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Family News
Tabatha Herring provided this family update: Her oldest daughter Marandia made the A-B honor roll which was really great! Last school year she attended summer school, so her honor roll indicates substantial improvement of her academic performance. Samantha graduated from sixth grade and went on the sixth grade camping trip as soon as graduation was over. During the graduation ceremonies she was recognized with awards for Citizenship and Overall Best Band Student. In addition she was also recognized as Best At Recorder, Most Dedicated and Most Improved, and Best Flute Player. She also got a medal for being on ITV, which is a school sponsored morning television program. Best of all and unexpected by Samantha or her parents, she was recognized by the President's Education Awards Program, one of only two girls that received this award out of a class of 85! She received a letter and certificate from the White House both signed by President Bush. I was so PROUD of her! Samantha’s basketball team also finished as champion of their league; Her individual and team effort was exemplary. Their brother Austin just completed his first year of Kindergarten. He performed really well too, receiving “S” on his report card in all areas (the grading system is either “S” = Satisfactory or “N” = Not Satisfactory). In the Stanford Early Achievement Test, he scored 83% on sounds and letters, 96% on word reading, and 78% on mathematics. This test compares performance of students in the same grade across the nation; he was above average in all areas evaluated. Kudos to Marandia, Samantha and Austin! Ken Hirasaki provided this update in May: “Just wanted to let everyone know that I am graduating from medical school at the University of Texas at Houston on June 1st. My family and I will be moving to Springfield, Massachusetts, where I will complete my internship for one year. We will then be moving to Durham, North Carolina, where I will complete a residency in radiology for four years. If anyone is in town feel free to stop by. Right now my wife and I and our daughter Katie are in Thailand and have been since January, we are visiting Tippy's family and will return to the US at the end of May.” Congratulations Dr. Hirasaki! Congratulations also to Leah Adams and Kevin Sutherland who tied the knot on 20 Apr 2002. There will be another ceremony in Scotland with the traditional wearing of the kilt by the groom and his brother; following that the couple will reside in Scotland for 3 years. Finally, congratulations to Hannah Ward (daughter of Clint Ward) and Austin Rager who were married on 10 Nov 2001 and live in San Antonio. They have a sweet Chihuahua named Blue.
Inspirations & Prayer Requests!
When we have the abundant life that Jesus came to give us (John 10:10), we will have the fruit of the Spirit – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love (benevolent love), joy (joy in general), peace (rest, a state of untroubled, undisturbed well being, not strife), longsuffering (forbearance, patience), gentleness (kindness; grace that pervades the whole nature, mellowing all which would have been harsh and austere), goodness (active goodness), faith (persuasion, assurance, belief), meekness, (gentleness, humility), temperance (self-control): against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22,23. Charles Fowler, husband of Margaret Ruth Dupree Fowler, has been recently diagnosed with acute leukemia and is in the first stages of treatment at M.D. Anderson. Please put him in your prayers. Janice Patterson – Continues to need your prayers. She has been unable to tolerate regular chemotherapy to knock out the cancer at this time and will be on a series of Herceptin infusions to try to control it.
Miracles and Divine Interventions

Wanda was my only daughter. At 11, she had something happen to her body. She could not feed herself, nor direct her arms into the armholes of her dress, nor could she get her feet to go in the direction she wanted them to. A specialist in Shreveport diagnosed her with St. Vitus’ dance. The doctor had said that Wanda would have to stay in bed for a year; her feet were not to touch the floor. At this time, Bro Brannum was holding a revival in Shreveport. Ruth Cain Manning took Wanda to the revival for Bro. Brannum to pray for her. The healing line closed just before he got to Wanda, but Ruth managed to get him to pray for her anyway. He took them to a room and greatly encouraged their faith. He prayed for Wanda and told her that in three days she would be all right! The Lord kept his word and she never had to go back to bed to stay. Note: St. Vitus’ dance is described in Dorland’s Medical Dictionary as an acute, disorder of early life, usually between the ages of five and fifteen, and closely linked with rheumatic fever. It is characterized by involuntary movements that gradually become severe, affecting all motor activities including gait, arm movements and speech.

By: Viola Mae Manning Williamson

Note: We recently lost Sissy, and this article was obviously written prior to that loss. Her contributions to the newsletter were and are still being appreciated. We miss you Sissy.

You see those feet were important feet. Those feet carried my dad to the front lines of battle to defend the honor and freedom of his country.

Those feet, under enemy gunpoint, walked down the hot dusty Philippine jungle road on the infamous Bataan Death March.

As a child, I observed many times the abnormal appearance of those feet. They only had four complete toes. The others had been lost to frostbite as he languished in an enemy’s prison camp in a faraway land.

In due time, those feet victoriously brought my dad back home to America. Perhaps the casual observer did not notice, but his balance was shaky because of all that those feet had suffered.

On those feet my dad courted my mother and they took him to the altar of holy matrimony where they became husband and wife.

Eventually those feet led him to an altar of prayer where he repented of his sins as he called upon the name of Jesus. Those feet took him to the baptismal waters where he was buried with Christ in water baptism in Jesus Name. Since that day, those feet have walked with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Those feet led me, as a young boy, to a prayer room where I became acquainted with his God.

With the passage of time, those feet became slower and slower. In the past year, they lost all ability to walk. My sister Margaret, recently made the statement, “My dad will walk again. It may not be in this life, but he will walk again over there.”

Amazingly the last thing that Mother checked before my dad passed from this world was his feet. About one in the morning she awoke, checked his feet and found them to be okay. Three hours later, the nurse awoke her to tell her he had slipped away.

But because of the confidence that we have in the shed blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we have faith that on the great getting-up morning, those feet will walk again. Those feet will take him this time to the throne of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and will forever walk in His eternal presence.

Those feet served his country. Those feet served his family. Those feet served his God. I cannot, I will not forget those feet.

By: Nathan E. Dupree