Joni, my friend asked me the same thing this morning. I think that it has something to do with shock value. If it wasn't personal to you now, people just don't care and are loosing compassion. So much has happened recently people are just too overwhelmed. Pastor Parsley says it very well in his sermons about the "me generation".

We are loosing our personal freedoms and have lost perspective of what is important to us. Our politics are failing as well as our strength as a nation. Rogue nations have seen the weakness and are forcing their agenda upon us. Some still have hope and are praying for Jesus to save America. Bonnie Lou .....

Hi Miss Joni!
Wow! What a service we had last night!!! Fall in love with God! Sometimes people think that they are in love with God cuz they say it and don’t realize that to be in love with someone is to want to please that person. When you love your children, you just want them to have the very best! We may say we love God but do we give Him our best? Is is all about Him or is it if you do this…I will do that? Or do we go outta our way and try to do even a little extra for God to maybe get noticed? Ya know like we may do at work…it the boss watching me do extra? Well we certainly know though the boss may not be watching but God is! He notices every little thing that we do and even if the boss may not be watching, we know that God sees all, and besides, He is our Promoter anyway! Thank you Pastor for that powerful Word! If we seek first His kingdom…then…all is all!

I remember the word "surreal" being repeated a lot following the tragic events of 9/11. The love of God is "surreal," too. We saw it displayed everywhere in the aftermath. We thought twice about how we treated others, because when that person walked away you didn't know whether you'd see him or her again. Amid the pain and suffering brought about by this atrocity, we saw God's love. We Christians have that love in us all the time, but for a lot of us it's hard for it to emerge unless something happens to bring it about. We're all works in progress, and the more we walk with the Lord, the more we resemble Him.

Hi Mrs. Joni

How are you? I was thinking the same thing on 9/11 wondering where is the continuing coverage. After they showed the President and Mrs.Obama and Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden paying there respects,then they showed ground zero Were the names of some of the victims were being read and that was pretty much it. Like Bonnie said so much is happening so fast these days but when it comes to events that effect our entire country we should never forget to honor those lost. Last night worship service was highly anointed. People praising God like never before pastor was on fire thank God!

Love you!
LaRetha

Joni & JJ friends,

Being from Newfoundland this story really touched my heart! We (Newfoundlanders) have been know for hospitality and friendliness. As you read you will see it was proven on Sept 11, 2001. This truly shows the hearts of Newfoundlanders and I am proud to be one!!

Much love, Dawn

Here is an amazing story from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following 9-11:

"On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, we were about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, flying over the North Atlantic. All of a sudden the curtains parted and I was told to go to the cockpit, immediately, to see the captain. As soon as I got there I noticed that the crew had that 'All Business' look on their faces. The captain handed me a printed message. It was from Delta's main office in Atlanta and simply read, "All airways over the Continental United States are closed to commercial air traffic. Land ASAP at the nearest airport. Advise your destination.

No one said a word about what this could mean. We knew it was a serious situation and we needed to find terra firma quickly. The captain determined that the nearest airport was 400 miles behind us in Gander, New Foundland. He requested approval for a route change from the Canadian traffic controller and approval was granted immediately--no questions asked. We found out later, of course, why there was no hesitation in approving our request.

While the flight crew prepared the airplane for landing, another message arrived from Atlanta telling us about some terrorist activity in the New York area. A few minutes later word came in about the
hijackings.

We decided to LIE to the passengers while we were still in the air. We told them the plane had a simple instrument problem and that we needed to land at the nearest airport in Gander, Newfoundland to have it checked.

We promised to give more information after landing in Gander. There was much grumbling among the passengers, but that's nothing new! Forty minutes later, we landed in Gander. Local time at Gander was 12:30 PM.... that's 11:00 AM EST.

There were already about 20 other airplanes on the ground from all over the world that had taken this detour on their way to the U.S. After we parked on the ramp, the captain made the following
announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must be wondering if all these airplanes around us have the same instrument problem as we have. The reality is that we are here for another reason." Then he went on to explain the little bit we knew about the situation in the U.S. There were loud gasps and stares of disbelief. The captain informed passengers that Ground Control in Gander told us to stay put.

