By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
My brother John was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1956, at Lindsey Air station (as it was called at that time in post-war Germany). We were an Air Force family through and through, with my father being famous in the USAF, and my being born at the actual headquarters of the USAF, Bolling AFB in Washington DC.
From the beginning, I loved my "little brother," who was four years younger than I, although he would soon grow to the height of 6'3", over a foot taller than me. In fact, he was tall and good looking, gifted in music and guitar. But such attributes, APART from being balanced by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the guidelines of the Word of God, would soon prove to become his undoing in his early teen years.
We both grew up in a very privileged neighborhood, "high-end" and known for it's resident politicians, senators, military generals, FBI, CIA , lawyers and other high-end people who worked in DC, but who resided in rich, safe neighborhoods outside the city and the Beltway. We fit in nicely: my father was famous and my mother was a secretary to a Congressman on Capitol Hill for a while.
Our high school was known as "the country club high school," in fact. And whenever you have the "rich , elite and powerful" high-end people residing in and around the Washington DC area, you ALSO have DRUGS flowing freely.
It's a well kept secret in DC circles: IF you are a part of the self-professing "rich and elite," you can get away with trafficking in and doing illegal drugs! NOT a problem! The big rich politicians in DC do it all the time. Many Presidents and VPs have also been known throughout various administrations to do the same, and their Cabinet members right along with them. All of this kind of information is well shielded from the public view. All insiders known about the seamy world of prostitutes groomed especially to service the high end elite in DC, the wild parties with sex and drugs and perversion of every kind.
But IF you happen to come from "the other side of the tracks" and get caught dealing or doing drugs, WHAM! You are arrested and face many years in prison as a result. Sadly, the CASTE SYSTEM of the "privileged" versus the underprivileged is alive and well, including in our nation's Capitol and in the "justice systems" of America today.
I can remember my early years of being trained as a professional nanny, to frequently serve the high-end society in the Washington DC area. I worked and trained with what is now known as the premier staffing company in the Washington DC area, from it's very beginning. At times, the clients I served were families whose husbands worked in the White House. I would also be called upon to help host special birthday parties for the children of the elite at times.
I sadly learned though, that the double standard exists throughout the American caste system, wherein the rich a favored, and the poor trampled on. I can remember clearly homes that I worked in consisting of high society people, and recall overhearing them giggling in the morning over "...the lines of coke we snorted last night..." and how much fun they had at their party the night before. And then they would especially laugh when they realized I had heard everything they said, and finally look at one another with conspiratorial smiles and winks.
In the Northern Virginia neighborhood where my brother and I grew up in, many of his friends were the children of "the elite" who worked in DC. Many of their parents were into the drug culture, and the children became involved as well. Wild parties filled with sex and drugs were commonplace in our neighborhoods.
However, in 1971, my mother and I experienced an incredible encounter with the power of the Living God, which I have reported on previously in my reports throughout the years. In 1971, following attending a Christian miracle crusade where I prayed to be healed of life-threatening conditions that my doctors could not heal(one physician even practicing medicine on Park Avenue, NYC) I was completely healed through the power of Jesus Christ, later confirmed through testing by one of my astonished doctors.
This encounter with the reality of the Living God was to change the course of my life forevermore. Jesus Christ became my Lord and Savior at last, and ALL of my former New Age occult involvement disappeared, the books and occult tools burned and renounced, and the eternal WORD OF GOD took it's place instead.
(Readers involved in New Age and paganism, take note: there is simply NO comparison between the demonic fallen powers of the New Age occult, wicca or satanism, and the power of the Living God as manifested to the world through Jesus Christ His Son. The very power you are looking for, can ONLY be found in it's fullness through the Living God Himself...and His Name is NOT "Lucifer" nor "the goddess and the horned god," etc.!)
Prior to this amazing experience, I had been looking for "God" in alternative religions, New Age heresy and occultism. One of the main reasons that I did this, was because I found no evident manifestations of any power in my "dead" church I had attended. The word of God was not preached in my popular local church, only flowery "feel good" messages that could not lead anyone to salvation. It was the kind of "church" in name only, that high-end people and politicians in that area favored, because SIN was not preached against nor confronted, neither was repentance and salvation, and the sinful could therefore leave every service NOT convicted of the sinfulness of their corrupt lifestyles!
