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From: gardener@southtech.net [mailto:gardener@southtech.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 6:32 PM
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Subject: FV: In the twinkling of an eye


Dear Friends,

Please read the email below, sent to me from a friend. If possible, stop
right now and say a special prayer for the Martin family. There is no way we
can feel the pain they are going through at this moment unless we have been
through similar circumstances. I am sure they could use all the prayer and
support possible.

In Jesus name, and in His service,

Pastor Gary A. Frye


>From: JHill1776@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:46:22 EDT
>To: JHill1776@aol.com
>Subject: In the twinkling of an eye
>X-Mailer: Casablanca - Windows sub 224
>
>In the twinkling of an eye
>10/13/98
>
>Life is so uncertain.  You never know from one moment to the next how your
>time commitments will change.  One phone call changed my life today.  When
I
>think of all the topics on which I have written, none of them have hit me
with
>as much emotion as what I'm about to share with you.  I'm involved in
several
>political causes that occupy a lot of my time and attention - so much that
I
>sometimes forget what the important things really are - until something
>happens that focuses my attention.
>
>Wednesday night, October 7, a friend of mine, Phil Martin was driving his
>three (3) sons home from church and ended up in a terrible automobile
>accident.  Phil was the chairman of the Union County Christian Coalition
and
>now serves on the board of directors for the North Carolina Christian
>Coalition.  He is currently running for school board in his county.
>
>Phil is now recovering from multiple injuries and is in a wheel chair.  We
>think he will be all right soon.  His oldest son, Ryan (12), suffered two
>broken ankles, a broken kneecap, a broken pelvis and a broken hip.  The
middle
>child, Kyle (8), suffered two broken legs, a lacerated liver, broken ribs,
and
>a bruised lung.  The youngest child, Zack (4), had a cardiac arrest at the
>scene of the accident, due to swelling at the brain steam, and has arrested
>one other time since.  He just came out of a two-day comma and is paralyzed
>from the neck down.  He's on a respirator and is able to communicate by
>blinking his eyes.  His parents were just told by the doctors that the best
>prognosis we can expect is that he would eventually be able to breathe on
his
>own.
>
>You may know of worse things that have happened to other people - maybe
even
>things that have happened to you personally.  If so, my heart goes out to
you.
>If you're a parent, then you have an idea of the pain and suffering Phil
and
>his wife, Joanne, are experiencing.  It's easy for me to think of the
lengths
>I will go to protect my own children from harms way.  It's also easy to
recall
>how I hurt inside when accidents happen to them.  Yet, I cannot even
imagine
>the full force of the pain Phil and Joanne are experiencing at this moment.
>
>They do have the comfort and assurance that a Sovereign God is in complete
>control of their lives, even though it is impossible to understand His
will at
>all times.
>
>If I could ask anything of you right now it would be this.  Stop what
you're
>doing for a few seconds and pray for this family and, if you could, send
Phil
>and/or Joanne a note at their address below or even their email address.
If
>you're like me, it's probably hard to know what to say.  If all you
mention is
>the fact that you're praying for them, it would be a great encouragement.
>
>The boys are in Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.  Phil and Joanne
>Martin, can be reached at:
>
>7400 Veranda Drive
>Waxhaw, NC  28173
>
>Their email address is PTMartin@compuserve.com.   If you have any questions
or
>comments, please contact our state chairman, Sim DeLapp
(SimDelapp@aol.com) at
>the North Carolina Christian Coalition at (336) 248-6191.
>
>In the next day or two, thousands of people all over the country will be
>praying for this family.  Please pass this note to others and encourage
them
>to do the same.  I believe prayer can, and does, change things.  Thank you!
>
>Jim H. Hill Jr.
>
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>Address and daytime telephone number: 8 W 3rd St., Suite 700,
Winston-Salem,
>NC  27101; (336) 727-2597 x3043.
>Email: JHill1776@aol.com
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