[Benedict A. Davis]

Re: Formally introducing myself

Sister Joanna,
On consideration I think waiting 10 years might be a bit too long for an engagement for me. I guess Your husband and I had better discuss your step daughters with your husband but I must ask one question of you. Your oldest step child is 15 and you have no potential suitors....why?
Oh one more thing can your girls field dress a deer, my arthritis isn't getting any better and I am having some difficulty gutting my kills once they start to chill.

YIC Benedict

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Formally introducing myself

I must ask one question of you. Your oldest step child is 15 and you have no potential suitors....why?

I believe there have been several (though Godly Baptist young men are in short supply around here) but my husband did not approve. Either they were too young, their prospects still too uncertain, or their families too recently Saved to be entirely reliable. Also, Faith is particularly keen to move to Iowa.

Oh one more thing can your girls field dress a deer, my arthritis isn't getting any better and I am having some difficulty gutting my kills once they start to chill.

I will not pretend, Brother. The simple answer is no, as this is generally men's work here. I had not considered the problems of the more mature husband. If Scotland does not secede from the UK next week, as we pray it will, then I will look into sending all 3 girls up there before the stag-hunting season closes next month.

Regards,
Joanna

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Formally introducing myself

Sorry, Sister Naomi, I unaccountably missed this.

Just between Jesus and the rest of the forum, I have suspected that Sister Attila has been a bit "off" recently, although I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Some time ago there was speculation - quite juicy speculation - that Mr. Hun was not actually deceased. This was quickly placed under the rug and even though evidence was supposedly published indicating that Mr. Hun met his demise, I was not satisfied nor were many others.

It is time to put this story to rest. I have it on excellent authority that Dorothy's husband was shot by his own side*** during the Hungarian uprising of 1956 (*** though nobody seems sure which side he was on). She never acknowledged it, fabricated some strange story of her own and continued to "telephone" him daily for many years. She was in fact dialing the speaking clock, as we learned when someone picked up the extension.

I would love to send Sister Attila a gift - I know just how much she values my friendship - and I hope you'll pass my best wishes to our dear, sweet, kind, precious OLD friend.

Thank you for the kind thought. She is not allowed anything that could be used as a weapon. Would it be too much to ask you to have one of your excellent pies couriered over?

Kindest regards,
Joanna

[Naomi Ruth Lamb]

Re: Formally introducing myself

Joanna,

You are far more lucid than she ever was. I swear at times I wondered what drivel might proceed from her lips next - but, the same can be said of me at times. You may not know that I went through a rather tough time not so long ago when I required multiple exorcisms and daily baptisms. Were it not for the longsuffering patience of Dr. Laurence Niles, whose faithful prayer and counseling brought me back to Jesus and reality, I don't know where I'd be today.

Thanks for filling me in on the whole Mr. Hun thing. She hinted at times that she believed herself he was still around, but most of the time she was adamant that he was gone. At 94 or 99 or however old she is, at least one can say she was faithful in service to the Lord.

It will be a pleasure to FedEx a pie or two; I assume it goes to the "private" address? Which would she fancy? Cherry? Do give my love to her; we weren't terribly close but I always wanted to be. It was my fault, of course. I would feel terrible if she passed on thinking I despised her. I truly do not.

Your intelligence and devotion to Christ are refreshing. I hope we can be great friends, dear.

In Jesus,
NRL