The message of my "church" seemed at times to be:"Party on, dudes..." because "Jesus LOVES YOU!"And a good God who LOVES you could never send anyone to hell...or could He??? The preacher somehow forgot that while God indeed "so loved the world," He also HATES the sins that separate us from a holy and living God, and always lead to damnation in the end IF not repented of and forgiven.
And that is WHY He sent His Son Jesus the Christ into the world, to convict the world of sin and to bring repentance and salvation to this trouble planet.
And so the age of 18, I became a born again Christian, following five terrible years of illness that FINALLY, only Jesus Christ Himself could heal. I became resolutely determined to follow Jesus Christ for the rest of my life, and my wonderful mother choose to fully follow Him with me.
BUT MY BROTHER? The world and all it's enticements in our high-end neighborhood and the Washington DC area, during the unfolding "hippy" drug culture era so strong in Washington DC, were to prove too much for him to resist. And so began his slow descent into hell and the seamy world of "drugs, sex, rock n' roll," and it's accompanying bitter and tragic fruits that such a lifestyle will always produce.
But my brother was deeply loved by both my mother and I, and we continued to hang onto him, beseeching God to get ahold of his life and bring him to Jesus Christ at last. My mother was given given a prophetic word by the Holy Spirit through one person in ministry , that "...the PRODIGAL shall RETURN!" It would take over forty long years of our faithfully praying, witnessing and attempting to ministering to John, before God's promises were finally fulfilled.
"For the ages of sin is death..." declares the Bible. Oh, what my brother was to discover in that tragic world of rebellion, darkness, heartache and sin!
Christian parents, NEVER GIVE UP on your wayward children! CONTINUE to fast and pray for them and their salvation and deliverance from sin, drugs and alcohol and whatever else is destroying their lives. YOUR love, forgiveness (manifested again and again) and your persistent prayers WILL SOMEDAY BRING YOUR PRODIGAL CHILDREN HOME!
Yes, in spite of all you may have been through, THERE IS HOPE! After decades of walking in the darkness, my beloved brother John finally came home to Jesus Christ and his family once again. He now knows what it means to be a Christian and to walk in the light of His mercy and forgiveness and grace. And YOUR children (or lost spouse, parent, etc.) can experience this wonderful grace as well...freely purchased for all by Jesus Christ and His death on the cross for OUR sins to be forgiven.
Our Christian ministry has a burden for lost youth and their families, because of what we ourselves suffered in our family until victory through Jesus finally came. You can send me your prayers requests for YOUR "prodigal children" and John and I will faithfully intercede in prayer for them daily. Send all prayer requests to: JesusChrist4ever@live.com and we will respond. You can also send all prayer requests to : PO Box 488, Montreat, NC, 28757,and we will respond.
John's amazing testimony TO BE CONTINUED.
-Pamela Schuffert reporting from NC
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
COMING: The Powerful Christian Testimony of My Brother, John
Yes, concerned Christian parents everywhere, there IS hope for YOUR children entrapped in the grim world of "sex, drugs, and rock and roll." Just read this testimony of JOHN SCHUFFERT-
By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
To me, having my brother John back in my life, now enjoying prayer and Christian fellowship daily with him, is a true miracle from God!Because for over 40 years John was out in the world, a true product of our youth culture, living dangerously in the world of "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll."
Only a few years ago, following decades of intense prayer and weeping for his souls and salvation from this world, did my brother finally repent and give his life to Jesus Christ to become a born again Christian.
His testimony will be published in future editions of AMERICAN HOLOCAUST, and it is a true account that will give every concerned parent HOPE for their unsaved children as well.
-Pamela Schuffert
By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
To me, having my brother John back in my life, now enjoying prayer and Christian fellowship daily with him, is a true miracle from God!Because for over 40 years John was out in the world, a true product of our youth culture, living dangerously in the world of "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll."
Only a few years ago, following decades of intense prayer and weeping for his souls and salvation from this world, did my brother finally repent and give his life to Jesus Christ to become a born again Christian.
