It is amazing that things like this happen... Think of this story from another angle too.

There may have very well been someone in that operating room that was skeptical when it came to God and his wonderous works. You were probably devastated when you found out your precious daughter needed surgery (I know I would be if my son was in the same spot) yet God could have been using her to make himself known to some of those doctors and nurses.

I love this story. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

Thank you for reading just one of my testimonies.  You are right....someone in the O.R. may have needed to "see" to "believe" in God.  How wonderful is that?  God's wonders NEVER cease to amaze me.

I humbly thank you for your friendship!  Walk in Christ, and love him, love him, love him!

In God's Hands,

Lest We Boast
Pam DeWitt

 

AMAZING STORIES MIRACLES DO HAPPEN

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From: Dedication page ~Brooke~
Date: May 27, 2007 8:39 PM
--------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Praying for Mila, and PUSH and PULL for Mackenzie
Date: May 27, 2007 8:17 PM


You Are My Sunshine...

Who's to say what power Love has...


Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on
the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael,
prepare for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going
to be a girl, and day after day, night after night,
Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's tummy.


The pregnancy progresses normally for Karen, an active member of the
Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.


Then the labor pains come. Every five minutes..Every minute.
But complications arise during delivery. Hours of labor.
Would a C-section be required?


Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition.
With siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the
neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.


The days inch by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric specialist
tells the parents, "There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst."


Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot.
They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby,
now they plan a funeral.


Michael keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister,
"I want to sing to her," he says.


Week two in intensive care. It looks as if a funeral will come
before the week is over. Michael keeps nagging about singing to his sister,
but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. Then Karen makes up her mind.
She will take Michael whether they like it or not.
If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive.


She dresses him in an oversized scrub suit and marches him into ICU.
He looks like a walking laundry basket,
but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and bellows,
"Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed in ICU."


The mother rises up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady
glares steel-eyed into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line.
"He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"


Karen tows Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant
losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing.
In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray..."


Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate becomes calm and steady.


"Keep on singing, Michael." Karen says.


"You never know, dear, how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away..."


The ragged, strained breathing becomes as smooth as a kitten's purr.


"Keep on singing, Michael."


"The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,
I dreamed I held you in my arms..."


Michael's little sister relaxes as rest, healing rest,
seems to sweep over her.
Tears conquer the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glows.


"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't, take my sunshine away."


Soon the baby girl is well enough to go home!
Woman's Day Magazine called it "The miracle of a brother's song."
The medical staff just called it a miracle.


Karen called it a miracle of God's love.


A few weeks later, Michael's little sister was baptized
at the Panther Creek Church.
 

A testimony to the healing power of Jesus

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Pastor Dave
Date: Jun 11, 2007 12:12 PM


Greetings friends,

I grew up in a "Christian" home grew up in the "church" going there my whole life. I even accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior when I was three years old sitting on my mothers lap. I remember this because we had gotten in an accident. I was always have been a very spiritual intone individual even at a very young age. But my life was far from normal. I grew up in a Christian home as I said, but my family's lives were very far from God.

I grew up with my father serving in the Army as a Lt. Colonel. He was a very quiet man yet at the same time he was also very controlling and manipulative. I can recount several times he beat my older brothers, and abused me verbally not to mention mentally as well. My mother at one and the same time tried to make up for all of this of course by being both the mother and the father. Which of course did not work, which in turn lead to further tension in the home. I can remember so many times when I wished all the fighting would end, all the yelling would stop between everyone.

My parents and my older brothers tried to hide everything from me so that I wouldn't be exposed to it. How I regret that to this day. The hypocrisy and double standard in my family's home was such that it was really bad. Spiritual tension was a reality that I lived with growing up.

I was sent to "church" to be good a good little boy. But I wasn't a good little boy. I was an anger kid with a temper to back it up. I would get in fights to take out my anger on other kids. So many times I was in the principal's office. In fact my parents had to send me to a private school because I was such a bad kid. I would smash kid's noses and the like. But my anger wasn't focused, it wasn't healthy. I was labeled "ADHD" and "BIOPOLAR" because I couldn't control my anger. But then what happened in my life I will never forget. One night me and my dad were fighting which was no big deal, and after that I went up to my mom and told her I cannot handle this anymore with my dad. I have been delivered and completely healed from the satanic lie of Adhd and bipolar, because of the shed blood of Yeshua.

Within the next few weeks my parents were separated. I of course was hanging out with the wrong crowd, yet I was still a leader at the church I was going to as well as at school. I was living a double life just like my parents. Then the truth smacked me in the face like a hammer. God had put several people into my life at this time who were really godly men. They helped me to see without them even telling me the reality of Christ is a present reality a reality that I have to live not compromise as I was.

I was on a mission's trip when this happened when God just broke through my distorted view of Himself and just broke me.

It was a long and hard road back to restoration. There was a problem of course. At this time I was addicted to pornography. I got in so deep man I was making nine hundred dollars worth of phone calls a month not to mention the internet and so on. This went on for years till one day I just couldn't hack it anymore and said enough is enough.

Then the year after that mission's trip which was my freshmen year in high school I went on the same mission's trip.

There God once again spoke to me and took me to another level in Him. But this time it was much more personal. When I was six years old I remember God speaking to me so clearly its words were like fire in my bones I kid you not. God told me that I would be a vehicle to bring the Body back to Unity and order, that families would be restored and lives would be changed. Little did I know till my freshmen year in high school what that would mean. God has to take me literally through the fires of hell to show me what this meant as I will explain later.

Then another year went by and my life was in shambles yet still. I was still involved in leadership. At this point I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what I was supposed to do but I was stubborn as heck. After all, I'm part Irish. Norwegian, Scottish and Wales so naturally I'm going to be stubborn as heck. I went on that same mission's trip again, and it was my junior year now in high school. God spoke to me so clearly there that I got on my knees and started weeping clearly yet I was still stubborn after all I wanted to be a professional golfer and nothing would stop me from that. But God was still at work in me.

Then it happened my Junior year. I was on my knees in my room. I had to move out of my house because my mother was treating me so poorly. I was living with my middle brother just outside of Seattle, Washington. And God spoke to me so clearly as light is day.

He told me I had to forgive my parents and that He was going to bless me beyond anything that I had ever seen. And the next day I walked down the road with my father and I forgave him for all the emotional abuse that he had done to me and my family. I didn't have to do this but the Lord told me something else. That summer at camp the Lord a few months before that had told me that because of this act that I had done He was going to move like never before at the youth group camp.

The camp was jam packed. Our youth group had almost four hundred kids at this camp. We were all around pasture participating in a rodeo. The rodeo was almost over when all of the sudden one of the freshmen riding a horse (which was part of the rodeo) at the last lap the horse fell down and died for no apparent reason at all because the horse was in top flight condition. But at that moment I knew what God was up to because He spoke to me. Everyone literally was weeping it didn't matter who you were. God moved there I mean you couldn't hardly breathe the Presence of the Holy Spirit was so strong. There was weeping, repentance all over the place. It was truly glorious. But as I looked around I said, "Lord is that what you meant earlier this year?" And then I walked outside and sat on a chair and then the Holy Spirit came upon me so strongly I bowed my head and started weeping uncontrollably. I could see nothing but pure white light as if the Presence of the Holy Spirit was just right there upon me. And my eyes couldn't open either. But I came out of it and say that a bunch of my friends were around me to hug me and love me. They will never know what that meant to me.

So my senior year in high school came around. I had a strong feeling because of what the Lord was doing that I was going to enter into the Pastoral ministry. My plans were to go to a bible college yet my heart was still set on golf. How silly I am! Yet God was still working on me. The Lord then put me in a position of great responsibility. I moved back home to my hometown in Washington. But this came with a great price. I had to live with a bunch of friends during the summer months because my own mother wouldn't accept me back into her home. But God had a plan. Then after I had lived with quite a lot of my friends they suggested that I move into a shelter so I had a stable place to live. So I moved to a homeless shelter in downtown Seattle. I lived there for two months with all sorts of drug dealers and what not. Yet at the same time the Lord has placed me as the senior class leader for my class. I was singly responsible for putting all the leaders in my senior class youth group in place. I actually got to pick who was on the senior class leadership team and call the meetings and what not. It was really cool! But I wanted to be closer to my friends not having to wake up at in the morning to travel across Lake Washington to go to school just to be close to my friends. And then the Lord two months after living in a shelter provided me with my own place to live closer to all my friends. It was so awesome it was mind blowing.

Then I graduated from high school after going to three different high schools. At this time I knew that I had no choice. I couldn't go to golf school, I had to go to where the Lord wanted me to go. So I prayed about it my whole senior year, and the Lord lead me to a small community college up near the Canadian border. I walked on campus the first day went into the computer lab and said to the Lord, "Lord your going to provide me with some Christian friends." Little did I know the guy sitting behind me was the President of Campus Crusade for Christ on campus. So what happened after that was that God actually put me in the position he was in after the first meeting of campus crusade for Christ. It was amazing I tell you. Then I started meeting with the campus pastor, and he turned over the reigns of all the school ministry over to me to oversee. I meet with him every week to talk about plans for ministry and what was going on. It was amazing to be able to serve Him that way.

Before I left for college I started an internet ministry called Servantsofgrace. It was to be a ministry where God's Word would be preached without compromise without a doubt just His Word, and His love would be shown to the nations of the world. I started it with little in mind, but God has greater plans for it. As I started to see people's brokenness as a College Pastor God showed me that this was not just in my area of service for Him but all around the world. The people I was ministering to are the same people on the net that are hurting as well. And then I started getting more and more involved in my ministry. Then the Lord made it very clear that I was to get serious about serving Him. Now Servantsofgrace is not just online but offline on several continents and multiple countries all around the world.

God has taught me so much about what it means to be a Servantsofgrace. It has been such a hard journey with a lot more bumps along the way. All along my passion for Him has grown as my knowledge of Him has increased. God has done a wonder in my life, and He hasn't even begun. God has done such amazing things in my life. He has such great plans for you reading this. If He can take my callous heart, and change it for His glory then He can take your heart and change it as well.

On August 12, 2003 I enlisted in the United States Army to go into the Chaplain Core to minister to the soldiers of the United States Army. I managed to get discharged May 21st from the Army after being at Ft.Jackson for three months from March 2nd to May 21st,2004. This was very hard and hurt me a lot. It hurt me to the point where I questioned why God? Why even let me go through this? It hurt a lot because I had wanted to carry on my families history of military excellence, my father being a retired Lt.Colonel, my grandfather a retired Staff sergeant under General Eisenhower, and my uncle a retired Chief Petty Officer who worked in Washington D.C. before he retired. I wanted to continue this tradition by going to Iraq and serving my country.

This however would not happen as my drill sergeant said because he saw something else in me. He told me that I was very intelligent and that I should not be in the military due to some of the emotional problems I had in the past. They did not feel I would do well in that setting. I am here now even as I write this I feel no regret about the decisions I've made in my life. I feel no regret over the things that have happened to me, my parents or anything in my life.

In fact I praise God for allowing me to go through these things, because they have given me a greater understanding of what grace is all about. Grace is all about living, about being, about developing about knowing God so well that we will come away from being around Him, from reading His Word not unchanged, but changed. This is what I've learned throughout my life my story of my journey with Christ. It has been paved with many harrowing roads, and thorns, but I rejoice and am glad in who He has created me to be, His Child, and He will forever be the lover of my soul.

In 2005 the Lord took me through the abuse of my nephew by his babysitter, almost having my condo complex being burnt down, and countless other things. Through it all God showed me His faithfulness and my pursuit for His presence got even stronger. Through that God has shown me that it is not about the things I do for Him, but growing in passion in pursuing Him in such a way so as to draw others into His presence through the ministry He has given to me. It is not by might nor by power, but by His Spirit working through His children that we can come into contact with His presence, as God operates through the broken things of our lives so as to reach others through our own broken experiences so that others can experience His healing power.

If He can take me and heal me of a chronic addiction to porn, and depression He can heal you. He wants to heal you but you have to first come to Him. Won't you come into His arms today? He has such great plans and purposes for your life. He wants to take you higher, and deeper into His eternal plan and purpose for your life. Present your life to Him, and watch as He takes the broken pieces of your heart, and transforms them into a testimony for His glory.

When I write a sermon or teaching from the Word it is because the Lord has touched my life in such a deep way that nothing else in my life makes sense other than what He has shown me through the studies of His Word, and what His Spirit has shown me through those studies. When I preach about the Cross, it is not because I have to speak on it, rather it is, because the Cross of Christ has changed my life. It is at the foot of the Cross everyday, that I lay my life down; presenting my life afresh to the Master who gave up His life, so that I, a sinner might be saved by His grace. Surely it is not by my power or intellect that I can/or do anything, but it is Him working this this broken vessel to achieve His purposes in this last day hour to His people, and creation by calling them back to the foot of the Cross where they can experience afresh His mercy, forgiveness and grace. I invite you today to come to the foot of the Cross, and give your life to Jesus. He longs to heal you of your brokenness and pain. Won't you allow Him to come into your heart, and heal you of your brokenness today, even right now? He stands at the door of your heart and knocks, and only asks will you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that He died on the Cross, rose again from the grave and ascended to the Right hand of the Father.

Pastor David Jenkins
 

No more Leukemia for Mack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Erin
Date: Jun 13, 2007 2:06 AM
From: ♥ Team Donavynn ~ Kicking Leukemias Butt!!!
Date: Jun 12, 2007 4:50 PM

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Miracles still happen!!!

We knew the healing was done in the spirit... but today, the healing is done in the flesh!!! Praise the Lord, you have just been a part of a miracle! Against all odds, statistics and every doctors prediction, the leukemia has PERISHED!!!!! There was no leukemia found in Mack's marrow today and healthy cells were seen emerging. Engraftment is occurring and it is just a matter of time before Mack's counts come up. God is good! "The healing is done!" He has spoken!!! We are completely floored!!!!! There are no words to describe the power and might of our great God! His faithfulness is mind boggling! We still have a long way to go, but we are grateful that the path is still before us and it hasn't abruptly ended. Continued prayers for protection from infections and protection of all Mack's organs as they have so much to process. And prayers for the new cells to continue to engraft and multiply providing new life in these new cells!!!! Wow, my mind is going in so many directions right now. How can I not fall to my knees and praise the Lord? Join me in praising Him! More tomorrow. With love and gratitude, Amy
 

THE ROAD HAS BEEN LONG BUT, THE MIRACLES GREAT

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: DaDdySgIrL
Date: Jun 14, 2007 9:23 PM


In the beginning of our Ashley's journey, Dave and I were so very naive. During the early days of her life while she was in the NICU at Medical City in Dallas we never saw today. We could only see what was immediately before her. I remember the morning she went in to have her reinastomosis surgery. It was so frightening and so exciting at the same time. I was terrified to have her taken away from us and to have her go into surgery, but I was so happy she would no longer have a stoma or an ostomy bag. When she came into the recovery room I was shocked by the size of her incision. She was so very tiny and the staples went all the way across her. She had been opened up from hip to hip and I had never seen anything more heartbreaking than watching her recover from that operation. At that time she was going through some of the worst things my mind could comprehend, but the important thing was that she come out on the other side. With His help she did.

Today as I look back over the road we are traveling I shake my head in disbelief. Those early days were actually some of the easiest she would travel. In those days the word transplant was never even mentioned. I had read about the possibility, but our staff refused to discuss it with us. "Not with Ashley" was the famous phrase. It could happen and it does happen but "not with Ashley". She had so much bowel left. Her ileo cecal valve was still in tact. Her intestine will eventually adapt and she will grow. Dave and I held on to those facts never really believing or considering that she would not. As I said earlier, we were so hopeful and so naive.

Once we finally knew that a multi visceral transplant was our only option we continued walking this long road with our sweet baby not really knowing what was in store. We knew the statistics. We were aware of the infectious complications and the possibilities of rejection, but we continued to be far too naive. The first time I saw her tiny body after coming back from her transplant operation I gasped. I had no idea she would be opened up from the top of her chest to the bottom of her pubic bone. This incision was far worse than the first two she had endured. She was still open, only the inner layers of her cavity had been closed. In some ways the road had made a circle and she once again had a stoma and an ostomy. There were moments when it was more than my mind could comprehend, but she was still with us and He was with her.

Ash would go back to the OR and have that incision opened up two more times in the following week. There were nights when I would sit next to her bed and never close my eyes because I feared that she might slip away from me if I did. The long road was getting longer by the minute and more difficult to travel by the day.

The evening that Ash suffered her cardiac arrest I pleaded to the Father as never before. She had come so far and had looked so good. Was this the way her journey would end? Had she traveled to the end of the road that He had laid before her? I had no understanding. I could find no answers. All I know is that I sat in that chair by her bed and shook for days not wanting to believe what had happened. I knew He was there with us, but what was He doing in her life? For the first time in this journey I allowed myself to wonder if this road was too hard. Had we gone the wrong direction? Through those days He continued to stand by me and He continued to hold my sweet Ashley Kate in the palm of His hand.

