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From:debra.perlingiere@enron.com
To:roths@orbitworld.net
Subject:RE: Violence
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Date:Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:30:27 -0700 (PDT)

thursday 7:30 at cafe L ?

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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
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-----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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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My God Bless you, your family and America.
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Nancy Stephens