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The following is a testimony on how our Lord used us around the world for a dear lady who is sick. The most "funny" thing in this was that I mentioned my friend Donna from Houston to Polly, and Polly thought I was talking of another Donna, yet also in Houston! But God used even this confusion to make Allyson meet the right person! All glory be to Him and Him alone!

Read Stephen Modawell's report (I have added some small comments in brackets so you will understand what I meant above):


22 February, 2006...

... 1 Million Dollars a Day.... $365 Million.

That's what 8 meat packing employees won in the record breaking Power Ball Lottery!

What would you do with it... my little family has a hard enough time deciding how to spend our tax return check... A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY???

Maybe I should say... what is the very first thing you would do?

I would call the boss and tell him I had an incurable disease and would not be coming back to work.... when asked what I had... filthyrich syndrome!

I know I would take my wife on a honeymoon... something we have never done in 23 years! Then I would build homes and pay off debts for some very special people....

The most desired thing that I would do is to build a Christian Counseling Center... offering counseling to everyone that wanted it!

I would travel speaking to churches across the country (paying them for their time, that would get me in the door!!!).... providing them a message that just might wake them up right there in the pew they sit.... motivating them to take some RISKS FOR GOD! I just think the modern church is soooooo off track!

But I can tell you.... all those million could not buy what God freely gives everyday! If someone said you could have the $365 Million if you give up God.... my simple response...

NO WAY! You could not pay enough to get what God gives me daily!


The following all happened so fast, I am not sure I have all the facts right... but I think I am very close if not correct!

Just the other day.... my Cousin Natalie send me a short simple prayer request for a friend of her's... a single mother of four, about to take on the largest battle of her life... cancer. Her friend, Allyson, was going to have to go to MD ANDERSON HOSPITAL in Houston and may at times have to stay for weeks... Natalie said that we needed to pray for God to work out the plans and how to pay for it!

I emailed Natalie back and told her not to worry... that the West Texas Bible Study Lady.... Polly Gwinn (she is contributing some of her articles here in WAYS OF LIFE and belongs to our Prayer Team)... could reach around the world with the click of a button and that in a few hours, people from all over would be praying for her.... it seemed like in a matter of minutes Polly was sending me replies to our request... I forwarded them on to Natalie and told her to hang in there, but just wanted her and her friend to know that people were already praying......

Soon a lady in Germany, Birgit (that's me), emails Polly with the name Donna, a lady in Houston (this is where the confusion started, because I was thinking of the Donna who is also contributiong to this site!)... Polly emails with the request and ....

In a matter of days a lady named Donna (but another Donna yet also from Houston!) emailed us.... Natalie called her (this is then when this chaos got finally resolved!)... after several phone calls Donna tells Natalie that Allyson will stay with her and Donna will transport Allyson to MD Anderson for her appointments and care for her as needed... Donna has battled cancer herself and has a daughter and a daughter-in-law in their own battles with cancer....

And the really neat thing... God doesn't charge anything... no copays, no special delivery fees, no billed minutes... nothing.... it is all done out of love! And because that love is planted in the hearts of others it is just passed along!

When I see other religions protesting in the streets, it breaks my heart they don't know the True Living God and all that He has to offer!

Thanks to everyone.... a special thanks to Natalie, Polly, Birgit and Donna for being available for God to use in such special times as these for Allyson!

Please keep praying for Allyson and her children.... may God's will be done in their lives and may nothing stand in the way of what He would have done!

GOD IS A MIGHTY GOD AND HIS LOVE IS THERE FOR THE ASKING!

John 3:16 is a verse in the Bible that sums it all up.......

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever (that's you!) believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Thank you God for giving to us so freely! May others see Your power and love, may they be moved to enter into a relationship with You! - Amen


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