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Kathy with one of our dear international student friends at PSU
Yesterday, after working in the FOCUS office, I headed to the Student Union to meet a Kim (name changed),Korean married student to resume our weekly Bible study after a brief summer break. Last year, three of us had met together to study the book of [...]

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Because You Asked- “How’s My Health?”

[November 17, 2009] (See the late development down a bit)   It’s pretty common these days for most friends to greet me with “So, how are you feeling?”  Most of my friends are aware I had a heart attack one year ago this week. For the past 5 months or so, my answer has been pretty [...]

Motivation Required

June 2009 eNewsletter
Vic in shirt "Exercise–Motivation required"
Dear Friends~
The past months have been challenging as I try to discover what “new normal” is following my heart attack last November.
I’ve learned all about “angina”, “chest pain”, “cardiac rehab” and a host of other heart related issues.
Honestly my time hasn’t been easy and without the [...]

Christmas Week & Heart Update

Hi everyone!

Today wrapped up a historic Christmas for Portland, Oregon. The SNOWIEST Christmas ever, biggest snow fall total for a storm period in more than 40 years, and so on it goes.
Snow in Portland changes EVERYTHING.
Portland literally slides to a stop with as little as 1-2 inches of snow, especially if it doesn’t melt away [...]

Vic’s Heart Attack

Vic’s Heart Attack

December 2008 eNewsletter

Vic in his hospital room a day after the heart attack
Greetings!
Kathy and I want to thank you for praying for us following my heart attack 3 weeks ago.
Some of you may have already heard through an earlier email, our Facebook page or Xanga blogs for Kathy or myself.
On [...]

Vic’s Heart Attack

Saturday morning as I was getting up, I started feeling ‘out of breath’.
It had been happening a bit the past month after carrying a heavy load of groceries or even sometimes walking a short distance and going upstairs. However it always passed quickly so I always chalked it up to being out of shape.
That morning [...]

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