A few weeks go by and the road takes a turn. Once again the turn that lie ahead will be one I never saw coming. Not in the early days of her journey and not in the days we were living either. Scans, biopsies, spinal tap, cancer cells. In a million years I would have never believed that our sweet Ashley Kate would undergo chemotherapy. It took me by surprise. Chemo. It is poison. My Ashley would be poisoned for 18 weeks in an attempt to rid her of 4 tumors that had been found in her lungs. He is still with us.

Tonight I pack and prepare to take her to Dallas for her last cycle of chemotherapy. One more round and then we wait. Our road will fork in one of two directions. Over the next three weeks I will be preparing myself to accept whatever direction He has chosen for her. If our road goes one direction then she will be free of the cancer cells and her chemotherapy will come to an end. If our road goes the other then we will begin another 18 week course. No matter the direction He takes us I believe Him when He promises to "never leave us or forsake us". He will continue along the journey and He will walk each step of the road with us. I have to believe that because I am too tired to do this with her alone.

18 weeks ago I was speechless as I watched this poison drip into my sweet baby. The fear of the unknown overwhelmed me and I struggled not to cry as she played with her toys so innocently. Tomorrow as I watch the poison drip into my sweet baby and she plays with her toys I will probably not struggle against my tears but rather let them fall. I will plead on her behalf once again and ask that this might be the last time she ever has to endure the effects of these powerful drugs. I pray that our journey with chemo is ending and that our road is turning in a new direction.

It really is a long road. There has not been one step or one turn that we have taken alone. God has not allowed us to. He has always been there carrying us when the steps became to difficult to take. He has brought you along side of us. Praying. Encouraging. Supporting. Listening. Crying. Celebrating. Praising. What a journey! I hope you are wearing comfortable shoes! Thank you for traveling beside us. I know the bad days are tough, but aren't the good days miraculous? Tomorrow will be a good day. Ash and I will be celebrating the end of chemotherapy and thinking positive thoughts. We won't be home until late tomorrow evening, but I will update as soon as the house is tucked into bed. As always your prayers are appreciated. Goodnight and God Bless. Trish
posted by Ashley at 11:04 PM on Jun 13, 2007


http://www.ashleysstory.org
 

Miracles still happen! Update on Mackenzie!

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From: Jurene - Honor your Journey
Date: Jun 15, 2007 8:34 AM

There are so many pleas for prayer, projects to support, and positive energy to share that I sometimes slip behind on checking up on updates for different families we pray for.. I stop by the blogs and read for change and if it is significant, I pass it on. This last week has been crazy and I have not had the chance to post on Mackenzie.. Today I did get to read the blog and it sent me flying... Awesome news!

After you have read this, stop by her site and share the excitement and prayers with her family...



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there are some of you who have continued the prayers for Mackenzie as her journey in her fight against leukemia has been long and frightening. It has been over four Months of struggle. Chemo treatments, bone marrow transplants, viral infections, leukemia cells still present and waiting to see the new marrow take hold. Praying and crying each day as there did not seem to be a change.

Excerpts from Mackenzie's blogs entered by her Mom...
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Friday, June 08, 2007

Will the season of waiting ever end?

Day 135... 24 days post transplant and STILL in a season of waiting. When will it ever end? Ugh!

Praying harder than ever for those cord blood cells to engraft and start to multiply.

Mack has a virus called adenovirus of which she has absolutely no symptoms of, but they found it in her blood work.

She started on a new antiviral medication that is another "ugly" drug. She will get this once a week for at least three weeks. Praying that this new med will clear the infection for Mack.

Between that and the cellulitis which she had in her arm, any active infection can affect engraftment and can hinder us from seeing the cells we would like to see.

A bone marrow aspiration has been scheduled for Tuesday (day 28) to see if the leukemia is playing any role in the late emergence of cells.

Please join us in praying that every leukemic cell has PERISHED and the aspirate reveals healthy marrow.

Unfortunately, the aspiration will not give us much info about engraftment... that will only be known in time.

Continued prayers for cell ressurection and cell multiplication!!!!

On Tuesday Mack will also have an ultrasound of her neck to check on the status of the clot in her jugular. If it appears stable, she will be able to come off the blood thinner shots. That would be awesome!!!!

Praising Him for Mack's perservence which has proven to be stonger than ours. She feels great, eating great and continues to play all day long.

Steve and Lexie both have bad colds. They were going to move down on Sat, but now they are hoping for Monday. Can't believe I haven't seen my girls in five weeks!

I feel kinda numb today. It's raining and storming outside, the walls continue to close in on us and we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Pray as the Lord leads you.

Thanks for continuing to carry us in prayer.

Much love to you all,
Amy
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Monday, June 11, 2007

Huge day for Mack tomorrow (Tuesday 6/12/07)

So sorry to leave you guys hanging, but as usual, there has been no change. Mack still has no counts.

Rounds have been frustrating and discouraging for me everyday... I told them to just say, "no changes" and move on to the next room.

I think they sensed my frustrations but still wanted to go over all the numbers.... or lack of numbers.

As usual, God showed up to give me just the encouragement I needed.

He brought a new friend into my life whos on fire for the Lord and her daughter whom has already bonded with my girls. We all spent the day at the pool together and prayed for Mack.

ALSO, there has been some encouraging things here... Mack's adenovirus is nearly gone... her level was 6500 and is now down to 600! We want it to be zero.

Also, she had an ultrasound of her neck again today to evaluate the clot in her jugular. No one was expecting any change, but if the clot was stable with no change, they would discontinue the blood thinner shots. The report read, "Significant reduction in size of the intraluminal thrombus within the proximal right internal jugular vein. The minimal residual thrombus causes mild narrowing of the lumen, although the vessel is patent throughout its extention." WOW and WOW!!!! Praise God, not only is the clot stable but significantly improved!

Steve and the girls ended up coming down on Sunday. I called Saturday night and told them to just come, I couldn't stand it another day. It has been so good for my spirits to have everyone together. My girls grew up over the last five months! Everyone looks older, Lindsay's texting boys, Kali got her braces off, Taylor got her hair cut, Lexie...well, Lexie's still Lexie! I've missed out on a lot! And, its quite an adjustment getting used to all the activity again. I can't even count how many times I heard, "mom, mom, mom..."!

Tomorrow is a HUGE day for Mack. She is having her bone marrow aspiration at 7:30am. Praying and believing the leukemia has PERISHED and the doctors will confirm that tomorrow!

And also praying that some healthy cells would be present to indicate engraftment is on the horizon!!!! Come on bone marrow!!!!

We will have some results back tomorrow, but the biopsy results won't be back until the following day. Ok prayer warriors... lets go! This is it! Keep praying, keep praying!

Thanks for all the encouragement and for holding up my arms when I am weak! I love you all more than you know!

I will update tomorrow as soon as we hear news, it won't be until late afternoon, early evening. Spread the word. Much love, Amy
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Miracles still happen!!!

We knew the healing was done in the spirit... but today, the healing is done in the flesh!!!

Praise the Lord, you have just been a part of a miracle!

Against all odds, statistics and every doctors prediction, the leukemia has PERISHED!!!!!

There was no leukemia found in Mack's marrow today and healthy cells were seen emerging.

Engraftment is occuring and it is just a matter of time before Mack's counts come up. God is good!

"The healing is done!" He has spoken!!!

We are completely floored!!!!!

There are no words to describe the power and might of our great God! His faithfulness is mind boggling!

We still have a long way to go, but we are greatful that the path is still before us and it hasn't abruptly ended.

Continued prayers for protection from infections and protection of all Mack's organs as they have so much to process.

And prayers for the new cells to continue to engraft and multiply providing new life in these new cells!!!!

Wow, my mind is going in so many directions right now. How can I not fall to my knees and praise the Lord?

Join me in praising Him! More tomorrow. With love and gratitude, Amy
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Praise God through whom all blessings flow!
Jurene
 

Please Share Your Own Testimonies for Others To Be Blessed

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From: A Tribute To Sammy
Date: Jul 13, 2007 12:24 AM

I have been touched by so many testimonies so I wanted to make this blog where others would share them so we can all be blessed. If you have had something amazing happen in your life and you know the Holy Spirit has been moving, please share it so we can all glorify him. The testimonies that have been posted are totally amazing. I know sharing these will bless so many others and show them hope out of their darkness....Thank you! Francine


 

12 Year Old Found Safe

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Save Our Kids
Date: Jul 13, 2007 2:22 PM

Missing Georgia Girl Found Alive, OK</big>
(KDKA/AP) SOMERSET Nearly 18 hours after Amber Swanson, 12, disappeared in the woods of the Laurel Mountain State Park, search crews found the Georgia girl alive.

State police Sgt. Roger Pivirotto told the Associated Press that Swanson, who was found at a home about 10-miles from where she was last seen, "appears to be in good health."

At this point, it isn't clear how she got to the house or who found her.

Swanson was reported missing around 9pm last night from Laurel Mountain State Park. She was last seen two hours earlier in an area known as Beam Rocks.

Authorities said Swanson's brother and two friends left her to climb some rocks. When they went to meet her afterwards, they couldn't find her.

At daybreak, search and rescue crews began scouring the rough terrain with the help of search dogs and ATVs in hopes of finding Swanson safe.

News that she was alive and OK emerged around 1pm today.
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Thanks to my East Coast friends who let me know that she was found safe. A web search I had done for her didn’t reveal that she’d been located yet…Guess it’s just the lag of getting the stories online.

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Miracles do Happen - A message from ATOA

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From: karing4U
Date: Jul 16, 2007 7:50 AM
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~ With Grateful Thanks To~
The Aurora Village Appeal
Jul 16, 2007


<center>size=4>Miracles DO Happen!</big>

<p align=justify>Well, it's been two years now since we launched our appeal to build a village in Kosgoda, Sri Lanka for tsunami victims. Two yeaers ago we purchased five acres of land in Sri Lanka on behalf of the Aurora Charity, and it was on this plot of land that we had a vision - a vision of happy families and the sound of children's laughter echoing through a new village - a new village comprising forty houses, a Montessori School, a medical centre and four shops. Well, this vision has now become reality and we couldn't have done it without the thousands of donations from schools, businesses and many families, all wanting to rightly 'see' where their donations were going. It has been the sheer faith, hard work and determination of our Aurora Charity Volunteers that has helped this mission to succeed.

Throughout the two years of hard work, we have received a lot of recognition from the BBC, Meridian TV (Southern England), several appeals on local radio stations, and not forgetting of course the Kent Messenger and the Downs Mail (two local newspapers in Kent). We have also won several awards including the Kent Messenger People of the Year Award for 2005 and a humanitarian award from the Sri Lankan President.

When we arrived back from Sri Lanka in the New Year of 2007, we had just begun the third and final stage of completing the last seven houses. We had two more houses left for sponsorship at £6,000 each. We needed another £30,000 to complete the project by April (the Sri Lankan New Year). Once again, faith prevailed and another £20,000 came in, and then there was just £10,000 needed to complete the project with only one house left for sponsorship. Well, thanks to the kindness of friends and supporters, including many MySpace friends, we have now achieved this.<center>
THE VILLAGE IS COMPLETE.

So What Next?
<p align=justify>The Aurora Tsunami Orphanage Appeal has recognised that it's name is inappropriate for this charity, because what started off as a plan to build an orphanage turned into something greater. Orphanages in Sri Lanka are not terribly nice places and children do not thrive in such environments. So we have now re-named the charity "The Aurora Village Appeal" and will continue to work on raising funds and supporting the education of the children in this village. £2,400 is needed anually to pay the teacher's salaries in the school and this is an ongoing fundraising appeal.

Now this is the BIG ONE.... The Aurora Village Appeal is now raising funds for a second village. The charity is in the process of negotiating land for the second village and already has enough funds raised for two new houses. So the story continues...... We will be raising the funds ahead of the building programmes this time, as life was very stressful with building in progress whilst funds for it were being raised. Each house costs approximately £6,000 to build. There are currently 30,000 homeless and poverty stricken people still in Sri Lanka who need homes.

So a new name, a new project. And we were thinking - wouldn't it be a nice idea if we could get friends of The Aurora Village Appeal on MySpace to each donate just £1 (equivalent to $2), if enough of you donated, we would have enough for one house, what an enormous gift it could be if MySpace were to raise funds for it's own house. The name of the house could then simply be called "My Space". What does everyone think. If you like the sound of this idea, there is a donate button on our profile... get donating everyone!<center>
With much gratitude and thanks
to all of you on My Space,
Love and Light to you all
from Jan Linch and the
Aurora Village Charity Committee (ex ATOA)

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Missing Girl Found After 13 Months!!

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RE: MISSING TEEN FOUND AFTER 13 MONTHS! AMAZING!!!!
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Date: Jul 15, 2007 9:38 PM


<center>KIRSTIE ROXANNE GRUNLOSE ~ Recovered!!!


16 year old Kirstie Grunlose was an Endangered Missing teen from Union Gap, Washington, although she normally resides in Oregon. She was missing for over 13 months.

This is all of the information I have at the moment, but I will keep you updated as I learn more.

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Congrats to Pete and Tricia!! Picture enclosed!

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Date: Jul 16, 2007 9:44 AM

After some pretty tense moments and what seemed like forever to the DiPietro's, Pete and Tricia became new parents on Saturday morning around 8:15 AM. Had the situation been different, things could have gotten very serious, but God had the path already laid out, and baby and momma are doing fine!

Please take time to add a comment on our page for them, or send them an e-mail. You can find their page on the 3rd row of our friends list under, you guessed it, "Pete and Tricia."

Kaden Josiah DiPietro
8 pounds, 7 ounces - 18 inches long
Born Saturday, July 14th, 2007

 

Another teen missing over 1 year found safe!

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<center>Another teen missing over 1 year found safe!

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ERIN LYNN VINELLI ~ Recovered!


16 year old Erin was an Endangered Runaway missing from Lincoln City, Oregon. She was missing for approximately 13 months.

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MY PHILOSOPHY !!~~!!

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From: Warriors for Mother Earth Coalition ™ © 2007
Date: Jul 22, 2007 4:51 AM

My Philosophy !!~~!!


In September of 2000, in fact the day after Labor Day, I was driving south bound down a 4-lane highway divided by a median strip, as I approached a cut across a man traveling north bound, blew through the stop sign hit the rear of my blazer and flipped it upside down sending it sailing down the highway for 300 yards on the roof.

Now you might think me crazy for what I am about to tell you, but I will share it anyway. At the moment the Blazer was flipping over I heard a voice say "Don't worry my son, you will have dinner with your family tonight", and a peaceful calm came over me.

After the 300 yard slide the Blazer finally came to rest against a guard rail, the smell of gas and motor fluids was around me and I knew I had to get out of that vehicle. The seatbelt was locked in place, I reached in my pocket and got my pocketknife out and cut the seatbelt from me. I then crawled out the passenger side window. It was about 05:30 in the morning when I was hit so by the time I crawled out of the car dawns early light was just starting to break the horizon.

I stood up and was able to see what I had survived. Actually hitting and flipping my Blazer and sending it sailing down the highway for the 300 yard slide, was probably the best thing that man could have done for me and probably saved my life. Because the 5 people who were traveling behind me, after he had hit me, they hit him, so my little slide sent me clear of a 6 car pile up.

Now I look over at my Blazer, it did not even resemble a blazer anymore. The front end and motor was gone. The drivers side rear quarter panel where I was first hit was gone. The roof was smashed down even to the head rests of the seats. The paint on the passenger side was gone from the slide, so that it was just raw looking metal. All of the windows had imploded. The only things left intact, was the drivers side door, the compartment I was, and the passenger side window I crawled through for my escape.

In fact you could not even tell I had been in an accident, except for a few scratches on my forehead from the flying glass. A man that was running down from the big accident scene was yelling at me "Is there anybody alive in that thing?", when I answer him that I was the only passenger, he fainted !

I was raised Roman Catholic and left the teachings of the church at age 13, when my grandmother died and I could not accept the reasoning that the priest and my father gave me for her death, and not being giving to opportunity to say my goodbyes and attend the funeral as it was thought I was too young at the time.

So from 13 to 40 I had lived like most of our generation in this Me for Me society that we have nowadays. But as the voice I had heard as my vehicle was flipping over promised, I was having dinner with my family the very same night I had the accident.

I began to think that maybe there was more to this thing we call life, and I started to research. I learned about every form of denominational Christianity out there. I enrolled in college again and earned my Bachelors degree in religious education from Masters Divinity University.

As I studied I found that a lot or most denominational religions strayed from the original truths that were taught. They adopted clauses and used verses to adapt or make what they taught seem legal. You can not use part of the Word but the whole Word. Wars have been fought, crusades have been started, witch hunt and trials have been conducted, KKK and white supremacy have been taught, slavery has been condoned all in the mis-use of the Word by denominational religions. Religion is man's attempt to reach the Creator

I also was and am an ordained minister in Life Universal Church, which is a non denominational non traditional christian church. I have found that the Native American path to the Creator, is the best for me. It has helped me become more intune with myself and develop a stronger relationship with the Creator and a respect of Mother Earth, and a balance for all aspects of my life.

