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May 25, 2020

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Beau, love ya brother!

18 years ago when bailey had to have an artificial heart valve put in as a baby, we prayed and prayed that god would heal her and not need the heart valve replaced. We prayed ,pastors prayed, whole churches and friends prayed for Bailey's heart to be healed. God didn't heal Baileys heart. That meant that Bailey had to be on an anticoagulant for the rest of her life and always be careful not to injure a major joint or arteries for fear of bleeding to death internaly. Deena and I felt so let down by God. We did however chose to except Gods decision for Baileys heart and continue trusting in God and his will for our family.

Fast forward 17 years; Bailey is in a serious auto accident that resulted in a major brain trauma. Accident happened at 1am and she was not discovered until 7:30 am unconscious. Bailey was in a coma for 10 days. She has made a miraculous full recovery.

After Baileys recovery the neurologist informed us that had Bailey not been taking an anticoagulant, she likely would not have lived. The anticoagulant kept the blood from clotting in her brain and causing a stroke or serious/permanent brain damge. 17 years ago we were so upset with God wondering why he wouldn't heal our baby girl. 17 years later now we know why.

Giving God all praise

Ps. I have major PTSD now, but doing what i can to get through it.

Bill, in Missouri

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These emails are great. Thank you Beau, prayed this prayer for my granddaughter Kaya specifically, prayed for all others also. God is powerful and merciful.

Nellie, in Alaska

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Hey Beau!

Wanted to let you know I'm getting some good things from your studies. I think the pace is good also, one sent every three days. Two per day (earlier in summer) was overwhelming and they just stacked, but the pace now is much more manageable, and I'm growing from them.

Keep it going!

Tom, in Arlington, TX

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Beau,

I got a kick out of your suggestion that kids falling asleep during Scripture readings will grow to be adults who do the same thing! It reminded me of my friend Roy.

Roy and I had been friends for many years. He and I met while I was attending the Chichester Congregational Church, many years before I met Penny. Roy was an old batch, the same age as my mom. We often sat together in church, and he had an incredible knack for falling asleep at the second line of the sermon, but had trained himself to come around when the sermon was almost done - you know, then the pastor starts getting whispery and prayer-toned.

Roy was going through some stress at work (some of the stress he experienced was self-induced - he always had difficulty with strong female supervisors) and had told me about 'her' - in fact, I always knew which 'her' he was referring to. He rarely called them by name, they were always 'her' or 'she'.

We were sitting together during Sunday meeting, mid-sermon. He mumbled something that I didn't understand, so I whispered a request that he repeat himself; to which he didn't respond.

Then, a brief time later, he said in a conversational tone, "Hey, I'll just tell them that she told me to do it!" I looked and chuckled at what was going on, as did the people in front of us and behind us - he was talking in his sleep during the sermon! I swatted him gently on the leg in order to get him to stop. He woke up and asked what I wanted, but all I said was, "You were - asleep". I never did tell him that he'd talked in his sleep during the sermon. He died maybe a year and a half ago, and I often think of him and miss him, but I laugh and cry when I tell this story. Hope you enjoyed it!

Bruce, in New Hampshire

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What WON'T Be in Heaven

A - attention deficicet disorder

B - boredom

C - complaining

D - disorderly conduct

E - envy

F - fractures

G - gloomy days

H - hangovers

I - indigestion

J - juvinial delinquet behavior

K - killing

L - lymph node swelling

M - mad

N - nasty behaviors

O - oppression

P - prison

Q - quagmire

R - runny nose

S - sadness

T - trouble

U - unforgiveness

V - viciousness

W - waskly wabbits, eh?

X -

Y - yelling angerly

Z -

Suluuq the Carver (Donald), in Kotzebue

Thank you my dear friends for all your emails.

Rejoicing, On the Victory Side!

Beau

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