Lost Timber Bible Camp.
If mailing a memorial send to:
466 Valley Rd
Channdler, MN 56122
Attn: Accounting
Bolivia Community Project
If mailing a memorial send to:
C/O Sue Brody
12901 Shady Dale Road
Minnetonka, MN. 55343
Lost Timber Bible Camp.
If mailing a memorial send to:
466 Valley Rd
Channdler, MN 56122
Attn: Accounting
Bolivia Community Project
If mailing a memorial send to:
C/O Sue Brody
12901 Shady Dale Road
Minnetonka, MN. 55343
Homer Payne died in his sleep at North Ridge Homes in New Hope Minnesota on April 1st 2010. He spent his life server the Lord in many different countries.
To celebrate his life and service to God, a Memorial Service will be held on April 17th 2010 in the chapel at the American Free Lutheran Bible College in Plymouth MN. A reception will held following the service in the adjacent Heritage Hall.
There will also be a viewing on the previous day at Plymouth Bible Chapel, 10605 36th Av. North Plymouth MN, from 10:00 – 11:00 AM. A burial ceremony will be held at the Fort Snelling Cemetery for family members.
Note from Pierre
Since this letter was composed, my father’s condition has deteriorated quite a bit. He seems to alternate between periods of lucidity and other times when he is confused about his whereabouts and condition. It has also become quite difficult to understand him.
Due to his diabetes, he has lost feeling in his feet, and therefore is not secure in his balance. As a result, he has taken several falls, and so a few weeks ago, the attendants concluded that he could no longer walk by himself. This means that most of his time is now spent in a wheel chair.
We are very glad that we were able to get him into North Ridge. We know that the home is run in a very professional manner, and that those taking care of him are doing an excellent job.
Pierre
Spring has finally come to
Amid my constant medical appointments, I discipline myself to move forward with my life story. The Lord graciously sent a close
I’m not trying to amuse people, but coming home from a camp board meeting one Saturday afternoon, I told the story of my 59 years’ marriage. All was going swimmingly until one couple in the group insisted that I visit their Sunday School class and tell them the story too. Once again, I’m in for it! Questions at the end, and No Holds Barred. Here’s hoping there’ll be no embarrassing moments.
Easter will have come and gone by the time you receive this note: surely our country needs a revival or better yet a re-birth. If the “Powers that Be” are ordained of God, we must pray earnestly that their activities will be guided by God, and that their actions will be for the betterment of our country. We all have a duty to participate in any way we can if we expect our democracy to function free of the corruption it currently is steeped in.
My days continue to include nursing visits due in part to diabetes and poor circulation in my extremities. My feet are bandaged, and my blood sugar and pressure is regularly monitored, and my daily ration of medications is dutifully administered and ingested. It’s a blessing to live in a country and era that has this level of medical help available – but assisted living “ain’t cheap”.
Due to some local difficulties, there won’t be a
Time passes so quickly!
I’m going to try and be serious about communicating with you at least on a quarterly basis. Please note all the information at the top of the letter which is my correct contact information.
This letter is actually a group of correspondence I have been working on throughout the first quarter of 2009. The group that was helping with production and distribution of the newsletter could no longer keep up, so there has been a hiatus in the news as you have noted. My son Pierre, who owns a communications firm, is taking over publication of the newsletter for the future.
We do want to continue to keep you all in the know, but would also like to be able to keep the cost down to the extent we can.
- If you have an e-mail address we can use regularly and would prefer to get the newsletter that way, please send it to ppayne@mgicommunications.com.
- If you have moved, please let
- My Newsletters will be published on a blog so that those who are used to using the web to stay on top of the news can be served in that way.
My autobiography is now front and center in my daily activities, and the Lord has provided an editor to help with the presentation and organization, the historical and the stylistic. I also hope to have a well known outsider do the foreword. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated.
Biographies can give young believers a tremendous boost if properly written – I always think of those of Hudson Taylor and Bill Hybels as great sources of inspiration and guidance.
Our shrinking world seems to be readying itself for a major financial melt-down – one that will go beyond the boundaries we have seen in any part of our past. And our leaders seem ill-prepared. One can only guess at the eventual results.
Meanwhile, fresh opportunities for witness and counseling with both young and old continue to present themselves within the church and without!
Please continue to be sure of my constant prayers for each of you. As I tread these steps in final the final years of my life, walking with Jesus, seeking to be a continuing blessing by sharing the gospel of our lord and working daily to make the world a better place.
I misplaced the initial draft of this letter in a very busy Christmas time. Between travels to
Please find here the usual warm thanks for a wonderful mass of loving greetings and gifts all of which I am incapable of answering personally. Surely greetings and good wishes are a bit stale at this late date. Nevertheless, be assured of my warmest affection and appreciation for the flood of beautiful greetings that warmed my heart. I trust that each of your holidays were heartwarming and times of effectual spiritual renewal. May the Lord bless you everyone, and particularly those of you whose celebration was saddened by illness or other untoward events.
With the advent of the New Year, we certainly are entering a period of social and financial stress during which the world will be tested beyond levels of resistance humans have know so far. Never before has prosperity been so widespread – never before has our government and personal debt been so deep. Never before have we been so vulnerable.
As believers, we need to examine ourselves, our relationships with others, and our duties to those around us so that we are prepared for the stress that we will inevitably face. Let each family prepare to care for its own and those around it.
Let each of us also heed the lessons of the inspired Word and really pour out our hearts to God. It is within our power to help right our country’s course: for evil to succeed only requires that good men and women stand by and do nothing. What a good reminder to each of us to pray and act on His behalf each day.
Be sure of our warmest on-going thanks, and heartfelt appreciation for all you are doing through your daily prayers and loving care.
In His Keeping