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Inside was another matter. While JoJo was enrolling Joy at ORU, their oldest daughter, Charity, took Jimmy in for eye surgery. Except, he didn't pass his pre- op exam. Blood clots behind his eyes signaled problems that an eye procedure couldn't repair. Further tests revealed that he'd had a silent heart attack three weeks earlier—one without a single symptom. He couldn't have eye surgery until he had open heart surgery. After enrolling Joy at ORU, JoJo returned home to the news. At church, Marilyn, Wally and Chris Sutley prayed for him. During surgery, the doctor opened four blocked arteries. He came through surgery well before taking a turn for the worse. Two days later, at the age of 49, Jim Paquette died. The funeral was held over Labor Day weekend. The executive staff were out of town. Chris Sutley preached the funeral. Jim had a military burial at Logan National Cemetery. Another Casualty "No one expected Jim to die," JoJo remembers. "The whole thing was a shock. I was devastated, but Jim's death wasn't the only casualty. Our children lost their faith in God. They had lost a sister and their father. They packed away their faith libraries. "Although I didn't agree with my children, I understood their pain and loss. As an adult, I could process the passing of a husband and daughter based on a lifetime of knowing God. I grew up in Oregon, the second-youngest of eight children. Three of my brothers were pastors, one was a missionary. Our family was very strong in faith. I got saved at 4 and filled with the Holy Spirit at 6. "Miracles and healings were part of our everyday life. As a child, I had a bad case of eczema. My skin was scarred and pitted from the disease. My parents had taken me up for prayer several times, but my healing hadn't manifested. That didn't discourage any of us. We knew it would happen. I was in the fourth grade when an evangelist came to our church. There was an altar call for healing, and Mom asked if I wanted to go up. I knew my healing was going to manifest and it did. Jesus healed me that night. While standing at the altar, the scabs on my skin fell onto the floor. Today, I don't have any scars or pitting. That was my first miracle. "When I was 8 years old, several kids and I were walking across a creek on a log. The water underneath us was only 18 inches deep. The kids behind me pushed and I fell off the log, hit a rock and drowned. My dad jumped off the camp deck and ran to me. He pulled me out of the water and resuscitated me. "A couple of years later while on a family camping trip, I fell off a raft and got trapped under it. My family rescued me before I drowned. But even as a child, I knew Satan was trying to take me out. When I remember those times, I'm sad to say that my husband, Jim, didn't have memories like that. He didn't have the same foundation that I enjoyed. And while we were true to the message of faith, back then we weren't always compliant as patients. Like everyone, he did the best he knew to do." Although few people knew it at the time, when Chris Sutley had prayed for Jim after his heart attack, he was going through a crisis of his own. He'd met and married his wife there at the church. They'd had a daughter and been married for 10 years. Theirs was a solid and happy home. Or so he thought. One day, out of the blue, the marriage came to a shattering halt when the couple divorced. Devastated, Chris turned to God, telling Him, "No matter what it costs me, I'm going to trust You." A Word From God A while later, a guest speaker, who was a prophet, had ministered at the church. She called Chris forward. "Are you a pastor here?" she asked. "Yes, I am." "You told the Lord that no matter what it takes, you'll follow and trust Him. There's going to be a time when you work for yourself. I see a big family. If you don't take the next step, you'll be looking out the front door and they'll come in the back. You'll look out the back door and they'll come in the front. If you don't take this step, it's going to propel you into it." "I received that prophecy in May," Chris recalls. "JoJo's husband died in August. 1 4 : B V O V OCT READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Old Testament New Testament Sun 1 Ps. 110-114; Prov. 24:23-34 Mon 2 Isa. 26-28 1 Tim. 6 Tue 3 Isa. 29-31 2 Tim. 1 Wed 4 Isa. 32-34 2 Tim. 2 Thu 5 Isa. 35:1-37:32 2 Tim. 3 Fri 6 Isa. 37:33-40:26 2 Tim. 4 Sat 7 Isa. 40:27-43:7 Sun 8 Ps. 115-118; Prov. 25:1-20 Mon 9 Isa. 43:8-45:13 Titus 1 Tue 10 Isa. 45:14-48:22 Titus 2 Wed 11 Isa. 49-51 Titus 3 Thu 12 Isa. 52:1-56:8 Philem. Fri 13 Isa. 56:9-59:21 Heb. 1 Sat 14 Isa. 60-63 Sun 15 Ps. 119:1-48; Prov. 25:21-26:12 Mon 16 Isa. 64-66 Heb. 2 Tue 17 Jer. 1:1-3:5 Heb. 3 Wed 18 Jer. 3:6-5:13 Heb. 4 Thu 19 Jer. 5:14-7:15 Heb. 5 Fri 20 Jer. 7:16-9:26 Heb. 6 Sat 21 Jer. 10-12 Sun 22 Ps. 119:49-88; Prov. 26:13-28 Mon 23 Jer. 13:1-15:9 Heb. 7 Tue 24 Jer. 15:10-17:27 Heb. 8 Wed 25 Jer. 18:1-21:10 Heb. 9 Thu 26 Jer. 21:11-23:29 Heb. 10 Fri 27 Jer. 23:30-26:6 Heb. 11 Sat 28 Jer. 26:7-28:17 Sun 29 Ps. 119: 89-136; Prov. 27:1-22 Mon 30 Jer. 29:1-31:9 Heb. 12 Tue 31 Jer. 31:10-32:44 Heb. 13

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