Ira Ellis

Honoring a special Christian lady of 83 years old, a wife, a mother and a grandmother, served the Lord all her life through storms and battles, but always close to our Savior Jesus Christ. Why ? because for her,  Jesus was her best friend, her Companion and Counselor, her Prophet, Priest and her King.

Thank you Mrs. Ellis for loving the Lord and still serving Him, thank you for being such a wonderful example for so many Christians  women, thank you for being in my life and thank you for loving me. Yes, you are that kind of woman we can find only in the Bible on Proverbs 31:10 -31, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.”  What a question !!
But, yes !! This is you Mrs. Ira  Ellis and we all love you. We will always pray for you and support you and  we pray and hope that the Lord will give you more years here on this earth to serve Him and teach us to be better Christian women and wives as you have been . God bless you.

God servant from a far country.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS LADY:  She is a single mother with two children, very poor with no food for her children, without any support and no job. Please pray that the Lord will send her a little help....through His Christian children. Thank you and God bless you.

B.Elizabeth Rari
Kambhampadu
A.Konduru-Krishna
Pin 521227, A.P.
   INDIA

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 I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THIS LOGIC.
 How to stay safe in the world today.
1. Avoid riding in automobiles  because they are responsible for  20% of all fatal accidents.    
2. Do not stay home because  17% of all accidents occur in the home.     
3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks  because 14% of all accidents  occur to pedestrians.     
4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or water  because 16% of all accidents involve  these forms of transportation.      
5. Of the remaining 33%,  32% of all deaths occur in Hospitals.  So,  ... above all else,  avoid hospitals.   =    BUT ,  ... You will be pleased to learn that only .001%  of all deaths occur in worship services in church,  and these are usually related to previous physical disorders.  Therefore, logic tells us that the safest place for you to be at any  given point in time is at church!  scroll on    ....... And....Bible study is safe too.  The percentage of deaths  during Bible study is even less.  So,...for SAFETY'S sake -  Attend church,  and read your Bible  IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!         

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This is for all my wonderful female family and friends and all my male family and friends who just may save the life of a lady they know and love!
Linda

Girls,
I know some of you don't like forwards, but this is a really unique description of a heart attack.  My mom was so lucky--in that she felt symptoms for about 12 hours before she went to the hospital while she was having a heart attack then had 6-bypass surgery!!  She should have gone sooner, and had she TOLD ME, I would have taken her myself, but she wouldn't tell anyone of her symptoms.  Please, don't you do that!

Love, Robin

Subject: Heart Attack

Hey beautiful people,

I rarely pass forward an e-mail and I chose to in this occasion because strangely I lost a very young family member in her twenties two years ago due to a myocardial infarction. I think if we`d known how to deal with it.... But it happens so fast. Please read on, it might be helpful someday. I was also aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best description I've ever read.

Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction)

Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attack...you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest &dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. Here is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.

I had a completely unexpected heart attack at about 10:30 pm with NOprior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might've brought it on. I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking ,"A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up." A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the s stomach. This was my initial sensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anything since abo ut 5:00 p.m

After that had seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR). This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws.

AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening--we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, "Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack !" I lowered the foot rest, dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself "If this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else.......but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment.

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialed the Paramedics... I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn 't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.

I then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like "Have you taken any medications?") but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner ha d already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.

"I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.

Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first hand.

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the usual men's symptoms, but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act ). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one, and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation, and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they wake up....which doesn't happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've not felt before. It is better to have a "false alarm" visitation  than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said "Call the Paramedics". Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER--you're a hazard to others on the road, and so is your panicked husband who will be speeding  and looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road. Do NOT call your doctor--he doesn't know where you live and if it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.

3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high,and/or accompanied by high blood pressure.) MI's are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this m ail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

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GLASS OF MILK

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother h as taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit..

Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were e baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.
< BR>Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words . "Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all about?!

Now you have two choices.
1. You can send this page on and spread a positive message.

2. Or ignore it and pretend it never touched your heart

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which -- To burn

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One Flaw In Women (I)  

Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness, love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they
think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.  
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have the compassion and ideas.
They give moral support to their
family and friends.
Women have vital things to say
and everything to give. 
 
 HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.

Please pass this along to all your women friends  
 and relatives to remind them just how amazing they are.