The Great Spirit took the elders of the tribes of man, and imprinted His laws into their hearts to be taught to future generations.

Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect!
Remain close to the Great Spirit
Show great respect for your fellow beings
Work together for the benefit of all mankind!
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed
Do what you know to be right
Look after the well-being of mind and body
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good
Be truthful and honest at all times
Take full responsibility for your actions.....

The White Man must
treat the beasts of this
land as his brother.
What is man without
the beasts? if all the
beasts were gone, man
would die from a great
loneliness of spirit. For
whatever happens to
the beasts, also happens
to the man.

~ Chief Seattle of the Puget Sound Suwamish Tribe (1855)

I have found that the Native American values and spirituality with the Creator are the most genuine and that their intune spirit with Mother Earth and the creatures of the planet and with their fellow mankind are the most christian principles and are exactly what Jesus handed down on the Sermon on the Mount and how He lived his life. The laws handed down by the Great Spirit to the elders of the tribes of man are true proof that Jesus was the Word and also the Great Spirit.

I do not judge a fellow person and their method to get close to the Great Spirit or how they choose to follow Him, as long as that method allows them a bond with Him. One of my closest friends, who is Mormon and we have had many discussions and are very good friends. Their LDS faith is very committed and is very strong. I would and will never judge them for their faith as it does bring them closer to the Creator and brings their spirit to His. And in the end that is all that matters…

With all this in mind, Warriors for Mother Earth Coalition, is a place for peoples of all religions, all nationalities, all backgrounds Warriors of Mother Earth Coalition is for the benefit of Mother Earth only, that is all that matters. We are a place for Peace and the future of our precious Mother Earth.

Your path to the Creator is yours and yours alone, it is not my place to judge you and your path nor is it your place to judge me and my path. We will not have any religious wars or discussions here. Each man or woman is to choose his/her path to the Creator equally, and it is no one else's business to tell someone their path is wrong !!!!!

Wiccan, Buddhist, Islam, Mormon, Catholic, Protestant, Atheists, Native American, and any I missed are all welcomed to be a part of the Warriors for Mother Earth Coalition Team. The preservation of Mother Earth & PEACE is the ONLY thing that matters within this place. Not the path someone chooses or not chooses to get to the Creator.

This is my opinion and Philosophy. Something to think about !!!!

Just one man's opinion. As always, put the wind in your hair and keep the sun to your back. Be good and stay safe. Peace, Love and prosperity to all.

Good Journeys !!!

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Breaking News: Minister's Wife Missing since 3/24..Found Safe

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Date: Jul 30, 2007 4:01 PM
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<center>Missing Minister’s wife found safe in New York State<center>

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<center>MARY “BETH” SMITH<center>
<center>Missing since March 24 2007<center>


BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - Police say Mary Byrne "Beth" Smith, the Alabama minister's wife who disappeared from a women's religious conference in Bossier City, Lousiana, earlier this year, has been found unharmed in New York state.
Police tracked her there after finding out she had pawned her wedding ring the day she was reported missing. Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen says Smith walked to the Greyhound bus station in downtown Shreveport, asked how far the money would get her and was told New York.
Smith does not face criminal charges. She never contacted authorities and reported anything had happened to her.
Halphen said Smith had asked that her exact location not be released. Police said they asked her to call her family in Alabama and tell them she is O-K.
Police said from the beginning there was no indication of foul play. Halphen did not say why Smith fled.
Last week, police said released a store security tape that showed Smith pawning her wedding ring the day she disappeared.
The 30-year-old Smith, of Summerdale, was last seen March 24th at a women's religious conference.
She told a friend she was going to the concession stand. She never returned to her seat. About half an hour later, police say Smith pawned her wedding ring at a pawn shop.


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New baby arrived

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From: Kerrie
Date: Jul 31, 2007 6:20 AM

Check out the new pic of my new grandson
Grady Ray
7.6 20 inch long
07/29/07
Brian & Brandy
Proud Nana (Kerrie)
 

I AM POSTING THIS PEDOPHILE HERE, UNDER MIRACLES, BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S WILL FOR THIS MAN TO BE STOPPED! I THANK GOD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD AT GETTING THIS MAN "OUT THERE" IN THE PUBLIC EYE.



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From: lorie
Date: Aug 6, 2007 9:37 PM
STOP THIS S.O.B. "NOW" ( PLEASE!)
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From: woundedfreedom
Date: August 06, 2007 9:32 PM
Body: Jack McClellan, Self-described Pedophile, Has A “How To” Web Site


Are you kidding, Pedophile for Dummies!!! A self proclaimed pedophile, Jack McClellan, has a web site that has since been taken down after the outrage that was a “How To” for Pedophiles.

This man is nothing but a ticking time bomb and our children are the one’s at rick. McClellan reportedly has no record and skirts the free speech laws of this country in a most heinous way. Jack McClellan supposedly according to all accounts has no criminal record, yet that may be just because he has not been caught. Parents … this is what lurks out there among us.

But his mere presence in Los Angeles — coupled with Mr. McClellan’s commitment to exhibitionistic blogging about his thoughts on little girls — has set parents on edge. One group of mothers, whose members by and large have never met before, will soon band together in a coffee shop to hammer out plans to push lawmakers in Sacramento to legislate Mr. McClellan out of business.

“Just the idea that this person could get away with what he was doing and no one could press charges has made me angry,” said Jane Thompson, a stay-at-home mother in East Los Angeles who recently read Mr. McClellan’s comments about a festival in her neighborhood in which he seemed to be describing her child. (NY Times)

The site, Seattle-Tacoma-Everett Girl Love, which has now been taken down was actually around for a couple of years. This is simply unbelievable that this is deemed ok to go on and then we are outraged when we hear that a child has been molested by one of these creeps.

The man who runs it, 45-year-old Jack McClellan, has never been convicted of a sex crime, which means he can attend any family-friendly events where children are present, and take all the pictures he wants for his Web site. He also lives close to a school bus stop.

McClellan says his purpose is to promote association, friendship and legal, consensual hugging and cuddling between men and pre-pubescent girls. He admitted to FOX News that his “age of attraction” is between 3 and 11 years old.

“I guess the main thing is I just think they’re cute, a lot cuter than women. I admit there is kind of an erotic arousal there,” McClellan said. (FOX News)

Since the outrage and focus has been put on Jack McClellan and his advice blog for pedophiles, it has been shut down. However, a Dutch hosting company is said to have agreed to begin hosting a new web site for the pedophile. Once again, its the Dutch.

Mr. McClellan has refrained from posting pictures of children on his Web site, which was shut down by its host several weeks ago but which he intends to start again, he said, with a Dutch host. On the site, he has described fairs, festivals and other spots that he hits at least three days a week, all to the fury of parents.

It is both his actions and inactions that vex law enforcement officials here, who, while suggesting that they keep an eye on Mr. McClellan when they can, say they have no legal recourse against him.

“If you look at things he has posted, he

What makes matters even more unbelievable in this case is that Jack McClellan is upset that the police posted his picture on the internet. Isn’t that rich. Turn about is fair play Mr. Pedophile.

A self-proclaimed pedophile best known for posting pictures on a website that advised other pedophiles on how to meet young girls is now upset that the Santa Monica Police Department has posted his picture on their website.

Hear the discussion of the First Amendment issue. How are our children not protected better than this?

Professor Volokh cited a federal statute that bars the posting of bomb-making information on the Web, and suggested that a similar statute banning information that helps people find children to molest could be enacted, perhaps. But simply providing information about where children gather was not likely to constitute such a crime, he said.

In terms of children’s images, he said: “The general rule is pictures of people in public are free for people to publish. Now if it is without permission and the person is a child and he suggests the children are sexual targets, you can imagine a court saying this is a new First Amendment exception. But it would be an uphill battle.”
 

Testimony 3

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From: Pray with us?
Date: Aug 19, 2007 5:21 PM

I FORGAVE MY DAUGHTERS MURDERER.

I FORGAVE MY DAUGHTER'S MURDERER by Ruth (Bradenton, FL)


Before I went on my Encounter I didn't know what to expect and had all the excuses why I didn't think it would help me to go. I had already lost the one thing in my life that mattered so much to me, but my husband was persistent. He had just come back from his Encounter a month ago and was so happy he wouldn't tell me much of anything about it since he came back. I was happy for him but also in my mind I had a lot of anger toward him because at his Encounter he forgave and even prayed for the person that killed my daughter and left her body in the woods like a piece of garbage. I felt like he was siding with this person that killed her. I couldn't deal with it and I started putting distance between us and feeling like it was all a dream and that I was going crazy.



I wondered how this marriage of 26 years could work when he forgave this person that took my pride and joy from me. I needed my only little girl as well as her 4 children did. She was also my best friend who I believed I could not live without. How could an Encounter help me, well I went on my Encounter and God spoke to me and said I should forgive this person also that took my daughter from me and let him deal with the murderer. I said no I can't. After a lot of praying and everyone's help and understanding at the Encounter, I made a promise to God that if he would take away the pain and sorrow from my heart and fill the hole in it with his love I would never ever touch another cigarette again.



I was smoking up to 3 packs a day, and felt really depressed, like I wanted to get cancer and die just to be with my daughter. Satan kept telling me smoke another one, smoke another one. I was actually mad at God before my Encounter, for letting my daughter die. After a lot of talking with Maria Paizes, she explained that God didn't let her die or kill her, that it was actually Satan that killed her. God was there to take her up to his kingdom with him. I realized my daughter's babies needed me. At least I owed Brandy (my daughter) that much to watch over her children, but the damage was done. I was already hooked on 3 packs of cigarettes a day! I don't believe I would be here today if it weren't for my Encounter and Maria Paizes. I want to say to Maria I love her so much and tell everyone how we met, how we became a part of this church

After Brandy's death, we put a cross up by the edge of the woods where they found her at. Maria traveled that way to work and had an overwhelming urge to stop and say a prayer at Brandy's cross. (Now when you see crosses on the side of the road where someone dies you have no clue who the family is, how to contact the family, or who the person is that the cross belongs to) After she arrived at work, she met a man on her job and ask him if he was ready for Christmas and he broke down in tears, (that man was my husband Randy) and told her the story of his daughter who was found in the woods dead, she was shocked to learn that the girl she had the overwhelming urge to pray for was his daughter. I know that was God's plan for them to meet the way they did. She gave Randy her number for me to call her. We talked for hours, she invited us to her church and I thank God everyday we met. At my Encounter, I did forgive and even prayed for the person that took my precious daughter from me. I will always miss her so much, No one can ever take away the memories I will cherish forever. The hole in my heart is filled with Gods love now.



I want to apologize to my husband and tell him I love him. I'm so sorry for having doubts about our marriage. I want to recommend an Encounter to anyone that has not gone on one to just go. Because if I can forgive the person that killed my daughter. Then we do have an awesome God, which can and will fix anything. All glory goes to God! I am so proud to call him my Father in heaven … I love you. My last cigarette was April 21st 2006 at 5pm right before i left for three days to go on my encounter after 10 years of smoking. I don't even have the urge for one (hallelujah) … just go on your Encounter and see the difference it will make in your life. What have you got to lose?



Sincerely walking with God, I am truly free! THANK YOU JESUS!
 

mark crist where are you???
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Reply to: sale-402173702@craigslist.org

Date: 2007-08-21, 8:02AM EDT


It is important that I find Mark Crist or a family member. He was stationed in southern california in the mid-late 70's. He was tall, lanky and had red hair. Would be in his late 40's to mid 50's now. Please email with any information!


• Location: originally from indiana
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Middletown, OHIO ~ Family has no furniture after 10 months.

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From: Angela
Date: Aug 22, 2007 10:30 PM

Pam,
When I saw your message it was like a bulletin from God! It just so happens my dad is moving and has a hide a bed couch and a kids bedroom suit he needs to get rid of (they were my girls when they stayed the weekend with him... he is getting them new). He was so worried about what he was going to do with them, he didn't want to through them out, but he also doesn't want to go through all the trouble of selling them. So I couldn't believe what I was reading! I spoke with them today and it looks like Sunday they will be picking everything up and best of all ITS FREE!!! Thanks for being the Angel and bringing me the message!

Sincerely,
Ang

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From: LES† WE BOAS†
Date: Aug 22, 2007 6:55 PM


Hi Ang,

Oh really? That would be wonderful! Let me know how this turns out, will ya? I was so touched by their message on craigslist.

You are a blessing love!!!


xoxo in Christ,

Pam D

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From: Angela
Date: Aug 22, 2007 2:09 PM



I may have one in Hamilton... I sent a message.....
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From: LES† WE BOAS†
Date: Aug 22, 2007 11:05 AM


In need of Couch
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Date: 2007-08-20, 9:07PM EDT
Mon Aug 20


Hi i am in need of a couch badly. we moved into our house almost 10 months ago and still have no furniture. please if anyone has a couch chair anything we could use i would appreciate it. i can pick up. thank in advance



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Hello everyone,

Just a quick thank you to GOD for giving us yet more songs!!

It always just amazes me when a song "comes" to us with the words and the melody (together). Noone can deny that when this happens, you KNOW it came straight from the Lord!


We have written TWO of these such songs just last week. I can't wait to record and share them with you all. They have a little "Evanescence" feel to them.



Be a blessing!!



xoxo

Pam
 

Identical twins discover each other after 35 years!

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From: Anna Waters Missing 1973
Date: Sep 30, 2007 4:13 AM
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From: In search of ....
Date: Sep 29, 2007 6:31 AM


"Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited" is scheduled for release by Random House on Oct. 2. To learn more about the book and its authors, go to www.identicalstrangersbook


Identical twins discover each other after 35 years

By LIZ SADLER
THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: September 21, 2007)

Paula Bernstein was 35 years old when she found out she had an identical twin.

Bernstein, who grew up in Rye Brook, always knew she was adopted. But she and her adoptive parents were never told about her identical twin sister, who was placed with another family on Long Island the year the girls were born.

In 2004, Bernstein got a surprise telephone call from the Louise Wise Services adoption agency and learned that her twin, Elyse Schein, was trying to find her. Until then, she didn't even know about Schein.

"I was completely in shock," Bernstein said recently. "I don't think anything like that had crossed my mind."

Fear, exhilaration and insecurity washed over her as she stood in her Manhattan apartment while her 2-year-old daughter watched a "Dora the Explorer" video nearby.
"As scared as I was, though, I definitely wanted to meet her," Bernstein said. "The Pandora's box was open at that point, and I felt I had to dig around a little bit."

Bernstein and Schein, who was living in Paris at the time, reunited two days later at an East Village cafe. Their subsequent 3 1/2 -year journey from separation to sisterhood is documented in their book, "Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited," which is to be released Oct. 2 by Random House.

The book, co-written by the sisters, also describes their search for their birth mother and examines the role of genetics vs. the environment, or nature vs. nurture.

Though they grew up apart, the twins discovered some surprising similarities. Both were editors of their high school newspapers, for example, and grew up to become film critics. Bernstein is now a freelance writer, and Schein is a filmmaker and writer.

The sisters also share the same fair skin, small frame and slightly upturned nose.

"It was shocking to see someone who looks like you," Schein said of their initial encounter. "We never had any biological relatives at all."

There were more revelations as the twins probed their backgrounds. They learned that they were once part of a secret twin study that included five sets of twins and one set of triplets, all adopted from Louise Wise Services. Bernstein and Schein were dropped from the study shortly after being adopted but remained oblivious to their twin status.

There are no regulations on twin separation, said Nancy Segal, a psychology professor and director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton, who has studied hundreds of twins, raised together and apart.

"Whether we advise that or not, absolutely not," said Segal, who has written two books on twins. "As twin researchers, we believe that twins do so much better together; they belong together."

Segal said she is aware of 926 sets of separated twins involved in scientific studies and case reports worldwide. Those twins have helped shape scientific theory on nature versus nurture.

"Genetics plays a very important role in human behavioral development," Segal said. "It's not the whole story, but it certainly plays a very important role. Genetic factors affect every aspect of human development that we've been able to measure."

As they went to work on their book, Schein moved to Brooklyn to be close to Bernstein and her two daughters, now ages 5 and 2. Bernstein jotted down notes on the experience of reconnecting with her sister, and Schein recorded her thoughts.

"It seemed we were both coming at this situation from so many different perspectives in so many different ways," Schein said.

The pair swapped pages in person and via e-mail, and their relationship evolved with the book. A tentative first meeting grew into a friendship, and Schein became an aunt to Bernstein's kids.

Their experience also changed the twins' perspective on nature vs. nurture.

"When I was growing up, I had always believed that environment was entirely responsible for shaping my identity, but after meeting Elyse, it was hard to deny the power of genetics," Bernstein said. "Although Elyse and I are very much our own people, we come from the same stock. We are variations on the same theme."

Reach Liz Sadler
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7 SUPER FOODS OF THE BIBLE

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Date: Oct 11, 2007 4:54 PM
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From: Eved Ha El Elyon
Date: Oct 11, 2007 2:37 PM


The 7 "Super Foods" of the Bible

Trying to eat healthy? Start by opening your Bible to Deuteronomy 8:8, where the Israelites are promised "a good land, a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey."
The ancients might not have known the word "antioxidant," but God turned them onto something with this list of biblical "super-foods." Explore this to find out exactly how on-target they were.

