DEDICATION OF WEB SITE BY REV. ELIZABETH BARNHARDT,

CANCER OVERCOMER AND FOUNDER OF “FRIENDS”

 

I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS WEB SITE AND “FRIENDS” TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, WHO GAVE ME THE ABILITY AND GRACE TO OVERCOME CANCER AND WHO PUT THE VISION FOR “FRIENDS” IN MY HEART.

 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND DEDICATE THIS WEB SITE TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO REALLY WERE MY FRIENDS THROUGH THIS JOURNEY AND WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED:

 

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO MY DAUGHTER, NICOLE, WHO SPENT ENDLESS HOURS OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE HELPING ME THROUGH EVERY STAGE OF CANCER AS WELL AS BEING A PART OF PUTTING THE GRAPHICS TOGETHER FOR OUR CANCER BROCHURE. I WANT TO THANK HER HUSBAND ROBERT NETTLES FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING NICOLE IN HER CARE FOR ME.

 

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MOTHER AND FATHER, RUTH AND JOE THORNTON FOR THE UNFAILING LOVE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, PRAYERS, AND COMMITMENT TO ME. IT IS FROM WATCHING MY PARENTS THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO BE FAITHFUL AND DETERMINED NOT TO QUIT, WORK HARD AND TO ALWAYS BE HONEST.

 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY BROTHER RONNIE THORNTON WHO ASKED GOD, “THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE ME, IS TO HEAL MY SISTER.”

 

I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHER BUCK THORNTON AND HIS WIFE BARBARA FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME THROUGH EVERY SEASON OF LIFE AND ESPECIALLY THIS ONE. THEIR FAITHFULNESS AND LOVE HAS BEEN TIRELESS. I WANT TO THANK MY NIECE AND NEPHEW SIMONE AND JEREMY FOR ALWAYS BRINGING ME JOY AND LOVE.

 

NEXT I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY OF BEACHES CHAPEL CHURCH FOR THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS OF PRAYERS, LOVE, SPENDING THE NIGHT, MOVING FURNITURE BACK AND FORTH, BRINGING FOOD AND SO MUCH MORE…..EVEN WATCHING MY DOG IZZY.

 

IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR “FRIENDS” WHO REPRESENT SOME OF THE FINEST, MOST GODLY MEN I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A PART OF MY LIFE. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

PASTOR STEVE MCCOY, WHO IS MY PASTOR AND EMPLOYER PLUS PERSONAL FAMILY FRIEND. PASTOR STEVE WAS THE FIRST PERSON OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY WHO BELIEVED IN ME, ENCOURAGED ME AND SUPPORTED ME. WITHOUT HIS COMMITMENT TO ME AND MY FAMILY, I AM SURE WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

 

HAYWOOD M. BALL, ESQ WHO THROUGH THE YEARS HAS SERVED IN CONSTANT INTEGRITY AS OUR  FAMILY LEGAL ADVISOR AND DEAR FRIEND TO NICOLE AND I AS WELL AS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF “FRIENDS.”

 

ARCHIE O. JENKINS III WHO HAS SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS FAITHFULLY LOOKING OUT FOR MY BEST INTEREST. ARCHIE WAS THERE FROM THE CANCER DIAGNOSIS, THROUGH THE SURGERY AND SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF “FRIENDS”.

 

DR. MORRIS S. DEES III AND DR. CRAIG COLLIE FOR THEIR COURAGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MEDICAL WORLD THROUGH BEING FOUNDING MEMBERS OF “FRIENDS” AND FAITHFULLY SERVING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR EXPERT MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT IN EVERY PHASE OF ME OVERCOMING AND MANAGING CANCER.

 

IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO THANK DR. DOUGLAS FECHTEL AND DR. BRETT SNYDER, WHO WERE MY SURGEONS AS WELL AS THEIR ENTIRE STAFF FOR THEIR EXCELLENT MEDICAL CARE AND CONCERN. GOD HAS CERTAINLY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

 

Eccl 3:1There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to speak, and a time to build,

a time to love and a time to heal….