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a c t u a l l y g o i n g BUMMING L e t me e x p l a i n .When my s i s t e r was l i v i n g we would c a l l o u rs h o p p i n g t r i p s , and u n s c h e d u l e d r e l a x i n gfun t i m e s - BUMMING. Though i t i s r a r e ,J e r r y an d I e n j o y s u c h t i m e s now, h u t

f o r c e d i n t o MUST s h o p p i n g an d t h eo p p o r t u n i t y t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f c u r r e n ts a l e s , on t h i s T h u r s d a y, March 1 5 , a t 1 2 : 3 0P. M . , we w e r e f r e e a n d on o u r w ay t o dosome bumming. By 5 : 3 0 P.M. o u r m i s s io n wasa c c o m p l i s h e d a n d we were b a c k home . J e r r yl e t me o u t b e f o r e h e p u l l e d t h e v an i n t ot h e g a r a g e , an d I walked a h e a d and e n t e r e dt h e p a t i o t h r o u g h t h e s m a l l g a r a g e d o o r . Iw as s h o c k e d a s I l o o k e d t o t h e s l i d i n gg l a s s d o o r o f t h e p a t i o . J e r r y , youf o r g o t t o c l o s e an d l o c k t h e p a t i o d o o rI y e l l e d . O h , n o , I d i d n ' t . h e s a i d . If o l l o w e d w i t h , OH , y e s , y ou d i d At t h a tI s t e p p e d i n t o t h e h o u s e , t h e f r o n t d o o rwas open a b o u t t h r e e i n c h e s . I t hough tTim, wh o was a t a c o n c e r t w i t h t h e H iHopes, came home u n e x p e c t e d l y. I knewi m m e d i a t e l y, h o w e v e r, h e w o u l d n o t l e a v et h e d o o r s o p e n . Then I saw p a r t o f myc o m p u t e r s t a n d b y t h e f r o n t d o o r a n de x c l a i m e d l o u d l y t o J e r r y , We 've b e e nr o b b e d H e w a s i n t h e h o u s e ins tan t ly. I

s t a r t e d down t h e h a l l h u r r i e d l y , b u t h es t o p p e d me. THEY' m i g h t b e i n h e r e y e t .

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l e f t u s d e v a s t a t e d a s o u r e y e s b e h e l d t h ev i s a b l e mess a n d o b v i o u s m i s s i n g i t e m s . Wewere e n g u l f e d i n f e a r an d s h o ck and t o r eo u t t h e f r o n t d o o r , - a c r o s s t h e s i d e w a l kt o o u r n e i g h b o r s . N o , t h e y h a d n ' t s e e na n y o n e , b u t t h e y h e a r d n o i s e s , e v e n awoman ' s v o ic e , b u t t h e y t h o u g h t i t was u s .The pol i cewoman came , a n d h e r k i n d n e s s wasa p p r e c i a t e d , b u t s h e o f f e r e d no hope o ff i n d i n g t h e t h i e v e s . Th e d e t e c t i v ef o l l o w e d s h o r t l y , an d h i s e x a m i n a t i o n o ft h e p r e m i s e s , a s w e l l a s s c a n n in g f o rf i n g e r p r i n t s , e t c . , were a l s o n e g a t i v e .Our q u e s t i o n s a s t o why T im 's s o ck s w e r e ont h e b e d w e r e a n s w e r e d , w h e n h e s a i d t h e y

u s e d t hem a s g l o v e s . T h e r e w e r e n of i n g e r p r i n t s E n t r y was p r o b a b l y made b ys c a l i n g a 6 f t . 4 i n . f ence , and f r e e i n gt h e l o c k e d s l i d i n g g l a s s d o o r . The l i s ts e e m s end les s o f i t e m s taken bu t s o m e

i m m e d i a t e l y e v i d e n t w e r e : The t o t a lcomputer and p r i n t e r , (even th e pape r )e l e c t r i c t y p e w ri t e r , p r i n t e d a d d r e s sl a b e l s , o v e r $ 5 0 . 0 0 i n p o s t a g e s t a m p s , t h eV. C . R . a n d r e m o t e , t h e T. V. r e m o t e c o n t r o l ,b u t t h e y d i d n o t t a k e t h e T. V. I t i s ac o n s o l e m o de l a n d p o s s i b l y t o o h e a v y a n dt i m e consuming a t t h a t t i m e . Ti m ' s goods t e r e o s e t , h is t r a v e l r a d i o / c a s s e t t e a n dh e a d s e t a n d e ar p ho ne s. A l l o f my j e w e l r y ,i n c l u d i n g t h e b o x . Among i t w e r e numerousp i e c e s t h a t h a d b e e n my s i s t e r s , my o n l yr e m e m b r a n c e s o f h e r , A good w a t c h , t h a t Ih a d s a v e d s o v e r y l o n g f o r , t h a t I g a v e t o


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J e r r y f o r o u r a n n i v e r s a r y s e v e r a l y e a r sa g o . They t o o k ALL o f Ti m ' s j e w el ry e xc ep twhat h e ha d o n . The Hi Hopes h a d a c o n c e r ta nd he w o r e h i s r i n g s , o r t h e y w o u l d h a v eb e e n i n t h e h o u s e , t o o . He n e v e r w e a r st hem t o s c h o o l . He h a d s o v e r y manyt r e a s u r e d p i e c e s g i v e n by f r i e n d s t o h imt h o u g h a l l t h e y e a r s we h a v e t r a v e l e d .

Among h i s c h e r i s h e d memen tos w e r e h i si r r e p l a c e a b l e L i b e r a c e c u f f l i n k s He isc r u s h e d t h e y a r e a l l g o n e . On e o f Ti m ' st r a v e l b a g s , p ac ke d a nd r e a d y f o r o u r n e x tt r i p , i s gon e an d c o n t e n t s s t r e w n o n t h ef l o o r . The p o l i c e s a i d t h e y u s e d i t t o p u to u r j e w e l r y a n d s m a l l i t e m s i n . C l o s e t sa n d d r a w e r s w e r e r a n s a c k e d . They w e r e i n t om o s t e v e r y t h i n g . A p i c t u r e t o r n f rom t h ew a l l , o t h e r s c r o o k e d . A l l o f T i m ' s

b a t t e r i e s g o n e . , . We found a l l o u r r a d i o sw e r e s e t t o a S pa ni sh s pe ak in g s t a t i o n .T h e b e d s i d e s t a n d s a m e s s , a s w e l l a s b e d sa n d my d e s k . H o w e v e r , s t i l l u n d e r t h e b e dwas J e r r y ' s G u i t o r g a n and a l s o m i s s e d wash i s good g u i t a r . We l l , t h e r e i s s o muchm o r e b u t y o u h a v e a n i d e a o f t h e e x te n t o ft h i s h o r r e n d o u s e x p e r i e n c e . The p r e c i o u si t e m s t a k e n c a n n e v e r b e r e p l a c e d , n o r c a nt h e p e a c e o f m i n d a n d t r u s t we h a d . T h e yl e f t b e h i n d a s ense o f f e a r t h a t I d o u b t