The Canadian Government was in charge of our situation and no one was allowed to get off the aircraft. No one on the ground was allowed to come near any of the aircraft. Only airport police would come around periodically, look us over and go on to the next airplane. In the next hour or so more planes landed and Gander ended up with 53 airplanes from all over the world, 27 of which were U.S. commercial jets.

Meanwhile, bits of news started to come in over the aircraft radio and for the first time we learned that airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York and into the Pentagon in DC. People were trying to use their cell phones, but were unable to connect due to a different cell system in Canada. Some did get through, but were only able to get to the Canadian operator who would tell them that the lines to the U.S. were either blocked or jammed.

Sometime in the evening the news filtered to us that the World Trade Center buildings had collapsed and that a fourth hijacking had resulted in a crash. By now the passengers were emotionally and physically exhausted, not to mention frightened, but everyone stayed amazingly calm. We had only to look out the window at the 52 other stranded aircraft to realize that we were not the only ones in this predicament.

We had been told earlier that they would be allowing people off the planes one plane at a time. At 6 PM, Gander airport told us that our turn to deplane would be 11 am the next morning. Passengers were not happy, but they simply resigned themselves to this news without much noise and started to prepare themselves to spend the night on the airplane.

Gander had promised us medical attention, if needed, water, and lavatory servicing. And they were true to their word. Fortunately we had no medical situations to worry about. We did have a young lady who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy. We took REALLY good care of her. The night passed without incident despite the uncomfortable sleeping arrangements.

About 10:30 on the morning of the 12th a convoy of school buses showed up. We got off the plane and were taken to the terminal where we went through Immigration and Customs and then had to register with the Red Cross.

After that we (the crew) were separated from the passengers and were taken in vans to a small hotel. We had no idea where our passengers were going. We learned from the Red Cross that the town of Gander has a population of 10,400 people and they had about 10,500 passengers to take care of from all the airplanes that were forced into Gander! We were told to just relax at the hotel and we would be contacted when the U.S. airports opened again, but not to expect that call for a while.

We found out the total scope of the terror back home only after getting to our hotel and turning on the TV, 24 hours after it all started.

Meanwhile, we had lots of time on our hands and found that the people of Gander were extremely friendly. They started calling us the 'plane people'. We enjoyed their hospitality, explored the town of Gander and ended up having a pretty good time.

Two days later, we got that call and were taken back to the Gander airport. Back on the plane, we were reunited with the passengers and found out what they had been doing for the past two days. What we found out was incredible.

Gander and all the surrounding communities (within about a 75 Kilometer radius) had closed all high schools, meeting halls, lodges, and any other large gathering places. They converted all these facilities to mass lodging areas for all the stranded travelers. Some had cots set up, some had mats with sleeping bags and pillows set up.

ALL the high school students were required to volunteer their time to take care of the 'guests'. Our 218 passengers ended up in a town called Lewisporte, about 45 kilometers from Gander where they were put up in a high school. If any women wanted to be in a women-only facility, that was arranged. Families were kept together. All the elderly passengers were taken to private homes.

Remember that young pregnant lady? She was put up in a private home right across the street from a 24-hour Urgent Care facility. There was a dentist on call and both male and female nurses remained with the crowd for the duration.

Phone calls and e-mails to the U.S. and around the world were available to everyone once a day. During the day, passengers were offered 'excursion' trips. Some people went on boat cruises of the lakes and harbors. Some went for hikes in the local forests. Local bakeries stayed open to make fresh bread for the guests. Food was prepared by all the residents and brought to the schools. People were driven to restaurants of their choice and offered wonderful meals. Everyone was given tokens for local laundromats to wash their clothes, since luggage was still on the aircraft. In other words, every single need was met for those stranded travelers.
Passengers were crying while telling us these stories. Finally, when they were told that U.S. airports had reopened, they were delivered to the airport right on time and without a single passenger missing or late. The local Red Cross had all the information about the whereabouts of each and every passenger and knew which plane they needed to be on and when all the plan

