Faith in Action

By Lois Lund

These stories were told to me by my friends and family. I've had to struggle with my disability for a long time. I want to write this book, I hope you find it interesting. It's from parts of my life that I've treasured. Especially with my relatives that I didn't know because we lived so far away, 550 miles away, from Indiana to Iowa. I loved our family vacations.

You will find some stories from the bible. I hope you will see how important that book is to me. I have trouble every day. ButI know He's in my life and without Him I would not live. I know you have times when you've needed help. For a while I couldn't even pray. I knew better but I had lost hope. I've had such help from the Veterans. I have friends now. And I trust those who I know will be O.K.

Please read the Biblical stories thoughtfully. They are scriptures passed down from six or seven thousand years ago.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524539085

Lois Lund

Author Writer Lois E. Lund grew up in a small town in Indiana, earned an Associate 's two-year degree in Arts from Valencia Community College, and served in the United States Navy. She and her husband have a daughter and a great son in law. They live in Casselberry, Florida. Lund also plays her trumpet in Church. She loves music and pursued in sports and a youngster. Sometimes, she works out on her exercise machine, hoping to lose weight today. by not eating anything else. She cares to lose weight. She has had three jobs she liked. Cleaning Houses. Worked in a gas station. Also, was parts clerk in a farm machinery store in the town of Osage Iowa where she was born. She loves Iowa. She met her husband there. He was raised on a real bona fide farm in Mitchell Iowa. He helped his dad and Mom until he moved to Florida. He grew to dislike so much snow. She was an office clerk for ten years. Her Mother was Grace Gilbert from Iowa. She was a school teacher in a one room school house. She was smart. She gave me every advantage she could. They were never rich. She loved the Lord so much. She had such love for those she knew. She was a great Christian Lady. I'm pretty sure I was born with a mental handicap. I had a couple diagnoses. I was very depressed at 18 years old. I didn't get to see a doctor until I was in the Navy. I had all kinds of troubles. I wouldn't accept that I was mentally ill. It hurt my pride too much. When I began to see there was help for me. I began to take my pills. I take them at 8:00 and 8:00. She liked that work. She could use her schooling to do this job. She sewed oven mitts and pot holders, hand crafted macramé keychains. and made hair scrunchies. and sold these items and gave some away as gifts.

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KJV

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, King James Version. Cambridge Edition: 1769; King James Bible Online, 2016. www.kingjamesbibleonline.org.

Rev. date: 10/20/2020

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Trips to Iowa

Back home in Indiana

New Story

Beginnings of Stories

Marilyn

Queen Ann’s Lace

Jeanie’s Story

Larry

The Blond

A Teacher in Indiana

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

I must say thank you to my husband Larry who loves me and takes care of me. Thank you to my nurse who inspires me to be the best I can be and inspires me to write. My Doctors, counselors, pastors, close friends my friends and my publisher and colleagues who help me write. I thank my family who have given me hope. I want to thank my Sunday School teacher, Helen who always gave me the benefit of a doubt and loves me. And I thank my God who watches me day and night.

Trips to Iowa

My parents drove to northern Iowa every year for our vacation. That’s where we spent two weeks with cousins, aunts and uncles, and most of my relatives. Grandparents, and loved ones. I was a kid in 1960s

As I know my ancestors from records and experience what I believe is that we were Christian and conservative people. Most of my family on both sides were farmers and grandpa on mom’s side was a tenant farmer in the early 1930s.

My cousin was one year younger than me we walked everywhere in town from my aunt’s house to grandma’s house to the swimming pool in the park and back. We stopped at the little store. I got milk duds and licorice to put under my pillow to eat in bed. My auntie Ruth said we were two little brownies We got tans walking right through the courtyard. In the sun to our grandma’s house to my cousin’s. She lived in a big white house in a little town. Her house was across from the dried blood plant. They had air pollution for a city block sometimes. I guess air pollution wasn’t such a bad thing back then in the 1960’s. Anyway farmers families put up with air pollution of some sort or other because of their animals. This is funny.

My Dad moved away from the farm 6 months after I was born. But we sacrificed closeness with our cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles. I have often wanted to have a sister, but I have loyal friends now. And our family still sticks together as much as we can by phone. And are together as much as we can be for the holidays.

Grandma greeted me at the door she would hold my face and kiss my cheek and said. Much success to you. She smiled and