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emot iona l ly and m e n t a l l y. Th e t r auma i sunexp la inab le . Sleep i s ha rd t o come by ,food l e a v e s a lump i n t h e s t o m a c h . Onet r i e s t o f o rg e t and t he n s ud de nl y th e v i v i df e a r an d a n g e r f low o v e r u s j u s t a s av o l c a n o seems t o e r u p t . How we h a v e p r a y e dfo r o u r s e l v e s n o t t o h a t e I t h a s b e e n s o

d i f f i c u l t t o e x p l a in t o Tim. He LOVESeveryone and would g ive t h e s h i r t o f f h i sb a c k t o anyone wh o needed i t He t r u s t e dEVERYONE Ho w c a n w e i n s t i l l t h a t s a m e

t r u s t a g a i n when one h a s b e e n so v i o l a t e d ?We h a v e p r a y e d an d t a l k e d . He knows o u r si s a si n t o r n - w o r l d . He i s s o a w a r e o f

dope an d i t s e f f e c t , and we a r e a s s u r e dt h i s

w as d o n e b e c a u s e o f s o m e o n e ' s h a b i t . emphas ized t h e i r need f o r t he S av io r ,and J e r r y p o i n t e d o u t r e a sons we h av e b ee ns o b l e s s e d . As we l o o k at t h e s c r i p t u r e swe a r e t o l d , A l l t h i n g s work t o g e t h e r f o rth e good to t hose who love God. Romans8 : 2 8 ) He r e m i n d e d u s we w e r e a l l s a f e , wew e r e n o t at home when i t h a p p e n e d , we w e r e

n o t o u t o f town, a s we a r e s o much o f t h et ime , and n o t h i n g wa s d e s t r o y e d i n ou rhome. Tr u l y we were b l e s s e d . t hough twe h ad good i n s u r a n c e c o v e r a g e on p e r s o n a l

p r o p e r t y . We w e r e NOT a w a r e t h a t i t d i dn o t c o v e r r e p l a c e m e n t c o s t . W h a t a g r a v ed i s h e a r t e n i n g f e e l i n g when we l e a r n e dt h i s . I am at l o s s w i t h o u t t h e c o m p u t e r .T h i s i s a m u s t t o b e r e p l a c e d .We l l , g oi n g b ac k t o o u r d a y o f BUMMING .

We d i d h a v e a f u n d a y a n d we a r e t h a n k f u lf o r i t P o s s i b l y i t e n d e d a s .. a b u m m e r

b u t t h e bumming was g r e a t . . .A p r i l is o n l y a few d a y s o f f , an d S p r i n gs p r u n g i n . An e x t r e m e l y b u s y J a n u a r y a n dF e b r u a r y k e p t me p u s h i n g w r i t i n g t h en e w s l e t t e r t o b a c k b u r n e r A g a i n , i t i s

n e a r l y 6 m o n t h s s i n c e I l a s t w r o t e o n e .W i l l p i c k u p w h e r e I l e f t y o u i n O c t o b e r .I d l o v e t o r e l a t e t o y o u e a c h a n d e v e r ye x p e r i e n c e b u t e v e n a b o o k w ould n o tc o n t a i n s u c h H e r e a r e s o m e o f t h e

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f r i e n d H e n r i P o l , w ho h a s s i n c e p a s s e daway, gave t h e P l a q u e t o Tim. Lova i tHappy h u n t i n g (The words a r e a l lc a p i t a l i z e d . ). . . A c a l l c a m e i n , a n d a m an s a i d w ho h ew a s a n d t h a t h e w a s f r o m t h e I . R . S . T h e yh av e H a n di c ap Aw a r e n e s s w e e k a n d w a n t e dTim t o g i v e a c o n c e r t f o r t h e e m p l o y e e s ,b u t t h e y c ou ld n o t p a y . We w e r e g l a d t o d ot h i s f o r UNCLE, b u t I w o n d e r w h a t h e w o u l d

d o i f w e s a i d w e c o u l d n o t p a y We knowt h e s e e m p l o y e e s d e s e r v e c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n db e l i e v e me t h e y w e r e g re a t t o u s , a n d weh a d a w o n d e r f u l t i m e . O h, y e s , t h e c o n c e r tw a s h e l d in th e P O L I C E A N N E X .

. . . T h e N a t i o n a l M i s s i o n a r y C o n v e n t i o n w asheld h er e i n A n a h e i m a t th e C o n v e n t i o n

C e n t e r , November 5 - 8 . E n j o y e d i t t o t h ef u l l e s t , b u t d i s a p p o i n t e d i n t h ea t t e n d a n c e . P e o p l e a r e s o b u s y , t h u si m p a s s i v e . Sad t o s e e i t n o t e n j o y e d b ye v e r y o n e A h i g h l i g h t , a s a l w a y s , w ass e e i n g many d e a r f r i e n d s we h a v e knownt h r o u g h t h e y e a r s .

A P L E A S U R E W E C A N N O T M E A S U R E. . . S a t u r d a y, November 18 th , wa s t h e day Ti mr ece ived th e p r e s t i g i o u s Communicat ion andLeade r sh ip award f rom t h e Toa s t ma s t e r sI n t e r n a t i o n a l C l u b . O r i g i n a l l y h e was o n l yto p lay a fe w songs , b u t i n th e end hep la ye d t hr ou gh th e luncheon, an d a f t e r theyf in i shed e a t i n g , the s l i d e / c o n c e r tpresen ta t ion wa s g iven . to ld Tim to ber eady t o say thank you when he r ece ived th ea w a r d a n d f o r t h i s w o n d e r fu l h o n o r t h e y h a d

