Thanks Jamie I love these kind of stories.
Cooter
>From: "jamie shannon puckett" <
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>To: "Linda Gaston" <
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>Subject: Fw: John Wayne...
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:38:49 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ajordan" <
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>To: <
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>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:49 PM
>Subject: FW: John Wayne...
>
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Al Bicket
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:43 PM
> > To: Alicia Jordan
> > Subject: FW: John Wayne...
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Laws, Judy [mailto:
[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:30 AM
> > To:
[email protected]
> > Subject: FW: John Wayne...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Judy Laws
> > F.Schumacher & Co.
> > Quality Assurance
> >
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]>
> > Phone: 803-789-6653
> > Fax: 803-789-6662
> >
> >
> > > > >Most of you know John Wayne as an actor and Dr Schuller. You may
> > not
> > know
> > >
> > > > >what happened to him before he died. This is that story!
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Dr. Robert Schuller's teenage daughter, Cindy, was in a
> > >
> > > > >motorcycle accident and had to have her leg amputated. John Wayne
> > is a
> > big
> > >
> > > > >fan of Robert Schuller. He heard Dr. Schuller say on one of his
> > programs
> > >
> > > > >that his daughter had been in an accident and had to have her leg
> > amputated.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >John Wayne wrote a note to her saying:
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Dear Cindy,
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Sorry to hear about your accident. Hope you will be all right.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Signed,
> > >
> > > > >John Wayne
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >The note was delivered to her and she decided she wanted to
> > >
> > > > >write John Wayne a note in reply. She wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Dear Mr. Wayne,
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >I got your note. Thanks for writing to me. I like you very much. I
> > am
> > >
> > > > >going to be all right because Jesus is going to help me. Mr. Wayne,
> > do
> > you
> > >
> > > > >know Jesus? I sure hope you know Jesus, Mr. Wayne, because I cannot
> > >
> > > > >imagine Heaven being complete without John Wayne being there. I
> > hope,
> > if
> > >
> > > > >you don't
> > >
> > > > >know Jesus, that you will give your heart to Jesus right now. See
> > you
> > in
> > >
> > > > >Heaven. And she signed her name.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >She had just put that letter in an envelope, sealed it, and
> > >
> > > > >written across the front of it "John Wayne" when a visitor came
> > into
> > her
> > >
> > > > >room to see her.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >He said to her: "What are you doing?"
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >She said: "I just wrote a letter to John Wayne, but I don't know
> > how
> > to
> > >
> > > > >get it to him".
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >He said: "That's funny, I am going to have dinner with John
> > >
> > > > >Wayne tonight at the Newport Club down at Newport Beach. Give it to
> > me
> > and
> > >
> > > > >I will give it to him".
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >She gave him the letter and he put it in his coat pocket.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >There were twelve of them that night sitting around the table
> > >
> > > > >for dinner. They were laughing and cutting up and the guy happened
> > to
> > >
> > > > >reach in his pocket, felt that letter and remembered. John Wayne
> > was
> > >
> > > > >seated at the end of the table and the guy took the letter out and
> > said:
> > >
> > > > >"Hey, Duke, I was
> > >
> > > > >in Schuller's daughter's room today and she wrote you a letter and
> > wanted
> > >
> > > > >me to give it to you. Here it is."
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >They passed it down to John Wayne and he opened it. They kept on
> > laughing
> > >
> > > > >and cutting up and someone happened to look down at John Wayne. He
> > was
> > crying.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >One of them said: "Hey, Duke, what is the matter?"
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > > He said (and can't you hear him saying it), "I want to read you
> > this
> > >
> > > > > letter." He read the letter.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Then he began to weep. He folded it, put it in his pocket, pointed
> > to
> > the
> > >
> > > > >man who delivered it to him and said: "You go tell that little girl
> > that
> > >
> > > > >right now, in this restaurant, right here, John Wayne gives his
> > heart
> > to
> > >
> > > > >Jesus Christ and I will see her in heaven."
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Three weeks later John Wayne died.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >You never know how your witness to another will effect their
> > >
> > > > >eternity!
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under
> > the
> > heaven.
> > >
> > > > >Ecclesiastes 3:1
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >Hit By God's Love
> > >
> > > > >This couldn't get much closer to the truth!
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >HIT BY GODS LOVE You can't tag me back!!!! You have to tag
> > >
> > > > >someone else!!!!
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sign up for Internet Service under $10 dollars a month, at
> > http://isp.BlueLight.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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