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[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Carey, doyou know MichaelPhelps? Did you know that he is moving???
If you do get to meet up with him somewhere, let me know, ok? Mike and I go way back! I'd love to get to see him again!!

No, we don't personally know MP, but pm'd some on the old forum and decided that we needed to meet up with him and possibly his family.

I didn't know he was moving...where to?

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by CareyM

No, we don't personally know MP, but pm'd some on the old forum and decided that we needed to meet up with him and possibly his family.

I didn't know he was moving...where to?

Carey, you will like Mike alot when you get to meet him. I do know where he is moving to, but I'm not sure if I am at liberty to share that information. I can PM him and ask him if you'd like. Or you can just PM him yourself. Let me know which way you'd like to handle it.

When I was in my early 20's and Mike was in his late teens, I lived in the town where his family was living at the time. In fact, his BIL was our pastor. We had alot of good times there. It was a GREAT youth group and fantastic people in the church. Lots of good memories

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Carey, you will like Mike alot when you get to meet him. I do know where he is moving to, but I'm not sure if I am at liberty to share that information. I can PM him and ask him if you'd like. Or you can just PM him yourself. Let me know which way you'd like to handle it.

When I was in my early 20's and Mike was in his late teens, I lived in the town where his family was living at the time. In fact, his BIL was our pastor. We had alot of good times there. It was a GREAT youth group and fantastic people in the church. Lots of good memories

I can pm him myself as I'll want to let him know we're headed his way soon. We do happen to know his nephew, he is a member of the new church we'll be going to. Malachi and I are excited to meet MP, as he seems like such a nice guy...I've always enjoyed posting with him.

Thanks for the heads up Margie!

Hey, did you hear anything about the dispatch job?

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by CareyM

I can pm him myself as I'll want to let him know we're headed his way soon. We do happen to know his nephew, he is a member of the new church we'll be going to. Malachi and I are excited to meet MP, as he seems like such a nice guy...I've always enjoyed posting with him.

Thanks for the heads up Margie!

Hey, did you hear anything about the dispatch job?

Carey, the nephew you know - is that Mark or Tim?? Red-headed fellas, right?
Yes, you will enjoy MP. Are you going to be right IN Chicago? Or will you be in a suburb?

The police chief here has decided that for now, he has an officer who has been off duty because of rotator cuff surgery. His doctor has released him for desk duty, but not active duty. So the chief is going to be using him temporarily as the dispatcher. After the officer gets released for full time active duty, he will then decide whether he wants to keep the dispatching done here out of our station or whether he'd rather have it done from the county 911. If he decides to do it that way, it will make the job here in town a part-time position just doing paperwork. I wouldn't mind the work. But the biggest reason I am even considering the job is because of the benefits. We have great benefits right now. But if anything happens to Walt, we'll have none. And with his aorta still dissected, that will always be a possibility. So I would like to have something in place "just in case". However, I'm not expecting anything to happen - God DID heal him, after all

So basically, I'm just sitting here biding my time and waiting to see where God is going to take me. I'm willing to do whatever He wants.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Carey, the nephew you know - is that Mark or Tim?? Red-headed fellas, right?
Yes, you will enjoy MP. Are you going to be right IN Chicago? Or will you be in a suburb?

The police chief here has decided that for now, he has an officer who has been off duty because of rotator cuff surgery. His doctor has released him for desk duty, but not active duty. So the chief is going to be using him temporarily as the dispatcher. After the officer gets released for full time active duty, he will then decide whether he wants to keep the dispatching done here out of our station or whether he'd rather have it done from the county 911. If he decides to do it that way, it will make the job here in town a part-time position just doing paperwork. I wouldn't mind the work. But the biggest reason I am even considering the job is because of the benefits. We have great benefits right now. But if anything happens to Walt, we'll have none. And with his aorta still dissected, that will always be a possibility. So I would like to have something in place "just in case". However, I'm not expecting anything to happen - God DID heal him, after all

So basically, I'm just sitting here biding my time and waiting to see where God is going to take me. I'm willing to do whatever He wants.

Neither one...his name is Jathan...he could be a cousin maybe, I've forgotten by now!

We will be in the suburbs west of Chicago in a very rural area...it's beautiful! The landscape is very similar to Oregon only no mountains and ocean and not quite so many trees.

Thanks for the update on the dispatch job. The Lord knows and surely there's a reason for the delay if this is what God has planned for you. I understand your reason for wanting the job...with all that Walt has been through, you need good benefits!

[Margies3]

Well this has been an outstanding day, folks!

We've had a couple visiting our church from the country of Brazil for the past 3 weeks. Their names are Marcos and Michelle. Marcos spoke this morning for church and talk about moving!! Oh my goodness!! He showed pictures of an area in Brazilia where the people live in cardboard houses and worse and they make their living by searching through the city dump for anything that is marketable or usable. And then he showed a movie (that HE took!!) of a service that happens once a year there among the satanists. At this service, the people actually invite the demons to come into them and take over!! Then he shared how these are the two kinds of backgrounds that he and his wife, Michelle, come from. And how the only reason they are not still in those situations is because a MISSIONARY came to Brazil from the US and taught them about the love of God. He told us, "Sometimes you get to have a missionary come to your church to tell you what God is doing in a foreign country. I am standing here in front of you today so you can see a PRODUCT of what God is doing because someone is answering the call to be God's servant in Brazil".

After church, we had already made arrangements weeks ago, and we got to take them out to lunch and then spend the afternoon with them. What a great couple!! We had such a fabulous time!!

So, it's been a terrific day. How was yours?