Hello I am Deborah. My friends call me Deb or Debbie.
Here on this page you will learn a little bit about myself and my family.
I have added a little bit of my testimony. I hope you find this interesting and a blessing.

I live in South Carolina located on the southeastern coast of the US. I was born here and have lived in this wonderful place since. I was blessed to have two christian parents who faithfully prayed for me. I was born the oldest of 4 children, and I have two brothers and one sister. I accepted the Lord when I was 9 years old in the Baptist church. I was baptized in that church and married in that same church. I had a stable and consistant type of childhood. I did walk away from the Lord when a teen and He didn't truly get me back until I was 36 years old. I was quite a rebellious teen very stubborn and knew it all. At 15 I was losing my sight in one eye and it wasn't being discovered. By the time it was discovered I had lost 80% of the vision in my left eye. I had surgery that repaired the retina but due to the extensiveness of the damage I am technically legally blind in my left eye. I should not have not have had any sight really left but I do. I have more sight in that eye than what can be explained. GOD has been so gracious to me and continues to amaze me with all He provides for me.

I am now 54 years old and was widowed after 32+ years of marriage. Van was a precious man who was truly a Godly husband and father. I am having to learn to deal with a lot as this man took care of so much. He did a lot for everyone. He was a servant and even more so for his family. If he was able he wanted to be taking care of others 100% as he just could not say no to anyone even his family. So much is now up to our daughters and myself to do and we are even surprising ourselves. GOD does say in his word we can do all things through Christ...and we sure can. God has been so good to us and bestowing on us an abundance of grace and mercy.

I was introduced to Van in 1969 as a blind date. I could have never realized the joy and love that I could have for a person until Van came into my life. Our relationship wasn't perfect but if you allow GOD, He can make anything good for those that love Him and He sure did with us. We had our rough times but love covers a multitude of sin and hurt. GOD gave me such a love for Van over the years that grew especially over the last 10 years. Van was saved from a near drowning and head injury accident 9 years before he was taken home. The change in Van over that time was remarkable. I always prayed for him and GOD honored those prayers. For those of you who either have unsaved husbands/wives or poor relationships continue to pray for your spouse as our GOD is faithful. I was truly blessed with a transformed man who loved me as Christ loved the church. I am truly blessed to have had Van in my life and thank GOD for helping us to stick it out through those tough times so we could have that blessed relatioship. I am also thankful that Van and I didn't have any unfinished business with each other before it was his time to go be with the Lord.

I was a homemaker for 28 years then became the office manager for my husband's business. I am still doing this until all things are settled as GOD desires. We are seeing GOD'S hand in everything we do. But it is becoming more and more clear GOD desires this business to be used in association with a ministry for the poor and homeless. Only time will show us everything that GOD has planned for this business. Until then the girls and I will continue to run it as my husband has done. ** Update** closed the business in 2003 and have it up for sell
We have three precious daughters, Allison - who has since married, Lynn, and Vanessa.

I have been a homeschool mom. I was involved with homeschooling our youngest daughter, Vanessa, for over 7 years. ** Update** Vanessa works for the government and has since move to the DC area. She is finishing up grad school and loves being able to go to many different countries with her job. She is truly blessed with where GOD has placed her and what He has her doing. She just doesn't like the winters. It is a bit too cold for her.

My middle daughter, Lynn has finished grad schol and got her MBA in accounting. **UPDATE** Lynn now is in Florida and works for a very large financial organization in their legal department. She loves being in Florida excepts when it gets too hot then she misses SC and oh yes, the hurricanes.
Our GOD truly is a GOD who restores. Click here to take a look at her web page. Scottish Rose's Home Page.

The oldest, Allison, is a kindergarten teacher's aid and computer teacher as well as a day care provider. She is truly a hard worker. Allison was responsible for helping me with her dad's business and the cattle after his passing. It would have been impossible to handle all of that without her. She truly has been such a blessing. She helped me close down her dad's business in 2003 and shortly later she got married. Allison and her husband continues to live in Columbia.

It has been such a joy to watch these girls grow up and become Godly young women. GOD has richly blessed my life through these young ladies, and yes I have learned much from them as well.

