Thank you for your prayers!
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The benefit was a roaring success! The folks in our town are very generous.
Here's bit of news which I think deserves to be posted in bold:
Yesterday I learned that Jim served three tours of duty in Vietnam and was going to volunteer for a fourth, but his wife put her foot down and told him that three was all she could take.
He is doing poorly. Last night my mom sent a copy of this thread to Jim's wife.
I'll continue to post updates.
In the meantime, thanks so much again for all of your help and prayers.