January & February 2008

Dear Pastor and Friends:

In November I decided I would go to the Clinic near our house for a physical check-up. I had been feeling a little tired but otherwise, all right. After they did an EKG the Doctor came out and told me that they had concluded that I had had a heart attack. I knew he was wrong when he said it and I looked at my wife and she looked doubtful too. He told me that the EKG showed that I had had a heart attack. I had no symptoms of a heart attack. He then told me that there were silent ones. My wife's two sisters are nurses and they both confirmed that people did have silent heart attacks. Then to make matters worse a member of our church told me that her dad had died of a silent heart attack. By this time I was feeling pretty sick. The Doctor then told me that I needed a stress test but there was just one problem. There was no one to give it and if one were given there was no one to read it. He suggested that I go to Manila. We decided that Texas sounded much better than Manila.

After much consultation with my wife we decided Texas would be better. I contacted Brother Raley and Linda got me an appointment with Bro. Raley's heart Doctor and we made plans to leave for Texas. We told the church members what had transpired with the Doctor at the Clinic and that we had to go and get tests done. Our song director was appointed to do the preaching and all the men told me not to worry they would take care of everything. How wonderful.

We arrived in Texas on the 4th of December and my appointment was on the 6th. After many days of tests, X-rays and EKG's the Doctor said I did not have a heart attack but he still wanted to put me in the hospital for one more test to see if had any blockage. We left the Doctor's office and stopped at a supermarket and I gave the keys to Dottie and told her to drive because I was sick. She told me I was taking advantage of the situation. She pulled back out onto the street and we were in the left lane at the light. Our light turned green and the next thing I knew a car came whizzing through the light and hit us and knocked us spinning into the car that was in the right lane. After everything stopped spinning I got out to assess the damage. This woman had run a red light and hit us. Dottie was the only one hurt but I thought this was a good time for my heart attack. After the car accident and this last test I decided maybe we should have stayed in the Islands where it's safer. We only have to deal with Tsunamis, earthquakes and typhoons there.

All my tests came out normal and no heart attack. We left the "Cold" State of Texas feeling pretty good until we got on that big 747 out of Detroit headed for the other side of the world. This flight was 14 hours and we were the last two seats in the tail and that big plane shook, rattled and then would drop. This went on for many hours. Needless to say, the Lord took care of us but we got in quite a bit of prayer time on that flight. The entire trip back to the Islands took us 27 hours flying time. We arrived back safe and sound at 1:10 AM and quite a crowd from the church met us. They were so excited that their prayers had been answered. Mine too. It was good to put my feet on the ground.

The Church building was almost full on Sunday Morning and we had one man saved and baptized. The Lord is good, His mercy endureth forever. Thank you for your prayers and support.

                                                                   In Him,

David & Dottie McClure

SENDING CHURCH:  MASSILLON BAPTIST TEMPLE, 1219 OVERLOOK AVE. SW, MASSILLON, OHIO 44647