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Surgeon TestimonialRoseMarie Jones M.D.Dr. Jones is located in Carmel, Indiana at St. Vincent's Hospital. She and three other surgeons make up Carmel Surgical Specialists. She is well known for her expertise in LAP bariatric surgery. She is a tiny lady, but radiates confidance to her patients. She put me at ease immediately with her peace, confidance and knowledge.
Member Interests
- Animals - Saltwater/reef aquarists; My precious Chi-Poo, Lacy & Chi-Pom, Chance.
- Family & Friends - I thank God for my precious family & friends! I love them all!
- Volunteerism - Am Administrative Director at our local youth center/office in our home.
- Youth Work - We are reaching our youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and seeing results!
- Christianity - My husband and I got saved in 1985. Thank You, Jesus!
- Married - Married for 32 years to my high school sweetheart!
- Gardening - I enjoy working in my perennial garden and drying the many things grown in it.
- BMI over 50 - My BMI was 76.9 prior to the surgery.
- Lymphedema - I used my leg pumps about once a month & wore compression stockings daily.
- Home School Parents - Cathy graduated in '98; Lathan in '01; Started homeschooling in '86.
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Welcome To My Miracle Journey Out of Super Morbid Obesity
I am so glad that you have stopped in to learn about my journey out of morbid obesity. My prayer is that you would find encouragement and hope as you learn where the Lord has brought me from, to where I now am blessed to be.
I started documenting, here on O.H., in June of 2005.
Now my journey has been published in a book by AuthourHouse Publishing Company. I hope you will enjoy the many pictures that I have posted here of my journey and on www. picturetrail.com/snyder.
APRIL 2013
I am really looking forward to speaking at the Butler Public Library on Monday April 29th, at 6:00 pm...the journey continues!
https://www.Facebook.com/MyJourneyOutofSuperMorbidObesity
http://www.Facebook.com/CindyRSnyder
I am still learning so much, even after seven-and-a-half years post-op!
Below: Me with my precious grandchildren, Eathan and Lexi, March 2013.

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SPRING 2012
I was blessed to be one featured in O.H. Magazine's "Before & After" section last Spring. Thank you O.H. for your encouragement and for your part in my journey!

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JULY 2011
July 12, 2011 - I went to see my gastric bypass surgeon, Dr. Rose Marie Jones, today at Community Bariatrics in Indianapolis. They were all SOOO supportive and encouraging AND SOOO happy for me! Dr. Jones loved the book and is thrilled for me. It had been several years since we had seen each other....it was sure good to visit with her!

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January 2011
NOW AVAILABLE
(at links below)
AUTHORHOUSE PUBLISHING CO.
AuthorHouse Online Bookstore
http://www.authorhouse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=cindy%20snyder
BARNES & NOBLE
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AMAZON.COM
www.amazon.com