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One Flaw In Women (II)  

By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said,
"Why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,
have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable
and able to run on diet coke and leftovers,
have a lap that can hold four children at one time,
have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart
-and she will do everything
with only two hands."
The angel was astounded at the requirements.
"Only two hands!? No way!
And that's just on the standard model?
That's too much work for one day.
Wait until tomorrow to finish."
But I won't," the Lord protested.
"I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart.
She already heals herself when she is sick
AND can work 18 hour days."
The angel moved closer and touched the woman.
"But you have made her so soft, Lord."
"She is soft," the Lord agreed,
"but I have also made her tough.
You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish"
"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel.
The Lord replied,
"Not only will she be able to think,
she will be able to reason and negotiate."
The angel then noticed something,
and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.
"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model.
I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."
"That's not a leak,"
the Lord corrected,
"that's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.
The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy,
her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love,
her loneliness, her grief and her pride."
The angel was impressed
"You are a genius, Lord.
You thought of everything!
Woman is truly amazing."
And she is!
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness,
love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say and everything to give
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.
PLEASE pass this along to all your women friends and relatives

to remind them just how amazing they are.

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My  dearest  friends,

I would like you to pray for this wonderful Christian lady Ira Ellis of 83 years  old  who is still serving the Lord, sending hundreds of letters and tracts  around the world reaching thousands for our God’s glory.
                                         

Yes, she needs a lot of stamps for all this letters to be dropped in a mail and she has faith and trust that God’s people will try and help her….keep in mind is not easy to be a Christian wife and  live a  life time with a husband who doesn’t know the Lord…..so, please let’s help her to finish her road with a smile on her face, knowing that we all love her for what she does and for what she is  “ a virtuous woman “. Thank you Mrs. Ellis.

Her address: Ira  Ellis
2190 High Falls Rd.
Jackson, GA, 30233
USA.

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A special note of thank you to Ralph and Doris Myers for all their prayers, love, encouregement and support. Please pray for them that they will continue to help the ones in need.

Ralph & Doris Myers
P.O. Box 96
Jenkinsburg, GA, 30234
USA

                                    

I  WONDER

I wonder if the little path
Still winds across the sod-
The little, narrow, beaten path
Where friendly feet have trod.
I wonder if the trumpet vine
And flowering almond tree
Are blossoming along the way
Just where they used to be.

I wonder if small children’s feet
Are eager still to climb
The old board fence and cut across,
As long ago did mine;
And if the same old kitchen door
Is standing open wide,
Where eager eyes may catch a glimpse
Of Mother’s face inside.

Oh, little memories like this
Come creeping in bedtimes
And sing themselves to little tunes
And set themselves to rhymes.
Just haunting little memories
That seem to cling and guide
The thoughts along to open doors
And Mother’s face inside.

Someday I’ll find another path
Where friendly feet have trod,
That’s leading down the valley road
And o’er the hills to God.
When on those strange eternal shores
The heavenly gates swing wide,
Twill just be Home, Sweet Home once more
With Mother’s face inside.

Author Unknown

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Please pray for all this ladies

IRENEA  GABION
PATAO, BANTAYAN
CEBU, PHILIPPINES
      6052

“…I am an old lady, never been married at the age of 67. No children of my own but much children around me. These things happened when I was a child. I became orphan and finished my schooling through my struggle working to other people provided I can finish my schooling as a teacher. I am loving to the children and I pity the poor especially with no parents.
                                       

When I had my job as a teacher I began to feed and care for 2 boys and 3 girls .Later they grew up and look for their own walk of life after high school because I couldn’t afford to send them to college. Since I was laid off of my work as a teacher. Now  more children come over my house to feed them because their own families are very very poor but I cant afford it anymore. My house is very small but they just don’t want to go home so I try to feed them and buy them some clothes from the little money I do have.

It is very hard, we are raising chickens and goats but it can not meet our daily consumption  so my dear brothers in Christ please pray that the Lord will help me in helping this poor children from Philippines to have a little food on their table daily and something to wear on. God bless you all and thank you for reading my short letter. Love in Christ, Irenea gabion. 

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V.A.Granzon
Balintawak Elem.Sch.
Bantayan District 7
Bantayan 6052, Cebu
Philippines

“…I am a Christian, my name is Vicenta Granzon, a single mother of 42 years old with 7 children….and we do not know anything about my husband who does live with another woman…..he left us five years ago.

I am knocking at all Christians hearts to please help us with anything you can..I want my children to go to school and serve the Lord also. They need clothes, personal computer at home for their research works, school supplies even old things are good…old garments. Please help this fortunate people. Financial problems are my most important need my number one problem.
I have a very small salary to support the tuition fees for my kids. So, my dear friends please pray for us and please help us if you can and the Lord our Savior will reward you in heaven.Thank you  for now and may God bless you, Vicenta Granzon.