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p r e s e n t e d Tim wi th t h e award he s a i d , Tim,do you want t o s a y a n y t h i n g ? Ti m gave av e r y n i c e t h ank -you s t a t e m e n t . . . b u t i td i d n t e nd t h e r e He h a s become q u i t e a nimpersonator and so a f t e r he s a i d , I wantt o say thank yo u so ve ry, ve ry much. Herepeated t h a t s t a t e m e n t i n 5 o r 6 d i f f e r e n tv o i c e s i m i t a t i n g , former P r e s i d e n t Reagan,P r e s i d e n t B u s h , L i b e r a c e , Ray C h a r l e s e t c .I t brough t th e House down Dad and I weres tunned , s a i d we d i d n t know him andc r a w l e d u n d e r t h e t a b l e . T h e i r r e s p o n s e

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a t t h e c o ll e ge f o r s t u d e n ts , p ar e n ts andf a c u l t y . E f f o r t w as m a d e t o i n v i t e t h ecommuni ty a n d e s p e c i a l l y n e i g h b o r ss u r r o u n d i n g t h e c o l l e g e . Even t h o u g h i twas a r a i n y ( b u t v e r y welcome r a i n )e v e n i n g , t h e c o n c e r t was w e l l a t t e n d e d an dr e s p o n s e w as s o p o s i t i v e a n d e n c o u r a g i n g ,Ti m a b o u t came u n g l u e d when h e t u r n e d an ds a w F r a n k S c o t t , hi s t e a c h e r . F r a n k m a d e

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s i ^ s o f w ear and t e a r appea r, so i t hasb e e n w i t h L i l B l u e b i r d . J e r r y s p a t i e n c ewas e x e r c i s e d t o t h e f u l l e s t a s t h e g a r a g eh a s s o u g h t t o r e p a i r a n oi l l e a k . N e a r i n gt h e 9 0 , 0 0 0 m i l e mark s u c h c a n b e e x p e c t e d .

b u t a f t e r abou t 6 t r i p s t o t h e ga rage i twas a b i t much, and t h e bi l l wass tagger ing . We thought she was i n s i s t a n ton r e t i r i n g , however, t h e ga rage seems t oh a v e h e r i n a bet ter s ta te a t t h e p r e s e n tt ime . We pray h e r r e t i r e m e n t and o u r sc o i n c i d e . . . I h a v e my d ou b ts t ho ug h. A c a ri s o n e o f o u r m o s t v i t a l n e e d s , p r a y t h a tt hi s s it ua ti on i s r e s o l v e d ....WOW, wa s Tim ' s r e sponse when we t o l d himo f t h e news we ha d j u s t l e a r n e d . AP o s i t i v e Approach n a t i o n a l magazine fo rpe r sons p h y s i c a l l y cha l l enged had an a r tc o n t e s t . Any p e r s o n c o u l d e n t e r , s o wes e n t s o m e o f T i m s w o r k . T h e s h o w w a s

ju r ied , an d the a r t i s t an d h is handicapw e r e n o t known. Word t h a t h e wo n f i r s tplace was sure ly cause for ce lebra t ion witha M e x i c a n d i n n e r M o r e deta i ls a r e t ofo l l ow, t hey t e l l u s . H is work w i l l beshown i n May/June i s s u e o f th e magazine .. . . T h e C h r i s t i a n Media D i r e c t o r y , a b o o kd i s t r i b u t e d t o b o o k s t o r e s , c h u r c h e s ,conven t ions , r eco rd companies , r e c o r d i n gs t u d i o s , T. V. , r a d i o s t a t i o n s , an d numerouso t h e r b u s i n e s s e s i n t h e m u s i c i n d u s t r y , w a s

j u s t pub l i shed . Twelve bus inesses o rpeople were chosen, a s th e TOP TW LV OR1990 . Can yo u imagine our s u r p r i s e whenTi m was c h o s e n a s t h e ONLY p e r f o r m i n gar t i s t i n t h i s number? Th e r e s t were i no th e r a s p e c t s o f th e music i n d u s t r y. I twa s c e r t a i n l y a n h o n o r t o be c hose n b u t we

know w i t h o u t a d o u b t t h i s w i l l l e a d t oo t h e r openings t h a t t h e Lord w i l l al low u s ,and we pray t h a t t h e wisdom f o r us t o s e ea l l t h i n g s c l e a r l y i s a lways t h e r e .. . . E a r l y i n o u r t r a v e l s we were p r i v i l e g e dt o m e e t E a r l an d S h i r l e y Chambers , a n dt h e i r d a u g h t e r and h e r husband , Ear l ene andG a i l Wo l f e . S o l i d and l o v i n g f r i e n d s h i p ssometimes t a k e y ea r s t o b u i l d . Not so wi tht h e Chambers a n d Wo l f e s . T h r o u g h t h e y e a r sf r i e n d s h i p h a s grown i n l o v e and d e e pa p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e m i n i s t r i e s t h e ype r fo rm. E a r l and Ti m have a c lowningr e l a t i o n s h i p Fun beyond d e s c r i p t i o n .E a r l s m i n i s t r y i n c l u d e s a T. V. p r o g r a m .Years p a s t we d i d f i l m i n g f o r him, an d i twa s l ong overdue t o do more . The t i m e wa ss e t f o r March 2 t h r o u g h 5 , and E a r la r r anged t h e s c h e d u l e . Ou r f l i g h t l e f th e r e a t 6 : 5 0 A.M. t h e 2 n d a n d a r r i v e d i nS a n J o s e a t 8 : 0 0 A . M . a n d w e r e m e t a t t h e

a i r p o r t by E ar l , S hi r l ey an d E ar le ne . ( Ga ils t a y e d home a n d w as c h e f f o r t h e m o s twonde r fu l t ur ke y d in ne r yo u can i m a g i n e ) .Our e y e s b e h e l d a b ea u t i f u l s u r p r i s e .