ABOUT CINDY'S BOOK:
Cindy Snyder shares her deepest thoughts, feelings and experiences in this diary/journal in hopes to encourage others and for her to never forget where her God has brought her. Being warned by her physicians that her life was at stake, she knew she did not have the willpower to deliver herself from this bondage. This book is the personal journal of Cindy's journey out of obesity. You will be led through this journey as to what life is like for the super morbidly obese person and is filled with descriptive and explicit hardships that the super morbid obese must daily live with. Cindy has tried to be as open and honest as possible and in some instances very detailed and graphic as to what "life" had become. Cindy not only shares the battles but also lets everyone experience the victories with her. Throughout her journey she shares Biblical teachings, humor and the joy that only God can give during trials in our lives. Her journal covers everything from menus and recipes, surgery and exercise, measurements and weights, personal care, before and after pictures, to her most inner thoughts and feelings. Her documentations will encourage all that read them, from the most slender person with their own struggles to the very obese. Through her journey, faith will be strengthened to believe that with God all things are possible.
BOOK PREVIEW:
The other day I was looking through year's worth of pictures of me to choose which ones would be right to give AuthorHouse for the book. I had sat for hours looking at pictures of me with my C-PAP mask on…pulling my oxygen tanks…seeing the sores on my arms…using a cane…walking with a walker…lying on the couch with my lymphedema legs pumps on…not able to move. By the time I put things away to get ready to go the youth center, I felt like a cloud of oppression was hanging over me. I felt so heavy…so yucky. I went to our bedroom and looked in the mirror and cried. I just had to double check and see if it really was real…that I was no longer that person. But as I had sat there looking into that woman's eyes I knew…I remembered how she felt…what she was thinking…the hope that she had that life would not always be this way…the faith that was getting her through each day waiting for deliverance from the humiliation and bondage. In some respects, I want to forget yet when we do, we can fall back into old habits. All I know is that she no longer exists, but I thank God for what He taught me through her.
ABOUT CINDY:
Cindy became a Christian in 1985, enjoys studying the Bible, and is active in their church, SeaBreeze Ministries, in which their son is pastor.
Cindy is the administrative director at the Filling Station Youth Center in Butler and serves on its board of directors and is employed by DeKalb County Community School District.
Cindy was host of the television programs Public Report and Tri-State Alive at WINM Christian TV throughout the 1990's.
She was founder and president of the DeKalb County American Family Association in 1986-1990, and was also active in Operation Rescue.
Repairing the Breach Marriage Ministry was birthed out of a trial in their marriage in 1990-1991. Their testimony has ministered to thousands of couples all over the world via the Internet.
Les and Cindy home schooled their children through Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools.
Even after becoming a discussion leader for a national weight loss program in the early 1980's, Cindy's battle with gluttony escalated out of control. She knows what it is like to weigh 118 pounds yet be addicted to food and exercise. She also knows what it is like to weigh 465 pounds and "live" life as a Super Morbid Obese person with eleven co-morbidity's and be on over thirteen medicines a day. She will be the first to tell you that it is a daily walk of God's Grace as to what she has been brought out of and where she hopes to remain.
Picture below: Now January 2011
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December 2010
Below: Before WLS...My cheeks were so thick that when I spoke it sounded like I had marbles in my mouth, and I also spit a lot. Yuk, I know!!!

Below: Summer before WLS, 2005. I am sitting at the check-in desk at the youth center. Whenever I walked around, I had to walk leaning on and pushing the task chair that I am sitting on. 450+ pounds

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November 2010
BELOW: Lexi and I on Thanksgiving Day, 2010, at my parent's home.

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October 2010
BELOW: Our Family Picture. This picture was taken on October 24, 2010.
Left to Right: Lathan, Cathy, Lexi, Layna, Cindy & Les.

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July 2010

ABOVE: Grandma Cindy and Lexi - July 8, 2010.
BELOW: Grandma Cindy, Lexi & Grandpa Les - July 30, 2010, at Luau.

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May 2010
BELOW: Me with my precious kids on Mother's Day 2010.
Left to Right: Cathy, Lacy, Me, Lathan & Layna (Lexi is born three weeks from this picture).

BELOW: Me & Lexi when she was just 30 minutes old!

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April 2009
Below: First three pictures were taken April 12, 2009 on Easter Sunday, fourth picture was taken on March 16th. I buy most all of my clothing at Goodwill. I love shopping there! I weigh 178 in these pictures and wear a size 8.

Below: Mom & I on Easter Sunday 2009

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March 2009
March 2009 - Top, left to right: Les & I at the Atlantic Ocean at Bahia Honda Beach; Me on the deck of a boat taking us out on the Gulf of Mexico to see reefs (had a glass bottom); Me at the most southern point of the continental USA.
Bottom, left to right: Lathan, Layna and me at Mallory Square in Key West; Lathan, Les & me taking our first steps in the Atlantic Ocean; Lathan, Layna, Me & Les at Mallory Square, Key West, Florida.

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December 2008
December 11, 2008
Cindy at reception receiving grant money for youth center. (175 pounds)

Below: Les & I with Mom & Dad on Christmas Eve 2008

Cindy & Les - Christmas Day, December 25, 2008 (170 pounds)

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July 2008
BELOW: The first two pictures were taken on July 7, 2008.
1st Pic: Me "gliding" my one mile on my "Gazelle".
2nd Pic: Me getting ready to mow lawn. Note the
hanging skin on my arms! Yuk!!!
3rd Pic: Taken on July 10, 2008. I am working out on my mini-stepper with my 5 pound weights in each hand. And, yes, I always have my make-up on when I work out.

