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The Hartford Letters Rebirth of a Born-Again Christian A Daily Journal Of Earthly Love And Heavenly Submission By Larry E Vaughn 2005 1 FOREWORD This compilation of emails includes The Hartford Letters, written by Larry E Vaughn, and an inside view of how the input of others, via email, was put to work by the Lord Our God to bolster and support the author while he was undergoing severe discipline. While Larry was led to minister to an ever growing number of well wishers through the daily Lea Updates, others were led to minister to Larry during his time of trial. This volume contains the supportive email messages our Father provided to help Larry find his direction and inner strength. This is a journey of faith and miraculous healing, the power of group prayer, and how The Church can be comprised of prayers connected only by an emotional thread woven through each of their lives by a common interest in a distant tragedy. Our God truly works mightily and mysteriously in revealing His plan. 2 FROM: Larry Vaughn TO: Lance Vaughn, Link Vaughn Sunday, July 10 @ 10:41 AM Greetings! After three days of leisurely driving with our neighbors Joe and Pat Stroup, we have arrived at Prospect Harbor, Maine for vacation. Attached is a photo of the house we are occupying. It is foggy, chilly, and drizzly here. Hope it warms up, or at least, dries up! We will be available by cell phone if you need us, unless we are sleeping or taking a nap or sleeping. ☺ We plan to leave here Friday, and arrive back in Atlanta Monday the 18th. Pardon me, I think I hear a lobster calling my name. Hope everyone is well. House in Prospect Harbor, Maine FROM: Lance Vaughn July 11 @ 10:10 AM I hope all is well with you!!! I will try to call you tonight!!! FROM: Link Vaughn July 11 @ 1:15 PM Dad - Have a RESTFUL time! What is your cell phone number? For some reason, I do not have it... Be sure to check out Bill's sermons on line... The last two weeks have been some of his best... FROM: Link Vaughn July 11 @ 4:13 PM All three of the (Bill Barley) sermons on Acts have blown me away... #2 and #3 are especially good and appropriate for the struggles we all go through and the repentance required for each of us. God's blessing and favor to you! DAY ONE FROM: Lance Vaughn Saturday, July 16 @ 10:05 PM Earlier this morning, our mother Lea was admitted to an emergency room in Connecticut for acute abdominal pain. She is in stable condition and has a morphine pump to help her manage the pain. The doctors are thinking pancreatitis, but will know more in the morning. Our dad (Larry) has been given a cot and will be spending the night in the room with her tonight. So, the story goes: yesterday, Mom and Dad were on their way back from a vacation in Maine with their friends Pat and Joe when Joe began experiencing chest pains. He was admitted to the same hospital and is in stable condition and under observation. While Joe was being looked after yesterday, Mom was feeling ill and spent most of the day sleeping in the truck. When she awoke this morning feeling worse, Dad took her to the emergency room. You know as much as I do at this point. DAY TWO FROM: Christy July 17 @ 4:05 PM To: Lance, Link Just wanted to let you no we are praying for Aunt Lea's health. Could you please ad me to your contact list 3 as Mom (Kathy) is so upset she has a hard time passing on this info to me. I've been talking on the phone with Aunt Barb and Dawn so we all have the correct information on your mom. We are very concerned for her and Love her very much, please remember if you need anything we are there!! Please give everyone hugs and kisses for us. I am sending this with love and prayer from us to you and your families - your cousin in Hannibal. Christy. REPLY FROM: Link Vaughn July 17 @ 8:02 PM Thank you, Christy. It is encouraging to hear that so many are praying for Mom - Thanks for letting us know. We (Lyndi, Megan, and I) are praying for a healing that will relieve Mom from her pain and restore her to full health. Also, please pray for my dad, Larry. He is struggling with the thought of losing my Mom. Please pray for peace, blessed assurance, joy and comfort for him and he stays at the hospital alone. We will lift all of you up as well... Sometimes we forget to pray for our extended family and your note has reminded me that even though we are thousands of miles apart, we remain close. FROM: Barb S July 18 @ 3:01 PM To: Link Vaughn So sorry to hear about your mom. Know you must really be worried about her and being so far away really doesn't help. We will all keep her in our prayers as well as the rest of you. DAY THREE REPLY FROM: Link Vaughn July 18 @ 7:53 PM She remains in our prayers here as well. I wish I could be there with her, but know there is not much I can do to help. Our Lord Jesus will keep her in his care and I pray provide my Dad with peace. We pray for healing that will relieve Mom's pain and bring glory to God for all that are around her. FROM: Lance Vaughn July 18 @ 5:35 PM I am flying out tomorrow morning to provide Dad support. I promise to keep you posted. Please continue praying for the Lord's healing mercy. Thank you so much for your unending support. Mom's prayer page is located on my website. DAY FOUR FROM: Barb S July 19 @ 12:18 AM This is a special request for Larry’s sister, Lea Vaughn. While on a trip back to Indiana from Maine, Lea took critically ill and is in a hospital in Connecticut. Doctors are still looking for answers but as of last update, she is on a respirator and has pneumonia on top of everything else. So, please pass this on as God does listen to and answer prayers. Thank you all. FROM: Link Vaughn July 19 @ 9:00 AM Aloha All - I am writing a brief note (to our church family) to ask you to pray for my family. My mom and dad were vacationing in Maine and on the way home this weekend my mom was admitted to a hospital in Meriden, CT for what is believed to be pancreatitis. She has had several complications since being admitted and the outlook is not good. She is hooked up to a respirator and is undergoing dialysis for her kidneys today as they have stopped working. My dad is not in great health either and I am certain he is not taking care of 4 himself too well. My brother is in route as I type and I am flying out this afternoon. Also, much of my mom's family is driving to Connecticut from Missouri. Specifically, please lift up my mom (Lea) for healing and my dad (Larry) for comfort and health. Both know the Lord, are ready for heaven, and trust Jesus Christ as their savior. I am personally praying for a miracle healing in my mom... for what I am sure are selfish reasons, but I really am not ready to lose her. I will have intermittent access to my e-mail during this trip and will have my cell phone with me. Thank you for your prayers... God listens and responds... I pray He brings my mom back and has a great work ahead for her... If not, I pray that she be taken quickly and with little suffering... FROM: Karen July 19 @ 9:38 AM Hi, I am Karen a dear friend for 30 plus years of the family of Lea and Larry, I just spoke to Lance on the phone, he is in the Chicago airport waiting for his flight to Ct. to join his dad, Link is leaving Hawaii today to join them. Lance has just spoken to Larry and all of Lea's organs have shut down and things are not where we want them to be right now. I don't know other than a miracle from God that could pull her thru. Lance and the family is asking for your prayers for Lea and the Larry, Link and family and Lance and his fiance to get them thru this next few days and they have to have your support to help them. FROM: Karen July19 @ 3:15 PM Hi, this is Karen again, just got a phone call from Lance and Lea has stabilized enough for them to airlift her to a hospital in Hartford. She had a procedure done that removed the triglycerides from her blood to remove the fat that is causing the problem, they are going to do that procedure maybe another time or two and also maybe do a procedure to remove fluid that has built up in the Pancreas. Lance was at the hospital when she was transferred and drove Larry to the hospital in Hartford. He sounded really good, was so glad to be with his parents. He will let me know if there is any change.