ITEMS OF INTEREST December 5, 2005 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Roger Campbell, Virginia Norton, Ramit Plushnick-Masti

"THE CURRENT CONCERN about a possible bird flu pandemic killing hundreds of thousands brings back memories of the Asiatic flu, a vicious virus of the '50s that claimed many lives.

"While traveling to another state during that time to conduct a two-week mission, I became concerned about the dangers of this plague and found myself so filled with fear about what might be ahead that unwanted question began to surface: What if so many in the community to which I was headed were stricken with this new flu that few were able to attend the meetings? What if I became ill and unable to carry out my mission?

"These concerns moved me to pray. My prayer went something like this: 'Lord, keep me from getting the Asiatic flu during the next two weeks.'

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