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-----Original Message----- From: =09"Susan Avera Roth" <roths@orbitworld.net<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES= -+22Susan+20Avera+20Roth+22+20+3Croths+40orbitworld+2Enet+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.= com]=20 Sent:=09Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:03 AM To:=09Debra Perlinger \(E-mail\); Holly Heble \(E-mail\); Jennifer Sitton \= (E-mail\); Lesia Youngblood \(E-mail\); Marcie Koch \(E-mail\); Richard Gut= zman \(E-mail\); Rhonda Moran \(E-mail\); Brian S. Holt \(E-mail\); Tawny A= utry \(E-mail\); Tommy and Faye Alexander \(E-mail\) Subject:=09FW: Violence Hey y'all, This message is from my cousin Nancy who lives in West Columbia!= Susan =20 -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Stephens [mailto:stephens@portfreeport.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:47 PM To: Keith D Stephens; Mom & Dad; Dale Frankum; Charlotte Day; Dorthy Torno;= Winston Avera; Susan Avera-Roth; Mike Stephens; Rhonda Lawrence; Rex Carle= ton; Jenny Smith; Paula Raeke Subject: Violence =20 On Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001 at approximately 1:47 a.m., I was awaken by the= sounds of a car crash. As I jumped out of bed and looked out my bedroom w= indow at Hwy 36, I saw nothing and went back to bed and fell asleep. At ap= proximately 2:45 a.m., I was awaken by the sounds of a man outside my bedro= om window requesting an ambulance for someone cut up pretty bad. As I jump= ed out of bed and looked out my bathroom window, I saw a police officer out= side with a flash light. I woke Keith up to tell him the police were in ou= r yard. Keith dressed and went out the front door. The officer told Keith= to get back inside because an armed suspect was running around our home. = Keith came back inside and told me what was going on. After checking on An= drew, we went into Chasity's vacant bedroom and looked out the window into = the backyard. Men with flash lights, police cars with spot lights were all= over our yard. Finally, the suspect was spotted behind the pecan tree clo= ses to our house. The officers drew their guns and ordered the suspect to = surrender. Since the suspect would not cooperate, an officer shouted sever= al times that he was going to "shoot". This was not something I wanted to = witness, so I quit looking out the window. Keith told me that he surrender= ed and that they had him in custody. An officer starting knocking on our f= ront door. As I opened the door, I informed the officer that my husband wo= uld be right there. Keith went outside to talk to the officer. I looked o= ut my living room window and saw my driveway full of police cars followed b= y an ambulance. Hwy 36 and Meadow Lane were full of police cars with their= spot lights pointed toward our house. Keith came inside and informed me t= hat Buccee's in Brazoria had been robbed and a young lady had been abducted= , the ambulance was for her and the suspect didn't have a gun, but was carr= ying a knife. Keith informed me that I did hear a crash and that the truck= they were in is laying on its passenger side on the other side of our barn= . The police were outside video taping our front yard, treating it as a cr= ime scene. Once the police took off with the suspect and the ambulance tra= nsported the victim, Keith talked me into going outside and looking at the = crash. By this time, a wrecker was at the scene. We watched the wrecker d= river pull the truck back onto all four tires and haul it away. =20 On Sunday morning at approximately 2:30 a.m., I woke up and started listeni= ng for a re-run of the events that took place 24 hours earlier. Once I rea= lized that my home was safe, I went back to sleep. =20 =20 With a troubled mind, I realized that I did not know how to deal with "viol= ence". I called my brother-in-law, Rev. Dale Frankum, for answers. Dale su= ggested I read the book of Psalm. Gladys suggested particularly Chapter 91= . After reading Psalm 91:4 "He will cover you with his feathers, and under= his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and r= ampart", I found peace of mind. I now know that He put me back to bed, ins= tead of me searching for an answer to the crash that woke me up which put a= violent man outside my home. And He kept my son in a deep sleep so that A= ndrew would not witness the horror that was going on right outside his bedr= oom window. At this time, all Andrew knows is that someone had a wreck in = our front yard, I would like to spare him from the rest of the story. =20 As our country heals from the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and as we continue t= o fear more terrorist attacks, I suggest you read the book of Psalm to find= peace of mind because He is our refuge. =20 My God Bless you, your family and America. =20 Nancy Stephens
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