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• Jun. 14, 2008 - Our Dear Friend

I have been missing my dear mentor in the Lord, Mrs. Beulah Lewis. She will be 93 this fall and has been serving the Lord for over sixty years. She established the first Christian bookstore in the city of Sylvania, Ohio . Her shop served most of Toledo in the earlier years as well. I had the privilege of living with her for several years after her late husband went to be with the Lord. She has been a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Toledo, Ohio for nearly sixty years. She was instrumental in my Christian growth and I will always love her deeply. We now live an hour and a half away and simply don't go to Toledo but a few times a year. I am hoping to visit her before our new baby arrives in the fall. I know I will not be traveling until the Spring. Here are some pictures from our last visit. Beulah thought Sophia was Lina most of the time we were visiting as she'd never met Sophia until that day... Beulah was never truly elderly until she had a battle with cancer in her mouth at 89-90 yo. Unfortunately the surgery that successfully removed all cancer left her scarred. Timmy was almost born upstairs where we lived as a young couple for one year. Both boys spent time with Beulah when they were infants. I would like to write more about this amazing woman in the near future.

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