Super Food &035;1: Wheat

This grain, which is found in everything from bread to pasta to cakes, is healthier when it is refined as little as possible. Whole-wheat products (those that are certified 100% whole wheat) contain 30 percent of your recommended daily fiber intake, as well as high levels of manganese and magnesium. A diet rich in whole grains is also thought to increase your energy level and lower your risk of type-2 diabetes, gallstones, and other health issues.

Super Food &035;2: Barley

Another whole grain, barley can be found in breads and cereals, as well as in hearty winter soups. High in fiber, barley is good for intestinal health and can lower cholesterol and reduce your risk of colon cancer and type-2 diabetes if eaten regularly. Barley also contains trace amounts of copper, which have been shown to help reduce the symptoms of arthritis.


Super Food &035;3: Grapes

Everyone knows that grape juice and red wine are tasty—but healthy? Grapes contain nutritional compounds called flavonoids, which are believed to reduce your risk of blood clots and protect your body from damage by the "free radicals" found in LDL, or "bad," cholesterol. Rich in antioxidants, grapes may provide protection against cardiovascular disease, particularly in women.

Super Food &035;4: Figs

These sweet fruits, eaten either dried or fresh, are high in potassium, a mineral that helps control blood pressure. They are also high in dietary fiber, which may help you lose weight, and they are a fruit source of calcium, which can help preserve bone density. Fig leaves, which are not typically eaten but can be made into an extract, are thought to help lower insulin levels in diabetics.

Super Food &035;5: Pomegranate

These strange-looking seed fruits are back in vogue as health-giving super-foods, particularly in juice form. The fruits are rich in antioxidants, which prevent LDL cholesterol from doing its damage, and it helps prevent blood clots by keeping blood platelets from clumping together. Pomegranates may also help reduce the risk of breast cancer and lessen the symptoms of arthritis.

Super Food &035;6: Olive Oil

Olives, and the extra-virgin oil that is made from a single pressing of the fruit, contain many of the antioxidants that are thought to protect against the oxidation of LDL cholesterol compounds. They also are high in monounsaturated fatty acids, which are called "the healing fats" because they lower the effects of "bad" cholesterol while raising "good" cholesterol levels. High in vitamin E, olive oil also is thought to protect against colon cancer, and it is helpful in fighting gastritis and other stomach ailments.

Super Food &035;7: Honey

Raw honey, in addition to being a natural sweetener, is replete with antioxidants and is considered to be an anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal substance. It is thought to have tumor-fighting properties, and may help prevent colon cancer. The daily consumption of a spoonful of honey is said to increase antioxidant levels in the blood, and is the healthiest sweetener for type-2 diabetics. Honey also may have wound-healing and muscle-regenerating properties.
 

God’s Prayer Rules are Simple but Not Easy

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PRAYING BY GOD’S RULES
[God’s Prayer Rules are Simple but Not Easy]

Few subjects in the Bible are more mysterious or less understood than the subject of prayer. Few indeed know how to pray or what to pray about. And what is the proof of that statement? The proof is that most prayers are never answered. Hundreds of millions of people a day pray in vain. They get no answer to their prayers. Why is this? Is there an answer as to why most prayers go unanswered? Absolutely, there is. Will most people accept the only and true Scriptural teaching on this subject? I’m afraid most will not.
There are many clichés regarding prayer, and some are absolutely true. It is said that God has one of three answers for all prayers: "Yes, No, or Later." This is basically, albeit not totally true. This one might be closer to the truth: "Your way, My way, or No way."
There is an interesting essay on prayer in which it is stated: "I got nothing that I asked for, but everything that I could have ever hoped for." That may make for a nice sentiment, but few would ever believe such a thing deep in their heart. Most people do not believe that they got everything in life that they could have ever hoped for.
Christians and heathens alike, ignorantly and stupidly believe that they can change the mind of a Sovereign God Who always knows long in advance how He will fulfill His perfect plan and purpose under every and all circumstances. Many imagine that answered prayer is when God changes His mind with regards to the way things were going in your life. In other words: You change your ways to please God, and God will change His mind and begin blessing you. NOT TRUE. God never, ever changes His mind about anything.
This subject of unanswered prayer is so incredibly simple that a child can understand it, yet many learned theologians and clergymen have not even a clue as to the ultimate Scriptural statement regarding prayer. I will first give you the number one pre-requisite to having prayers answered, and then I will give you a most amazing second witness from a Scripture that is preserved in very few Bible translations.

THE GREATEST DRAMA OF THE AGES
If you like drama, then Matt. 26:36 is the place to find it. Few pay close attention to what is really going on in these few verses of Scripture. The humanity of Jesus is brought into direct conflict with the will of His God and Father. First I will jump ahead of our story slightly so that you understand the setting of this greatest of all prayers in the history of the universe. After praying for one hour Jesus returns a short way back to His Apostles and says:
"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matt. 26:41).
Was the "flesh" of Jesus any stronger than that of His apostles? No, it was the same flesh. Paul tells us that, "…there is ONE kind of flesh of men…" (I Cor. 15:39). Jesus was given this same "one kind" of flesh (John 1:14 & Rom. 1:3). And so the flesh of Jesus was just as "weak" as that of His Apostles. Jesus instructed His apostles to stay awake and pray with Him for one hour. None of them could do it. None of us could have done it. They just ate a meal and they were now sleepy (not only physically sleepy, but especially spiritually sleepy). Now back to the beginning of this great drama:
"Then comes Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and says unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder [over there]. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John] and began to be SORROWFUL, AND VERY HEAVY. Then said He unto them, My soul [His fleshly, conscious humanity, not His spirit] is EXCEEDING SORROWFUL, EVEN UNTO DEATH [spirit doesn’t die, it is our flesh that must die]. Tarry [stay] you here, and watch with Me.
And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed saying, O MY FATHER, IF IT BE POSSIBLE, LET THIS CUP [this cup of death—being beaten beyond recognition, being made sin offering, and crucified for the sins of humanity] pass from Me: NEVERTHELESS, NOT AS I WILL, BUT AS THOU WILL" (Matt. 26:36-39).
"And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground" (Luke 22:43-44).
I doubt that any of us can ever fully appreciate what unfathomable human trauma and agony was taking place for those three hours in the garden that night two thousand years ago. The eternal destiny of the entire human race was at stake, and Jesus KNEW IT! And believe me, Jesus’ Father was agonizing right along with His Son:
"In all their afflictions, He [GOD] was afflicted… in His love and in His pity He redeemed them…" (Isa. 63:9).
"Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He SUFFERED" (Heb. 5:8).
And oh how Christ was suffering that night in the garden! But right there in the garden is the answer to all prayer. "O MY FATHER… nevertheless, not as I will, BUT AS THOU WILL." Jesus not only prayed that way; Jesus thought that way:
"I can of Mine Own Self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not My Own will, but the WILL OF THE FATHER WHICH HAS SENT ME" (John 5:30).
And again:
"For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine Own will, but the will of HIM THAT SENT ME" (John 6:38).
Did Jesus pray as earnestly as it is possible to pray that God would "let this cup pass?" YES, He did.
Did God grant Jesus His desire to "let this cup pass?" NO, He didn’t.
But, did Jesus get His prayer answered? YES, He surely did. How so? Because Jesus’ greater desire was that His Father’s will be done, rather than "let this cup pass." This example from our Lord is the answer to answered prayer and it is also the answer to unanswered prayer.
If you always pray, "not as I will, but as THOU will," all of your prayers will be answered too. Whether you always get what you desire or you don’t get what you desire, if your greatest desire of all desires is for "THY WILL be done," then you can rest assured that from this day forward, all of your prayers will be answered always. God’s will (that is His intention for the way He has preordained everything to go), will always be done. No prayer has ever changed God’s plan or purpose in any way whatsoever. (Read my series on "free will").
Now then, if it was God’s intention for you to be blessed by some particular favor, and God inspires you to pray for that favor then it will surely be given to you. If on the other hand, if it was not God’s intention for you to be blessed by some particular favor, then no amount of praying will cause God to grant it to you. Either way, God’s will must be done, and if that is the greatest desire of your prayer for God’s will to be done in your life, then whether you receive some particular favor or you don’t receive it, nonetheless, YOUR PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED.
I’m, personally, okay with that. Many of my readers may not be okay with that arrangement of things, but nevertheless, that is the way things are and that is the way things will always be—"THY will be done."
Why is this the only way that we can understand what is such a mystery to many in the Church? Because they do not believe that God is Sovereign. God’s Sovereignty is absolutely not compatible with a fabled "free" will of man. Those that argue contrary just do not understand their own arguments.
God has never made a mistake. God has never ever changed His mind. God has never been surprised by anything that anyone has ever done. God knows everything that will happen before it happens. And the only reason that God can do this is because God is Sovereign and man has no such thing as a "free will." (Don’t everyone send me Gen. 6:6 at the same time now, insisting that God does change His mind—He does NOT).
No man has ever in the history of the world received an answer to a prayer for something from God that God did not already have in His plan to give him. People hate the very thought of a God Who is totally and completely Sovereign, and the reason is simple. If God is Sovereign, then man has no free will that can thwart the sovereign foreknowledge of God. God cannot know for certain a future event if mankind possesses a power that can thwart God’s perfect foreknowledge. Not even most of the greatest minds in theology have thought this apparent enigma through. Had they given sufficient thought to this Truth of God’s Word they would not be teaching such a plethora of unscriptural and damnable heresies.
When God wants to answer someone’s prayer, the first thing He will always do is inspire (cause) that person TO PRAY. How can God answer a "prayer" if someone doesn’t "pray"? God can bless us and do favors for us, but God cannot answer our prayers, if we don’t pray. That is why I get excited when I feel inspired to pray, as I am encouraged that God is getting ready to bless or favor me in some way.

SEVEN SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING PRAYER
[1] "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, [everything in heaven and earth must be in accord with God’s will {His purpose and plan, Eph. 1:11} or it won’t happen] He hears us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him" (I John 5:14-15).
[2] "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [I cannot stress enough the importance of a clean and clear conscience] then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we…
[3] keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight…
[4] And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the Name [and everything that that Name stands for and represents] of His Son Jesus Christ…
[5] And love one another, as He gave us commandment" (I John 3:21-23).
[6] "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts [so don’t think that it’s okay to pray for your Mother to hit the Lotto Jackpot either, as I believe that God can see through such feigned benevolence]" (James 4:3).
[7] "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing [Having faith and trust, not just hoping and wishing. True faith can be based only on God’s Word—see James 1:6-7] ye shall receive" (Matt. 21:22).
All seven of these principles are in keeping with "Thy will be done." We will now take a close look at a Scripture that cannot be discerned from most translations.

AN AMAZING SCRIPTURE ON PRAYER HIDDEN IN THE KING JAMES
This Scripture will blow you away if you have never before seen it properly translated. Here it is first in the King James Version:
"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities, for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered" (Rom. 8:24-26).
Paul makes a connection between "hope and prayer." Hope is something we expect, but do not as yet experience. All of Christendom has this subject wrong when they claim that they are already in this life "saved" in the past tense. Paul tells us that we are "saved by hope," but if it is already a reality, then there is no need to still be hoping for it. He then states that, "Likewise…" (in the same way and manner) when it comes to praying, "we know NOT what we should pray for." Just as we do not yet SEE what it is that we "hope for" (we do not yet possess it), likewise we do not see what we are to "pray for" based on another one of God’s rules, not based on our ignorance (or ‘as we ought’). This much we can learn from the King James.
But the real problem with the King James is the next phrase "as we ought". That unfortunately does not carry the impact of what this most profound verse is telling us. The Greek word translated we ought is defined by Dr. Strong as follows:
G1163
de??
dei
die, deh-on'
“Third person singular active present of G1210; also de?? deon which is neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding): - beho[o]ved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need (-ful), ough[t]".
This is a dogmatic word—NECESSARY, BINDING, BEHOOVES, MUST BE, NEEDFUL.
Fifty-eight times this word die is translated "must;" and seven times "behooved;" and five times "must needs". When we read this verse in the King James and many versions that copy the King James, we get the feeling that Paul is stating that we just don’t know how to pray as well as we could or should pray. This is not the point of his declaration. Paul is stating that the knowledge necessary to pray according to what MUST BE (what God has already predestined and determined is and must be done in His plan and purpose), none of us are aware. None of us know for sure what MUST BE in God’s purpose, and so we cannot possibly always pray for what God desires for us to have. This being so then, God’s Spirit aids our infirmity in this area and helps us pray according to God’s will, which is just another way of saying according to what must be.
Notice how this word is emphatically used throughout the New Testament:
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not trouble: for all these things must [Gk; die] come to pass, but the end is not yet" (Matt. 24:6).
Jesus is not saying that these things "ought" come to pass, but rather they MUST come to pass.
· Likewise: "…the Son of man must [Gk: die] suffer…" (Mark 8:31).
· Not that He only "ought" to suffer. "…for such things must needs be…" (Mark 13:7).
· "…the gospel must first be published…" (Mark 13:10).
· "I must be about My Father’s business" (Luke 2:49).
· "Ye must be born again" (John 3:7).
"…that He must rise again from the dead" (John 20:9).
· "…we must through much tribulation…" (Acts 14:22), etc., etc., etc.
Prayer must be in accord with what "must be." Here are a couple of Versions that bring this out clearly:
"And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth us , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable" (Rom. 8:26, Young’s Literal Translation).
The word "behoove" means "necessary." Not what should or might be, but what is absolutely "necessary." And "necessary" is the first definition of this word in Strong’s Greek Dictionary.
"Now, similarly, the spirit also is aiding our infirmity, for what we should be praying for, to accord with what must be, we are not aware, but the spirit itself is pleading for us with inarticulate groanings" (Rom. 8:26, Concordant Literal New Testament).
This Version and along with Young get the word order correct according to the Greek manuscripts, and therefore also showing that it is not "as we ought" that is being discussed, but "what must be".
Notice the word order from a few Interlinears:
"In like manner and also the Spirit jointly helps our weaknesses; for that which we should pray for according as it beho[o]ves [is ‘necessary’], we know not, but itself the Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings inexpressible" (Rom. 8:26, Interlinear Greek-English New Testament by Berry, Zondervan).
"In like manner and also the spirit helps the weaknesses of us; the for what we should pray as it behoves, not we know, but itself the spirit intercedes on behalf of us with groans unspoken" (Emphatic Diaglott Interlinear).
"AS-SAMELY YET AND THE spirit is-TOGETHER-supporting to-THE UN-FIRMNESS OF-US THE for ANY WE-SHOULD-BE-PRAYING according-to-WHICH IS-BINDING NOT WE-HAVE-PERCEIVED but SAME THE spirit IS-OVER-pleadING to-groanings UN-TALKED" (Concordant Greek Text, an Ultraliteral English Translation in the Sublinear). (All underlines are mine).
The reason that translators and expositors do not teach the truth on this verse is because they don’t believe it is true as written in the manuscripts. It appears from most translations and virtually all teaching on the subject of prayer, that they cannot believe the truth of this verse because it substantiates the Sovereignty of God and contradicts man’s fabled free will. To better understand what is being taught here on prayer, I will now quote Rom. 8:26 and continue through verses 27 and 28 from the Concordant Literal New Testament:
Now similarly, the spirit also is aiding our infirmity, for what we should be praying for, to accord with what must be, we are not aware, but the spirit itself is pleading for us with inarticulate groanings. Now He Who is searching the hearts is aware what is the disposition of the spirit, for in accord with God [with God’s will] is it pleading for the saints. Now we are aware that God [KJV leaves out "God"] is working all together for the good [things don’t "work together for good" by themselves—ALL good comes from God—James 1:17] of those who are loving God…"
Let’s now understand this most profound truth. It isn’t just that, "…we know not what we should pray for as we ought…" No, it is much more profound then just that, it is that "….for we know not what we should pray for, to accord with what MUST BE, we are not aware…" Why does the spirit aid our infirmity? What is our infirmity? Our infirmity is that we don’t know what to pray for that will absolutely always be in accord with what must be God’s will, and God’s will is "what must be." And since none of us has perfect foreknowledge of what God’s will must be, God’s spirit aids those who are obedient to Him, in requesting and praying about, the right things, so our prayers aren’t in vain.
It is the will and plan and preordained purpose of God Almighty, that’s what "MUST BE." "THY WILL BE done" (Matt. 6:10). Yes, God’s will MUST be done—always! One day we will all come to believe and appreciate the fact that God is Sovereign. God is always right. God always does what is best and perfect. And so it is vain to pray for something that is NOT "in accord with what MUST BE".
And only then does verse 28 make sense. Things don’t "just happen" to people who love and obey God (as most translations suggest in this verse). No, we should now be willing to accept the truth, "…that GOD [The King James leaves out the ‘God’ in this verse as if things just work themselves out without God] is working all together for the good…." And how is it that God works? "In Whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who works ALL THINGS AFTER THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL" (Eph. 1:11).
And so, if we always pray according to God’s Will, with a clean conscience, obeying the commandments of God, and are aided by the Holy Spirit of God to pray only "in accord with what MUST BE," we will begin seeing answered prayer where we may have been frustrated in the past.

