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Transplant
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Transplant provides future
Donna was excited when she was
finally called into surgery. Still, the procedure
was risky. Before doctors wheeled
her into the operating room, Donna and
N.B. prayed.
“If this doesn’t work out, I’m ready for
the Lord to take me,” she told N.B.
It has snowed that day, so no one
could get to the hospital to be with N.B.
as he waited. But Donna’s faith helped
strengthen his, he said, and N.B. felt at
peace throughout her surgery.
As N.B. awaited the results of his wife’s
surgery, he watched another family’s tragedy
unfold on the television screen in the
waiting room. NFL player Chris Henry,
of the Cincinnati Bengals, had died in
a car wreck while visiting Charlotte. It
would be almost a year before N.B. and
Donna would know the role the football
star played in their lives.
Donna’s transplant was a success,
and she is now fully cured of diabetes.
Faith
On Oct. 15, her transplant coordinator
called to inform her who her donor was
– Chris Henry. Not a football fan, Donna
hadn’t heard of Henry, but her coordinator
explained his status and told her she
would soon have the opportunity to meet
his mother, Carolyn Glaspy.
“I was so nervous,” Donna said of the
meeting. “I felt so guilty that her son had
to die for me to live.”
Donna, Glaspy and the other recipients
of Henry’s organs cried together during
their meeting.
Glaspy, who decided to donate her
son’s organs, told the group that meeting
them was her closure, Donna
said. “She knew Chris was still living
through us. I told her he would always
live through me.”
Although she’s still recovering from
her surgery, Donna’s quality of life has
improved 100 percent, she said.
But she still sees her 34-year battle
with diabetes as a blessing.
“Those struggles strengthened my
faith,” she said. “I know God’s there, and
he’s helping me.” q
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Wiseman leads town
meeting in prayer
MOORESVILLE – Robert Wiseman,
pastor of Central United Methodist
Church, gave the invocation during
the Monday, Dec. 6, Town of Mooresville
Board of Commissioners meeting.
“We thank you for family, for friends,
for freedom, for the beauty of the day and
the life that you have given us,” Wiseman
prayed to God. “Thank you for this season,
this season of joy, peace and love. Let us
remember this season’s reason.”
As customary for government meetings,
Wiseman asked God to bless the leaders
making decisions for the town.
“Bless our wonderful town of Mooresville
that you give us to love, a place to reside,”
he said. “And heavenly father, bless our
country. Keep us safe, and may your peace
prevail. In the rightousness and holiness of
your name, amen.”
Ministry hosts Christmas-themed
activities
MOORESVILLE – Servants of the
Most High Ministries will host “A Christmas
Celebration!” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 17, at 735 S. Broad St.
The free event offers several activities focused
toward youth, such as skits, mimes,
games, prizes and snacks. All ages are welcome.
Details: 704-947-7128 or servants
mosthigh@bellsouth.net.
New Hope Missions discusses
‘The Nativity Story’ characters
MOORESVILLE – New Hope Missions
Church will focus on a different character
from the movie “The Nativity Story,” each
Sunday during worship, as well as Christmas
Eve.
The Dec. 5 service featured Mary for a
program called “Why has God asked me?”
Other programs are:
• Dec. 12 – King Herod, “I will end this
threat.”
• Dec. 19 – The Magi, “There shall arise
a star.”
• Dec. 24 – Joseph, “Is there a place for
us?”
• Dec. 26 – The Shepherds, “Speechless.”
Worship is at 10 a.m. Sundays, as well
as 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve, at Lake Norman
Dance Gallery, 443 Williamson Road.
Details: 704-928-5390 or www.newhope
missionschurch.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat services
schedule Friday
MOUNT MOURNE – The Lake Norman
Jewish Congregation will offer Kabbalat
Shabbat services at 7 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 10, at Fair View United Methodist
Church, 1430 Mecklenburg Hwy.
Activities for children start at 6:40 p.m.
Details: www.lakenormanjc.org.
Davidson College Presbyterian plans
White Gift Christmas Pageant
DAVIDSON – The high-school youth of
Davidson College Presbyterian Church will
present the Christmas story in tableau as
part of a White Gift Christmas Pageant at
5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12.
The Beginner, Primary, and Junior choirs
also will sing. Child care is available for
children ages 2 and younger.
The church will collect food for the
Loaves & Fishes pantry at Ada Jenkins Center
at the pageant and asks everyone bring
a canned ham, boxed stuffing or potatoes,
or canned yams.
After the pageant, the church will serve
a soup-and-sandwich supper. Betsy Verhey
is cooking, and the church asks for a donation
to help cover the cost of the meal.
The church is at 100 N. Main St.,
Davidson. q
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