Joy in the Journey - Sunday, May 4, 1997

Transcription:
Sunday, May 4, 1997


Dear Lord,


Another beautiful day! Wow! Ted + I were often gone at this time of year, so didn't enjoy so many lovely days here in our home in the spring.


Right now, Lord, I pray for [redacted] that he will want to fly here this summer with his Uncle [redacted], if this is Your Will, of course. Please let [redacted], [redacted] + [redacted] make the decision You want. Amen. (Continued)


Gould wants Serella to take a bus instead of the plane, for which she has a ticket. Dear Lord, please guide Serella and Gould in this situa-tion. I expect her to visit from tomorrow to Friday. May Your Will be done. May they have a peaceful decision.


Thank-You for family and friends, and with Your Love I don't feel so lonely. Yes, I came into this world alone and will leave alone, but meanwhile what gifts you have given me, loving people all the wry way! Praise be unto You. Amen.

Interpretation:

It is interesting that she continues to pray for her grandson to come visit. We have yet to determine why this is so important to her, other than the obvious desire to visit. Also of note is a rare misspelling of the word "way." She later came back with a different color ink to correct it, apparently on the next day.

Also of interest was her comment about coming into this world alone and leaving alone. She passed away with her family surrounding her.


References:
- Hollingsworth, D. B. (1997). Joy in the Journey. Private Collection.
- Numerous facts were gathered from the private Richard Family Estate collection. These facts span numerous sources of information and contain genealogical data, photos, and newspaper articles.

Joy in the Journey - Saturday, May 3, 1997

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Saturday, May 3, 1997


Dear Father God,


Hmmm, I locked myself out of the car + the house! That's a first! But, I walked up the steep hill to church (where I planned to be at 7:00 A.M.), called Teddy. He came up + joined Men's Breakfast, then brought me home from where I'd been working on the Yard Sale (in front of church). Here were mark, Ben, Sylvester, Travis + Carrie working hard, carrying wood down from the hill! Later Beth and Kristina joined them. What a wonderful sight to see their teamwork! They stayed from 8:00 A.M. + 10:00 A.M. till noon. Thank-you, Lord, for their dedication, hard work + HELP!!! Thank-You for this gorgeous day. Now guide me as I do Your will the rest of the day. Amen.

Interpretation:
The big even here was clearly getting locked out of the car and house. Outside of that, it sounds like the kids from her church helped move some wood on the hill above her house.

References:
- Hollingsworth, D. B. (1997). Joy in the Journey. Private Collection.
- Numerous facts were gathered from the private Richard Family Estate collection. These facts span numerous sources of information and contain genealogical data, photos, and newspaper articles.

Joy in the Journey - Friday, May 2, 1997

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Friday, May 2, 1997


Good-Morning, Lord!


Thank-you for Nicole, our teacher in Aquacise. She asked me today if I am a Christian. It shows - thank-you, thank-you so much that I am growing in your Love, adn I am trying to be more obedient to Your Will. I pray today for Gayle + Bobby as they are with Irma, Bobby's sister who is fighting leukemia. I ask you to comfort Marian. Guide Mark B. as he works with our (church) teens + boys at the "home" where he works also. I pray for Ivan, Sylvester + Travis specifically. I pray for Betty Bell -- give her peace, Lord. I pray for Willie and Alfred and for Idella + Richard their grandparents. Please be with [redacted] + his attorney, with [redacted] + her attorney. Please let this divorce situation be resolved for the best for all, particularly [redacted], [redacted] + [redacted].


If it is Your will, help us to know how, + when to have [redacted] + [redacted] fly here this summer.


Thank-You, Jesus, for giving your life for all of us. How unbelievably awesome. Thank-You, Holy Spirit for being here and now to guide us with each step of the way.


Now, please guide me as I bathe, dress and drive to Watsonville to have lunch with Emma, and yes, I pray for Danny + Emma - and for "my" [redacted] + and his throat + for "my" [redacted] and her physical problem. Thank You, Lord. Amen.


Interpretation:
We redacted several names of people, both living and deceased, to protect their privacy. Some background on Gayle and Bobby and his sister Irma. Gayle and Bobby were married at the time and traveled from their home in Pennsylvania to Irma's home in Maryland. They arrived an hour after she died. Irma, and her husband Ronald, lived in Southern Maryland next to Bobby and Irma's mother. Ronald was a former Marine. They had a white dog and a poly-dactyl cat. Their house had a screened in porch and a basement. Their kitchen had a small table where they'd listen to the radio while eating breakfast.


We found it odd that she mentions that she's going to "bathe" but we have determined that this was just the way she thought, spoke, and wrote.


In our research, we were unable to locate or identify any other names listed.


References:
- Hollingsworth, D. B. (1997). Joy in the Journey. Private Collection.
- Numerous facts were gathered from the private Richard Family Estate collection. These facts span numerous sources of information and contain genealogical data, photos, and newspaper articles.

Joy in the Journey - Thursday, May 1, 1997

Transcription:
Thursday, May 1, 1997


Good-Morning again, dear God,


It is a gorgeous day, + now as I get ready to volunteer at the hospital, help me to do + say what pleases You with each patient + worker today as I do whatever is most important.

Interpretation:
A very short entry for this day. We do not know which hospital she volunteered at.

References:
- Hollingsworth, D. B. (1997). Joy in the Journey. Private Collection.
- Numerous facts were gathered from the private Richard Family Estate collection. These facts span numerous sources of information and contain genealogical data, photos, and newspaper articles.

Joy in the Journey - June 7, 1994

Transcription:

June 7, 1994


Water

Ps. 1:3

Matthew 5:44 "But I say unto you, 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.---

----48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."


Wow! What a goal!

Interpretation:
This page was folded over and is between April 30, 1997 and May 1, 1997. Clearly written well before the two entries on either side. It also appears to have been a rough draft of some sort as it appears to be incomplete. Maybe notes or something that were written but forgotten until later.

References:

- Hollingsworth, D. B. (1997). Joy in the Journey. Private Collection.

- Numerous facts were gathered from the private Richard Family Estate collection. These facts span numerous sources of information and contain genealogical data, photos, and newspaper articles.