THE SO-CALLED "LORD’S PRAYER":
Christendom refers to Matt. 6:9-13 as "The Lord’s Prayer", when in reality, Jesus never once actually prayed this prayer. It is merely an outline: notice the words "After this manner therefore pray ye…" It means "thus" we should pray—in this way, not to just repeat these few words of the outline.
"Our Father which art in [the] heaven[s], Hallowed by Thy Name..."
This is personal and reverend. God is our Father: talk to Him as a Father, and give Him all your respect and honor.
"Thy kingdom come…"
We want God’s kingdom to come INSIDE OF US before it comes to the world (Luke 17:21) And we are to seek God’s Kingdom above all our other desires (Matt. 6:33). Next comes the statement by which all prayers must be framed:
"Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven…"
Here we go again: Thy WILL BE done. There is never an exception to this rule. And notice furthermore, that God’s will is to be done on earth as it "IS done in heaven." Does anyone seriously believe that God’s will sometimes is not done in heaven? Then if His will is to be done in the same way "as" in heaven, on the earth also, how is it possible that maybe sometimes His will is NOT done in earth. Theologians and Christians try to tell me all day long that God’s will is not being done on earth. That God only has a "weak wish" that will never be accomplished when it comes to the really important things like being the "Saviour of all mankind" (I John 4:14 & I Tim. 2:4, and dozens more).
"Give us this day our daily bread [‘give us our bread day by day…]"
Certainly we have need of physical bread daily, but this is speaking of our spiritual bread as well (John 6:51).
"And forgive us our debts [sins] as we forgive our debtors…"
We will be forgiven our sins ONLY if we forgive those who sin against us. We really need to give this some thought. We cannot bless God while cursing our enemy or our fellow man, and expect God to bless us (James 3:9).
"And lead us not into temptation…"
Can this statement be true? Doesn’t the Scripture declare:
"…for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man" (James 1:13)?
So why should we pray that God will "lead us NOT into temptation?" Good question.
In addition, we have this apparent contradiction regarding our Lord;
"Then was Jesus led up of THE SPIRIT into the wilderness TO BE TEMPTED of the devil" (Matt. 4:1).
Are not these Scriptures contradictory? I’ll admit it takes some careful consideration to untangle this apparent enigma. Here are the facts:
Temptation has always been associated with the work of Satan throughout the Bible. Beginning with mother Eve, then Jesus, Paul, James, Peter, and John, we have ample testimony concerning the beguiling deceitfulness of Satan.
While it is true that "…God cannot be tempted with evil, neither temps He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed" (James 1:13-14), we must also consider that wherever temptation is, there also is Satan:
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise… And the woman said [to God] The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat" (Gen. 3:6 & 13).
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (II Cor. 11:3).
"Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil … All these things will I [Satan] give you [Jesus], if you will fall down and worship me" (Matt. 4:1 & 9).
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts [desires, temptations] of your father ye will do…" (John 8:44).
"Be sober; be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour [swallow down]" (I Pet. 5:8).
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world…" (Rev. 12:9).
Satan, not God is the great tempter, and he has temped and deceived the whole world. But here is where God does come in. After we are tempted of Satan, God is our Redeemer:
"And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing [correcting] those that oppose themselves; if God peradvanture will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves [‘…but deliver us from the wicked one’ Matt. 6:13] out of the snare [Gk: ‘trap, temptation’] of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will" (II Tim. 2:24-26).
"For THINE is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen"

SO WHAT SHOULD WE PRAY FOR?
Anything you desire that accords with God’s will, and accords with "what must be." God had met my physical needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. What I pray about are qualities godliness—love, faith, courage, knowledge & understanding, wisdom, patience, self-control, thankfulness. I am a firm believer that if we think about the right things; we will then pray about the right things. I pray all day about everything and anything that is strongly on my mind. Why shouldn’t we, seeing that God is our Father and Jesus is our Saviour and Elder Brother. God wants to hear from us. Talk to your God. Anything important enough for you to think about or be concerned about is worthy of talking with God about.
Periodically I thank God for everything I have—I mean everything. Including the many things that most people take for granted. You have heard of counting sheep to fall asleep? Well I fall asleep many nights thanking God for all of my blessings. I start where I am—on my comfortable mattress and pillow, next to my wife, in an air-conditioned room.
You heard me right, I start by thanking God for my pillow and my comfortable bed. How many people in the history of the world have ever had a bed as comfortable as mine? Not even one percent. I thank God for my wife lying next to me. I thank God for my children. I thank God for our great little feline companions. I thank God for air conditioning in the summer and central heating in the winter. I thank God for our home, my office, our large living room for Bible Studies, our television that enables me to see the major news events of the world instantly, and documentaries (I watch a fair amount of the Science Channel, National Geographic, the History Channel, etc.).
I thank God especially for our refrigerator. Do you have any idea how much kings and queens of the past would have given for a refrigerator? And add to that, a plethora of fresh fruits, vegetables, juices, and ice cold water. I never take my refrigerator or all that is in it, for granted. I thank God for indoor plumbing. Most of the world does not have indoor plumbing or even good drinking water. How many in the world drink warm, muddy water? How blessed we are.
I thank God for all of my friends, and all those coming to our Conferences, and for all who read bible-truths.com and participate in our Discussion Forum. I thank God for the Truths that He has given me to share with all these people. I thank God for the miracles of electronic email (which takes up a great deal of my life).
I thank God that I don’t need to live in a war zone, for the protection of our civil authorities, and for emergency services.
I thank God for being such a great and loving God and for giving us the secrets of His plan and purpose, His kingdom, and our eternal destiny with Him. I thank God for His Word. I even thank God for our tribulations and ask only that He gives us the strength to endure and the spiritual understanding to see the purpose and value in all God does. There is so much to be thankful for, and God wants us to be thankful. Notice how little it took for Paul to be content with God’s dealing with him: "And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (I Tim. 6:8).
Anyway, I often pray myself to sleep just giving God thanks for my many blessings. Here is one of my favorite Scriptures, and it just happens to be on proper prayer and meditation:
"Be rejoicing in the Lord always! Again, I will declare, be rejoicing! Let your lenience be known to all men: The Lord is near. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, but in everything, by prayer and petition, WITH THANKSGIVING, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, that is superior to every frame of mind, shall be garrisoning your hearts and your apprehensions in Christ Jesus.
For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is grave, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is agreeable, whatever is renowned—if there be any virtue, and if any applause, be taking these into account. What you learned also, and accepted and hear and perceived in me, these be putting into practice, and the God of peace will be with you" (Phil. 4-9, Concordant Literal N.T.).
Ah, yes, "the God of peace will be with you." What more do we want? Really: what more do we want? I can swap war stories regarding my past life with the best of you, but to now know that "the God of peace will be with you" is the thing that makes it all worth it. Don’t hesitate to thank God for your trials and tribulations and persecutions—they are qualifying you for the incorruptible and immortal Kingdom of God. Answered prayer is a major proof that God exists and that God loves. Obey God’s rules governing prayer, and you too will begin to experience God’s intervention into your life. And finally, the second shortest verse in the Bible: "Pray without ceasing" (I Thes. 5:17)!
 

Answered Prayer!!!



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From: Every15Minutes *Colorado*
Date: Oct 13, 2007 12:38 AM


Hey there Pam,

long time not talk...Did you hear the good news..The program is in full swing out here..One October 24,2007 it is going to happen out at an Army Base. This is the first time this is going to happen. And I get to be the first to make it happen...I wanted to tell you thank you for the prayers and the support on this great program..

James
 

The Power of a Praying Woman
by Stormie Omartian

"My Prayer to God"

Lord, You have said in your word that whoever believes in you will have rivers of living water flowing from their heart (John 7:38). I believe in You, and I long for Your living water to flow in and through me today and every day that I'm alive. I invite Your Holy Spirit to fill me afresh right now. Just as a spring is constantly being renewed with fresh water so that its pure, I ask you to renew me in that same way today.

Your word says that the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered (Romans8:26). Lord, I realize I don't know how to pray as I need to, not as often as I want to, but I invite you, Holy Spirit, to pray through me. Help me in my weakness. Teach me the things I don't know about You.

I am desperately aware of how much I need Your power to transform me and my circumstances. I don't want to live an ineffective life. I want to live in the dynamic power of Your Spirit. I don't want to be a spiritual underachiever. I want to be an overcomer. You paid a price for me so that I could be owned by You. Help me live like it. You planned out a course for my life so that I could be defined by You. Help me to act like it. You made it possible for me to defeat my enemy. Help me not to forget it. You sent your Holy Spirit so that I could live in power. Help me to fulfill that promise. You gave Your life for me because You loved me. Help me to do the same for You.

I put all my expectations in You, Lord. I repent of the times I have expected other people to meet my needs when I should have been looking to You. I know that you are the only one who can complete me because You are everything I need. All that I have ever wanted in my life can be found in You. Help me to remember to live not in my own strength, but by the power of Your Spirit living in me. Forgive me for the times I have forgotten to do that. Enable me to grow in the things of Your kingdom so that I can become a whole, properly functioning, contributing, productive child of yours who moves forward in Your purpose for my life.
 

Your Help is Needed

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From: Kelly ~ Project Jason ~
Date: Oct 13, 2007 7:16 PM
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From: Kelly ~ Project Jason ~
Date: Oct 13, 2007 10:58 AM


<p> (Jason Jolkowski, missing since 6/13/01)</p> <p>
They say that one person cannot make a difference in the world, but what about one person who is not even with us? For that person to make a difference is truly a miracle.</p> <p>These are words that I wrote about my missing son, Jason Jolkowski. Sometime after his disappearance, we started our nonprofit organization, Project Jason. In his name, we are able to reach out and potentially make a difference in the lives of thousands or people. We consider that to be a blessing and a miracle. </p> <p>
<strong>A Press Release: </strong></p> <p><strong>size="4">The Little Nonprofit That Could</strong></p> <p>Like “The Little Engine That Could”, nonprofit organization Project Jason's founder Kelly Jolkowski did not let what seemed like an insurmountable task, a lack of funds or knowledge of how to start an organization, keep her from creating a legacy for her missing son, Jason. The organization now celebrates four years of assisting families of missing persons nationwide.</p> <p>On October 6, 2007, Project Jason became four years old. </p> <p><strong>Mission Statement: </strong></p> <p>"Our mission as a non profit organization is to create and increase public awareness of missing people through a variety of outreach and educational activities. Project Jason seeks to bring hope and assistance to families of the missing by providing resources and support."</p> <p>Kelly Jolkowski tells about the beginnings of the organization: </p> <p><em>"It's hard to believe that it was only 4 summers ago that Project Jason was just a nameless dream in my head. After having fought in our state legislature for 2 years and not succeeding in getting Jason's Law passed to assist families of the missing due to budgetary issues, I knew there was something more I had to do to follow what I felt was God's calling for me. I was not going to wait another 2-3 years for our bill to pass. (Jason’s Law passed on National Missing Children’s Day in May of 2005.) It came to me that I could start a nonprofit organization to fill the gap until such time as the law was passed, and then to complement it afterwards. Even though I had no idea how to go about doing this, I knew I had to go after the dream.</em></p> <p><em>I know these words belong to another, a powerful voice in history, but they rang in my ears, too. "I had a dream....." While my dream was not the same, it once was a dream, and now is a reality. It's difficult to call it exciting, because of the nature of what we do, but yet it is exciting to have watched it unfold before my eyes over the last 4 years. The fact that Project Jason exists because of my own missing son, Jason Jolkowski, is bittersweet, but yet it is also joyous that his legacy could impact so many."</em></p> <p>During the past 4 years, Project Jason has either distributed in person or through downloads on their website at www.projectjason.org, well over 13,000 free personal ID Kits. They added a Spanish language translation. The organization emphasizes how important it is for persons of all ages to have an ID kit. "Becoming a missing person has no age barrier. If we are loved by another, then we need to have a kit." Kelly explains.</p> <p>Besides offering support and resources to families, education and prevention, Project Jason has carved a niche in the field in terms awareness programs. After the clues on a case have been sifted through, often awareness and hope is what the family has left. They feel that they offer both to the families served with the available programs.</p> <p>Project Jason's original awareness program, the 18 Wheel Angels, is going strong with an estimated 47,000+ posters distributed nationwide. This program entails recruiting truck drivers and business travelers to place posters of selected missing persons along their routes. Additional information is available at http://projectjason.org/18wheel.shtml</p> <p>More fruits came from this program and their alliances in the trucking industry. They have been featured in several trucking publications such as "Women and Team Drivers". Project Jason also works together with another publisher, Target Media Partners, to feature four missing persons per month in their magazines, which have a circulation of 150,000+.</p> <p>In the past few months, their website has averaged anywhere from 600-1,150 hits per day. </p> <p>Project Jason has assisted more than 400 families, offering support and resources, as per their mission. They have seen many come home and be reunited with their families, including two in the last month.</p> <p>They are the only nonprofit assistance organization in the country to have an ongoing campaign to pass legislation on a state to state basis that would affect thousands of missing persons, and potentially mean the difference between a cold case and resolution. This year the Campaign for the Missing bill was passed in CT, IN, and OR. </p> <p>Project Jason is also the only nonprofit assistance organization to offer free online counseling with one of the nation’s most respected grief and trauma counselors. Their Healing Harbor benefit has already made a difference in coping for several families. </p> <p><em>"I have personally learned so much in these past 4 years, not just about running an organization, but about issues pertaining to our cause. I continue to learn and grow and try to find new ways to help those whom we serve. I've also learned so much from all of our families about faith, perseverance, and love of family and life. I feel it is such a privilege to serve. I am blessed in so many ways, including having a wonderful group of people serving along side of me on the board. Without their efforts behind the scenes and support of me, Project Jason would not exist.</em></p> <p><em>There is yet another dream, and this is the dream that all families of the missing share: I have a dream that one day my son will stand before me, and as I look upon his face, I must remind myself that it is real, and that he is here. I reach out my arms to him, and we embrace, and I cry such tears of joy as the world has never seen.</em></p> <p><em>For some this dream will become reality soon, and for others, it will be a longer wait. My comfort comes in knowing that the dream will come true, I just do not know when and where. May the families we assist also find comfort in that knowledge.</em></p> <p><em>Please keep us in your prayers, but even more importantly, pray for the missing and their families."</em></p> <p>If you have been moved by our story, please consider helping us continue in our task to help others. As a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization, your donation is tax deductible. We won’t be able to offer the gifts of hope and awareness for these families if we aren’t supported by you. What if someone you loved was missing, and you had no one to turn to in your time of need? Please keep hope alive in Jason’s name. </p> <p>Kelly, Project Jason</p>
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Do you use more of your Right or left side of the brain?

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From: Toxic Daisies (Free World Order)
Date: Oct 13, 2007 7:02 PM
Do you use more of your Right or left side of the brain?

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From: Wendy
Date: Oct 13, 2007 3:44 PM


~Thanks KARUN..She turned Clockwise for me but I'm naturally left handed and was swapped round in school to use my Right hand instead~
RE: LEFT OR RIGHT BRAIN? THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
From: ~*KARUN*~
Date: 13 Oct 2007, 23:38


Do you see the dancer </p>
<p>turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?</p>
<p>If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain </p>
<p>and vice versa.</p>
<p>Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though </p>
<p>you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can </p>
<p>do it.</p>
<p>LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe</p>
<p>RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

The first time that I looked at the dancer she turned clockwise.I looked again about 15 minutes later and now she always turns anti-clockwise ....hmmm :)

</p>
<p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
 

DIABETIC STUFFED ARTICHOKE CASSEROLE

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From: Chef Michele
Date: Oct 15, 2007 10:48 AM

Stuffed Artichoke Casserole
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1 large onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
2/3 cup reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth, divided
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 can (14 ounces) artichoke hearts, drained, sliced
2 cups seasoned stuffing cubes
Salt and pepper, to taste
Combine onion, garlic, oil, and 3 tablespoons chicken broth in 2-quart glass casserole. Microwave on
high power, covered, 3 to 4 minutes, until onion is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients, except salt and
pepper, mixing well. Cover and microwave on high until stuffing is heated through, about 5 minutes.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serves: 5

Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 145, Fat: 3.6 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 505 mg,
Protein: 5.3 g, Carbohydrate: 22.8 g

Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 Bread, 1/2 Fat


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SICILLIAN COUSCOUS

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From: Chef Michele
Date: Oct 15, 2007 10:50 AM

Sicilian Couscous


INGREDIENTS

2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 scallions, minced
3 Cups baby spinach, chopped
1/4 Teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 Cups vegetable broth
1 1/2 Cups quick-cooking couscous
1/4 Cup golden raisins
1 Teaspoon grated orange zest
Salt
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 Tablespoons toasted pine nuts

METHOD
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the scallions and spinach and cook to soften the scallions and wilt the spinach, 2 to 3 minutes.

