{"id":1845,"date":"2019-03-13T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2020-01-06T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T02:44:13","slug":"baucom-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"Baucom February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To The Dear, Dear Friends Of Tommy & Elaine,                                                     <\/strong>February  2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems we just sent one of these out. But glad to\nkeep you dear folks informed about what’s happening and what’s not happening.\nAnd it’s this time of the year that about all that is happening is the cold\nweather. We’ve had to close our services several times due to snow, ice and\nlow, low temperatures.  Up to 2-3 years\nago it did not bother us. But we have gotten older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elaine & I are experiencing several things that\ncome with age & infirmities. We can’t seem to remember from the bathroom to\nthe kitchen what we went there for. Our apartment is small, but we love it.\nElaine hobbles around waiting for a hip replacement which can be 6 months to a\nyear. I’m staggering and shaking more and more because of the Parkinsons. I’m\njust being truthful, We get aggravated due to our health problems and having to\ntake soooo many pills morning, noon & night. God is still good and our marriage\nis still the most sweetest wonderful thing to happen to us, earthly speaking.  My prostate problem is starting to bother me\nmore and more . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have two Nursing Homes we attend monthly which are\ndoing great. God just gave me a love for these dear senior folks. Some Nursing\nHomes are awful a shortage of funding and workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Sunday morning crowd is encouraging. But too, they\nare getting older and apt to fall, so they fear going out in the snow and cold.\nI don’t blame them. The Lord has given us a wonderful congregation of  people. Whether 25 or 255, I am prepared to\npreach to either size as if it might be my last. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have had a couple of native women to visit or\nChurch in which Bob and I decided to visit one of them. She was strongly\ntraditional. I didn’t know just how strongly until we got there. I said, “Bob,\nwhat have you gotten us into?” After about 30 minutes, I wanted to have\npray and go.  As we finished praying she\nwanted to pray as well. Woe! She took my hand while I still had my eyes closed.\nI was wondering what she was doing so I had to look.  You know the preacher has to look.  As I was peeking, she was casting out an evil\nspirit from me she said. She took her hand and pointed toward the window for it\nto leave.  Then she says  she would need to do this two more times\nbefore they were all gone. I wondered what they were that she was casting out.\nI didn’t feel nothing and I knew I belonged to JESUS! When Bob and I got to the\nend of the driveway, we stopped and prayed that  the Lord protect us and let us not carry any\nof this stuff back to our homes, Amen! This is some of the things we get into\non the Reservation. We do a lot of pleading Jesus’ blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don’t expect too much out of Elaine & I in\nthese winter months. It’s a task just for me and my health and heart condition along\nwith Elaine’s hip joint to go from the house to the car. We’re not dead yet,\njust cautious.  We still carry a full\nload of preaching and visiting hospitals and such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our holiday season went well. Some of our Churches and\nindividuals sent extra gifts in which we are soooo grateful. I’ve tried to keep\nan account of who sent special gifts so I could send a special Thank You<\/strong>\nfor such.  If we missed you, please forgive.  Too, Thank You for staying behind us in\nprayers and financial help. You are very kind. We would love to visit you and\nthe Church, but I’m just not strong enough yet and then having to be ready when\nthe surgeon calls to do Elaine’s hip replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks again my friend(s).  With Love!              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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