Hey ... someone tell 'Lucifer999' that I think she's a hottie, & I fantasize about her all the time. Thanx. ;o) Heheheheeeee - Tell her I hope she wears some black fish-net stockings sometime, for me, OK? - Thanks.

DELTAflt1189

*Miracles That Actually Happened To Me, On The Night Of 11/06/2006! The Following Is A TRUE Story. Read It, & Dare To Believe.*





In 11/2006, I came home one night, feeling broken, & beat down by the world. I was just about broke, I had no relationship with my family in the previous 5 years, & it was very poor anyway with them, so ... I also felt like ending my life right then & there, due to continuous thoughts of hopelessness, as well as other tormenting thoughts... social ´fears,´ as well as this unfounded fear that people were tryn´a kill me, in the middle of the night.

It was the wierdest thing; I felt ´compelled´ to just start praying. I said:

"OK, Jesus. Help me. You win. I can´t do this anymore. IF you´re real, You show me! Here I am .... I´m sorry I cursed out my parents & for rejecting you. Here, look ... I´ll call my father to appologise to him .... (So, I called my dad to appologise to him, & after I called him up to leave him a messege, I cried out): Look. You see? I told you! Where are you, Jesus? Help me, please. I can´t do this on my own anymore ... Please forgive me. Help me! I´m sorry I rejected you ..."

So I´m standing there with tears running down my face staring up at the ceiling as if I was ´expecting´ to hear from Him, or feel something, -- & I did! -- All of the sudden, I felt this overwhelming peace come over my entire body. --



1) The tormenting thoughts of hopelessness, & ending my life, INSTANTLY left my head, & in that very second, those feelings were replaced by the soothing, comforting, & emotionally-stabilizing Holy Spirit.



2) God's Holy Spirit instantly healed my bottom left rear molar, as well. Even though the dentin was exposed & is still exposed on it still to this day, the pain is no longer there. It simply vanished, the very second that I started opening up my heart to Jesus. - No dentist would do work on my affected tooth, because they refused to accept the insurance I tried to use through the state of PA. Nice, huh?

3) My right ankle was diseased; it used to lock up on me, an average of 10 times per month, & was stiff practcally every other day, in that 5 year period. I had a medical condition called "Effusion" in the joint, as was discovered via an MRI examination of my right ankle & foot, in late 10 ... -- It instantly healed up, & when no other Dr. helped me because I have NO insurance to cover an operation. -- I was snubbed & rejected in emergency rooms by several different "Dr..´s." - both in NJ, & here in PA. Not surprising, in this cold-blooded medical system! -- JC healed my ankle, when the world litterally coldly turned it´s back on me. I was miraculously healed, in an instant! --



4) Since I was 16 years of age, I had troubles with nightmares which got very chronic a lot of times. Primarilly, when I was living on my own in NJ & here in PA in the later years of my formerly unsaved life, I had continuing thoughts of hopelessness, which when I lived in NJ, got to be just terrible, after I started living out on my own. As the years progressed, they got even worse, & even some types of psychotropics were not effective to hold them back & in fact what the Dr. gave me at the time, made me suicidal!! - The worst part of the whole thing in that nightmare, was that the pills made me as fat as a damn pig!! - To this day, the meds have ruined my body, that I am unable to shed the weight that the pills caused me to put on, from back in 06/1999. How interesting!! All of those torments which I have just mentioned, completely vanished, on the spot. -- The unbelievable happened.



5) I had terrible bouts of anger, & rage during parts of my adult life when I lived in South Orange, NJ, in 2000. It was really bad, & the anger came upon me suddenly, & I used to cry a lot ... I always had the urge to just wanna break down & begin to sob, for no reason, I was a broken man. Broken, indeed! not so much on the outside appearance, but on the inside, I was in shambles.

My roomy at that time where I used to live, in 60 first st. (Apt. 2) in South Orange, NJ, was always very tolerant & helpful to me & he was there for me, when I would freak out & start throwing things -- may God be with him, for it.

- I still keep in touch twith him to this day, but he's not too good about returning my phone calls. Oh, well. But he was very very nice to me, & I love the guy for it. He's a great man. He lives alone these days. He too, has heard of my testimony from me, as you could well imagine(!)



6) The last year or so, I had trouble with controlling my anger, by way of yelling, & cursing from time to time. It wasn't that terrible, but it was still at times noticeable enough, by people in my immediate area, where I still live. My 1st floor neighbors are witnesses to the fact that I have change, & can see remarkable differences in my former behaviors. There were times when I used to jump up & down on my 3rd floor bedroom floor, on the thisrd floor of this old hundred + year old building, & you can imagine how the top half of the building would shake rattle & rol due to my stomping full-force upon the ceiling. I bascially had a lot of trouble controlling my ability to vent out my anger, & it came out forceably like that. Lol - It would have been vvery intimidating to bare witness to first-hand up-close, believe me! I almost got evicted for it, in NJ. I came a hair's breath away. - Whew! I was just really tormented & broken. After the miracles performed within me, - He must have repaired my soul, besides allowing me t ohave a portion of his Holy Spirit, because I've NEVER gotten that angry, that I felt the need to stomp up & down so visciously, as prior to that point.