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b e s t l a i d p l a n s f o r o u r w e e k - e n d , An u r s i n g home i n San J o s e w as f i r s t . T h er e s i d e n t s w e r e s o a p p r e c i a t i v e o f t h ec o n c e r t a n d s a n g s o many o f t h e s o n g s Timp l a y e d . E a s t s i d e C h u r c h o f C h r i s t i n S a nJ o s e f o l l o w e d w i t h a g r e a t t u r n o u t . T h ee n d o f a l o n g d a y f o u n d u s l o v i n g l y f e d a n db e d d e d d o w n b y G a l e n a n d D e l o r e s

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m o r n i n g i t w as b r i g h t , s u n n y, a n d b e a u t i f u lj u s t a s i f Go d h ad made t h i s p e r f e c t s ig h tj u s t f o r u s . We w e r e a b l e t o s e e w h a tS h i r l e y a n d E a r l h a d h o p e d f o r , t h e TO P o ft h e m o u n t a i n s , l a d e n w i t h s n o w , a n d O h s o

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a l w a y s g l a d t o p a r t i c i p a t e , BUT t h i s wasv e r y s p e c i a l , a f a b u l o u s M e x i c a n B u f f e t w ass e r v e d T h e r e i s a l w a y s a d e e p f e e l i n g o fONENESS f e l t when you a r e among s o many wh oa r e g e a r i n g t h e i r t a l e n t s a n d e f f o r t t oh e l p t h e m e n t a l l y h a n d ic a p p e d . T ha t n i g h twe w e r e a b l e t o m e e t many o f t h e s t a f f f romWashing ton , D . C . , wh o we d id n o t g e ta c q u a i n t e d wi th l a s t J u l y a t t h eI n t e r n a t i o n a l Very S p e c i a l A r t s F e s t i v a l .. . . A r r i v i n g home f rom S a c r a m e n t o we d i d t h eu s u a l u n p a c k i n g , l a u n d r y, then^^ t h eth ings were again put back, ready to go thef o l l o w i n g w e e k - e n d t o F r e s n o . Ti m wasscheduled fo r th e Fresno Very Spec ia l ArtsBenef i t . Since the van was s t i l l a i l i ng ,t h ey r e n t e d us a c a r , and we took o f fs t o p p i n g i n B a k e r s f i e l d t o l u n c h w i t h L o i sand John Allen, f r i ends fo r so long. TheFresno peop le had a t t e n d e d t o eve ry d e t a i lt o make u s c o m f o r t a b l e , a n d we w e r e .P r a c t i c e fo r th e Gala wa s he ld on Sunday,s a m e d a y a s t h e G a l a i t s e l f . We w e r e

t h r i l l e d wi th th e t remendous produc t ion .Ly n n A l f o r d a n d h e r s t a f f a r e t o b ecommended f o r s u c h a s u c c e s s f u l e v e n t . T imwa s t h e f i n a l e , and gave a c o n c e r t / s l i d ep r e s e n t a t i o n . Some f a v o r i t e T. V. s ta r s

were the re an d he wa s so happy. mong themT r a c y We l l s , who p l a y s H e a t h e r on M r.B e l v e d e r e and J a y Underwood, a n a c t o r onN.B.C. m i n i s e r i e s , B l i nd F a i t h , ando t h e r movies . Chr i s tophe r Kennedy Lawfordw a s a g u e s t , a s well , in a d d i t i o n t o t h e s e

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t i m e , made s o b y t h e b e a u t i f u l d e c o r a t i o n sin the church and a t the l ov e ly r ec e pt io nf o l l o w i n g t h e 4 : 0 0 P.M. c o n c e r t . T h i s h o u ra l lowed many from t h e community t o a t t e n d .We have been so encouraged and s t rong lysuppor t ed i n our m i n i s t r y th rough a l l t h ey e a r s , b y th i s c h u r c h . Wo r d s c a n n e v e rt e l l ho w g r a t e f u l we a r e t o them a n d t h e i r

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Tim p a i n t e d , ( t h e s e were photographed andm a d e i n t o s l i d e s ) w as s o w e l l r e c e i v e d wea s k e d him i f h e w o u l d l i k e t o do o n e o f t h eE a s t e r S t o r y . A g a in , h e t a c k l e d i t a n d h a scome u p w i t h a b e a u t i f u l p r e s e n t a t i o n .Next h e i s go ing t o do one o f a p a t r i o t i cn a t u r e . T he f u n p a r t f o r u s is w h a t w i l lh e come u p w i t h n e x t ? We d o h a v e o n ep r o b l e m . . . a n d t h a t i s he l ov e s t o p a i n ti n t o t h e we e hour s o f t h e morning . Whent h e r e a r e c o n c e r t s , schoo l , e t c , , morn ingc o m e s to o s o o n . H e h a s s u c h t r o u b l e

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t u m o r s h r i n k i n g , h i s e n e r g y l e v e l h a simproved , and th ou g h t h e r e a r e s t i l lr a d i a t i o n t h e r a p y e f f e c t s , t h e y a r ebecoming l e s s . A n o t good t h i n g he h a s

been h a v i n g s e v e r e b a c k p a i n . I t d o e s n o ta p p e a r t o b e r e l a t e d t o t h e m a l i g n a n c y, b u th a s r e q u i r e d th e need t o pamper i t , andh an g u p t h e c a r k e y s e t c . , a b i t . Ani n j e c t i o n y e s t e r d a y has pu t t h e body backi n t o c i r c u l a t i o n . We p r a y t h a t h e h a s t h ew o r s t o f t b e h i n d h i m . (BACK b e h i n d h i m

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I want t o t e l l you a b o u t Ti m and h i sf r i e n d , Mark, b u t f i r s t a l o o k a t t h emeaning o f a t t i t u d e s . The b e s t d e s c r i p t i o ncomes f rom, an d I q u o t e o u r f a i t h f u lWe b s t e r, ( a ) a m e n t a l p o s i t i o n w it h r e ga rdt o a f a c t o r s t a t e ; ( b ) a f e e l i n g o re m ot i on t ow a rd a f a c t o r s t a t e . . Wi t ht h i s thought in mind, here i s th es t o r y . . . M a r k i s a ne w s t u d e n t a t HopeU n iv e rs i ty -U n ico N a tio na l C o lle g e . He

r e c e n t l y moved from Nebraska , and r e s i d e sin a group home with o t h e r menta l lyhandicapped peop le . He ca l led Tim an da sked i f he cou ld go t o l u n c h . No coax ingw a s n e e d e d f o r hi s o n e w o r d r e s p o n s e ,

S u r e The c a l e n d a r was c l e a r f o r t h i sMemorial Da y week-end happen ing . Sa tu rday,May 26 a t 12:00 noon, J e r r y took Tim to th er e s ta u r a n t t o m e e t Mark , wh o w as t h e r ewai t ing . Both boys were exc i t ed andHUNGRY J e r r y went i n , i n t roduced h i m s e l ft o t h e h o s t e s s , and e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e b o y sw a n t e d t o h a v e l u n c h . He t o l d h e r T im h a dmoney t o pay f o r i t b u t when they f i n i s h e de a t i n g Tim would c a l l and he would comeb a c k a n d c h e c k t o b e SURE t h e y h a d n o tove r s t epped t h e funds Ti m had . A lso , hewould need t o pay t h e t i p , which Tim couldno t f i g u r e . J e r r y ment ioned he t hough tthey c o u l d o r d e r w i t h o u t p r o b l e m s , b u ta s k e d t h a t t h e w a i t r e s s b e a w a r e i f t h e ys h o u l d n eed an y a s s i s t a n c e . He l e f t .Sometime l a t e r h e g o t a c a l l t o p i c k themup . Arriv ing back a t t h e r e s t a u r a n t th ew a i t r e s s showed J e r r y t h e b i l l t o l d h im

