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<DIV><SPAN class=194582817-05052009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good Afternoon
ESFers et Al,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=194582817-05052009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Judy received this
word from a good friend earlier today.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=194582817-05052009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dean LaForce, member
of First Baptist in Johnson City, is in critical condition at, I believe, Wilson
Hospital in Johnson City. He has struggled physically over the past several
years and, now, is in Intensive Care and Isolation. Only his wife, Shirley, is
allowed to visit him. Pain is great and medication reduces his blood pressure
drastically. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=194582817-05052009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dean was my first
pastor in a Baptist Church after I was saved. He was also a spiritual mentor to
me between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four. One of the nicest compliments
I ever received (second hand) was when I heard that someone who had known him in
Seminary said that I acted enough like him to be my son. God used him, among
other things, to overcome shyness and dare to interact better with people. (Some
would say he was successful on the shyness part, anyway.) Remember Dean and
Shirley in your prayers. Also, their sons Todd and Joel. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=194582817-05052009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Harold</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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