Stir in the red pepper flakes, then add the broth and bring to a boil.

Stir in the couscous and remove from the heat. Stir in the raisins, and orange zest, and season to taste with salt. Cover, and let stand for 5 minutes.

To serve, sprinkle with parsley and pine nuts and toss gently to combine.

NOTES
Couscous and raisins are common ingredients in Sicilian cooking. They combine well here with spinach, pine nuts, and a touch of orange, another popular Sicilian ingredient.
Serves 4

THIS IS FANTASTIC....YOU WILL LOVE IT ..EVEN PICKY KIDS EAT THIS!!!!!!!!!!



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Testimony of a Former Abortion Provider

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From: Let's all come together. Pro-life!
Date: Oct 15, 2007 11:01 AM

I know this lady. She trained me as a consoler for women and men in pregnancy crisis. I wanted to share this all with you if you have some time to read. Jah Bless.

-Wut Metaphysical





I'm very excited to be here today. There is a lot that's happened in my life and I just want to take this short amount of time I have today and open up my life to all of you, and, hopefully, all that I've been a part of and all that I'm doing right now will encourage you and somewhat shed a light on the abortion issue.

Let me just begin with a little bit about my past, and I think that's very important. It is important when you hear someone's personal testimony to be able to understand them better, and that is if you know where they've come from, where they've been, and what made them the way they were.

I want to begin by letting you know that even as a very young person, when I was 16 and 17, I used to volunteer at a hospital. I had a strong desire to be a nurse when I grew up, and I got married and during that time I went to Southern Illinois University (SIU) at Edwardsville, and I was studying to become a nurse. During that period of time I met Mike, and therefore divorced my first husband, and Mike and I got married. As far as my religious background, I was Catholic; always had been Catholic. I went to Catholic school and then had taken religious instruction all my life--so I had a definite background. But there was no personal relationship with Jesus Christ at all. I had kind of a misunderstanding about religion. I used to feel that as long as I went to church every Sunday and went to Confession every three months that that was good enough to get me into heaven. In the meantime on Saturday nights and all through the week I was pretty much living in the fast lane.

I was talking earlier to Nita (who will be speaking later) and we were just sharing for a moment how evil we really were. And from the type of person that I was to seeing what the Lord has done through me now, is really incredible. Unlike Dr. Brewer's statement about how it hurts at first, and as they progress in sin it becomes easier and easier, I was kind of wicked to begin with, so it was easy right away.

While I was going to SIU and shortly after Mike and I were married I became pregnant with our first child. Interesting enough, when I went to the doctor (I had had only one period after we were married, and got pregnant, so it was very unexpected, very unplanned), he did the pelvic exam and I had suspected because I was very sick. The first thing he said to me was, "Don't worry about this Mrs. Sparks, we can take care of this." He said, "I happen to have time at this Reproductive Health Clinic and I do abortions there in the evening." He said, "So there's no problem, you can go ahead and have an abortion, then you can have children when you and your husband are ready." It is incredible that I was in such shock at that time as I was very pro-choice, but I didn't think about it. I'm very thankful now because we have a wonderful 10-year-old daughter and I'm very thankful that I did not listen to that seed that he had planted in my heart. It was almost like, well, I'm married, so that couldn't justify it. With the baby on the way we couldn't financially afford for me to continue my education, so I left college with the thought that I would return to it later.

When I worked at the hospital, I worked on the OB floor. I had to experience all the different areas of the hospital before they allowed me to choose where I wanted to volunteer. It was incredible because I used to love to watch babies being born and I knew that was the type of nurse I wanted to be. I wanted to work on the OB floor and help deliver those babies.

Right after the birth of Shannon, I knew that I needed to go back to work. We were in very bad financial shape and one of the people who lived in the apartment downstairs worked at the abortion clinic on the other side. At this particular abortion clinic there are two sides: the OB/GYN side where women go in to have babies, and on the other side they abort them. Let me tell you, it is very contradictory. She told me that there was an opening for a medical assistant on the abortion side of the clinic down at Hope and suggested I go down and apply for the job. I thought about it and talked to Mike about it, and when I asked her how much money they paid, she told me it was excellent. I thought this was great; I'd be in the medical field; I didn't necessary have to have my degree.

So I went down and had a very intense interview. Let me tell you, as all of the former abortionists will tell you, that they really want to make sure that you are pro-choice before they hire you, and I really was. I did not have to convince them; it was obvious. They did put me through a second interview, however; they wanted to make doubly sure that they were hiring someone who was pro-choice.

They primarily hired me to assist the doctor during the abortion procedure, but now I can see how God's hand was upon me, even then, because I was allowed to view every single area of that abortion clinic. In the beginning, they trained me to answer the telephones and to make appointments.

You are going to see, as we all share our testimonies, that every abortion clinic is unique in the fact that they are all different, even though they do the same thing. In this particular abortion clinic, when the girl set up her appointment, if the girl sounded even the least bit anxious to make the appointment for that day, they did not want her to have an opportunity to change her mind or to have someone talk her out of it, or the possibility of her going to another abortion clinic.

As you will see as I tell you about this clinic, I believe the love of money was the root of evil that happened at this particular abortion clinic (this is only my opinion).

We did between 40 and 60 a day at this one clinic; they were very busy and they did abortions approximately four days per week. We would just stay there late and work sometimes two hours overtime to get those extra girls in. Sometimes they were more than content to wait until the next day, or perhaps the next week; other times they had to have it done then, and, indeed, they would get their abortion that day.

So, I answered phones and set up trays in the morning. We would put the instruments in a big sterilizer and set them all up; about ten at a time; then we'd set more up.

Then I was trained to do all sorts of fun medical things, like take blood pressure. I just really loved it; I really liked it; I liked my job. I got to wear a white uniform. All the desires in my heart to be a nurse were being somewhat fulfilled, as evil as it was. I did not see how evil abortion was. It did not bother me at all. When I saw my first abortion procedure, I didn't see it any differently than dissecting a frog in biology. I had blinders upon my eyes, as I believe many people involved in the abortion industry do. I believe that many of them, giving them the benefit of the doubt, didn't really see the evil that they were partaking in.

In my opinion, the most important part of this particular abortion clinic was the counseling. I was able to sit in with one particular worker who had eight years of college; she was so very good. She could sit down with these girls during counseling and she could cry with them at the drop of a pin. She would immediately start drawing them out, asking them all kinds of good questions. She would find out what their pressure point was. What was driving them to want to abort that child, and whatever that pressure point was, she would magnify it. If it was the fact that her parents were going to "kill" her, and she didn't know how she was going to be able to tell her parents; then the counselor would proceed by telling her, you don't have to do this; that's why abortion is here; we want to help you; this is the answer to your problems.

Oftentimes, if it was money, she would tell them how much baby items cost. You know, it does cost $3,000 to have a baby now, and, you know, baby shoes are $28; sleepers are $15. You know, that's what's wonderful about abortion; we can take care of this problem and you don't have to worry about it until you are financially prepared to have a child. So that's what the counselors would do.

The counseling at this particular abortion clinic was so effective that 99 out of every 100 women would go ahead and abort. So that's very effective counseling; a very important part of that abortion clinic.

After they were counseled, they were put back in the waiting area to wait for their turn to go and have the procedure.

I do want to interject here about sidewalk counseling because some people have talked about that. Dr. Hill said that he did not see picketers; we did have picketers. But back then, and this was ten years ago, we didn't have very nice picketers. So I would like to share a little bit about what I believe might be a good and effective way to picket, because I believe picketing is very, very important; it's essential; very important. The type of picketers we had did things like egg the cars and put garbage on the doorstep, and threw broken bottles in the parking lot. The people who worked inside the abortion clinic, as well as the women who were waiting to have the abortion, they all think they're "nuts;" they think they're "loony" because of this criminal damage they're doing. A few times they would take a car key and scrape up the sides of the car; this was before they had security guards to protect the parking lot and all of our vehicles.

So I would suggest that is not a good form of picketing. It's not very effective. At that time, abortion had only been legalized for approximately four or five years. It was relatively new and I think the Pro-Life Movement was just getting on its feet, and we didn't hear a whole lot about the Pro-Lifers, other than the fact that they all thought that we were murderers. I'm just telling you how I felt about Pro-Life people back then.

After a while, I would sit in during the recovery room phase before I learned how to assist the doctor in the procedure room. The recovery room is an incredible place at this particular clinic. I don't know how it is now, but back then they would do so many abortions. They had recliners, like most abortion clinics do, and some girls, if they were far along in their pregnancy, would be on a stretcher. But oftentimes, there were so many girls and not enough recliners that they would be sitting on the floor. After this medical procedure, here they are sitting on the floor with a blanket around them. They would be given a couple of cookies and perhaps a soda, and as soon as they were even somewhat ready, they were out the door because they had more patients to get through. It was really sad.

During that whole time, I didn't think a thing about it. It didn't bother me at all that they were sitting on the floor. We would keep moving out of the recliners and move more in, and just keep going.

I worked in the clean-up room, in my opinion the worst part of the clinic because it was so messy. You had to wear rubber gloves and it was like washing dishes. That's where the babies were brought back. At the time I worked there, they only did first trimester abortions; they didn't have facilities to do second trimester. But, oftentimes, second trimester abortions were performed and these babies we would not put in the little jar with the label to send off to the pathology lab. We would put them down a flushing toilet. They had a toilet that was mounted to the wall, and it was a continually flushing toilet; it didn't have a lid or a handle. That's where we would put these babies. They knew that they couldn't turn them in or they were going to be found out that they were doing abortions which were too late term. This is what I participated in while I worked there.

The ones that were small enough, which would be 12-13 weeks or less, we would put in a jar, label them, and put them in a big box to go off to the pathology lab. I want to share this with you that this is the type of person that I was. As far as moral convictions, I might have had them way earlier in my life, maybe at 17 or 18. But here I was, 21 years old, and very much into the world. I did drugs, I drank; I was just a very, very bad sinner. When the babies would be put in the jars, we would hold them up and kind of twirl them around and look at the little arm and little leg float up, and we'd put them back in the box. As sick as that sounds, that's the way it was, and that's the way it is at a lot of places right now.

I think that there are two sets of people in these abortion clinics. We have the ones who have been there for a long time, since the first day, and they're more like Dr. Brewer in the fact that they've just become hardened. After a while it doesn't bother them at all. Then we have the other set who don't stay there very long, and that was me. They stay for three or four months, and they can't take it any more and they have to get away. That was basically the two types of people that I came in contact with during my short stay at that abortion clinic.

Then, of course, I worked the procedure room where we assisted the doctors. We handed them their instruments, took the blood pressure, made sure that the girl was okay. They did have two registered nurses on staff there that would administer a drug called Sublimaze, which was kind of like a relaxing drug. This drug was given to the girls who were farther along, 12, 13, 14 and farther to help her become relaxed. But, oftentimes, it didn't really help. A lot of times people think that these girls are put to sleep. I've never seen an abortion where the girl was put to sleep. I do know that they do take place, of course, but not at this particular abortion clinic.

So here I am, going in day-in and day-out, and things are getting very bad in my life. The Lord is allowing a lot of things to happen. My father passed away, and that was incredibly hard for me because he was an alcoholic and I was the only one of my brother and sister who really cared about him. I felt terribly lonely and sad about his death. My marriage to Mike was coming to an end quickly. All we did was fight the entire time I was pregnant. We had horrible, horrible fights; throwing clock radios across the room and it was just incredible. We were going to get a divorce; we had already seen the attorneys and we had our appointment to get a divorce. Here I was with a six-week-old daughter and didn't know what I was going to do. I lived in the town of Granite City, (IL). I don't know how many of you are familiar with that area, but I had made a sworn statement that I would never even drive into the city. Isn't that amazing? It is my home and I love it now. But I used to think that it was a factory-oriented town and I was just such a snot I really was. I just didn't even want to go down there, much less live there. But a job put me down there when I worked at a little Photo-Mat booth, and that's how I met Mike.

Anyway, all the sin that I had been participating in was killing me inside. And there I was, going into the abortion clinic every day, not realizing what it was doing to my soul. I wasn't at all aware of what was happening to me, that had any part to do with why I was becoming the way I was becoming. So I became desperate, very desperate. I repeated a story my best girlfriend had told me in confidence and that was the last straw that broke the camel's back. She told me she hated me and never wanted to talk to me again. Boy, that was hard.

Do you get the big picture? Here I am, assisting the doctor doing abortions every day; my husband is going to get a divorce; I have a six-week-old baby; I live in Granite City; my father passed away and my mother hated me. What else could have gone wrong? It was pretty intense.

One particular night I went over to visit my mom and that was when she told me she didn't want to have anything to do with me. She didn't like Mike; she didn't approve of the fact that I'd had an affair with him; it was horrible, just horrible. I was driving home, and it was pouring down rain which added to my depression, and I considered at that moment driving my car off the bridge there into the Mississippi River. But then I remembered I had Shannon, our six-week-old daughter in the back of the car, and I thought, no, why should she suffer or die for me? So when I got home I decided what I was going to do. I was going to kill myself with my husband's off-duty revolver. He's a policeman in Granite City, a detective. So, I took his off-duty revolver and put myself in this recliner, and I put the gun to my head and I cocked it. I was hysterical. I was actually having a breakdown and didn't realize what was happening. I was just crying and crying.

As God is my witness today, I tried to pull the trigger, and I could not do it. I tried to pull the trigger and I could not do it. I thought, man, I can't even kill myself. That's what I thought. It was almost as if there was a lock on the gun, and I believe there was. God had a call for me, a purpose for my life. I eventually put the gun down. I was crying and weeping, and went over to the telephone and I called Mike's mom, who at that time I used to think was a "Jesus freak" because she had no less than fifteen pictures of Jesus Christ all over her house, on her dashboard, on her bumper, hanging from the rearview mirror. I thought she was a little fanatical.

Five years later, I said, mom, why do you have so many pictures of Jesus around your house? She said, honey, everywhere I look, I want to be reminded of what my Lord and Savior has done for me. That's just how much she loves Him. I love her so much.

But that night, over the telephone, she said, put the gun down, pick up the baby and come over here. So I did. I got in the car and I proceeded to go over there, just a few blocks away. I want to tell you that on that short trip a car ran me off the road, up and over the curb into the front yard of a house. Talk about Satan trying to keep me from what was about to happen.

When I got there, we sat down and Mike's sister was there and she took the baby inside. It was July 28th. Most people remember their second birthday. That was my born-again day. We sat on the porch and she told me about Jesus Christ, who He was, and how He lives and dwells within her. I just listened because I had never listened before. All the things I might have known, I never listened to. So that night, I held hands with her for the first time, and we prayed together, and I committed my life to Jesus Christ. I repented. I asked Him to forgive me and made that commitment.

Well, an incredible thing happened. Some people see stars; some people have dreams. I had immediate joy. The depression that I had experienced just an hour previously was immediately gone. I was as happy as I am right now, just deliriously happy, almost drunk-happy, but with no alcohol. She sent me home and I was whistling a little tune. Then Mike came home. We had the appointment the very next day to get this divorce. He and I both had very bad mouths, but that's one thing God set me free of right away. I never said another bad word, it was incredible, He just removed it. Some things we have to work out, but that particular thing He took right away from me. Mike came in and he was upset and was being ugly. I looked at him and I didn't even think about this, not for one second, and I said, Mike, I'm not going to get the divorce tomorrow. He had kind of wanted me to get the divorce because he had left his other wife and they had two kids and he didn't want to be the bad guy again. So I said, if you want the divorce, Mike, you'll have to take care of this yourself, but I am going to contest it; I don't want to get the divorce. Boy, did that make him mad! He left, slammed the door, a picture fell off the wall, and I walked right down the hall and went to sleep, right to sleep. I wasn't even upset.

I woke up the next day. Guess where Mike went the next day? He went over to his mother's house. He didn't know I'd been there the night before. He proceeds to tell his mother what a horrible person I am and how he just can't stand me and how he has to get this divorce. She listened, and finally told him that I had been there the night before. He thought, great! She said, Kathy gave her life to the Lord last night, Mike. He said, right, mom, not Kathy! She said, Mike, it's true. I prayed with her on this very porch. She told him that she had something for him, and she went inside and got a copy of the King James Bible that she had bought for him seven years previously (that he had never read, of course), and gave it to him. He took the Bible and left, and came home. He obviously didn't go to the attorney that day.

For three weeks, all he did was read the Bible. Every time I looked at him he was reading the Bible. I must tell you one thing about my husband, a very Godly man now, but he has a wonderful desire to read. He loves reading and retains everything he reads. He took the Bible with him in the squad car, he came home, and he'd read again. He wasn't talking to me; he didn't like me too much, but he was reading all the time. I didn't care; I was happy, folding my laundry and taking care of the baby, I was so happy and I didn't know why.