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Tim ha d paid i t , and in turn sh e had givenTim th e change . Knowing Tim d id NOT haveenough l e f t fo r a t i p (h e d ou bt ed theywould) he s t a r t e d to p u l l ou t h is b i l l f o l dt o t a k e c a r e o f i t . In no u n c e r t a i n t e r m she was stopped W have you EVER known oa w a i t r e s s who would n o t t a k e a t i p ?She was so overcome by t h e boys b e h a v i o r ,t h e i r k indnes s and c o u r t e s y , sh e s a i d i twas t r u l y a g r e a t p le asu re to serve themI do no t know what h er a t t i t u d e was or ha d

been concerning th e m en ta lly hand icapped .I f e e l she a l ready cared, bu t I am sure Tima n d Mark r e i nf o r c e d h e r f e e l i n g s . F a c t sa re so very important in se t t i nga t t i t u d e s . We c an c ha ng e o u r a t t i t u d e s bknowing the fac ts . The boys ha d paintedb e a u t i f u l p ic tu re fo r her in l ove lyc o l o r s . How s a d s o much o f t h e w o r l d o n l ysees th e d i sma l gray o r b l a c k . TOGETHER WCAN CHANGE THAT I J o h n 4 : 1 9 , We l o v e ,because He f i r s t l oved u s . I John 4 :21 , And t h i s commandment we have from Himt h a t th e one who l oves God shou ld love h ib ro t h e r a l s o . N . A . A . V.

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In September 1989 , we h ad a c o n c e r t iGrand J u n c t i o n , C o l o r a d o w i t h what we l i k eto think of as ONE o^ our home churches.Having l o v e d and b e e n l ov ed by t h i sc o n g r e g a t i o n f o r many y e a r s , we t h i n k o a s h o m e . When t h e c o n c e r t w a s o v e r a n d

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You m u s t come t o o u r town a n d g i v e ac o n c e r t B e v e r l y an d F r e d Wi n t e r s were o na t r i p and had s topped a t a campground i nt h e a r e a . S e e i n g t h e s t o r y i n t h en e w s p a p e r a b o u t Tim, t h ey s ta y e d ' o v e r t oa t tend th e concer t . A s w e t a lked I

rea l i zed w e ALREADY h a d a c o n c e r t s c h e d u l e d

i n t h e i r t own I n t h e s e f l e e t i n g momen t swe knew we h a d m et p e o p l e we w o u l d becomec l o s e r , t o an d t h a t o u r f r i e n d s h i p w o u l db l o s s o m i n t o f u l l b l o o m . Now t h e d a y f o ro u r r e u n i o n w as h e r e a n d , a t 5 : 0 0 A . M . ,

March 3 0 , we c r a n k e d u p t h e a d r e n a l i n a n dw e r e o f f t o R i d g e c r e s t , C a l i f o r n i a - We h a dn e v e r b e e n t h e r e . What a t o t a l l y b e a u t i f u la n d u n e x p e c t e d s u r p r i s e was o u r s a s we sa wt h i s c l e a n , l o v e l y l i t t l e c i t y , n e s t e d amidt h e m o u n t a i n s in t h e m i d s t of t h e deser t .

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h e a r t s , a n d we b lo ck ed o u r t h e ra t r a c e o fs o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . The p h y s i c a l b e a u t y ,

a n d t h e f r i e n d l y , c a r i n g p e o p l eo v e r s h a d o w e d t h e d a y t o d a y e n d u r a n c e sw h i c h a r e becoming i n c r e a s i n g l y mored i f f i c u l t i n o u r a r e a s o p la g u e d w i t hf r e e w a y p a r k i n g l o t s , g a n g s , d r u g s , an dc r i m e O ur i n v i t a t i o n t o g o t o R i d g e c r e s twas e x t e n d e d b y T h e r e s a H a l l , t h e E x e c u t i v eD i r e c t o r o f t h e I n d i a n We l l s Va l l e y

A s s o c i a t i o n o f R e t a r d e d C i t i z e n s . T h e y

w a n t e d Tim t o p e r f o r m a t t h e i r a n n u a lf u n d - r a i s e r , f o r a new b u i l d in g t o h o u s et h e i n f a n t d e v e l o p m e n t c e n t e r an d work s i t ef o r t h e s e v e r e l y d i s a b l e d . Upon o u r

a r r i v a l T h e r e s a (who we d i s c o v e r e d i s ar e l a t i v e o f o u r a t t o r n e y an d f r i e n d , D e n n i sH a s t y ) a n d h e r E x e c u t i v e A s s i s t a n t , C a t h y

F e d e l (who w a s a l s o f r o m G ra n d J u n c t i o n , s o

we f e l t s h e w a s o u r s ) m e t u s a t t h e h o t e l

w h e r e we w o u l d b e s t a y i n g . somewha tw e a r y f e e l i n g h a d p la gu ed o ur b o d i e s b u tn o t f o r l o n g . l o v e l y l u n c h h ad u s b a c ko n t o p , a n d we w e r e r e a d y f o r r eh e a rs a l a n dt o s e t u p f o r t h e e v e n i n g ' s p e r f o r m a n c e .. .Pe rched o n a h i l l o n th e o u t s k i r t s of

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Community C o l l e g e . I t s l o v e l y a u d i t o r i u mh ad b e e n e n g a g e d f o r t h e e v e n t , and i ts e r v e d wel l T i m w a s e n t h r a l l e d with th e

c o n c e r t g r a n d p i a n o a n d p r i m e d t o p e r f o r m .A f t e r t h e t e c h n i c a l i t i e s w e r e a t t e n d e d to ,

a b i t o f r e s t w as w el co me , and soon j^it wa sb a c k t o t h e C o l l e g e . T h e r e w as a g r i s a tc r o w d t h a t s h a r e d i t s e l e c t r i f y i n gf e e l i n g s a s Tim p l a y e d . S e a t e d a t t h ea b o v e t h e o rd in a r y p i a n o , h e w as p r i m e d f o rt h e m o m e n t , a n d m a d e t h e m o s t o f i t . I nf a c t , h e w as s o thr i l led w i t h t h e l o v e l y

i n s t r u m e n t , h e c o u l d n o l o n g e r k e e p t h es e c r e t w i t h i n h i m s e l f s o , b u r s t i n g i n t os m i l e h e t u r n e d t o t h e a u d i e n c e arid s a i d ,