BELOW: My hanging abdominal apron and sagging buttocks. This picture was taken at plastic surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Randolph's office in April 2008.

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March 2008 on March 31, 2008 12:00 am

March 2008 - Our Family Picture
Lathan & Les
Layna, Cathy & Me

Les & I - Married 30 Years - 2/2/2009
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January 2008 on January 31, 2008 12:00 am
Les & I on our son's wedding day.
January 26, 2008
Me with our son Lathan & daughter Cathy on
Lathan's wedding day.
January 26, 2008

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December 2007 on December 31, 2007 12:00 am
Me with Lacy - my precious Chi-Poo
Christmas 2007

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*** My Weight Loss Records ***
JULY 2005
7-24-05 - 435 @ St. Vincent’s Bariatric Center for consultation
OCTOBER 2005
10-4-05 - 448.2 @ St. Vincent’s Bariatric Center for pre-op testing
10-13-05 - 448 @ PCP (Dr. Oo)
10-17-05 - 445 @ admittance to St. Vincent’s Hospital for SURGERY
10-24-05 - 465 @ discharge from St. Vincent’s Hospital
TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN - +16.8 POUNDS
NOVEMBER 2005
DATE......WEIGHT......LOSS/GAIN......TOTAL TO DATE
11-1-05 - 449.……. -16 pounds …..-16 pounds
11-3-05 - 429.4.….. -19.6 pounds….-35.6 pounds
11-4-05 - 420.4.……-9 pounds…….-44.6 pounds
11-5-05 - 412.8.……-7.6 pounds ….-52.2 pounds
11-6-05 - 409.....……-3.8 pounds …-56 pounds
11-9-05 - 404.……….-5 pounds……-61 pounds
11-15-05 - 405.6.…..+1.6 pounds …..-59.4 pounds
11-18-05 - 403.6.……-2 pounds…….-61.4 pounds
11-25-05 - 403.6.….. -0 pounds..……-61.4 pounds
WEEK 6 - 11-29-05 - 398.4.…. -5.2 pounds
TOTAL NOVEMBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS -66.6 POUNDS
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS -66.6 POUNDS
DECEMBER 2005
WEEK......DATE......WEIGHT......LOSS/GAIN......TOTAL TO DATE
WEEK 7 - 12-6-05....388.4.…..-10 pounds……-76.6 pounds
WEEK 8 - 12-13-05....387.8.…. -.6 pounds……..-77.2 pounds - TWO MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 9 - 12-20-05....388.……+.2 pounds….....-77 pounds
WEEK 10 - 12-27-05....385.…… -3 pounds…....-80 pounds
TOTAL DECEMBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS -13.4 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS -80 pounds
JANUARY 2006
WEEK......DATE......WEIGHT......LOSS/GAIN......TOTAL TO DATE
WEEK 11 - 1-3-06....378.….-7 pounds….-87 pounds
WEEK 12 - 1-10-06....366.….-12 pounds…-99 pounds
WEEK 13 - 1-17-06....361.....-5 pounds....-104 pounds - THREE MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 14 - 1-24-06....355.....-6 pounds....-110 pounds
WEEK 15 - 1-31-06....352.....-3 pounds....-113 pounds
TOTAL JANUARY MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS - -33 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS - -113 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS - 202 more pounds to go!
FEBRUARY 2006
WEEK......DATE......WEIGHT......LOSS/GAIN......TOTAL TO DATE
WEEK 16 - 2-7-06....345......-7 pounds......-120 pounds
WEEK 17 - 2-14-06....339.....-6 pounds......-126 pounds - FOUR MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 18 - 2-21-06....335.....-4 pounds.....-130 pounds
WEEK 19 - 2-28-06....331....-4 pounds....-134 pounds
TOTAL FEBRUARY MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-21 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-134 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....181 more pounds to go!
MARCH 2006
WEEK 20 - 3-7-06....325....-6 pounds....-140 pounds
WEEK 21 - 3-14-06.....321....-4 pounds....-144 pounds....FIVE MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 22 - 3-21-06 -.....318....-3 pounds....-147 pounds
WEEK 23 - 3-28-06 -.....315....-3 pounds....-150 pounds
TOTAL MARCH MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS….-16 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS….-150 pounds in Five Months! PTL!
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS….165 more pounds to go!
APRIL 2006
WEEK 24 - 4-4-06....308....-7 pounds....-157 pounds
WEEK 25- 4-11-06....304....-4 pounds....-161 pounds
WEEK 26 - 4-18-06....301....-3 pounds....-164 pounds....SIX MONTH SURGERY DATE ANNIVERSARY!
WEEK 27 - 4-25-06....297....-4 pounds....-168 pounds
TOTAL APRIL MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-18 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-168 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....147 more pounds to go!
MAY 2006
WEEK 28 - 5-2-06…292….-5 pounds….-173 pounds
WEEK 29 - 5-9-06....289....-3 pounds....-176 pounds
WEEK 30 - 5-16-06....285....-4 pounds....-180 pounds....SEVEN MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 31 - 5-23-06....285...-0 pounds....-180 pounds
WEEK 32 - 5-30-06....280....-5 pounds....-185 pounds
TOTAL MAY MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-17 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-185 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....130 pounds to go!
JUNE 2006
WEEK 33 - 6-6-06....271....-9 pounds....-194 pounds
WEEK 34 - 6-13-06....266....-5 pounds....-199 pounds
WEEK 35 - 6-20-06....265....-1 pound....-200 pounds....EIGHT MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 36 - 6-27-06....265....-0 pounds....-200 pounds
JUNE MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-15 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-200 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....115 pounds
JULY 2006
WEEK 37 - 7-4-06....256...-9 pounds....-209 pounds
WEEK 38 - 7-11-06….257….+1 pound….-208 pounds