I mean whut can I say? I am so impressed by the works that He has done in my life, that I must narc, tattle, boast, & tell you all about this, so that you too, can experience this, if you so desire. - Please continue, & read on!


Some Of My Old Habbits, Prior To 11/06/2006

I used to draw airplanes all the time, since I was a little kid. I over-focussed on them as I love aviation, & as an adult, I drew planes nonstop 12 hours a day stuck in my strong-hold, not going anywhere in my pseudo-misery (so to speak), & after that moment in 11/2006, I just lost the compulsive urge, stopped drawing. It just ceased, all at once. No meds ... No counselling .... No "help" from the world. Amazing. Absollutely amazing. I would have never believed that such a thing was at all possible, if it didn´t happen to me, personally. This was not some phony-balony televangelist put-on; -- this was an actual in the flesh, in yer face experience, & I attest to it to be the 100% truth.

I can forgive people now, I´m no longer suicidal ... I´m not full of hate ... I´m not severely obsessed with my former passion of drawing airplanes day in & day out like I´ve been doing for my entire adult life prior to 11/2006, & I´ve gotten the relationship back with my parents, which means a whole hell of alot to me. I went from being a selfish, vengeful, unforgiving individual, to having a sudden hunger for knowing more about this amazing deity that from what I used to hear so much about in the world throughout my life up to that point, was this dude who healed the blind, the lame, & the sick, 2000+ years ago! - how fascinating, huh? no one EVER witnessed to me of the miracles that jesus Christ performed in a person's life, so i had no idea, that what happened actually was possible, or that it would ever happen to me. -- But, IT DID. I went my whole life up to that point, living in fear, with inner torments & a lot of times, horrendous nightmares which you can't even believe, & some that cannot even be discribed ... In my adult life it was even worse ... i'm telling you, as the reader, that the deity of Christ will without any question, work a miracle(s) in your life, IF you choose to call upon Him in prayer. I am a solid witness to it, so listen to what you're being told in here, my friends. I love you all enough to tell you the truth of what transpired.



Behold:



The Gospel According to

MARK
9 : 23


9



23 ""Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things
are possible to him who believes." "

Shortly before God saved my soul through JC, I used to be in counselling for hateful feelings I had towards everyone who wronged me, w/other bad thoughts, & at the moment that I was healed. It was the wierdest thing. I just knew that I was made right, by my faith in Him(!) When it happened, I automatically went over to the phone, & cancelled all of my future Dr.´s appointments. There simply was no more need to go to further sessions as I was not suicidal any longer ... I was not hateful of people any longer. It was all over. (The inner torments in my life, as the former unbeliever).

Behold:

The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the
THESSALONIANS
3 : 3

3 "But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you
and guard you from the evil one."

At that point, that´s when I suddenly put ´2 & 2 together´ as they say, once I received the Holy Spirit, & believed evrything that was written in whut I now know to be the soveriegn Word of the Only living God, & His Son as told of, in the New Testament, beginning at: The Gospel According to
MATTHEW. -- Also He is prophacied about, in the Old Testament!


Behold:



The Book of
ZECHARIAH

3:7-10

3

7 "Thus says the LORD of hosts:

"If you will walk in My ways,
And if you will keep My command,
Then you shall also judge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who stand here.
8 'Hear, O Joshua the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before
you,
For they are a wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant
the BRANCH.
9 For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
Upon the stone are seven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave it's inscription,'
Says the LORD of hosts,
'And I will remove the iniquity of that land
in one day.
10 In that day,' says the LORD of hosts,
'Everyone will invite his neighbor
Under his vine and under his fig tree.' " "


"The demons tremble at His name." Amen. Neat, huh?

Let me say, that ANYONE who tells you that the Holy Spirit of God, or His Son Jesus Christ does not exist, or that He does not heal, or that the Holy Spirit is not real, is nothing more than a liar, a misleading snake, a false-prophet, & are an anti-Christ, as warned of, in the NT (New Testament):



Behold:



The Second Epistle of
PETER

2 : 1 - 22

1 "But there were also false prophets among the
people, evenas there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Lord who brought them,
and brng on themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their destructive ways,
because of whom the way of truth will be blas-
phemed.
3 By covetousness they will exploit you with de-
ceptive words; for a long time their judgment has
not been idle,and their destruction does not
slumber.
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned,
but cast them down to hell and delivered them into
chains of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved
Noah, one of eight people,a preacher of righteous-
ness, bringing in the flood on the world of the
ungodly;
6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making
them an example to those who afterward would
live ungodly;
7 and delivered righteous Lot who was op-
pressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them,
tormenting his righteous soul from day to day by
seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)--
9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly
out of temptations and reserve the unjust under
punishment for the day of judgment,
10 and especially those who walk according to the
flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise author-
ity. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are
not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
11 whereas angels, who are greater in power and
might, do not bring a reviling accusation against
them before the Lord.
12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be
caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they
do not understand, and will utterly perish in their
own corruption,
13 and will receive the wages of unrighteousness,
as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the
daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing
in their own deceptions while they feast with you,
14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot
cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have
a heart trained in couvetous practices, and are ac-
cursed children.
15 They have forsaken the right way and gone
astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor,
who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity; a dumb
donkey speakingwith a man's voice restrained the
madness of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds carried
by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness forever..
18 For when they speak great swelling words of
emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through lewdness, the ones who have actually es-
caped from those who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they them-
selves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a per-
son is overcome, by him also he is brought into
bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of
the world through the knowledge of the Lord an
Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in
and overcome, the latter end is worse for them
then the beginning.
21 For it would have been better for them not to
have known the way of righteousness, than having
known it, to turn from the holy commandment de-
livered to them.
22 But it has happened to them according to the
true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit."2(PROVERBS 26:11)
and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in
the mire.""