Three weeks later he came to me and said, Kathy, last night I gave my life to the Lord in the squad car. I just started crying. He said, you know, Kathy, I don't love you and I know that you don't love me. He had his red Bible. He said, but I believe that Jesus Christ can give us a love for one another, and so it was really exciting. He said, you know, it says here in the Bible that we're new creatures in Christ, so it looks like I better take you out on a date. Okay with me, so we got a babysitter and went out for dinner, and he kind of held my hand. It was so exciting. We courted in the Lord, it was really exciting what the Lord did for us in our marriage.

Here I am, going into the abortion clinic every day. When Mike was very, very young his family were Mormons. Mike's mom had gotten saved and gotten out of it, and his dad not yet, but not really practicing. We talked about religion and talked about what we were going to be. He said, Kathy, I'm not going to be Catholic. He went to the Catholic church with me a couple of times, but he said, I'm not going to be Catholic. I said, well, I'm not going to be Mormon. So we didn't go to church. That was kind of bad because, after three months, I'm still going to the abortion clinic.

After three months, Mike is still reading the Bible, and he came to me, and said, "Kathy, guess what I read?" He said, "I want to tell you that God says that we are lukewarm. And he would rather spit us out of his very mouth." What? I made him show it to me and I read it. It convicted to me. We had still been kind of partying on the weekends and didn't know any different. We still had our worldly friends. That night, Mike and I prayed together for the first time. We held hands and prayed together and said, Lord, this is it, we're going for it. Everything that is within us, we're going to serve you, no matter what it takes, no matter what the cost is. We went through our entire apartment and tore up every single piece of literature that was not Godly. Cosmopolitan Magazine, I had stock in that company, let me tell you. All of our worldly albums; we broke every single album up and took them took them to the dumpster. When we went outside to barbecue, we looked over an open field and we saw two double rainbows from the beginning to the end. We even have a picture of it on our little instamatic. Mike said, Kathy, I read about it. It was a covenant that God made with Noah. He said, God's making a covenant with us this day. Boy, were we excited!

The next day I went into the abortion clinic. It was so completely different than the very day before. It was freezing cold. I could not get warm. I was chilled all the way down to my bones. I just couldn't get warm. I had a sweater on, and it was incredible because no one else seemed to notice. There was a smell, a stench in the air that I couldn't get away from. I kept breathing it and breathing it and it was making me nauseous. One of the first abortions done that day was on a woman who was 23 weeks pregnant. This woman should have had a saline or a laminaria abortion, or even a hysterectomy. Anything would have been better than to try to do a D&C on a woman who was that far along. You have to realize that in this particular abortion clinic, what would be done was she would be examined one side; a pelvic exam by one doctor; then she'd come over and go through all the blood work and sign a release paper, etc. Then, by the time it was time for her abortion, she would be examined a second time. So we're talking about two different doctors doing a pelvic exam who knew this lady was farther than certainly 12 weeks along. She lay on the table. She was a regular-built person, and she had a belly. And I thought, no way! That couldn't be the baby! So the doctor did the pelvic and sat down on his chair and mouths up to me, "very big." I'm thinking, very big, what are you going to do this for? I was trembling and getting a little bit nervous. But he began the procedure. He started to dilate her with the dilating rods and the water broke. He began to do a procedure that normally would take five to eight minutes, and we were in there for an hour. This woman was in so much pain, she was coming off the table. Every medical assistant and nurse was in that room. The nurse had to give her three doses of Sublimaze to try to calm her down. She was screaming; the nurse was yelling at her because everybody else was getting quite upset in the waiting area, as you can imagine, from this woman who was screaming. The doctor was trying to do the abortion, and the baby's bones were far too developed to rip them up with this curette, and so he had to try to pull the baby out with forceps, which he brought out three or four major pieces. Then he scraped and suctioned and scraped and suctioned. There this little baby boy was laying on the tray. I took the baby and I took him to the clean-up room, and I set him down, and I began weeping, uncontrollably sobbing for what I had been a part of because God showed me that was a baby, they were all babies, and I had been a part of murdering probably nearly 1,000 babies, and I cried and cried. His little face was perfectly formed, just like the sign you saw, perfectly formed; little eyes were closed, little ears and everything was perfect about this little boy.

So the recovery nurse was wondering what was taking me so long and she walked in and looked at me. She left, didn't say a word, shut the door, and went and got the director of the abortion clinic. This woman walked in, shut the door behind her, put her hands on my shoulders and grabbed me. She began to rebuke me; pull yourself together; you're a professional. She shook me. I was a limp rag and crying and crying, this baby was 23 weeks. The doctor himself had told me how far along she was. She said, when did you get your medical degree? She took the baby boy over the toilet and put him down the toilet. I was crying and crying. Finally, when she was finished, I told her I couldn't work procedure anymore, that I'd stay in cleanup. She said, fine. We worked it out and the other girls went in to work procedure for the rest of the day.

That night I went home and I told Mike about the entire experience. I said, Mike, I don't know what to do. We had thousands of dollars worth of debt. We had all the debts from his first marriage, a new baby, so much financial debt. And at the time we were such new believers in Christ that we didn't know that He was our God who would provide every need according to His riches and glory. We didn't know that yet. Apparently, Mike must have skimmed over that in the Bible, we didn't know that yet. He said, let's just pray about it. Okay, Mike, let's pray. He went to work that night and I lit two candles at the side of my bed and sat down and prayed a very childlike prayer: Lord, if you want me out, just speak to me, and if I know it's going to be okay, I'll leave, Lord. I will leave. Just tell me.

I went to sleep that night, got up, and went to the abortion clinic the next morning and experienced the same smell, the same cold chills. I worked the cleanup room and at 10:00 in the morning, the director, the same lady who rebuked me the very day before, walked in and closed the door behind her. Only this time, she's very bothered. She's very troubled. "Kathy, I had a dream last night and it was so real that I don't know if I dreamed it or if you told me this, or what." I'm kind of looking at her and said, "What did you dream?" She said, "I dreamed that you walked into my office and you told me that you had to quit this place because of your religion!" I had not told a single person that I had made a commitment to the Lord. You know how you have to grow in that before you tell anybody, and I just didn't tell anybody yet. So I knew that God had given her a dream to come in and tell me to get out. So I told her, "You did have a dream; I did not tell you that, but I am going to quit. I do have to leave, and it is because of my religion. What you're doing here is wrong and I must leave." She left then. She thought I had lost my marbles the day before and now I was crying.

It's amazing how Satan works, because if you don't think he's real, he sure is. She walked in later on that day and offered me $2.50 an hour more to stay and work tubal ligations. She said, "Certainly birth control isn't against your religion." I said, "Well birth control might not be against my religion, but this place is. I've got to leave. So I quit."

I quite the abortion clinic and it was incredible. I went through a series of changes, as we all do when we come to know the Lord in a personal way, no matter how old we are. First, I really had to receive what Jesus Christ had done for me when He died on Calvary for me; that He died that every sin that I had committed could be cleansed and forgiven. It took me six months before I could really accept His forgiveness and I repented before Him for every abortion. I repented for every other single sin that I could think of that I had committed. I received the fact that I was a new creature. That old person was dead.

So we plugged ourselves into a church, an Assembly of God church because we knew some people who seemed pretty normal there. We went to their church and got water baptized, and we plugged ourselves into the choir and every single time we could learn anything, do anything for the Lord, we were there.

As the years went by, we didn't do anything with the challenge of the abortion issue. I wasn't ready yet. I wasn't old enough in Christ to begin professing what happened. I know that now. I know that God is wise and His timing is perfect. Anyway, five years into the Lord, Mike and I began to get very involved in intercessory prayer. We read every book we could get hold of, reading all about intercessory prayer. We thought, that's it, and we were praying and praying.

Then we had a burden for the abortion issue. God did a really neat thing because we thought at that time, that's it, we're supposed to pray about abortion. So we're praying about abortion and really believing that God's going to do something. The Lord gave my husband a dream and He showed Mike (this was five years ago), three years before it was to happen, that we would be involved in a Crisis Pregnancy Center. Mike wrote the whole dream out. We just started praying to that means, and then I met a man who operates in the prophetic gift. He said, "You have a desire to evangelize and to share your personal experiences with women." This man was from a different state altogether and didn't even know me. And that very thing I had been praying about, he said, "I want you to know that God is opening the doors right now." I was at the right place at the right time. I shared briefly at a Bible Study in DePere, Missouri that I used to be involved in an abortion clinic, and a girl's sister was the president of Nurses for Life, Illinois Federation of Right-to-Life in Illinois and she asked me if I'd share my testimony.

At that point, I started sharing my testimony, and it was incredible. The Lord just opened the doors and I went through them. I talked to right-to-life groups, high schools, radio interviews, I was on television several times, people were calling me and asking me to share. In the meantime, I still have this burden for the woman, and I felt I had so much to offer the girl who wanted to choose abortion. I felt if only I could share with her.

I was looking into one particular organization, but the only thing about this organization in St. Louis was that they would not allow you to share the Gospel. They felt that part had to be kept out. At that point I said, forget it, because then it would just be a good work, and I don't to do a good work because that's the answer. Jesus Christ is the answer. So then I was on this radio broadcast on a half-hour talk show with a woman who happened to be the president of the board of directors of the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Clayton, Missouri.

To make a long story short, I took the training. I knew it was obvious that God had a calling on my life to be a counselor. He taught me much in two and one-half years at the CPC in St. Louis. We had a burden for the Metro-East area because here we are, having all these women coming in who needed help over to St. Louis that lived in the Metro-East area because of all the speaking I was doing in the Metro-East area.

So we formed a steering committee and for two years we worked very hard in bringing about the Metro-East Crisis Pregnancy Center. One thing I didn't want to do was be the director because I knew what it cost the director over in St. Louis. Everybody thought that I was the logical candidate because I had so much experience and had worked over in St. Louis. But I said, Mike, I'm going to tell you right now, forget it, I'm not going to be the director.

Well, guess what? The Scripture in Isaiah, it says, Our ways are not God's ways, and our thoughts are not God's thoughts. He had other plans for me because a sister in the Lord challenged me, Kathy, you better pray about it. Have you prayed about it? No. As I prayed about it, God opened the door and He showed me that I was to do this at this time, and so I am presently the director of the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Granite City. We're very excited to report, after seeing since last May 250 clients, only six have aborted. So, praise God! He's doing a mighty work. We've had several girls come to know the Lord personally. We care about the girls as well as their babies. We feel if you reach the girl, you reach the baby. We're concerned about her soul as well as her life in general. So we have much to share with these girls. We're very evangelistic. We believe unless God tells you not to, you should share the Gospel, present the Gospel in a timely way with every client that comes in. We feel that the Lord says in the Word: Make the most out of every opportunity.

I encourage the girls who work with us; we have 23 volunteers; I'm the only paid person on staff. I really encourage them with this because whatever we do in the Pro-Life activity, whatever it is--you might be a sidewalk counselor; a physician--whatever you are, it does begin with prayer, even as Joe said, "We need to be in prayer. Because everything else is going to come out of that." Those He calls, He equips, but we need to be prepared in our hearts, in prayer before God. This is so encouraging because people say, 'Kathy, I don't have any training, etc.' All it takes is a willing heart before God, and obedience.

I want to leave you, encouraging you with the Scripture from Acts 4:13: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled, and they realized that they had been with Jesus.

That's what it's all about. If we're with Jesus, it doesn't matter if we're untrained, God will use us. He's looking for vessels, cleansed and purified, and ready to do His work.

Thank you for having me.
 

Praying in the Spirit

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From: yours2burn
Date: Oct 16, 2007 1:41 AM

I know that God can hear every prayer that is lifted up to Him. He understands every language from every nation. It doesn't matter if the prayer comes from a child or a full grown adult. It doesn't matter if it comes from an unbeliever or a Spirt filled Christian. God can hear every prayer and He choses to answer those that fall in alignment with His will.

In this year I have found myself praying more often in the Spirit than not. Praising, worshipping, interceding and lifting petition before the throne of God in the Holy of Holies. When I do this, though I speak in a tongue not known to me I understand with my mind what my spirit prays for and I can articulate that to the English or Spanish language. In other words I can tell you what I have prayed for though I prayed for it with my spirit and verbally in a heavenly language.

Just recently as I was seeking God's face to see what His word would be for a sermon that I would be preaching the following Sunday; I found myself speaking in a new tongue. Nothing new...right? Well, what was different with this tongue is that I knew with great detail with my mind what I was praying for but this time I cannot articulate it into words that anyone can understand. I know what my spirit was praying for with my human mind but I cannot communicate it with human words as I have been able to in the past. I've tried to explain it but it makes no sense. There are no words fit that could describe what my spirit was praying for yet with my mind I knew exactly what my spirit was communicating to Adonai.

As the days progress I believe that all intercessors will be experiencing this. We are reaching a point where God will be accomplishing all that is needed and scripted in His Word to usher in the second coming of the Messiah. God moves in response to prayer and intercession and because His ways are higher than ours our spirit will be sychronizing with His in order to pray in alignment with His will.
 

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Scout Survives Bear Attack By Playing Dead
Boy Treated For Cuts, Bruises

POSTED: 11:27 am EDT October 15, 2007
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WHITE HAVEN, Pa. -- A Boy Scout played dead when attacked by a bear during a camping trip, avoiding serious injury.

Video: Boy Plays Dead In Bear Attack

Chris Malasics, 14, curled up in the fetal position in his sleeping bag after the bear ripped down his tent at Hickory Run State Park around 11:30 p.m. Friday.

"I was just trying to figure out what to do to not get hurt," he told the Daily Local News of West Chester.

As the bear started tossing Malasics around, a Scout leader tried to create a disturbance by banging pots and pans and flashing car headlights. The bear eventually wandered off.

Malasics, of Chester Springs, was taken to a hospital for treatment for his cuts and bruises. He was also given a precautionary rabies shot.

Malasics said the experience will not deter him from going camping. In the future, though, he intends to make sure he has a pepper spray for bears, and perhaps a gun.

"I know how to shoot," he said.

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APPLE LASAGNA W/ FALL GREENS..PLZ REPOST AND ADD...

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From: Chef Michele
Date: Oct 16, 2007 7:55 AM

Serves/Makes: 8


Ingredients:
12 lasagna noodles
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cup chopped turnip greens, cooked
Salt and pepper, to taste
Nutmeg, to taste

***Sauce***
5 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, diced
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup apple cider
1 cup chicken stock
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons thyme leaves
1 cup applesauce
1/2 lemon, juiced


Directions:

Cook lasagna noodles in 4 quarts, lightly salted, boiling water until tender. Drain well and rinse with cold water; set aside.

To make the Sauce: In a heavy, non-aluminum saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook until clear, approximately three minutes. Add flour, stir well; cook approximately three minutes, stirring constantly.

Add apple cider and chicken stock; simmer. Season with salt, pepper, spices, and thyme. Add the applesauce and lemon juice. Continue to simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring until a medium thick consistency.

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly oil an 8- by 11-inch glass or ceramic baking 1 dish. Place one layer of pasta on bottom, spread 1/3 of the sauce, and then layerof greens, followed by a thin layer of cheese. Repeat; finishing with sauce and cheese on the top (should have four layers total).

Cover with foil. Bake for approximately 40 to 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove; let cool for 15 minutes before cutting.

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ATTORNEY ADVICE.........NO CHARGE........Can Repost

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From: Angie
Date: Oct 21, 2007 10:30 AM
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From: HelpUsFindRodneyTexera

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Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company Maybe we should all take some of his advice!

1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED".

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

3. Put your work phone &035; on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS&035; printed on your checks (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary but, if you have it printed, anyone can get it.

4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards, etc..

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first-hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know.

5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll-free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.

6. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc. Were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).


But here's what is perhaps most important of all (I never even thought to do this.).


7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.


By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.



Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, etc, has been stolen:


1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285


2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742


3.) Trans Union : 1- 800-680-7289


4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271


We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.

If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help someone.
 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BECOMING A BONE MARROW DONOR! SAVE A CHILD

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From: ♥ HOLLY ♥ This outfit is 4 sale 3T!
Date: Oct 21, 2007 11:00 AM

I registered! Have you?

I ordered a FREE kit from www.dkmsamericas.org. It came in the mail, I swabbed my cheeks and returned the kit, postage paid! Painless and free! The best part, I could possibly save a life! Please register!

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From: SaveGiovanniGuglielmo.org
Date: Oct 21, 2007 7:33 AM


There are many reasons to become a bone marrow donor.

Children and adults with cancer and other diseases.

Giovanni is one of many.

My main mission is to raise awareness on how important it is to become a bone marrow donor. I would like every one of Giovanni's friends to become donors. I know in the real world, that is unrealistic.

So, here is my compromise. Every one of Giovanni's friends, all 1,200 of you, I want you to forward this message. The more people that are aware of how important it is, the more likely they are to become donors.

All the times you forward this, the more friends Giovanni gets and it's one more person that has learned about this.

Thank you!

