcardic drugs at Ron's request. For Ruthanne..... 
Wow, tell Ron that he is a very brave man. They gave me morphine, in the hospital, when my appendix ruptured. If they didn't, then I would have had to go through that horrible pain for 12 more hours, before they finally did the surgery.  Not me..........I'm not brave. I have a high pain threshold, but that was just waaaaay too much.
Thank you for your prayers for Ruthanne. She must have felt them, because I'm talking to her, right now, on PM in facebook. Yay! Still no phone, but this is good too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 5:22:10 GMT -5
Pray please, I know you all are, I just need to put the feeling out there....
I'm scared.....
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Post by Cindy on Aug 7, 2017 9:20:40 GMT -5
Well Ron's been in for a couple hours now.....we are waiting....
You're welcome, Anna. I call it how I see it, and I don't lie.
That was a neat story about the lightning that stopped just above that guy. wow!
I started a prayer request for Marianne. She called me, this evening to let me know she is in the hospital and asked me to ask all of you to pray for her. She can't get into FH, with her phone.
Cindy, I've noticed the weird lightning too. Not so much here, because too many trees, but my sister likes to photograph it and send them to me on email. LOL Awesome videos.
And a lot of other weird weather too.
The surgeon said all went well, 4 way bypass. Ron is stable, I'll be able to see him in about an hour. He'll still be out till morning, so I'll be back early. thank you all for the prayer support..... Just updated prayer thread, Ron's breathing on his own... all numbers look great! He is thanking Jesus as am I..... Cheryl, no morphine for Ron....they are using non narrcardic drugs at Ron's request. For Ruthanne..... Just updated prayer thread, Ron's breathing on his own... all numbers look great! He is thanking Jesus as am I..... Cheryl, no morphine for Ron....they are using non narrcardic drugs at Ron's request. For Ruthanne.....
Wow, tell Ron that he is a very brave man. They gave me morphine, in the hospital, when my appendix ruptured. If they didn't, then I would have had to go through that horrible pain for 12 more hours, before they finally did the surgery. Not me..........I'm not brave. I have a high pain threshold, but that was just waaaaay too much.
Thank you for your prayers for Ruthanne. She must have felt them, because I'm talking to her, right now, on PM in facebook. Yay! Still no phone, but this is good too.
Pray please, I know you all are, I just need to put the feeling out there.... I'm scared.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 15:23:16 GMT -5
He's got an infection going on, running a fever...breathing tub back in, sedated most of yesterday and today....frustrated,.......
I'm trying to hang on to His grace and hope......
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Post by Leigh on Aug 7, 2017 16:03:03 GMT -5
Just reading through posts and saw the request for more prayer for Ron. I am praying!! So sorry he is having to go through all this... you too Lulu.  |
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Post by dogstaff on Aug 7, 2017 19:15:11 GMT -5
Praying for you and for Ron.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 22:36:49 GMT -5
Pray please, I know you all are, I just need to put the feeling out there.... I'm scared..... He's got an infection going on, running a fever...breathing tub back in, sedated most of yesterday and today....frustrated,....... I'm trying to hang on to His grace and hope...... |
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Post by Leigh on Aug 8, 2017 5:33:53 GMT -5
Hoping to hear an update soon on Ron. Continuing to pray.
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Post by Daniel on Aug 8, 2017 9:26:01 GMT -5
Praying for Ron and Lulu.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 9:46:01 GMT -5
Attachment DeletedMorning, Ron's fever broke, and they are doing a breathing test to make sure he can hold his own. If all goes will, the tub will come out around 9pm. He's hungry, and frustrated, but trying wicked hard to be patient.
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Post by Cindy on Aug 8, 2017 10:56:20 GMT -5
He's got an infection going on, running a fever...breathing tub back in, sedated most of yesterday and today....frustrated,....... I'm trying to hang on to His grace and hope...... Morning, Ron's fever broke, and they are doing a breathing test to make sure he can hold his own. If all goes will, the tub will come out around 9pm. He's hungry, and frustrated, but trying wicked hard to be patient.
“The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.” (Isaiah 32:17)
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 18:23:47 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I finally got to speak on the phone, with Ruthanne today!
She couldn't stay by the phone, though, as she isn't currently living in her own apartment. She is staying with Steven, for now.
And she is kind of limited to how much time she can spend, online, soooo...
She needs prayers. LOTS of them.
Several weeks ago, her apartment ceiling caved in, with little to no warning. Her grandson, Christian, had just been sitting on the sofa, but got up to go do something when, all of a sudden, the ceiling right above where he had been sitting came crashing to the floor!
 
Those of you on facebook can see the pictures that her son, Steven, tagged me in, today. That's just in the last several days. It was worse, before. The maintenance man has been trying to work on it, to get her ceiling repaired, and it's just been one thing after another. The cause of the ceiling collapsing is due to termites. So, they had to treat for that. The government complex that she is in, was supposed to have received funding for all of the apartment roofs to be redone, but Ruthanne's apartment never got done, as they claimed there wasn't enough funding. She didn't know there were termites. So, now they've found a leak, over her bedroom that she's been telling them, all along, that was there, and they insisted that it wasn't. So, now it's going to be longer, before she is back in her home. Her son has been overseeing a lot of it, but they actually had the nerve to tell Steven and Christian to haul all the debris to the road, so the city can come get it. Sorry....but that's not Steven's job, and I don't blame him one bit, for not doing it. Besides, he's lucky to get even one day off from his own job! They did, however, move a lot of it, outside. The apartment, in its present condition is not fit to live in. All of her things have been strewn about, and now they actually want HER to paint and wash walls, when the maintenance man is all done! Ruthanne cannot physically do this, herself!! To add insult to injury, they have kept her A/C at 65 degrees, and are using her electric to run the air compressor and other power tools, and say they won't reimburse her, for the expense.
