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Newsletter, February 2012

Dear Friends, A few more Devotions on the Go, remember to listen to the guitar strums between stories. ~~~BIG HORN SHEEP~~~ There is nothing quite as thrilling to me as a rare sighting of wild animals. My husband and I were up Big Sheep Creek in Montana doing some fishing when we saw a large group of animals that looked slightly different than deer. Grabbing our binoculars we were delighted to discover 20 to 30 Big Horn Sheep. The sheep had been hunted out of that area and had just recently been reintroduced to the Big Sheep Creek area by management authorities.

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Newsletter, January 2012

Dear Friends, I am working on the third CD for the Devotions on the Go series. From the response I have received, the stories are blessing people and that blesses me. My original art work is featured on each CD cover - a landscape in blues and greens with a stream on the first CD, a blue heron on the second, and a landscape with purple mountains, green grass and yellow flowers on the third. ~~~# 1 of Set 1~~~THE DUCK WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A CHICKEN~~~ One summer when I was young, my family raised chickens. We also had one duckling. I believe we had won him at a carnival.

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Newsletter, December 2011

Dear Friends, at the suggestion of a friend, a CD series entitled “Devotions on the Go” has become my latest project. The first CD runs 43 minutes and features 15 short devotions for busy people who find it necessary to spend a lot of time in their cars, or who might find time to listen while working, exercising or resting. Each devotion is numbered and separated by a few strands of music played by a member of Fridge On Fire. You can easily pick up where you left off or go back and re-listen to one. I have selected three to share with you.

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Newsletter, November 2011

Dear Friends, And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. Isaiah 30:21. Knowing the way of the Lord is not always easy. Learning to follow Jesus in our everyday life can be difficult because we are always faced with new circumstances. Life is never the same. One of the most important things I learned as a new Christian was that as a believer the Holy Spirit dwells in me and wants to guide me in every decision. It is important to pray about everything.

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Newsletter, October 2011

Dear Friends, We are living in a time in which the nations of the world are turmoil, and many people are devastated by personal problems. Between the news and the prayer requests that come into the ministry, one would think the world is coming to an end - and it may very well be. However I do not know when, so in the meantime I have some encouraging words from the Lord for you. As some of you know, I have been studying and painting “Trees of the Bible” in recent months.

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Newsletter, September 2011

Dear Friends,
Blessings can come at the most unexpected times and in unexpected places. I experienced the joy of being a guarding angel! There was room at the “Inn,” on a recent trip to visit my mother. As we were walking down the hall towards the elevator, I heard a door open and close, then a beautiful little dark haired, dark eyed little rascal came running down the hall. We raised three rascals, so I know a rascal when I see one and they always win my heart. My guess was he was no more than two years old. When I saw he was alone I asked, “Where is Mommy?” He pointed down the hall in the direction we had come and I knew she was not down there. I asked him to take my hand, which he did

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Newsletter, August 2011

I asked the Lord what He would have me write for the newsletter this month, and as always He has a way of “killing two birds with one stone.” He needed to teach me first what I was to share with you. I found myself in need of a refresher course in God’s lessons from 1999 when we started the radio ministry. At that time, my husband and I had made a move from the busy Bay Area to the country, which generated a great deal of work as in all moves. I confess that I selected this home that we bought - I saw all the potential and my husband saw all the work. We were both right. I was going in all directions. After much work renovating Dorcas, (the mobile unit which houses the radio ministry), I then had to learn to work all the equipment.

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Newsletter, July 2011

July 2011 prayer/newsletter

Dear Friends,

I’ve given the name Dorcas to the mobile unit which serves as headquarters for the radio ministry. Dorcas was shaking, dirt was falling from the ceiling, and loud noises were coming from above as two men tore off the old roof. It looked like a tornado had gone through, leaving behind a disaster of dirt and debris. Everything was out of place, the insulation and the ceiling panels had been removed, mold and wood rot were evident.

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Newsletter, June 2011

Dear Friends,

There are two false beliefs which are commonly held that must be examined.  One false belief is that all roads lead to heaven, and the other is that there is no Hell.  If we embrace either of these, we deny the Bible as the Word of God, and we have no compassion for the lost. A person has the right to choose the faith or religion he wishes, but that does not make all choices correct.  Freedom to choose does not absolve a person from the consequences of his choice no matter how sincere he might be.  The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that God is a Holy God who cannot look upon sin.  A person may have lived a good life by comparison to others, but our measuring stick is not the lives of other people  -  it is the life of Jesus.