“What in the world am

 I doing?”

. . .

 

“Somebody take this candle!” 

Text Box: NEWS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Text Box: and another was badly burned and had been taken to a hospital in Santo Domingo. This girl’s eleven year old sister had escaped unhurt and both of them were now staying with our friend…a single mom with six sons of her own who normally shared three beds among themselves. Theirs was a somewhat better, three room, and mostly concrete house. At times, we find ourselves in situations that our training and experience never anticipated…like bedside exams by candlelight under drooping mosquito netting. Please keep praying for these people. Text Box: Michael and Anita Dohn are physicians serving as missionaries with La Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana through the South American Missionary Society. They write: I was sitting on the edge of a mattress at a friend’s house. Crouching under the edge of a mosquito net that I was supporting with my left arm, I was examining an injured child. It was evening and there was no electricity that night in that barrio. I was clutching a candle with my right hand in order to see. I was examining an 8 year old girl who had been treated earlier that day for extensive burns of the left arm. A brief glance told me that she had second degree burns from shoulder to fingers, covered Text Box: in ointment. She had been burned in a house fire the previous night. A candle had caught a mattress on fire. That’s when I thought, “What in the world am I doing?” and said, “Somebody take this candle!” I spent a few more minutes talking to her in the dark. Her family’s two room house had burned completely to the ground the night before. That barrio has not had any electricity at night for the last several months, so there are plenty of open flames in that neighborhood every night. And those little wood and tin shacks (essentially containing just people, their clothes, and bedding) go fast if they catch fire. One brother had died in the fire Text Box: The Department of Social Services is again working with local vendors to provide warm winter coats to children in Baltimore County. For as little as $15.00 you can ensure a child has a coat, that fits, for the upcoming winter. If you would like to help, please send a check to: The Fund for Social Welfare 6401 York Road, Suite 1029 Baltimore, Md. 21212 Text Box: The group will meet on September 6 and 20. If you or someone you know is suffering from bipolar disorder or depression, please call me at 410-780-4150. This group serves to support those persons. We’ve been meeting for over five years and the group is warm and friendly. Denise Thatcher Text Box: We will meet again at my home on September 13 at 7:00 P.M. We have a lot of planning to do as we gear up for the Thanksgiving baskets, Seafarer’s gifts, and Christmas Party. Everyone who would like to help with these events is welcome. In the meantime, your donations of nonperishable food, toiletries, and children’s gifts (valued at $10.00) are always welcome. Please bring them in as you acquire them. Denise Thatcher Text Box: Celebrations IF YOUR BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY IS MISSING OR THE DATE IS INCORRECT, PLEASE SEE JANICE BARBER Text Box: This month’s ANNIVERSARIES James & Jenny Rorke – 9/11 Donald & Teresa Regester – 9/17 Text Box: This month’s BIRTHDAYS Steve Cassady, Anne Knott – 9/3 Wes Thatcher – 9/7 Tim Fleischman, Jr. – 9/9 Jody Kinard, Steven Krenzer – 9/10 Beverly McCormick – 9/11 Sylvia Thornton – 9/14 I.K. Tobor – 9/16 Text Box: Lisa Krenzer – 9/18 Sue Kinard – 9/19 Anthony Tobor – 9/21 Emmalee Corbin – 9/25 Ron Ross, Flo Florentine – 9/30 Text Box: Page # Text Box: The Trinity Press Text Box: First, I would like to thank everyone for the many visits, prayers, cards, flowers, and phone calls. I am extremely moved by the outpouring of loving well wishes. After recovering from spine surgery, I will begin non-aggressive chemotherapy for my lymphoma. While this not curable, it is treatable. Thank you for being the loving, caring friends that I always knew I could count on. Joan Anderson

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