Thank you for calling about Will.

HFF,

Tim

Your latest essay - EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT!!!! As always!

I’m looking forward to hearing all about your adventures since June. You and Jamie will probably think I’m a bit of a freak, but when you first started your move I was checking your website every day for updates - and then up until yesterday, I checked once a week. I just can’t get enough of you - you two are addicting!

Take care and keep writing!
Sami

My pastor and I talked yesterday-we are looking at possibly mid-January. Here’s the mail conversation…

God Bless you Big Bro. TS

Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:26 PM
To: Scarbrough, Tim
Subject: RE: Speaker

T

I certainly believe that can be the case. God didn’t heal Paul, and all of us will die one day. God certainly can use infirmity to humble us and “kill off” our flesh. (Personally, I pray it won’t come to that for my flesh to die.)

One way to use this man would be during one of our January Sunday night prayer services. Call it a healing service and let him share, then we’ll pray over people.

We can pray in this direction.

MJ
—–Original Message—–
From: Scarbrough, Tim [mailto:Tim.Scarbrough@wgint.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:11 PM
To: Mark Jordan
Subject: RE: Speaker

No problem Mark.

Well, I was thinking of that but I am unsure of the delivery. Sponge has spoken to small groups and has addressed congegations before.
My original thought came from God of course but the focus was on healing in lieu of a healing sermon you had delivered in the past. I have thought about a different line of thought which came from Sponge himself – perseverance in suffering. He has told me that he has no desire to be healed but to elicit healing for others. He said that his disease killed his former self, such as Dwain died years ago and Spongedaddy remained. I believe God pruned him a bit for His greater glory. We’ve talked of Paul’s afflictions at length.
I’ve also told Sponge that there is most likely a single purpose or purposes left to accomplish. God has deemed that he has time still on the earth and he cannot come home until these are finished. Service to the Body of Christ most likely is the means.

What do you think?

Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:56 AM
To: Scarbrough, Tim
Subject: Speaker

T

Got your voice mail.

About your guy. What are you thinking, a testimony on Sunday morning? Other? Let me know your thoughts.

TCT called yesterday. I gave them rave reviews.

MJ

I’m sorry to hear that you were ill and needed to go to the hospital. I hope you’re feeling better now.

I’m glad to hear that you’ll be in your new house soon and the two of you will be back to blogging and writing stories.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that everything will go well.

Take care,
Sami

While at times we feel we are at the mercy of the tides, we are free enough to go where we please. The point is our home is each other, no matter the address we are at.

I hope you get that dream. No dream is EVER futile, stupid, or grandiose. Only small people have small dreams. I admire your desire to provide for your kids emotional needs until then. The more I observe society, I see how rare it is when people put their children ahead of themselves. And Jamie and I both know the pain those children feel when their parents are selfish pigs. We work hard to be everything our parents never were. Your children should feel blessed, as should you for that wonderful heart you have.

Time to go give Jamie a bubble bath and wash away the day.

Be well,

Sponge

I’m sorry to hear your family is making their problems yours. I hope things will settle down for you soon. In this state of transition, you certainly don’t need other people’s problems in the way.

I’m really glad to hear from you. I think I checked your website daily to see if there were any updates. I hope it won’t be too much longer until you’re in your house. I won’t call it a home because you have already stated that you are already at home.

I am totally envious of both of you. I haven’t been able to be spontaneous for over 10 years. So when you told us that you were just going to move closer to where your new house is and not wait until everything was ready, I thought “wow! these people are really brave” I have a dream too. When my children have grown, I want to move to a much warmer place in the country. A place where it snows very little and I can walk along the beach and watch the ships. But for now, I have to be patient. I don’t want to take my children away from what is familiar to them - other family members, friends, school, etc. In the meantime, I’ll just dream and look at pictures. And hope they’ll want to come with us when we decide to make the move.

Please know that people think of you every day and hope the best for you. Take care and I will continue to check to see how you are doing - keep the updates coming!

Sami

Let us know.

Sami

My fingers and toes are crossed that all goes well for you and you’ll be in your new house within 11 days!! Even though the State is a little slow, it looks like they are looking after you: new windows, new propane tank. Wow! Your house sounds like it’s way out in the country - is it?

Jamie - I hope you’re feeling a little better today. I’ve been thinking of you a lot.

Since this may be the last time I write before you turn off your internet, I thought I better say good-bye for now and I look forwarding to hearing all about your move. Are you going to load pictures of your new house, once you’re settled?

Take care,
Sami