WEEK 39 - 7-18-06....253....-4 pounds....-212 pounds....NINE MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 40 - 7-25-06....246....-7 pounds....-219 pounds
TOTAL JULY MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-19 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-219 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....96 pounds
AUGUST 2006
WEEK 41 - 8-1-06....245....-1 pound....-220 pounds
WEEK 42 - 8-8-06....244....-1 pound....-221 pounds
WEEK 43 - 8-17-06....244....-0 pounds....-221 pounds....TEN MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 44 - 8-22-06....243....-1 pound....-222 pounds
WEEK 45 - 8-29-06….235….-8 pounds….-230 pounds
TOTAL AUGUST MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS….-11 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS….-230 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS….80 pounds
SEPTEMBER 2006
WEEK 46 - 9-5-06….232….-3 pounds….-233 pounds
WEEK 47 -9-12-06….235….+3 pounds…-230 pounds
WEEK 48 - 9-19-06….230….-5 pounds….-235 pounds….ELEVEN MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 49 - 9-27-06….225….-5 pounds….-240 pounds
TOTAL SEPTEMBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS….-10 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS….-240 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS….75 pounds
OCTOBER 2006
WEEK 50 - 10-3-06….224 pounds….-1 pound….-241 pounds
WEEK 51 - 10-11-06….223 pounds….-1 pound….-242 pounds
WEEK 52 - 10-17-06….222 pounds….-1 pound….-243 pounds….ONE YEAR SURGERY ANNIVERSARY!
WEEK 53 - 10-24-06....222 pounds....-0 pounds....-243 pounds
WEEK 54 - 10-31-06....221 pounds....-1 pound....-244 pounds
TOTAL OCTOBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-4 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-244 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....71 pounds
NOVEMBER 2006
WEEK 55 - 11-8-06....217 pounds....-4 pounds....-248 pounds
WEEK 55 - 11-14-06....214 pounds....-3 pounds....-251 pounds....THIRTEEN MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 56 - 11-21-06....208 pounds....-6 pounds....-257 pounds
WEEK 57 - 11-28-06....204 pounds....-4 pounds....-261 pounds
TOTAL NOVEMBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-17 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-261 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....54 pounds
DECEMBER 2006
WEEK 58 - 12-5-06....202 pounds....-2 pounds....-263 pounds
WEEK 59 - 12-12-06....201 pounds....-1 pound....-264 pounds
WEEK 60 - 12-19-06....200 pounds....-1 pound....-265 pounds....FOURTEEN MONTHS POST OP
WEEK 61 - 12-26-06....197 pounds....-3 pounds....-268 pounds
TOTAL DECEMBER MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS....-7 pounds
TOTAL ACCUMMULATED WEIGHT LOSS....-268 pounds
POUNDS YET TO LOOSE TO GET TO GOAL OF 150 POUNDS....47 pounds to go!
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MONTHLY WEIGHT LOSS CHART Starting in 2007
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Date
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Months
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Weight
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Pounds Lost
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Total Pounds Lost
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1-17-2007
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15 months
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192
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-5
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-273
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2-17-2007
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16 months
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192
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-0
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-273
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3-17-2007
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17 months
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196
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+4
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-269
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4-17-2007
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18 months
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178 |
-18 |
-287 |
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5-17-2007
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19 months
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178 |
-0 |
-287 |
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6-17-2007
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20 months
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173 |
-5 |
-292 |
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7-17-2007
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21 months
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177 |
+4 |
-288 |
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8-17-2007
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22 months
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183 |
+6 |
-282 |
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9-17-2007
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23 months
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160 |
-23 |
-305 |
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10-17-2007
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2 YEARS
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157 |
-3 |
-308 |
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11-17-2007
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2 yr. 1 mo.
