On Friday, March 7, 2008, we wrote on the theme of ENCOURAGEMENT and share the following email received on Saturday, March 8, 2008. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did…
Hello Dave, Irene, and Family,
I am Annie Foyle who works at the Calif. School for the Blind and have been organizing our UCSF direct donation blood drives – the last few in honor of Irene.
Many months ago, I called Jean at UCSF blood center and asked if there was someone we could do the blood drives in honor of. She gave me Irene’s first name. At that time, “Irene” was just a name and I was thankful that there was someone who could benefit from our blood drives. That has all changed since Jean gave me a copy of Irene’s Journey of Faith!! Irene – you are now more than a name to me – you are an amazing woman who loves the Lord and lives for Him – and gives Him glory throughout your challenges and struggles. You are my Sister in Christ. Wow and Praise the Lord!!! Thank you for your example and thank you to your family for writing and publishing this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and just passed in on to one of my Sisters who is going through a challenging medical situation with her daughter. Reading this book I kept thanking the Lord that he has allowed me to help you – not even knowing who you were or that you were a believer and follower of Christ. I feel that I “know” your family after reading this book and have continued learning of your journey from the website. It would be an honor to meet you if the opportunity allowed itself.
We are doing another blood drive in honor of Irene on April 18th at the school in Fremont. If you have any friends and/or family that would like to come donate, please let them know they are more than welcome. They can call or email me (510) 794-3842 afoyle@csb-cde.ca.gov, and I’ll sign them up.
I will continue to keep you all in prayer for God’s grace, strength, comfort, and guidance. I will pray that you hear encouraging news on March 13th! May He continue to use you to reach others for Christ.
Thanks for your encouraging words, stories, and scripture references.
Happy Anniversary Dave and Irene
Happy Birthday JoAnna
In His Love,
Annie
The website for the California School for the Blind is http://www.csb-cde.ca.gov/