His testimony will be published in future editions of AMERICAN HOLOCAUST, and it is a true account that will give every concerned parent HOPE for their unsaved children as well.
-Pamela Schuffert
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Meet RON GARON, A Modern AMERICAN HERO for TODAY
(And he is A GENUINE CHRISTIAN, even!)
By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
How many of you have noticed what I have noticed? America is seemingly languishing for lack of modern-day heroes to emulate and be inspired by. People whose lives shine forth as examples of compassion, good will, and caring in today's desensitized world we live in. Young people today often grope around, even wading through the godless muck of Hollywood movies, looking for a viable a valid role model to emulate or to inspire them to do greater things with their lives.
And when you find such a person, you want to learn from their example, and then spread their inspiration around to share with others.
RON GARON of Tulsa, OK, has proven time and again to be exactly this kind of person. And to be included is his precious and caring wife, Diane, who has faithfully stood with him in every endeavor he has sought to undertake throughout the years.
God has used Ron Garon in a mighty way, both in MY life so many years ago, and amazingly enough, so many years later WITH MY BROTHER as well!
Ron is a born again Christian, who is widely gifted in so many areas, including inspirational music (Christian song writing and guitar playing) and the field of the computer and the Internet.
Many of you have read my factual reports throughout the years, exposing the coming AMERICAN HOLOCAUST and what America is soon to face. Well, my reports would never have been read on my own website finally on the Internet , starting in 2001, had it not been for the genius and skills of Ron Garon.
I met Ron personally in Tulsa, OK, following a most terrible tragedy. Returning home from 6 months of investigative journalism in Germany in 2001, I discovered that my mother had suffered a traumatic injury that almost severed her leg, and that our home had been put up for sale, including our transportation as well in order to cover her medical expenses.
I had returned from Germany to find myself INSTANTLY HOMELESS, now with NO transportation, and even discovered that all of my earthly possessions stored in our home had been cruelly seized by people who refused to return them, EVEN when Ron took me to their home and requested the return of my personal possessions they had stolen. Ron Garon is personal witness to this tragedy: I was left with nothing.
Ron's heart of compassion and concern came through for me at that time. He and his wife immediately took me into their home (I had no where else to go.)He then immediately offered to set me up in my career in writing for my own website, AMERICAN HOLOCAUST, free of charge. And from that time in 2001 following my terrible loss, Ron faithfully posted my articles from all over the world onto my website for several years, strictly volunteer.
Ron had previously been the personal webmaster for famed ALBERTO RIVERA, former Jesuit priest under the Pope, who finally became a born again Christian and began to expose the corruption in the Jesuits and the Vatican at his own risk. Rivera's career exposing Vatican corruption was very powerful and effective, and Ron helped to make this possible through his contribution of becoming Rivera' personal webmaster, and later became webmaster to Mrs. Alberto Rivera after Alberto died of mysterious circumstances.
http://www.reformation.org/jesuits.html
My reports , now well known and read throughout various parts of the world today,would never have reached the millions of readers that they did, on a regular basis throughout those early years of my reporting on the NWO, had it not been for RON GARON.
But it doesn't stop there. Many years later, when my brother became deathly ill in Tulsa, it was Ron who opened his home to me to stay in while I came to visit my brother in the hospital Christmastime in Tulsa. Ron faithfully came with his wife to minister to my brother throughout his terrible ordeal and months of recovery.
And when it became apparent that I would have to make an emergency trip to Tulsa to finally pick up my brother and bring him back here to Montreat, NC, it was Ron who once again came through, kindly lending me the money for gas to come to Tulsa and bring John back to Montreat, almost a 2,000 mile journey of faith.
Thankyou, RON GARON, for being a true brother in Christ Jesus in my hour of great crisis! Your witness shines forth across this nation, as inspiration to the rest of us, of how a Christian should respond to others in crisis and tragedy.
And ultimately, to GOD BE ALL THE GLORY through Jesus Christ our Saviour! For Ron is truly a child of God who has proven BY HIS ACTIONS that he remains a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. "By THIS shall all men know that YOU are MY DISCIPLES, if you have love one for another...."~Jesus Christ
-Pamela Schuffert
By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
How many of you have noticed what I have noticed? America is seemingly languishing for lack of modern-day heroes to emulate and be inspired by. People whose lives shine forth as examples of compassion, good will, and caring in today's desensitized world we live in. Young people today often grope around, even wading through the godless muck of Hollywood movies, looking for a viable a valid role model to emulate or to inspire them to do greater things with their lives.