~Carolyn

MEET GIOVANNI



Giovanni has NEMO, which is a very rare x-linked chromosomal disorder. Giovanni's NEMO is described as severe requiring a bone marrow transplant. Only 60 children in the world have confirmed NEMO and 11, now 12 in the US are confirmed to have NEMO. The disease was just discovered in 2007. NEMO or the NF kappa essential modulator is a mutation on the EXON number 10 gene, which controls a number of bodily function including the hair, skin, eyes, teeth, bone growth process, intestines, and the immune system. Any of these bodily organs can be compromized from mild to severe. And the defects can either progress from mild to sever, stay mild or be severe.



So far Giovann's hair is fine, his skin condition is compromised, his eyes are fine for now, and his teeth are still waiting to come in. The effect NEMO has on teeth is that the teeth may be conical, that is they come in live fangs or rounded at the tip. The treatment for that is removal. With respect to Giovanni bone process the growth and breakdown of bone cells is compromised and in this instance if it becomes sever the holes in the skull that the retinas go through to the eyes close and detach the retinas causing blindness.



Giovanni's immune system is completely compromized in that his white or t-cells, red cells, and NK or natural killer cells don't work. That is they are not functioning. The white cells are not telling the b-cells to make antigens against germs and the b cells are not telling the NK cells to attack and kill germs. Thus the immune system is comletely compromised and that is why he experienced repeated infections, many of which originated in the intestines. Giovanni's intestines are also defective in that the villie that should stand up allowing white cells to imbed to kill bacteria and absorb food are flattened and the defective white cells were simply falling off.



Children with NEMO have a 50/50 chance of survival with a perfect bone marrow match. The doctors have further told us that even with the bone marrow transplant Giovanni may be completely cured or while the immune system is cured he could continue to suffer from other conditions of NEMO requiring longterm medications.



With respect to Giovanni's immune system the only way to cure it or replace it is through a bone marrow transplant. We were unable to locate bone marrow because there are not enough people in the international registry. We were, however, able to find cord blood.
 

YES!!! WE"VE ADDED MORE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING LINKS!!!

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WE MUST PRAY "YES WE MUST"

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From: Evy Gonzalez
Date: Oct 25, 2007 7:23 AM

"Our Father Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven; I give you my hands to do Your works; I give You my feet to go Your way; I give You my eyes to see as You see; I give You my tongue to speak Your words; I give You my mind that You may think in me; I give You my spirit that You may pray in me. Above all, I give You my heart that You may love in me - love You and love all humankind. I give You my whole self, Lord, that You may grow in me, so that it is You who lives, works and prays in me. God of my life, I welcome this new day. It is Your gift to me and to all of us, a new creation, a promise of resurrection. How much more can we ask when you have given us all. You have gave us Your breath of love when we sometimes say ("Is my life and I do what I want") No, Father God, it is not our life, it is Your life, becuase without your breath we are just a sack of dry bones with no spirit. But Your Spirit that dwells in us in helping us carry this body everywhere.
This life has been a gift from You in this earth, soon is to be taken away from this fleshy body, but Your wonderful promise is that, if we keep Your word and do what You ask us to do, we will reign with You for ever and ever. So You have the power to give life or take it away depending in our actions.
Oh.. Lord have mercy so we Your people do your will so when the day of resurrection we are counted with you in heaven.
The days are passing so fast, and things are getting worse and worse everyday, we can tell the signs You mentioned in Your word. Let us not fall asleep so the day of Your coming will not surprise us. I pray this for all my friends, family in Christ, my material family, and myself. I pray in Jesus name so You can hear this prayer that comes from my heart.
Have mercy upon Your people and bring those that are souls of salvation so You can come soon.
Even so, Come Lord Jesus Come!
AMEN

Good morning family in Christ. Please I encourage all of you to pray daily in your pillow when you lay your head, before you get up from your bed. At your work, at your house when you are cooking, cleaning, or doing any chores in your home. Even when you are asleep. Funny but true, even when you are sitting in your toilet, taking a shower, when you are taking a walk. Pray without ceasing says the Lord. And don't forget to read the word of God daily and watch the news, for nothing can surprise us when things are happening.
Have a blessed wonderful day.
 

PRAISE report from San Deigo - TY Lord!

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From: Laurie ♥ † ♥
Date: Oct 25, 2007 4:36 AM


We have heard from the media that our community may now be repopulated. We will be leaving our motel to go home today...

:D

It is my understanding the "the Witch" did not pass through my neighborhood, so our home should not be affected by fire. Nearby neighborhoods, however, were affected. I do have to say that I am so proud to live in San Diego, for it is such a CLASSY city! From the local city and county government to the wonderful people who live in San Diego. San Diego truly is one of America's FINEST Cities! The whole way this emergency has been handled by city/county officicials, the evacuees, the fire fighters, and the volunteers and spirt of the people in San Diego has been incredible!

A special thanks is not enough for the fire fighters, who fought the largest fire in California history, and capable city officials, who were proactive and had a "plan" already in place, and the willingness of the citizens, who evacuated happily when told and kept a upbeat spirit.... together worked in saving many lives in the face of a "fire monster"...

Much love and thanks,

Laurie
 

Grandpa Found Safe..YAY

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RE: Grandpa Found Safe..YAY

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From: Building Safer Tomorrows
Date: Oct 26, 2007 7:28 PM


size="5">We just received word that Henry Laurich has been found safe in Wisconsin. He somehow wandered all the way there from Chicago. We don't know many details as of now and will keep you updated as we receive more details.

Our dear friend Mom On A Mission would like to thank everyone for posting and reposting his flyer and praying for his safe return!

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WHEN COWS FLY?!


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From: REV. FIREN&BEAU T.I./WA
Date: Nov 7, 2007 2:36 AM


MANSON, Wash. - A Michigan couple is lucky to be alive after their minivan was hit by a falling cow on Sunday.

According to a report in the Wenatchee World newspaper, Charles Everson, Jr. and his wife Linda were driving on Highway 150 about one mile east of Manson in Chelan County when a cow fell about 200 feet off a cliff and landed on the hood of their minivan.

"It was 'bam'- you just saw something come down and hit the hood," Everson told the newspaper from a hotel room in Manson.

Everson, 49, and his wife were visiting the area from Westland, Michigan, near Detroit, and were headed back to their hotel after attending a church service.


Chelan Co. Fire Dist. 5

A 600 pound cow fell 200 feet from a cliff near Manson, WA, landing on this minivan driven by Charles Everson, Jr.
The newspaper cites Everson saying he didn't see the animal until it hit and didn't realize what happened until after the impact.

"I'm like, 'I don't believe this, I don't believe this, I don't believe this,'" Everson told the newspaper.

"It's funny because it was such a close call," Arnold Baker, Chelan County Fire District 5 Chief told the World. "Inches different and the couple in this car would have been killed."

The Eversons were examined at Lake Chelan Community Hospital and released. The cow was euthanized at the scene.


Rena Albertson

"Michelle" was owned by Rena Albertson of Rockin A Rodeo Bulls.
Rena Albertson, the owner of the cow, said the animal was named Michelle and the family had raised her from a calf.

"She was a long way from home, lost and scared," said Rena Albertson. "She was at a breeding facility since August and had broken away from their control about three weeks ago."

Anderson said after weeks of attempting to contain Michelle, the breeder was right behind her on a four-wheeled ATV, but an hour later she was dead.

"She is very missed and I have yet to figure out how to tell our children what happened to her," said Albertson.
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JIM KIRKS PROFILE FOR HIS SON NATE IS BACK UP REPOST!!!!

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My Profile has finally been restored. Everything is Possible with the Power of Prayer ! Our Father in Heaven Loves Justice and he is Listening to our Prayers. Thank-you everyone for being such loyal and great friends. Jim Kirk
 

MOTHER MISSING FOR TWO MONTHS FOUND ALIVE

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Date: Nov 12, 2007 5:38 PM
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From: ~Ãngël~ help find the missing
Date: Nov 12, 2007 4:52 PM


LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Lincoln woman who had been missing for more than two months has been found.

Lincoln police said Katie Corcoran is home safe with her family.

A family spokesman told a Rhode Island television station that Corcoran was spotted this weekend in Baltimore by a woman who recognized her from the media coverage of her disappearance. Corcoran's husband and a private detective then went to Maryland to get her.

The 35-year-old mother of two disappeared Sept. 5 after she left a psychiatric hospital in Providence and took a cab to a homeless shelter. She never went inside.
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5 year old 'Spider-Man' Saves Baby Girl From Burning House

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From: MIGHTY ARMY OF THE LORD(PREPARING FOR WAR)
Date: Nov 14, 2007 9:04 AM

A five-year-old boy dressed as Spider-Man became a real life hero when he saved a baby girl from a burning house in Brazil.

Pint-sized superhero Riquelme Maciel stepped into the house to pull the 1-year-old to safety after he saw her mother crying.

The boy had been playing with a friend in his back yard when they spotted smoke coming from the window of a wooden house.

Using his Spidey senses, he ran to tell the baby's mother, Lucilene dos Santos, but she was too afraid to enter the blazing house.

Without hesitating, the tiny masked crusader decided he would brave the flames to save baby Andrieli from her cradle.

Santos told reporters: "He said, 'don't cry, don't scream because I'm going to save Andrielle.'

"Then I began shouting for him not to go because I was scared he would die in the fire."

But Riquelme did not think twice. After the rescue the Spider-Boy simply said: "I decided to go inside the house and save her."

Fire department's chief Jose de Macedo praised the boy's bravery, but warned parents and children about copying his actions.

He said: "It is very dangerous. This requires a trained crew and proper gear. So we pass on this warning that it is not recommended."

After his heroic act, Riquelme became the talk of the town, making it on to the front pages of local newspapers.

He says he wants to become a firefighter and save more lives - although whether he will be allowed to wear his Spider-Man costume while he does it remains to be seen.
 

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cute pics to help you SMILE

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Talking Dog

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Date: Nov 14, 2007 10:32 AM
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From: SuttonFarms
Date: Nov 14, 2007 8:37 AM


A guy is driving around Tennessee and he sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog For Sale." He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a Labrador retriever sitting there.

"You talk?" he asks. "Yep," the Lab replies. "So, what's your story?"

The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA about my gift, and in no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running."

"But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down.

I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security wandering near suspicious characters & listening in.

I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.

I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired."

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

"Ten dollars," the guy says.

"Ten dollars? This dog is amazing. Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?"

"Because he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff.
 

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From: Revelation
Date: Nov 18, 2007 7:46 AM

Hello my friend! I want to tell you a true story how the Lord saved my child.I am so glad he did it, because as a father the worse thing that could ever happen would be the loss of your child. Here is this story and I give praise to my father in heaven.
It was late at night when we watched a Video from Kathrin Kuhlmann with our friends. All of a sudden the following thought rushed through my mind: “If you want to see your child further more, you should go now into her room”. I went into the room of my eight year old daughter and looked if there is something wrong, but I couldn’t find anything. I sat on her bed and started to pray, when the Lord told me to kneel before her bed. When I kneeled down, my daughter set up and stayed like this for a few seconds, before she fall backwards. But instead falling back into the bed she fall out of the bed. And because I was kneeling at the side of her bed, I could catch her, that she didn’t fall to the floor. Through this, she woke up and said: “Oh daddy, I almost fall.” I am sure that the following words were not my words, but His. I said: “For this I came, so that you would not fall! “
Is God not wonderful. He knew, that I could not handle such great loss. Few years earlier, we almost lost her as well. Because I was not careful enough she almost drown in a swimming pool. That night I could hardly sleep. But God gave me a dream. I saw a huge demon trying to kill me. Compare to him I was like a little mouse. Suddenly somebody started to sing a song. A second person came and both of them sang this song. Then three, four, ten, hundreds, thousand of people sang this song until it seemed, that the whole earth sang it. While we all sang this song, the demon not only became smaller and I grew bigger, but all Heaven and Earth were filled with the wonderful melody and words of this song. And these are the words we sang.

“Jesus knows your worries, Jesus knows you. You can come to him, like you are. He can heal every wound, he leads you out of the dark night, Jesus is King and he has all Authority”.

I believe, that this Song is not only for me, but also for you. Jesus knows you and he knows how you feel. He can heal every wound you have and he can lead you out of every kind of darkness. He is so close to all of us, because............................... God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3, 16+17
 

HERE'S A CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST ALL THE PHISHING, HACKERS AND THE EVER PRESENT DELETION POSSIBILITY.





-PROTECT YOUR PROFILE-





The other day, my 2nd account had a message in it stating that I had been phished and that I needed to change my password to unblock it. So I did. And then my account got deleted. Magically, it was resurrected about 8 hours later.



Today, this happened to my personal account which I have had since 2003.

It didn't get deleted, but I immediately began backing up my profile to best that it could be. And I suggest you do the same so that if your account is ever deleted or cancelled or whatever, you can start right back up.



Unfortunately, you won't be able to backup your comments or your picture comments, but to save your friends list and your layout, that isn't the worst thing in the world.



So here is what I did and I'm not saying this is some great idea or anything, but one day you may find it very useful.



First off:



1.) Goto the 'view all of my friends' area of your profile





Systematically, go through each page of friends and do the following tasks.





2.) Right click on the screen and choose 'VIEW SOURCE' - (You can do this on both the PC and the Mac - if you have a 1-button mac mouse, hold 'control' while you click.)



3.) You want to quickly select all the code in the page that opens up. (On the PC hit 'control and A at the same time' - on the mac hit 'apple key and A at the same time) or you can just highlite the whole thing.



4.) Copy that text into a blank text file on your computer. On the PC maybe use Notepad or Word. On the mac use TextEdit or Word. Any word processing program will do.



5.) Save each page of code as something like 'Friends page 1", "Friends Page 2" and so on. Do this until you have grabbed the code from every page of friends you have.



Now you have the friend ID's of each person.


Though to the untrained eye the code looks like a jumbled mess, towards the bottom of the screen you will begin to see the friend ID's show up. You can simply save these files to resort to for later use, or you can weed through and pull all your friends ID's now. If you don't understand this, just ask somebody who knows HTML to help you out or point you in the right direction. Unless you don't have a large friends list, most folks will not want to do this for you but they will show you what to look for and the rest will be up to you.



Next, let's backup your profile.



6.) Go into 'edit profile'



7.) Simply make a new blank text file and begin copying and pasting the entire chunk of code from each section into that file. Just mark out the sections by what they're called - 'about me' - 'interests' blah blah blah before you post the code that makes up that section for your profile.



8.) If you want to back up your blogs, you can do the same. Just copy and paste the text into a blank text file.





LIKE I SAID BEFORE, you would of course lose all your comments but thats a small price to pay to get back up and running quickly.



If you account is ever deleted, just grab all the Friend ID's in your 'friends' pages and reinvite everybody to your new profile that will look and act exactly like your current profile because you took the time to follow these instructions.



Hope this helps. It's a totally simple concept but it's usually the most basic ideas that make the most impact.



~ryan
What I was trying to do was give the right instructions to everybody and not only for people who's browsers have a 'save page as' function. Granted, it's nearly everybody, but still that might be too localized.



By all means, if your browser can do this - 'save page' as an HTML or a page archive, do that instead. If not, do it the old fashioned way. One way or another, you'll save your stuff.



~ryan





Thanks for posting this. Everyone should back up their profile code, blogs & friends. Having a clean backup of the profile code is good even if you don't get deleted - you can use it if you think you were phished to get rid of any malicious code that might have been inserted.



Just a hint, after saving the friend pages, you can change the text document to end with .html instead of .txt (make sure you are showing file extensions). Then it should open in your browser as a web page, then you can just click on each friend to add them.





sorry should've added this bit



Backing up your Profile

Messed up your profile? Had a worm destroy it? Or perhaps MySpace has been delete happy and taken it away? You should always have a backup of your profile and Friends list for those worse case scenarios.



To do this simply do the following.



To back up your Profile, first log-in. Now go to your edit profile page, by selecting the link next to your profile avatar. Once on the 'Edit your profile' page, select 'Backup your Profile' from the MySpaceMozilla Options box in your status bar.



It will now save a copy of your profile to the C drive. It can be found here:



C:....MySpace_Profile_Backup_(yourfriendid).txt



Backing up your friends no longer exists as an option as this is done automatically when you organize your friends list. Check your main C drive directory to find it.





As an addition also any subscribed readers, of a user's blog can be done the same with. Just something else users may want to backup as well.





notepad + excel = backup <3





Just save the page to your computer. File > Save page as > html complete.



For example, just go into your edit profile section and hit save as. Your codes will instantly be backed up. The same works for your pics, friends and just about everything else on myspace





Go to each page, right click and bookmark the page into your browser. name them page1, page 2 etc. Start your new account. click each bookmark and add them. I have 25, 000 friends and have each page bookmarked. This save space on your computer and allows the pages to come right up without having to save code. It works with any browser.





Hello!

I use both FF and Opera 9.22, and it works well with Opera too...
Well it's Opera on PC though... just a right click on the page and you select "source" then you are able to save the file to notepad...

Anyway great topic, i do this since i started my profile... and each time i've changed my layout.And as for the friends, each time i've got a new one, i paste his profile ID number from the searchbar to excel, sorted by names.. easy way to find who has disappeared or who has deleted you =(