I mentioned before that my husband has now passed away. He went home to be with Jesus, April 14, 2002. This was unexpected as Van had not been ill. He went home to be the with Lord after only three days of being ill. He will be missed and is continually missed. He is not in pain any longer and doesn't have to work so hard. Knowing where he is brings a great of peace to all that loved him.

The running of the motel has totally changed our lives. I was a homemaker one day and the next running an office of a motel and trailer park. Our daughters have been instrumental in helping Van and myself in this new direction GOD has taking our lives. Something new that started summer 2000 with a ministry to the hungry. We dedicated a room of the motel to be the storeroom for the food. GOD has so blessed so many and gave us a bit more of an understanding why He has us there. We do plan to continue this ministry as GOD provides.

As much as I love my family and friends there is one relationship that comes before all else in my life.
That is the relationship with my Lord Jesus Christ.
He is the love of my life.
The Lord has healed me of depression that was over 20 years and set me free from New Age. He has also healed my body from fibromyalgia and healed the right eye from the retina detaching.
The Lord Jesus is my life.

I enjoy worshipping the Lord and that is a special time with Him. GOD started giving me a love for worship when I was growing up. My family were members of the Southern Baptist church. During that time I sang in the Youth Choir and played the piano in Training Union on occasion. This is the time in which I started having trouble with seeing and later found out the retina had detatched in the left eye. After that time I realized I was not able to continue with my dream to be a church pianist. I still enjoy playing for the Lord but it is usually just for Him. Sometime the girls and I enjoy getting at the piano and singing to the Lord. When Allison was a baby we joined the Episcopal church. Now we finally were united as a family under one denomination.

During the middle 80's I became ill, with a virus (later known as Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome - CFIDS), that the doctors did not understand. It took sometime to discover what was going on. I stayed so tired and found it difficult to do the simpliest of tasks, specially taking care of my daughters.

I started searching for ways to help myself as doctors didn't seem to know how to help me.
It was at this point in my life that I got involved with New Age. I thought I had found the answers but soon discovered I had only gotten deceived and was believing a lie.

In 1987 GOD started drawing me out and in Jan. 1988 GOD set me free from the New Age influence and introduced me to a whole new way with HIM. It wasn't really new but it was for me. I was a believer but didn't have that relationship with Jesus that is so necessary. It was at this time I was invited to a Vineyard Conference on Healing. Let's just say GOD turned me upside down. *smile* I have never been the same. Praise His Name! It was through Vineyard Christian Fellowship that our Lord truly got through to me about worshiping Him and having a relationship with him.

In August of 2000, after the Vineyard here closed down, we started attending Forest Drive Baptist Church. We just finished up membership classes and officially joined (Feb. 5, 2001). It is such a blessing to have a church home again. We have truly come to love the people there and GOD has put on our hearts that is where He wants us. Some of the people we had known for many years as Forest Drive isn't far from our home. For example our Sunday School teachers are parents of daughters who went to the same grade school as my daughters.
Going there has been such a wonderful blessing, it has been like going home. GOD is truly blessing this family in that balanced and healthy environment. So grateful to be in such a loving place as Forest Drive Baptist Church. The people there have taken such good care of us during the stressful time of Van's passing. We could not have been in a more loving church family and we are all very grateful for them.

Worship is my way to get intimate with GOD but I also enjoy reading the Word of GOD. Through reading his word and spending time with HIM I have been blessed with much peace and joy no matter the circumstances. He is faithful and He will never leave nor forsake you. He gave me full realization of that not long ago when going through a very rough period in my life and again during the time of Van's passing and the weeks that followed. He taught me He is faithful even when we are not.

During this time of transition at the motel, GOD really showed me His faithfulness. This new season of our lives was so foreign to me. I had been ripped from my home into this new environment. I was not very happy about this and everyone knew it. Yes I was angry and it truly came out at everyone even and especially at GOD. He used this time to truly teach me about HIS grace. and fully trusting Him. During this time a deeper love for our Lord Jesus and for my family developed in me. I have a new understanding of what it means to STAND and to continue to STAND.