I keep trying to help her see the glass half full, rather than empty, but I feel her frustration and it is justified. All this happened in the morning, and Christian had just been sleeping on the couch, and he had just woke up and then left the couch, when the ceiling caved. He could have been severely injured, if the Lord had not intervened. And the leak in the bedroom, along with the termite damage could have eventually caused a cave-in over Ruthanne as she slept. All the "would-be's" causes chills down my spine, so YES, the glass is half full, but she needs prayer, because she is now out of her element. The Lord has delivered her from her panic attacks, but Satan is trying to drag her back into that existence. She needs the Lord to hold her up and keep her strong.
This is one of those times, when I do wish I had a LOT of strong, body building type friends, to all go over there and fix everything, clean and paint and get her back into her home. But, the Lord has ALL of that, and then some!
Thank you for listening, and praying!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 18:54:23 GMT -5
Attachment DeletedFor Ruthanne, glad every one is ok.....it's gotta be hard for sure. some good news from this coast, Ron's off the breathing tub and waiting for supper..... he's a very happy camper as am I. he's still got a long road ahead of him.
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Post by Cindy on Aug 9, 2017 10:51:14 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I finally got to speak on the phone, with Ruthanne today!
She couldn't stay by the phone, though, as she isn't currently living in her own apartment. She is staying with Steven, for now.
And she is kind of limited to how much time she can spend, online, soooo...
She needs prayers. LOTS of them.
Several weeks ago, her apartment ceiling caved in, with little to no warning. Her grandson, Christian, had just been sitting on the sofa, but got up to go do something when, all of a sudden, the ceiling right above where he had been sitting came crashing to the floor!
Those of you on facebook can see the pictures that her son, Steven, tagged me in, today. That's just in the last several days. It was worse, before. The maintenance man has been trying to work on it, to get her ceiling repaired, and it's just been one thing after another. The cause of the ceiling collapsing is due to termites. So, they had to treat for that. The government complex that she is in, was supposed to have received funding for all of the apartment roofs to be redone, but Ruthanne's apartment never got done, as they claimed there wasn't enough funding. She didn't know there were termites. So, now they've found a leak, over her bedroom that she's been telling them, all along, that was there, and they insisted that it wasn't. So, now it's going to be longer, before she is back in her home. Her son has been overseeing a lot of it, but they actually had the nerve to tell Steven and Christian to haul all the debris to the road, so the city can come get it. Sorry....but that's not Steven's job, and I don't blame him one bit, for not doing it. Besides, he's lucky to get even one day off from his own job! They did, however, move a lot of it, outside. The apartment, in its present condition is not fit to live in. All of her things have been strewn about, and now they actually want HER to paint and wash walls, when the maintenance man is all done! Ruthanne cannot physically do this, herself!! To add insult to injury, they have kept her A/C at 65 degrees, and are using her electric to run the air compressor and other power tools, and say they won't reimburse her, for the expense.
I keep trying to help her see the glass half full, rather than empty, but I feel her frustration and it is justified. All this happened in the morning, and Christian had just been sleeping on the couch, and he had just woke up and then left the couch, when the ceiling caved. He could have been severely injured, if the Lord had not intervened. And the leak in the bedroom, along with the termite damage could have eventually caused a cave-in over Ruthanne as she slept. All the "would-be's" causes chills down my spine, so YES, the glass is half full, but she needs prayer, because she is now out of her element. The Lord has delivered her from her panic attacks, but Satan is trying to drag her back into that existence. She needs the Lord to hold her up and keep her strong.
This is one of those times, when I do wish I had a LOT of strong, body building type friends, to all go over there and fix everything, clean and paint and get her back into her home. But, the Lord has ALL of that, and then some!
Thank you for listening, and praying!!
For Ruthanne, glad every one is ok.....it's gotta be hard for sure. some good news from this coast, Ron's off the breathing tub and waiting for supper..... he's a very happy camper as am I. he's still got a long road ahead of him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 19:11:47 GMT -5
For Ruthanne, glad every one is ok.....it's gotta be hard for sure. some good news from this coast, Ron's off the breathing tub and waiting for supper..... he's a very happy camper as am I. he's still got a long road ahead of him.
Poor Ruthanne! Thanks for letting us know Cheryl, I'll be sure to be praying for her. |
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I'm so worried about them both. But, I know the Lord has them in His hands, and will heal Ron. 
Just my memories coming back to me. It's why I know EXACTLY what you are going through, Lulu! And like I wrote to you, on FB.....My heart goes out to you. We might be separated by miles, but we are not separated by Christ. And my heartfelt prayers are going up to Him as I write this. 
I'm so happy that Ron's surgery went well. The next few days are crucial. He probably won't remember the first day or so, because of the morphine. Well....Ed didn't remember anything. They had him pretty loopy for several days. I'm just so happy that he was able to tell you "he doesn't feel right". As soon as I saw those words on your FB post, I knew it was his heart, before you even came back and said what the doctor found. I knew that because it's the SAME thing that Ed said too.
Not me..........I'm not brave. I have a high pain threshold, but that was just waaaaay too much.
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