Hello Sis. Joni:
We are truly living in perilous times. But as you stated we are not without. Hope!!! God is not a man, He is slack concerning His promises... Throughout the Bible. God admonishes believers
"Fear not" Last Friday I heard someone said in passing 'not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says The Lord...those words hit me as though I was hearing them for the first time...so I have been meditating on them all week and the more I think.about them the more I realize
God rules and reigns supreme with perfect love and all power. As our lives and world get crazy and more complicated by the second as learned as we may think ourselves to be and as many devices plans and schemes we can conceptualize only the way of God will stand. His battle plan is always' PRAY AND TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS' meaning each person is personally responsible for his own praying and turning;Our strength is not in guns nor human intelligence Our strength is on our knees and in the word of God. Honoring
God in all we say and do He promise to deliver us from our many afflictions. As we remember Yom Kippur; history tells the storyas the Jews were honoring their Holy Day; the intellegence of men thought it was the oppertune time to attack but the ways of God stood, as 500 Israeli soldiers were victorious against 8000. So in my life I am encouraged because our Hope is of God who cannot fail
God's continued blessings of multiplied Grace and Divine Peace

PS: the rest of the story...

They coordinated everything beautifully. It was absolutely incredible.

When passengers came on board, it was like they had been on a cruise. Everyone knew each other by name. They were swapping stories of their stay, impressing each other with who had the better time. Our flight back to Atlanta looked like a chartered party flight. The crew just stayed out of their way. It was mind-boggling. Passengers had totally bonded and were calling each other by their first names, exchanging phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses.

And then a very unusual thing happened. One of our passengers approached me and asked if he could make an announcement over the PA system. We never, ever allow that. But this time was different. I said "of course" and handed him the mike. He picked up the PA and reminded everyone about what they had just gone through in the last few days. He reminded them of the hospitality they had received at the hands of total strangers. He continued by saying that he would like to do something in return for the good folks of Lewisporte.

He said he was going to set up a Trust Fund under the name of DELTA 15 (our flight number). The purpose of the trust fund is to provide college scholarships for the high school students of Lewisporte. He asked for donations of any amount from his fellow travelers. When the paper with donations got back to us with the amounts, names, phone numbers and addresses, the total was for more than $14,000!

The gentleman, a medical doctor from Virginia, promised to match the donations and to start the administrative work on the scholarship. He also said that he would forward this proposal to Delta Corporate and ask them to donate as well. As I write this account, the trust fund is at more than $1.5 million and has assisted 134 students in college education.

I just wanted to share this story because we need good stories right now. It gives me a little bit of hope to know that some people in a faraway place were kind to some strangers who literally dropped in on them. It reminds me how much good there is in the world.

In spite of all the rotten things we see going on in today’s world this story confirms that there are still a lot of good and Godly people in the world.
God Bless America... and the Canadians!

CAN I ASK FOR URGENT HEALING VERY VERY POORLY WITH PAINS IN MY BACK AND CHEST FOR THE LAST 5 WEEKS.
LOVE YOU AS ALWAYS
JANE XXXXXX

Believing with you. Sis. Jane!!! Be healed in Jesus Name!!! Isaiah 53:5He was wounded for our transgression, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes we were healed. Father we thank you for the full manifested word in our Sister's life. In Jesus Name Amen!!!

Hi Mrs. Joni

How are you? I agree with you I'm just simply exhausted with all these shootings it's terrible seems everyday you turn the news on you hear something awful. Even the people who commit these terrible acts you feel for the families they have loved ones as well. Thank God the saints are people that have hope in Christ! That is truly what the world needs Jesus Christ. It's a choice each person has to make for themselves all we can do is pray that God gives his GRACE!

Love you
LaRetha

Thank God for a man Pastor who speaks on the power of repentance and truth!

To Jane,
Precious Heavenly Father,I ask you to turn Jane's weakness into strength, sickness into healing , and pain into comfort for others. May precious Jane ,trust in your faithfulness, even in the middle of this suffering. Let her be filled with patience and peace in your presence as she waits for your healing touch. I praise you Lord for your healing touch manifesting in her body in this very moment. I praise you for a good report on her blood work ! Thank you Jesus for removing all the pain at Jane's back and chest area ! Thank you Lord ! Amen!
Mark 5:34 "He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
Love as always,Gabriella

Ms Joni,

I SO appreciate you and you sharing your heart. I can't say thank you enough!!! You are a treasure and Im blessed to have been apart of WHBC at the time and to follow you here.

Blessings,

Dani

Mercy Father mercy!!!