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154 |
-3 |
-311 |
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12-2007
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2 yr. 2 mo.
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161 |
+7 |
-304 |
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1-2008
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2 yr. 3 mo.
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165 |
+4 |
-300 |
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2-2008
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2 yr. 4 mo.
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163 |
-2 |
-302 |
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3-2008
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2 yr. 5 mo.
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167 |
+4 |
-298 |
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4-2008
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2 yr. 6 mo.
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169 |
+2 |
-296 |
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5-2008
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2 yr. 7 mo.
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173 |
+4 |
-292 |
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6-2008
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2 yr. 8 mo.
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156 |
-17 |
-309 |
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7-2008
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2 yr. 9 mo.
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162 |
+6 |
-303 |
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8-2008
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2 yr. 10 mo.
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166 |
+4 |
-299 |
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9-2008
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2 yr. 11 mo.
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173 |
+7 |
-292 |
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10-2008
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3 YEARS
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176 |
+3 |
-289 |
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11-2008
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3 yr. 1 mo.
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177 |
+1 |
-288 |
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12-2008
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3 yr. 2 mo.
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169 |
-8 |
-296 |
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1-2009
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3 yr. 3 mo.
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177 |
+8 |
-288 |
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2-2009
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3 yr. 4 mo.
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180 |
+3 |
-285 |
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3-2009
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3 yr. 5 mo.
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182 |
+2 |
-283 |
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4-2009
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3 yr. 6 mo.
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186 |
+4 |
-279 |
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5-2009
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3 yr. 7 mo.
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184 |
-2 |
-281 |
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6-2009
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3 yr. 8 mo.
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189 |
+5 |
-276 |
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7-2009
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3 yr. 9 mo.
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176 |
-13 |
-289 |
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8-2009
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3 yr. 10 mo.
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9-2009
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3 yr. 11 mo.
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10-2009
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4 YEARS
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11-2009
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4 yr. 1 mo.
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12-2009
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4 yr. 2 mo.
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JUST A "MORSEL" OF MY "DELIVERANCE" SCRIPTURES...
PSALM 118:17 - I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
ISAIAH 30:20-22 - And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
1 CHRONICLES 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
1 SAMMUAL 10:6-7 - And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
PSALM 126:1-6 - When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
ISAIAH 66:14 - And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
PSALM 37:4b - ...and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
ISAIAH 14:3-8 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
ZECHARIAH 4:6 - Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
MICAH 4:6-13 - In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
PROVERBS 23:2 - "And put a knife to thy throat (gullet), if thou be a man given to appetite."
MATTHEW 18:8-9 - "Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire."
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