And when you find such a person, you want to learn from their example, and then spread their inspiration around to share with others.
RON GARON of Tulsa, OK, has proven time and again to be exactly this kind of person. And to be included is his precious and caring wife, Diane, who has faithfully stood with him in every endeavor he has sought to undertake throughout the years.
God has used Ron Garon in a mighty way, both in MY life so many years ago, and amazingly enough, so many years later WITH MY BROTHER as well!
Ron is a born again Christian, who is widely gifted in so many areas, including inspirational music (Christian song writing and guitar playing) and the field of the computer and the Internet.
Many of you have read my factual reports throughout the years, exposing the coming AMERICAN HOLOCAUST and what America is soon to face. Well, my reports would never have been read on my own website finally on the Internet , starting in 2001, had it not been for the genius and skills of Ron Garon.
I met Ron personally in Tulsa, OK, following a most terrible tragedy. Returning home from 6 months of investigative journalism in Germany in 2001, I discovered that my mother had suffered a traumatic injury that almost severed her leg, and that our home had been put up for sale, including our transportation as well in order to cover her medical expenses.
I had returned from Germany to find myself INSTANTLY HOMELESS, now with NO transportation, and even discovered that all of my earthly possessions stored in our home had been cruelly seized by people who refused to return them, EVEN when Ron took me to their home and requested the return of my personal possessions they had stolen. Ron Garon is personal witness to this tragedy: I was left with nothing.
Ron's heart of compassion and concern came through for me at that time. He and his wife immediately took me into their home (I had no where else to go.)He then immediately offered to set me up in my career in writing for my own website, AMERICAN HOLOCAUST, free of charge. And from that time in 2001 following my terrible loss, Ron faithfully posted my articles from all over the world onto my website for several years, strictly volunteer.
Ron had previously been the personal webmaster for famed ALBERTO RIVERA, former Jesuit priest under the Pope, who finally became a born again Christian and began to expose the corruption in the Jesuits and the Vatican at his own risk. Rivera's career exposing Vatican corruption was very powerful and effective, and Ron helped to make this possible through his contribution of becoming Rivera' personal webmaster, and later became webmaster to Mrs. Alberto Rivera after Alberto died of mysterious circumstances.
http://www.reformation.org/jesuits.html
My reports , now well known and read throughout various parts of the world today,would never have reached the millions of readers that they did, on a regular basis throughout those early years of my reporting on the NWO, had it not been for RON GARON.
But it doesn't stop there. Many years later, when my brother became deathly ill in Tulsa, it was Ron who opened his home to me to stay in while I came to visit my brother in the hospital Christmastime in Tulsa. Ron faithfully came with his wife to minister to my brother throughout his terrible ordeal and months of recovery.
And when it became apparent that I would have to make an emergency trip to Tulsa to finally pick up my brother and bring him back here to Montreat, NC, it was Ron who once again came through, kindly lending me the money for gas to come to Tulsa and bring John back to Montreat, almost a 2,000 mile journey of faith.
Thankyou, RON GARON, for being a true brother in Christ Jesus in my hour of great crisis! Your witness shines forth across this nation, as inspiration to the rest of us, of how a Christian should respond to others in crisis and tragedy.
And ultimately, to GOD BE ALL THE GLORY through Jesus Christ our Saviour! For Ron is truly a child of God who has proven BY HIS ACTIONS that he remains a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. "By THIS shall all men know that YOU are MY DISCIPLES, if you have love one for another...."~Jesus Christ
-Pamela Schuffert
Monday, October 18, 2010
My Amazing Brother John-More Miracles from GOD!
By Pamela Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-
Saturday, October 15, 2010, was a most amazing day on the streets of Asheville , NC! (Yes, ASHEVILLE, NC, that well-known pagan mecca of the Southeast. AND the city that almost cost my life for my exposing SATANISM in that region so many years ago.)
