We love you too Marty. Rest and get well. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠. 18,s
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:06 PM, "'Susan Zimmerman' via CMLHope" > <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > God did it again!!! We are all so profoundly happy that you are alive and > fighting that pain..... You are most amazing, and I'm sure you attribute that > to our God. His miraculous powers are way past finding out! In other words, > we cannot fathom the depth of His love for all of us. He loves you big-time, > Marty, to keep you here on this earth again and still after all you've been > through. Let me say again, "WE ARE ALL SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!" > > We are honored and grateful to be part of your life as well. Many prayers > have been answered as you fight your way back to health, and will keep on > going up. Rest assured my man that your assignments from Him are not over > yet! And yes, please rest as long and continued as you need to repair your > body back to good health. > > Habukkuk 1:5, my tag onto my usual e-mails rings very true today for YOU!!! > And it goes for all the CML warriors that are united together on this cml > hope site. Use it as your ammunition to continue to fight, because He will > work a work!!! > > 18'S AND TAKE IT EASY, and blessings to all the warriors, > Susan Z > "Look among the nations and watch; be utterly astounded! For I will work a > work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you." > Hab. 1:5 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> > To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sat, Feb 28, 2015 9:37 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] U[PDATE FOR MARTY > > Hello to everyone, > > Now you all know why I do what I do. I love all of you just as my extended > family. I am so honored and grateful to be a part of your lives, your very > precious lives. > > I would like to share with all of you, a letter that I wrote to my kidney > donors family. I would hopefully respect that they have the opportunity of > reading it one day. > > 18's, > > Marty > > February 28th 2015 > > I write this to the family of the young man that gave of himself in order > that I can survive. > > It has been four days since I received a kidney transplant from your loved > one. I am in pain right now but I want to write this without any pain > medication because I would like to have a clear mind so that I can speak to > you from my heart and soul. > > It is very important to me to be able to write this to you, and I truly hope > that you receive it. I hope that it is something that may give you less hurt > in your hearts. > > First, I would like to send you my deepest condolences on the loss of your > loved one. When I first got the call from the hospital that there was a > matching kidney for me I was very happy. However, I also felt a great deal of > guilt that someone had to be deceased in order for me to receive this very > precious gift of life. > > I believe that there is a reason for everything that happens in this world. > Sometimes we may not understand what these reasons are, and sometimes it > hurts, but there is a reason for everything. > > I also believe that if someone does something to try and help someone else > then it will come back to that person. More than twenty five years ago I had > Leukemia and had to go through a bone marrow transplant. In order to do this > I had to have total body radiation and chemotherapy. > > I remember the first time that I went into the radiation chamber. I got down > on my knees, clasped my hands in front of me and made a promise to GOD. I > prayed that if I were to survive I would go on to try and help others also go > through this. > > And, this is something that I have done more than one hundred times since. > This is what I meant when I said that if you try to help someone it will come > back to you. This is what your loved one did for me. He has given me the > opportunity to continue on, and even though I do not know his name I will > continue to do this in his name. GOD knows exactly who he is, and I promise > you that I will continue to dedicate my life to your loved one for giving of > him to me. > > I truly hope that you will eventually receive my letter. Perhaps one of these > days I might have the opportunity of meeting you. > > > Sincerely, > > Marty > > >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Richard H <rbhuffm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> This was posted to CML2 on YAHOO. >> >> Hello cml chums! >> I have wonderful news from/about our friend Marty! >> Marty left a message at my home sharing that he HAS had his transplant (0: >> is doing well(0: and that he greatly appreciates all of our prayers(0: ! >> (collective sigh of relief from all of us, right?) >> Let's continue to send our love, support and prayers to our amazing >> friend. >> >> ( 0: Caryl >> >> This is great news. 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