I s u r e do l i k e t h i s p i a n o ' A f t e r t h ec on ce rt , t h e s e f r i e n d l y p e o p l e l i n g e r e d i nt h e f o y e r v i s i t i n g , a nd g e t t i n g a u t o g r a p h sF in al l y , t h e i n e v i t a b l e happened-Tim endedu p a g a i n a t t h e p i a n o . T h e r e w e r e manyr e q u e s t s f o l l o w e d b y s i n g i n g . TwasJ an.a n g e l i n t h e f l e s h , namely Angie, t h eWi n t e r s d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w, g i f t e d w i t hp h y s i c a l and v o ca l b ea u ty Who j o i n e d w i t hTi m a s h e p l a y e d an d s h e s a n g . What a warma n d f u n t i m e . T h e n , an d s e e m i n g l y t o os o o n , i t w as o v e r Amid a l l t h e h u b h u b ,

B e v e r l y an d F r e d W in te rs m u s t h a v ea n t i c i p a t e d w h a t would b e t h e e n d i n g t o ap e r f e c t d a y. She h ad f i x e d a b e a u t i f u lE a s t e r B a s k e t f i l l e d w i t h a l l k i n d s o f

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on ly p l e a s a n t t hough t a b o u t l e a v i n g t h eW i n t e rs , T h e re sa a n d C a t h y , w as t h e f a c t wecou ld go t o o u r room and en j o y t h e b r e a dan d h o t t e a . c o n c e r t s o w e l l t h o u g h t o u tan d a d v e r t i s e d showed t h e q u a l i t y o fT h e r e s a , C a t h y a n d a l l t h e members o f t h eA.R.C . w h i c h b r o u g h t a b o u t t h e communi tyi n v o l v e m e n t .

. .Among t h o s e we m et were t h e F a r r i sf a m i l y. I w i s h I ha d t h e s p a c e t o w r i t ea b o u t th is w o n d e r f u l c l a n T r u l y a

m a t r i a r c h and p a t r i a r c h wh o have g i v e nt h e m s e l v e s a n d t h e i r Chr i s t i an values to

the i r c h i l d r e n ; a n d the i r c h i l d r e n a r ep a s s i n g t h i s b e a u t i f u l t r a d i t i o n on t ot h e i r c h i l d r e n . To b e g i n w i t h t h e F a r r i s ' sow n t h e l o c a l n e w s p a p e r , a n d w e r e m o s t

h e l p f u l i n p u b l i c i z i n g t h e c o n c e r t . A f t e rt h e c o n c e r t , P a t F a r r i s , t h e m ot h e r , a s k e d

i f we c o u l d h a v e b r e a k f a s t t o g e t h e r so t h a tt h e y c o u l d do a n e w s p a p e r i n t e r v i e w . Oc o u r s e t h a t w as a w i n n e r N e x t m o r n i n g weg a t h e r e d a t a r e s t a u r a n t t h e y own . fewo f t h e i r g r a n d c h i l d r e n , and d a u g h t e r P a t t iw e r e t h e r e , a n d s h o r t l y B e v e r l y a n d F r e dc a m e a n d w e a l l c h o w e d d o w n . T i m w a s

t h r i l l e d t o m e e t t h e g r a n d k i d s , a n d t h e yc h a t t e r e d a mile a m i n u t e . P a t t i w a s th e

on e t o d o t h e i n t e r v i e w s o , a f t e r e a t i n g ,we b e g a n . P a t p r o c e e d e d t o e x c u s e h e r s e l fa n d s o o n o n e o f T i m ' s t a p e s w as p la y e d o v e rt h e s o u n d s y s t e m i n t h i s p a c k e dr e s t a u r a n t . P e o p l e l e a r n e d w ho h e w as a n ds oo n w an te d a n a u t o g r a p h . C o n v e r s a t i o n sw e r e s t r u c k u p g i v i n g u s t h e b e n e f i t o f NY new a c q u a i n t a n c e s Such a j o l l y t i m ef u l l o f r e a l spir i t . We t h o u g h t s u r e l y o u r


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watches were wrong, but they weren ' tWhere had the m or ni ng g on e? Pat an d P a t t iwalked us to the car and we re luc tan t lyshoved o f f . How cou ld we become soat tached to t h i s family, Theresa, Cathy,th e Winte r s , and Angie i n such a b r i e ftime? I t was easy. . . i t was easy to se ewhy we loved t h i s l i t t le town t o o . . . .

s im p ly b ec au se t hey a re what so much o fAmaerica i s s lowly l o s i n g . Good s o l i dp e o p l e w i t h t h e t r a d i t i o n a l b e a u t i f u lva lues o ur co u n tr y wa s b u i l t on.

PLEASE d o n ' t c h a n g e , we l o v eyou and thank you fo r the jo y and love yougave t o us and , u n t i l th e nex t t im e, OB L E S S

W H AT A T R E A T T H I S R E P E ATT he d a y a f t e r we g o t home f rom R i d g e c r e s t ,S u n d a y, A p r i l 1 s t , we w e r e s c h e d u l e d f o ro u r a n n u a l c o n c e r t w i t h t h e H e m e t C o m m u n i t y

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coming t o C a l i f o r n i a , Gene a n d R i t a M a p l e sh a v e m ade Tim a p a r t o f t h e i r y e a r l ya n n i v e r s a r y c e l e b r a t i o n o f the i r m i n i s t r yw i t h th is c h u r c h . T h i s w a s t h e f o u r t h y e a r

o f o u r return a n d e a c h t i m e we l e a v e f o r

home r e l u c t a n t l y . J e r r y a n d I h a v e s a i d , O h , t h e j o y o f h e a v e n b e i n g a b l e t o b e

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y e a r s . T h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n i s s o m e t h i n gv e r y , v e r y s p e c i a l , an d h as e nd ea re d i t s e l ft o us f r o m o ur i r s t t i m e t h e r e G e n e a n d

R i t a a r e t r u l y e x t r a o r d i n a r y , a n d h a v e a nu n e n d i n g l o v e f o r t h e i r f l o c k a n d f o r t h eL o r d ' s w o r k . T i m h a s s u c h f u n w i t h G e n e ,