My beloved brother John, feeling recovered from his long journey and finally adjusted to this new location in his life, announced to me that he was going to try to help bear this financial burden of his medical care, and would be GOING OUT ON THE STREETS OF ASHEVILLE, NC, to PLAY HIS GUITAR IN PUBLIC!
I had observed my brother in the hospital last Christmas, where John could barely even move each finger, so weak was he from pneumonia and surgery following. We never knew if he would ever play the guitar again. In fact, neither I nor that doctors knew if John would even survive this terrible ordeal.
John became known as "THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN" in Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, where he lie close to death in the intensive care unit for 5 months, costing $5,000 per DAY. He finally pulled through to survive.
John discovered that he was able to revive the use of his fingers slowly, and has been practicing his guitar once again. But never did I think he would be able to play on the streets again at this time.BUT HE DID...and only by the amazing grace of Almighty God through Jesus Christ!
John bravely had me drive him to downtown Asheville, and park his wheelchair in a place where there was high pedestrian traffic, setting up a basket for donations for his support in case people were moved to help him. I carefully laid his guitar in his arms, lovingly donated by Ronald and Pam Brunson, missionaries and members of our church (Montreat Presbyterian Church EPC.)
We both prayed together, and then I stood back to watch what would unfold. And miracles came forth before our eyes.
Because our financial needs are great now due to his medical needs, we prayed that God would lead Christians to come and pray for his health, and to donate towards his medication needs..
A Christian couple up from Florida walked up, and shared how God was using them in many ways, and told us they were here to bless people in this area. They then laid hands on John and prayed for him deeply, and then placed financial support into his donation basket. IT WAS EXACTLY THE AMOUNT WE NEEDED AND I HAD PRAYED FOR THAT DAY!
Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, and to the kind Christian couple from Florida! Soon other people had compassion on John, and several children even came up and placed change into his basket. My brother's heart was deeply moved by what God and kind people did for him Saturday, all on the streets of Asheville, NC.
At the end of that wonderful day, Saturday, October 16, I asked my brother the question of WHEN was the last time he had been out of a hospital or nursing home to even travel in a car, to play the guitar on the streets in public. He admitted that THIS had been the FIRST TIME in ONE WHOLE YEAR. What a remarkable miracle this week-end had been for him, indeed.
We remain eternally thankful to the local fire and rescue department in Black Mountain, NC, for their priceless assistance in enabling John to come down out of the cabin, or to return up those steep stairs, every time we have need of them for assistance. Thank you, Black Mountain Fire and Rescue Department!
Thank you, Montreat Church EPC, for the support you have given John and me at this critical time. Thank you Pastor Richard White, Stephen Foster, Edward Brouwer,and the kind people in Montreat NC who have helped to make this miracle possible.
And SPECIAL THANKS to the underlying hero in this remarkable ongoing epic, to RONALD GARON of Tulsa, Oklahoma. More about RON GARON in my NEXT POST!
Greatest thanks to Almighty God and Jesus Christ His wonderful Son, for making this all happen, and saving my brother from his circumstances and his illness. Amen.
-Pamela Schuffert reporting from North Carolina
Saturday, October 15, 2010, was a most amazing day on the streets of Asheville , NC! (Yes, ASHEVILLE, NC, that well-known pagan mecca of the Southeast. AND the city that almost cost my life for my exposing SATANISM in that region so many years ago.)
My beloved brother John, feeling recovered from his long journey and finally adjusted to this new location in his life, announced to me that he was going to try to help bear this financial burden of his medical care, and would be GOING OUT ON THE STREETS OF ASHEVILLE, NC, to PLAY HIS GUITAR IN PUBLIC!
I had observed my brother in the hospital last Christmas, where John could barely even move each finger, so weak was he from pneumonia and surgery following. We never knew if he would ever play the guitar again. In fact, neither I nor that doctors knew if John would even survive this terrible ordeal.
John became known as "THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN" in Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, where he lie close to death in the intensive care unit for 5 months, costing $5,000 per DAY. He finally pulled through to survive.
John discovered that he was able to revive the use of his fingers slowly, and has been practicing his guitar once again. But never did I think he would be able to play on the streets again at this time.BUT HE DID...and only by the amazing grace of Almighty God through Jesus Christ!
