A Note For Our Visitors and Friends!
5-22-02

So far this year has been a very trying and hectic one due to many different
reasons, one being illness in my family.  I have not been able to spend as much
time on the computer as I used to and through much prayer and deliberation I
have decided to keep it this way for a while.  Sometimes we get so caught up
in 'routines' that the important things in our lives get put on the back
burner.....such as quality time with family and more important, quality time
with the Lord.  A very dear internet friend reminded me that as important as
our internet ministries are, nothing is more important than putting our Lord
first.  I work full time outside of the home, and most ladies out there know
that we also have a full time job waiting for us at home.  Then maintaining
Our All In All is like another full time job added to the other two.  I have
thoroughly enjoyed it, and I intend to continue to enjoy it, but just not at
the pace I have for the past two years.  

Another obstacle that I had to face this year was the fact that I opened
an email with "A Christian Poem" as the subject.  As most of you know,
Our All In All was created for all of you to submit poems, stories,
testimonies and devotionals to honor our Lord and Savior.  So I opened
this particular email, and it contained a virus.  I lost everything that was
 stored on my computer, including my address book, all of the back up files
for the website ~ everything.  I virtually had to start over from scratch ~ 
my computer was 'restored' to the factory specifications from the day I
brought it home back in 1999.  For a while I became very, very discouraged.
Maybe it was time to close the site.  But the encouragement that I have
received from all of you has been a true blessing and with the Lord's guidance,
I will continue to maintain Our All In All.

I will continue to check the prayer board daily, but I may not get around to
answering emails but once or twice a week.  I plan to devote one day a week
(instead of staying up late every night) to answering email.  So please be
patient with me, I will answer eventually.  I also plan to do monthly updates
and add a few new pages every month.  I hope you continue to visit and be
blessed by the pages that have already been posted (there are hundreds)!
And I hope you will continue to submit your poems, testimonies and things.
I already have submissions that I am working on, and with your patience and
understanding I will get to them all.......slowly but surely.  So if you have
already submitted something, please be patient with me.  And If you have
something the Lord is leading you to submit, please don't be discouraged
by this message!  Please submit it and I will make a page for you, it may
take a little longer is all.  But due to the virus I received as a download,
I will not accept email with attachments or files to download.  When
you submit something, please just put it in the body of the email, or
I will delete the email without even opening it.

So, in short....
I don't think I will make much of an impact with this ministry if I don't 
leave any time for the 'Author' and the One who is my inspiration for it all.
I hope that you all understand and I pray that nothing on the vast internet 
will ever deter you from a close and personal relationship with our wonderful
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Many blessings,

Cyndy