DEAR MR. OWENS,   HELLO, MY NAME IS LORI LEA THOMPSON.  I TOO, SING GOSPEL MUSIC.  THOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING.  YOU KNOW HOW IT IS...NOT ENOUGH MONEY AND ALL...ACTUALLY I AM FROM A RURAL TOWN AND REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.  ANYWAY...THAT'S ANOTHER STORY AND THAT'S NOT WHY I WROTE.     MY SISTER SENT ME YOUR SITE WITH THE SONG "CALVARY HILL".  I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IT BLESSED MY HEART!!  IT SAID ALL MY HEART FEELS.  IT TOUCHED ME IN A WAY I CAN NOT EXPRESS.  BECAUSE OF IT'S STRONG STATEMENT AND BEAUTIFUL WORDS, I FOUND MYSELF LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER THE NIGHT I RECIEVED IT.  MY LITTLE 4 YEAR OLD SON, CAME IN TO THE OFFICE AND WANTED TO LISTEN TOO.  AS HE WATCHED THE PICTURES FLASH ACROSS THE SCREEN DEPICTING THE LORD JESUS CRUCIFIED, HE BEGAN TO ASK QUESTIONS.  MY HEART SWELLED UP W/JOY.  I TOOK THAT MOMENT AND HELD IT DEAR.  FOR THROUGH YOUR SONG, THE LORD SPOKE TO MY LITTLE ETHAN'S HEART.  QUESTION AFTER QUESTION HE ASKED, AND THE LORD HELPED ME WITH THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY TO ALLOW HIS LITTLE MIND TO UNDERSTAND.  AFTER ABOUT  A GOOD 45 MINUTE TALK OF WITNESSING NOT TO MENTION THE REPITITION OF THE SONG.  MY PRECIOUS ETHAN RECIEVED JESUS AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR!!!  THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TO RUN OUT TO THE FAMILY ROOM AND TELL HIS THREE OLDER SISTERS AND HIS DADDY!   OUR REJOICING COULDN'VE RAISED THE ROOF THAT NIGHT!  THE NEXT DAY AT CHURCH,  I BELIVE IT WAS AT THE EVENING SERVICE.  THE PASTOR ASKED IF ANYONE HAD ANY PRAISES.  MY LITTLE ETHAN RAISED HIS LITTLE HAND..STANDING AT THE PEW.  REACHING AS TALL AS HIS LITTLE ARM COULD REACH.  PASTOR CALLED ON HIM AND WITH ALL THE BOLDNESS HE HAD..HE WAS SO HAPPY...HE TOLD THE CONGREGATION.." I GOT SAVED!!  I ASKED JESUS INTO MY HEART!!"  THAT WAS SUCH AN AWSOME MOMENT! I AM THE MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND NOW THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE. THEY HAVE ALL PRAYED AND KNOW JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR. ETHAN WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT. NOW, I AM SO HUMBLED TO KNOW MY CHILDREN KNOW THE LORD!!   MR. OWENS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING JESUS TO USE YOU TO HELP WIN SOULS.  I PRAISE THE LORD MOST OF ALL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE HONOR OF LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC AND SONG.  THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN BEING A CHRISTIAN.  OTHER THAN SINGING HIS PRAISES FOR HIM!  I WAS ABOUT TO "GIVE UP" ON SINGING.  THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO....IS SING FOR THE LORD!  I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WANT A TAPE, AND I HAVE NONE.  WHEN I GO TO OTHER CHURCHES TO SING...I HAVE JUST ME AND WHAT THE LORD GAVE ME.  I WOULD GET DISCOURAGED WHEN  SOMEONE WOULD ASK  FOR A TAPE. - AFTER I HEARD YOUR SONG, IT BLESSED MY HEART SO MUCH.  I THOUGHT HOW FOOLISH OF ME!  JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO MAKE A RECORDING, I SHOULDN'T GIVE UP!  HOW SELFISH!!  THAT NIGHT I DECIDED TO REDEDICATE MY LIFE TO JESUS.  TO CONTINUE SINGING FOR HIM.  EVEN IF IT IS IN AN OLD COUNTRY CHURCH IN A SMALL TOWN IN NOWWHERE LAND.  SOMEONE ELSE IF NOT MYSELF  WILL NEED THIER HEARTS STIRRED BY HIS MUSIC. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE LORD HAS GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED ME TO BE ABLE TO SING FOR HIM.  IT IS AN HONOR.   I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING ME THROUGH A LOW TIME IN MY LIFE.  GOD BLESS YOU GREATLY!!  TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE!!  WELL, MR. OWENS, IF YOU EVER GET TO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY--KANSAS-- AND YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR THE LITTLE SMALL TOWN OF OSAGE CITY, PLEASE DROP BY THE OSAGE CITY BAPTIST TEMPLE--WE ARE THERE EVERY SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY EVENING!!  DROP IN AND SAY HELLO IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO MEET YOU.   THANKS AGAIN, FOR THE BLESSING YOU BRING FROM GOD'S MUSIC.  AND IF WE NEVER MEET HERE ON THIS EARTH, I'LL MEET YOU IN HEAVEN!!  GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS!! UNTIL WE MEET............................   IN HIM, LORI LEA THOMPSON OSAGE CITY, KANSAS