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m i n u t e w e a l l m e t . G e n e , o f c o u r s e , d i s h e si t b a c k t o Ti m , a n d t h e y h a v e a j o l l yt i m e . We h a v e come t o a p p r e c i a t e ,a n t i c i p a t e , a n d e x p e c t t h e s t a n d i n g roomo n l y c r o w d t h e r e . Tim r e s p o n d s t o t h e i rl o v e l i k e a m a g n e t t o s t e e l an d I t h i n kt h e r e w as enough electr ic i ty t o c h a r g e ab a t t e r y . We h ad c om p le te d a n d u s e d f o r t h ef i r s t t i m e , t h e s l i d e p r e s e n ta t i o n o f a b o u t

70 p a i n t i n g s Tim h a d d o n e t o go w i t h t h eb e a u ti fu l . E a s te r m u s i c h e w o u l d p l a y . O urf r i e n d G .B . G o r d o n , s o b l e s s e d w i t h ar e m a r k a b l e s p e a k i n g v o i c e , made a t a p e ,r e a d i n g s c r i p t u r e s t h a t J e r r y c h o s e t o gow i t h t h e s o n g s a n d p a i n t i n g s . H a v i n g j u s tr e c e i v e d t h e s l i d e s t h e r e w e r e a f e w

t e c h n i c a l p r o b l e m s t h a t n e e d e d t o b e w o r k e do u t . They r e a l l y s e e m e d t o go u n n o t i c e d ,h o w e v e r , a s t h e m u s i c , s c r i p t u r e s , a n ds o n g s f o c u s e d i n h a r m o n y o n t h e d e a t h ,bur ia l a n d r es ur re ct io n of C hr is t T h e n a s

we come t o t h e e n d o f t h i s p e r f e c t d a y , wew e r e f u r t h e r b l e s s e d w i t h w h a t s e e m e d a n

e n d le ss a ra y o f t a s t y , b e a u t i f u l fo o d s a n dC h r i s t i a n f e l l o w s h i p . A f t e r a t i m e weaga in packed , and l e f t savor ing th e t a s t e sand p l e a s a n t memor ies a s we j o u r n e y e dhomeward . The u l t i m a t e t h o u g h t i s o u rr e t u r n a g a i n n e x t y e a r . . .

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i s a w e l l e s t a b l i s h e d c h u r c h c o l l e g e , w i t hh i g h a c a d e m i c s t a n d a r d s a n d a v e r yo u t s t a n d i n g m u s i c d e p a r t m e n t . T h e i r p ia n o ,

o f c o u r s e , w as p a r a m o u n t . Even t h o u g h weg o t u p at 4 : 3 0 A . M . , Tim w as v e r y a l i v el a n d r a r i n g t o g o when h e saw a n d t o u c h e di t The k i d s b r o u g h t t h e h o u s e down Timl o v e d i t Oh, t h a t ALL c o l l e g e s an du n i v e r s i t i e s m o d e l e d t h e m s e l v e s a f t e r AZUSA

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c o n c e r t i s a new e x p e r i e n c e w i t h new a n dw o n d e r f u l p e o p l e t o b l e s s o u r l i v e s .h a v e s a i d e v e r y n e w s l e t t e r w o u l d b e ac a t a l o g u e ( a lmos t i s anyway) if I cou ldw r i t e a b o u t i t a l l as I w o u l d l i k e E v e n

t h o u g h i t w as j u s t A p r i l t h a t I w r o t e o u rl a s t l e t t e r I m u s t a l r e a d y CUT, s o I t a k eyou no w t o t h e . . . Very S p e c i a l A r t sI m a g i n a t i o n C e le b ra ti on h e l d a t Main P l a c eM a l l . Ti m e n j o y s an d would t r u l y b ed i sappo in t ed i f he d i d no t p a rt i c i p a te i nt h i s . See t h e p h o t o I t h i n k y o u ' l l a g r e eA l l I c a n s a y : I f yo u d o u b t w h a th a n d i c a p p e d peop l e c an d o , you w i l l b ea s t o n i s h e d a f t e r a t t e n d i n g o n e o f t h e s e . . .In t h e e v e n i n g we h ad a fun an d r e l a x i n gt i m e w i t h t h e f o l k a t Orange Vi l l a g e M o b i l eHome P a r k . They n e e d t o w r i t e a c o o k b o o k .

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t h e d r e a d o f t h e r e s u l t s , b u t H is s t r e n g t hs e e s u s t h r o u g h t h e s e s t ressfu l t i m e s . Wet h a n k Hi m f o r t h e p o s i t i v e k n o w l e d g e t h a ta l l t h i n g s a r e f o r H i s g l o r y . N e x t v i s i t sa r e w i t h c om p l e te c he ck u p s i n J u l y . P l e a s ek e e p t h e p r a y e r s a s c e n d i n g .. . T i m h a s a b i g d a y coming - h i s 3 8 t h .C a n ' t b e l i e v e h e i s t h a t o l d , b u t t h ec a l e n d a r i s n o t wrong I g u e s s . He h a sa l r e a d y a s k e d t o go t o a M e x i c a nr e s t a u r a n t . One o f t h e b o y s at t h e c o l l e g e who knows d a t e s unending) t o l d him h i s

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schedu les and, ' c e r t a i n l y t h i s ' y e a r,f i n a n c e s , w e h a d t o c a n c e l . P l a n s a n dh o p e s f o r 1991 a r e u p p e r m o s t .. . A f t e r comple t ing t h e E a s t e r S l i d ep r e s e n t a t i o n , Ti m began work on a P a t r i o t i cs e r i e s . T h i s i s NO SMALL u n d e r t a k i n g , an dh as .p roven t o be d i f f i c u l t , b u t he l o v e s