John bravely had me drive him to downtown Asheville, and park his wheelchair in a place where there was high pedestrian traffic, setting up a basket for donations for his support in case people were moved to help him. I carefully laid his guitar in his arms, lovingly donated by Ronald and Pam Brunson, missionaries and members of our church (Montreat Presbyterian Church EPC.)
We both prayed together, and then I stood back to watch what would unfold. And miracles came forth before our eyes.
Because our financial needs are great now due to his medical needs, we prayed that God would lead Christians to come and pray for his health, and to donate towards his medication needs..
A Christian couple up from Florida walked up, and shared how God was using them in many ways, and told us they were here to bless people in this area. They then laid hands on John and prayed for him deeply, and then placed financial support into his donation basket. IT WAS EXACTLY THE AMOUNT WE NEEDED AND I HAD PRAYED FOR THAT DAY!
Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, and to the kind Christian couple from Florida! Soon other people had compassion on John, and several children even came up and placed change into his basket. My brother's heart was deeply moved by what God and kind people did for him Saturday, all on the streets of Asheville, NC.
At the end of that wonderful day, Saturday, October 16, I asked my brother the question of WHEN was the last time he had been out of a hospital or nursing home to even travel in a car, to play the guitar on the streets in public. He admitted that THIS had been the FIRST TIME in ONE WHOLE YEAR. What a remarkable miracle this week-end had been for him, indeed.
We remain eternally thankful to the local fire and rescue department in Black Mountain, NC, for their priceless assistance in enabling John to come down out of the cabin, or to return up those steep stairs, every time we have need of them for assistance. Thank you, Black Mountain Fire and Rescue Department!
Thank you, Montreat Church EPC, for the support you have given John and me at this critical time. Thank you Pastor Richard White, Stephen Foster, Edward Brouwer,and the kind people in Montreat NC who have helped to make this miracle possible.
And SPECIAL THANKS to the underlying hero in this remarkable ongoing epic, to RONALD GARON of Tulsa, Oklahoma. More about RON GARON in my NEXT POST!
Greatest thanks to Almighty God and Jesus Christ His wonderful Son, for making this all happen, and saving my brother from his circumstances and his illness. Amen.
-Pamela Schuffert reporting from North Carolina
Saturday, October 16, 2010
URGENT CRISIS-Your Prayers Are Needed NOW
Recently, I had received a shocking word from Tulsa, OK, that my brother John WAS MISSING from the nursing home in which he had been placed following his terrible 5 month ordeal in the hospital since December of last year.
John almost died of double pneumonia at Christmastime in Tulsa. In order for him to survive, he spent 5 months in intensive care in St Francis Hospital. Emergency surgery had to be provided, cutting through several ribs to scrape some tissue out of his lungs as well. Finally John pulled through to survive and was sent by the hospital to a health care facility.
Unfortunately, it was not a top quality one. It had lost it's certification, in fact. And my brother John found himself without a care facility. And due to shortage of beds in nursing homes in Tulsa, John was finally OUT ON THE STREETS..in a wheelchair, weak and unable to do anything for himself. The facility NEVER contacted me to warn me that my poor brother was in this situation! And the excuses they gave me, were unable to be confirmed even by law enforcement in Tulsa.
I performed research on the Internet, and discovered that this facility the hospital had transferred him to, on a 1-5 star ratings scale, did not even rate a ONE star in many of the categories concerning quality of care, professionalism, etc. I was outraged.
And so, having located the person who had literally taken my brother John temporarily into his care and off the streets, I made an emergency trip to Tulsa (just in time) and picked John up, and have transported him back to my tiny one room cabin in NC.
That trip 9almost one thousand miles) was hard for John, in chronic pain due to a broken foot that never healed properly, plus fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis and other health complications. We even has to stop at the emergency room at the hospital in Memphis, TN, to obtain emergency pain medications, due to having travel for hundreds of miles, very uncomfortable for John.
Also difficult was the fact that due to shortage of finances, we could not afford to sleep in motels each night, sleeping instead in various truck stops along interstate 40, in the car, very hard on John's health.
