Comments on: March 9, 2006

By: Becky Pfabe

Becky Pfabe — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:35:07 +0000

Connie and Charles,
I’ve been reading your notes every day. I feel like I am privy to very private moments and feelings, especially when I read the notes others have written to you. WOW! You are SO loved by many! What a great thing to know how many people are praying for you. You are on the prayer chain at First Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Every Wednesday I sit with a little boy during church choir practice. At the end, the kids are asked what they want to pray for. Usually it’s things like their loose tooth or an ill sibling. Privately, I always say, “for my choir teacher who is ill”. When I think of the time we spent with you and your family while growing up, it’s rather amazing. I guess you could use that as an example of “it takes a village to raise a child”. You were part of my village. I also have been impressed with the importance of faith in God in the face of illness. I’ve seen it quite a few times lately, and what I have seen proves that faith in God gets people through a health crisis in a truly amazing way. It’s hard to describe in words, but what I see deepens my faith. I love you both and will keep praying for you, and will continue to read your notes daily.
Love, Becky Pfabe

By: Tom Ramsey

Tom Ramsey — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:54:14 +0000

Dear Connie and Charles…For whatever it’s worth…last year at the National pastor’s Conference, one of the presenters told of his struggle with ALS. During that time of upheaval, through much pain of all kinds, he developed 4 prayers he prays daily. Those are my prayers for you.
1. Lord, give Connie and Charles the grace to face Connie’s illness and go on living.
2. Lord, give Connie and Charles the wisdom to know what to do.
3. Lord, give Connie and Charles the faith to believe that you can heal Connie.
4. Lord, give Connie and Charles the courage to be thankful.
Of all the many, untold numbers of reasons for which I am thankful, meeting and knowing you two, for however brief a period of time, ranks right up there.
God’s continuing blessings to you…Jesus loves you…and so do I!…Tom

By: Irene Beethe

Irene Beethe — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:42:46 +0000

Dear Connie,
Yesterday, I spent the day at school with Ivan – working with kids – and thinking and praying for you and Charles and your trip to Omaha. Thank you so much for sharing the day with us, although not easy in any respect. You continue to be in our thoughts and prayers each day…many, many times! Your expression of faith in God’s plan for each of us is truly a gift to all who read it.
When Nathan was a baby, my father wrote a quote to me from a New Year’s Eve sermon…we’ve looked at it many times and I pray that it can provide you with a bit of assurance during these days – just like you have shared with us before and continue to share with us now.
“And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God; That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.'”
I know that you trust in God’s love for you…and better than us putting our hand into His, He already holds you and WON”T let go….ever!
God’s peace and joy be yours today!
With love in Him,
Irene