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IN TIME OF NEED

Elder Louis Culver

Each of us has needs. The infant must have everything done for him. As he grows he becomes more self-sufficient, but he is never totally independent.

As we grow older we learn to do more things for ourselves, but someone must teach us how. We need good teachers to instruct us.

When we enter the work force we must learn our work duties - someone must train us. We cannot learn everything unless we have some good outside training.

In the evening of our lifetime we may have many needs that we cannot supply. Others may have to assist us in providing our needs and seeing that we are comfortable, fed, clothed, and given proper medical attention.

Many kinds of assistance are needed, and for many reasons. In this issue of ITMS there is an article concerning Elder Danny Holden and his family. It relates their needs and the reasons for those needs. Please read this article and consider the situation Elder Holden and his family are in at this time. Their needs are very great and they are worthy of our consideration. If any are able to help defray some of the costs of medical attention, treatments or medications, please feel free to send your gift to the address given in the article. And may God bless you.

The Holdens have medical insurance but it will not cover anything like all of the expenses they are incurring. Medical attention is becoming more and more expensive all the time and with multiple medical conditions the expenses add up so quickly.

If a lot of people help with a reasonable financial gift, much good would be accomplished. There are 218 elders on the ITMS mailing list. If each one donated $10.00, then the total would be $2,180.00. If each donation were $100.00, then the total would be $21,800.00. There are more than 600 names on the ITMS mailing list. Using 600 as a round figure and assuming each gave $10.00, then the total would be $6,000.00. If each gave $100.00, then the total would be $60,000.00. This is an example of what we could do.