But finally, WE MADE IT! However, we soon encountered one immediate problem:one problem: my one room cabin is up a steep hill, accessed by stone stairs, and John could not climb stairs.
We sat outside that cabin that night, praying for God's solution. And finally, I received the inspiration to call the local fire department/rescue squad. They responded wonderfully to our crisis and said they were happy to come out and transport John both up and down the mountain for medical visits, etc.
And so the rescue workers arrived and strapped my brother into a special STRYKER frame chair used to rescue local hikers in crisis (broken legs, etc) and two strong men carefully transported my brother up the hill into my cabin. How relieved we both were! Thank you Jesus Christ! And the rescue workers as well. John was finally "home at last,' safe off the streets of Tulsa.
But now, grim reality has set in. John remains in chronic pain day and night. Previously I was barely able to provide for my own needs, due to varying work hours available through my home health agency. What I had written about not even having food at one point for my rescued kitten was no exaggeration.
John's needs are many: medications, food, special health equipment, etc. Although his public legal aid provider is working on his SSI and MEDICAID getting restored after being suspended over legal glitches, we have no assistance as of yet. My funds have been exhausted, due to the costly trip and now taking care of him here in my cabin.
Please pray for us at this critical time. Your love and prayers mean so much now.
-Pamela Schuffert, and John also
John almost died of double pneumonia at Christmastime in Tulsa. In order for him to survive, he spent 5 months in intensive care in St Francis Hospital. Emergency surgery had to be provided, cutting through several ribs to scrape some tissue out of his lungs as well. Finally John pulled through to survive and was sent by the hospital to a health care facility.
Unfortunately, it was not a top quality one. It had lost it's certification, in fact. And my brother John found himself without a care facility. And due to shortage of beds in nursing homes in Tulsa, John was finally OUT ON THE STREETS..in a wheelchair, weak and unable to do anything for himself. The facility NEVER contacted me to warn me that my poor brother was in this situation! And the excuses they gave me, were unable to be confirmed even by law enforcement in Tulsa.
I performed research on the Internet, and discovered that this facility the hospital had transferred him to, on a 1-5 star ratings scale, did not even rate a ONE star in many of the categories concerning quality of care, professionalism, etc. I was outraged.
And so, having located the person who had literally taken my brother John temporarily into his care and off the streets, I made an emergency trip to Tulsa (just in time) and picked John up, and have transported him back to my tiny one room cabin in NC.
That trip 9almost one thousand miles) was hard for John, in chronic pain due to a broken foot that never healed properly, plus fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis and other health complications. We even has to stop at the emergency room at the hospital in Memphis, TN, to obtain emergency pain medications, due to having travel for hundreds of miles, very uncomfortable for John.
Also difficult was the fact that due to shortage of finances, we could not afford to sleep in motels each night, sleeping instead in various truck stops along interstate 40, in the car, very hard on John's health.
But finally, WE MADE IT! However, we soon encountered one immediate problem:one problem: my one room cabin is up a steep hill, accessed by stone stairs, and John could not climb stairs.
We sat outside that cabin that night, praying for God's solution. And finally, I received the inspiration to call the local fire department/rescue squad. They responded wonderfully to our crisis and said they were happy to come out and transport John both up and down the mountain for medical visits, etc.
And so the rescue workers arrived and strapped my brother into a special STRYKER frame chair used to rescue local hikers in crisis (broken legs, etc) and two strong men carefully transported my brother up the hill into my cabin. How relieved we both were! Thank you Jesus Christ! And the rescue workers as well. John was finally "home at last,' safe off the streets of Tulsa.
But now, grim reality has set in. John remains in chronic pain day and night. Previously I was barely able to provide for my own needs, due to varying work hours available through my home health agency. What I had written about not even having food at one point for my rescued kitten was no exaggeration.
John's needs are many: medications, food, special health equipment, etc. Although his public legal aid provider is working on his SSI and MEDICAID getting restored after being suspended over legal glitches, we have no assistance as of yet. My funds have been exhausted, due to the costly trip and now taking care of him here in my cabin.
Please pray for us at this critical time. Your love and prayers mean so much now.
-Pamela Schuffert, and John also
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