Link to Joyce's Caring Bridge site

 caringbridge.org/site/7c638837-9e1f-11ef-94d0-75298f405790

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  1. Pam VatthauerDecember 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM

    Hard to hear this medical news! You will all be in my prayers. I am so glad you are trusting the Lord in and with it all. You have such a great outlook in the midst of trials. MAY the Lord be glorified in it all and may he give you peace, wisdom, strength, rest through it. HIS WORD IS TRUE and praise him he is sovereign, loving, faithful, and oh so good. Much love, Pam from Rochester, former sitter.

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