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This Sunday Morning

Our dogs began barking (all 10 of them) and so hubby got up to see what they were barking at. He couldn't see anything since it was still dark so he laid back down. About an hour later he came upstairs and woke me up to tell me that there was a car in the corner of the pasture across from our house that was demolished. I jumped up and while hubby was putting his pants on I took off out the door in PJs and all. What I saw was so horrifying! You could not even tell that it was a car. There was a lady out there and I asked her if anyone was in the car. She said yes, it is my brother. By then her father had gotten there and I have never in my whole life felt more helpless than I did at that point. My husband and I tried to comfort them and prayed with them. The sister was on her way to work and drove by this scene that had taken her brother's life. The young person in the car was 21 and died on impact. He had slammed into a tree. I always hear of accidents and am saddened but to actually see if first hand was devastating. I just cannot get this young person and his family off my mind. Please pray for this family because they had just buried their grandmother this past Wed.

5 yr. old Laurin Fowler

This little lady had surgery this past Tuesday (15th). They had to travel from SC to AK because no one else would consider doing the surgery and this doctor had done the first one and wanted to do this one as well. He was able to remove 70% of the tumor and Laurin was doing remarkably well later that day to have gone through what she did. She has been recovering very well and I think it is in part to the prayers from people like you. Thank you so much and please continue to keep them in your prayers. Here is the site again if you would like to read her story and the journal entries that her parents have entered.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/laurinfowler

Jewelry For A Cause

We have a lady in our Sunday School class who is fighting breast cancer. Her name is Janie. Janie is going through chemo treatments and it seems with each one the treatments get worse. She is a trooper though and I ask that you keep her in your prayers along with all of the others that are in the fight for their lives. I am listing her link and if you could please consider joining the team or making a donation on her behalf. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=8645&team_id=286575

Here is a link to the team member that I am helping. Her name is Patricia Ward and she is not only one our Sunday School members as well but she is also a very dear friend of mine. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifeSouthAtlanticDivision?pg=personal&fr_id=8645&fr_id=8645&px=6067172

You may also purchase a Luminaria in memory of someone you have lost or in honor of someone who is a survivor. https://secure3.convio.net/tacs/site/Ecommerce?PROXY_ID=286575&PROXY_TYPE=22&FR_ID=8645&VIEW_PRODUCT=true&product_id=1733&store_id=8769

I thought about making some earrings to sell for this cause. I would love your opinions. If they pass approval then all of the proceeds (excluding materials) will go toward this team.

Well, that will about do it for right now. God bless you all.

Sam