I didn't think I could love HIM more or trust HIM more but oh yes I could and I now do. These four and 1/2 years have been difficult but it is through those desert times that are the best teaching times. GOD didn't allow our family to go through all of this for us to be punished but to draw us to HIM and to each other. That is exactly what has happened. My husband, Van really grew closer to the Lord, the girls developed even deeper relationships with the Lord and all of us got closer to each other. In this day and time with everyone's busy schedule we make time to be able to spend with each other and to go to church together. We have an awesome GOD. I didn't like the desert but I am thankful that HE took us through it. There is much more that GOD is going to be doing in the cleaning up of the area and the restoring all that He meant to be in that section of our city. GOD is reclaiming the land! It is such a delight to watch our GOD at work.

Van changed so much with his walk with the Lord in the last couple of years. The last few years GOD really drew him to HIM. He so loved the Lord, his family and the work GOD had him doing in this world. Each day he served the Lord with gladness at whatever he was called to do. He never complained no matter how much his physical body hurt. Van got saved through a near drowning incident at Myrtle Beach, SC. He fell into a pile of rocks and was taken out into the ocean. The tide had taken him out considerably. He was drowning when he came to, but being disoriented from the head injury he didn't know which way to go and this light came and he followed it out of the water. This is the day that he truly became a follower of Jesus Christ. Was Van perfect , NO, but he was being perfected. During the last year and a half before going home to be with Jesus something dramatically was happening to Van. I truly do not know if Van had a revelation of his time was short but I feel he knew something. The last month he became increasily more tired and had less strength. GOD took a very special man home to be with him April 14, 2002. He is up with the Lord getting to play with the sons we lost years ago. Have fun sweetie! I will love you forever!

Our GOD is jealous for us and loves us more than we can comprehend. He is always there for us. Through all of this He birthed in me a heart for his people who were hurting and in need of help. I never could have imagined the hurting people in this world. Daily we deal with people on drugs, the criminal type, drug dealers, and prostitutes. The Lord has broken my heart for those coming out of prison and trying to make a new start. He has brought us many who are trying to start over. It has been such a blessing to see His hand at work in these people's lives. Yes some are not making it and when I see this my heart breaks. Our GOD desires to reach all of them. We have to try, they all deserve the chance to know the saving healing grace of our Lord Jesus.

When we ran the motel I would keep a number of handouts and tracts that was used to encourage the residents in their walk. One gentleman came in one night that I have to tell you about. He had not been there long but already asking for more material to read. I felt to go copy him something very particular and felt to give him a Bible that someone had left, it was a large print version. I asked him did he have difficulty reading. He said "yes", and I showed him the large print and his face lite up. I told him there was a prayer I wanted him to start to read daily. It happens to be Jabez's prayer in 1 Chronicles. We were studying this at church at that time and there are quite a number of things that were happening to many people as a result of praying that prayer. Anyway I told him a little bit about Jabez and then told him that he could pray this prayer too. I told him that GOD heard Jabez and would hear him. The man almost started crying. This was a 50+ year old black man who obviously has not had much education who was tearing up in the office in front of me. I was so touched by what God was doing in him. He smiled and said, "I have much to read tonight so better get busy." He shook my hand and went back to his room. I looked at my daughter, Allison and said," This is what it is all about". This gentleman had told me earlier that he had been a believer but has been backslidden most of his life. GOD so wants these people to come to know him in a personal way. Being there and being a part of what GOD was doing in that area was such a blessing to all of us. Now we have moved on each one of my daughters to their own jobs and homes and I am now running my dad
I have missed the ministry that we did while the motel was open. We had to close it in 2003 and since then have put the property up for sell. GOD has his perfect timing for the sell of the property and so we wait upon the Lord.

He birthed in all of us a heart for prayer some time ago and that is why the prayer web page was made. Hope you will take a look at the entire site. There are many wonderful christian sites on the web that can be such a blessing so be sure to check out the links page.
We have such an awesome Lord and He is there. Just call on Him. He is there!
I have my email on the main page if I can be of
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Remember: When GOD is all you have...then you will know ~God is all you need!
We have an awesome GOD who loves us.
Call out to Him and He will answer