Pat’s Mother Passes Away

Sept 5th 2006, God reached out His hand and took Lee home.

We spoke to her on Friday and she seemed chirpy and energetic. Lee said she’d been walking up and down the halls for exercise and wanted to return to work this week. She was a foster grandparent at a local school.

One of her friends called at 2am to say that she hadn’t answered her phone and when they checked, she was with our Lord already.

In the world’s eyes, Lee wasn’t much — just a short order cook for most of her life, hard work in a restaurant. Her husband abandoned her and Lee raised Pat and her brother, Gary, all on her own. Late in life, she accepted Jesus as her Savior and was faithful until He called her.

We’re trying to get Pat back to Lincoln as soon as humanly possible. She is Lee’s executor and the county coroner is awaiting Pat’s instructions.

It was Lee’s last wish that she be cremated and brought back to Africa, a foreign land she visited twice — she loved the African Christians and the work we are doing here. Pat will return on this final journey with her mother.

We ask for your prayers. All our sons know and will try to make the trip to Lincoln as soon as the details are known.

I’ll be in touch as soon as I know the details.

Steve