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u n e v e n t f u l t i m e , h o w e v e r . Amidc o n c e r t s we d i s p l a y e d some o f T i m ' sa r t in t h e VERY S P E C I A L ARTS a n n u a ls h o w at t h e HANSON GALLERY i n B e v e r l yH i l l s . N e x t a r e d l e t t e r d a y w h e n wer e c e i v e d w o r d f r o m V S A , Wa s h i n g t o n ,t e l l i ng u s o f g o o d n e w s. A f l a s h w a si nc luded in our l a s t newsle t t e rt e l l i ng a b o u t t h i s b r i e f l y F o rf u r t h e r d e t a i l - w e h a d e n t e r e ds e v e r a l o f Ti m * s p a i n t i n g s i n t h ej u r i e d c o n t e s t f o r t h e VSA 1991Calendar B e c a u s e o f ou r c o n s i s t e n tassoc ia t ion w i t h th e W a s h i n g t o no f f i c e t h r o u g h t h e y e a r s , t h e s ep e o p l e h a v e become o u r f r i e n d s n o tj u s t a v o i c e a t t h e o t h e r end o f t h el ine D e n i s e Wa r n e r , f r o m t h e r e ,c a l l e d a n d sa id o n e o f h is p i e c e s , E L E C T R I F Y I N G MUSIC w a s c h o s e n f o rt he m o n t h o f O c t o b e r . We w e r ei n f o r m e d tha t t h e r e h a d b e e n o v e r 6 0 0

e n t r i e s I n a d d i t i o n s h e said t h e ywould b e h a v i n g s e l e c t e d art is tswork on d i s p l a y a t ROSE KENNEDY S1 0 0 t h b i r t h d a y c e l e b r a t i o n a t t h eK ennedy compound i n H y a n n i s P o r t ,M a s s a c h u s e t t s , i n J u l y 1 9 9 0 . Tim wasi n v i t e d t o d i s p l a y a t t h a t . A f t e r i twas o v e r t h e p i e c e was hung i n VSA'Snew o f f i c e s i n Wa s h i n g t o n , D. C . . . A tt h i s s a m e t i m e D e n i s e i n f o r m e d met h e y would b e o p en in g an A r t G a l l e r ya t t h e Kennedy c e n t e r t h i s f a l l , and

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f i r s t y e a r . Wi t h e x c e l l e n t r e p o r t sd o c t o rs c o n s i d e r h im i n r e m i s s i o nWe a p p r e c i a t e y o u r f a i t h f u l p r a y e r s ,a n d a s k y o u t o PLEASE c o n t i n u e. . . T i m i s f i n e . No m a t t e r how b u s ywe a r e , h e l o v e s i t , r e c o u p s h i se n e r g y s l e e p i n g i n t h e c a r o r p l a n e .

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l e a v e t h e d r i v i n g t o t h e m a s t h e yd e l i v e r e d u s t o t h e ai rpor t . Ap e r f e c t f l ight t o CANTON, O H I O ,( t h o u g h m e c ha n ic al p r o b l e m s d e l a y e du s tw o h o u r s i n C h i c a g o ) l e f t u spra is ing G o d f o r safe ty. T h a n k s toC l y d e a n d Wa n d a , my b r o t h e r a n d w i f e ,f o r a d e l i c i o u s d i n n e r , a n d a p l a c ew h e r e w e a r y b o d i e s w e l c o m e d res t .8 /18. . . N e x t d a y a h u r r i e d v i s i t i n t os e e m o t h e r S h e w a s w a i t i n g , a n di m m e d i a t e l y Tim w as at t h e p i a n o .S o o n p a t i e n t s , w ho d o n o t g e t t o t h em a i n f l o o r m u c h , w e r e w h e e l e d i n a n dT im e n t e r t a i n e d t h e m e v e n t h o u g h i tw as o n l y f o r 3 0 m i n u t e s . We l e f tp r o m i s i n g m o t h e r we w o u l d r e t u r n o nM o n d a y. H e a d i n g now t o WESTON CHURCHOF CHRIST, WESTON OHIO, f o r a r e t u r nv i s i t . G r e e t i n g s w e r e w a r m , w e a t h e rw i s e , p e o p l e w i s e , a n d f rom t h eminis te r R o b e r t S t e w a r t . A f u l lh o u s e , a n d l o v e l y r e c e p t i o n w as t h ep e r f e c t e n d i n g t o o u r d a y. 8 / 1 9 . . .o n t o EDON CHURCH OF C H R I S T, EDONOHIO. S o r t a l i k e g o i n g h o m e . T h e s ep e o p l e ha ve f a i t h f u l l y s u p p o r t e d u sa l l o u r y e a r s o f m i s s i o n w o r k . Newm i n i s t e r . J a c k H i e r h o l z e r , s e e m s l i k ea l o n g t i m e f r i e n d . A s p i r i t e da u d i e n c e w as a j o y f o r Ti m , a n d h i sv a c u u m , b e s t known a s tummy, e n j o y e dh o m e m a d e i c e c r e a m a f t e r. D a y s o fy e s t e r d a y we r e r e l i v e d a s we beddedd o w n a t my d e a r f r i e n d , I v a MaeK e l l e r s . H e r f a t h e r w a s o u r

minis te r w h e n w e w e r e c h i l d r e n . Iv aMae a n d h e r s i s t e r B e t t y , w ho l ivest h e r e t o o , a n d I w e r e l i k e 3 p e a s i na p o d . T h e y l i v e d b y u s b a c k t h e na n d we s a n g i n a t r i o . S u c h JOY t os e e t h e m 8 / 2 0 . . . A f o r m e r p i a n ot e a c h e r , a g e 9 1 , a n d h e r s i s t e r l ivea c ro ss th e s t r e e t f r o m Iv a M a e .

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t e a c h a n d l a b o r u n s e l f i s h l y . Tim i st h e i r m i s s i o n a r y an d he e a g e r l ya w a i t s e a c h r e t u r n v i s i t T h ec o n c e r t w as a w i n n e r , a n d a b e a u t i f u la f t e r g l o w w as t r u l y t h a t . E v e r y t h i n ga b o u t t h e e v e n i n g w as v e r y s p e c i a l ,a n d we s a y k e e p u p t h e g o o d w o r kBEECHWOLD y o u a r e a r e a l e x a m p l e .8 / 2 2 . . . ne w c h u r c h t o u s , new a r e a ,a r e a l s m a l l to w n co m mu n i ty w i t h ab i g h e a r t RUSHSYLVANIA, OHIO,RUSHSYLVANIA CHURCH O F C H R I S T. M a r kC l e v e l a n d , m i n i s t e r , a n d o t h e r menf r o m t h e c h u r c h w e l c o m e d u s v e r b a l l ya n d w i t h t h e i r b o d i e s a s t h e y h e l p e du s se t u p . O f f to t h e h o m e o fS a l l i e R o l l i n s f o r a d e l i g h t f u l m e a lp r o v i d e d a n d e n j o y e d w i t h S a l l i e a n dJ a n i c e , H o l l y a n d Boyd B r a d f o r d .Afte r the concert Mo m a n d D a d k o n k e d

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