I reccommend the NKJV, as myself, & my other evangelical brothers & sisters agree on this variant. Check it out, sometime.

As far as the influence yer "friends" may have over yer decision, who cares whut yer "friends" think about it. Friends are fickle & generally undependabe, -- ESPECIALLY those of em,' who are still heathen, their souls not having been born again, through Jesus Christ. I´ve got another astonishing revelation for ya ... People in general, are not yer judge, so remember that.

At this point, I´m a prayer warrior, in the Christian faith. He has shown me that He loves me for who I am, & most importantly, that He has forgiven me for my blasphemies, for the self-exhaltations & pride in my heart. He's shown me that I´m now a partaker in His inheritance, & promised rest. He has given me the right to enter heaven after my physical body dies. Yes, not by my own might, but by God's grace & mercies. Just think ... if you open up your heart to him, He will do the same, for you, too!

Behold:

JOHN 6 : 47 - 51



6

47 " "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes
in Me has everlasting life.
48 "I am the bread of life.
49 "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and are dead.
50 "This is the bread which comes down from
heaven, that one may eat of it, and not die.
51 "I am the living bread which came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh,
which I shall give for the life of the world." "







My Way Of Life



The life I lead goes like this: I witness to people around my town & tell others of the miracles that Jesus did for me. No, I´m not a pastor, but I do minister to people around the town from time to time of Jesus & who He is, & of the miracles that He performed in my life in 11/2006. In return, the Lord sends people my way to help me out with a variety of things, from time to time. (Food, little things like that ... etc.) That´s what´s called living BY FAITH. Through Faith in Jesus Christ are we healed, as what is spoken of, in the New Testament.





My New Position In Life; Putting It All In Perspective:



My Being A Follower Of Christ Does Not Mean ...



...that I've lost my manhood
...that I no longer have feelings like the average Joe who, has not been forgiven his sins, by Christ
...that I am 'poifect,' as I am quite 'impoifect.' I've only been forgiven of my sins, through the blood that was shed on the cross at Calvary -- & also by my choosing to open up my heart to Him, in prayer
...that I do not know how to laugh & have a good time with my friends, saved, or not. My friends love my sense of humor, & my imitations o everyone else including farm animals. Lol
...that I am not a human being, with human emotions like you. I have them! So, please don't take a crap on me, & neglect me & my feelings. You would hate it, done to you, OK?
...that I forgot how to make my partner feel good privately -- (you know whut I mean!) I KNOW how to do that. TRY ME!
...that all I know how to do is to quote scripture, because I am knowledgable in a variety of areas of conversation., so kindly do not stand in judgment of me.



OK, the other thing lastly is, that just because one follows Him, does not mean that they are supposed to sit feeling lonely with their thumb up their but (so to speak) We are human beings, who have feelings as before we received a Spiritual annointing, & we still have struggles out in the world, just like you do. Me personally, desires a woman. - NOT just any woman, either, though. I would prefer that you be a Christian/Messianic Jew, but IF you're not, OK, so be it. I'm not yer judge, & As long as you don't play mine, we'll get along just fine, OK hon? Lol Thanks.



If you so desire to come to Jesus, that your inner torments/physical problems (health problems) be eased & eradicated, please refer to the way in which I have provoked that supernatural response from Him, in the beginning of my testimony, as written in italics, in purple. I will nonetheless, leave with you the reader, a similar prayer that you can use, which I garrentee you, WILL be effective.



The following prelude to provoking a supernatural response from Jesus Christ, attaining the heavenly supernatural healing:



Behold:



1) Stop & reflect upon all those times that you've cursed people out, & hurt others, as well as taken vengeance.

2) Examine what is wrong with you - either physically, OR mentally, or both.

3) Think of all of the hate that you feel towards a lot of types of people - perhaps for no logical reason(?)

4) Remember all those times when you have had massive & overwhelming feelings of fear, feelings of people trying to kill you, as well an unfounded fear of the dark.

5) Think of how you may have been afflicted with epilepsy, unexplained joint problems/unexplained fears or feeling like you have a major compulsion to just do the same thing, time, & time, & time again, without it getting you anywhere. - This is demonic interference, as mentioned in: The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the

EPHESIANS.
Behold:

6 : 10 - 18

10 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the LORD and
in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of darkness of this age, against spiri-
tual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with
truth, having put on the breastplate of righ-
teousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation
of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which
you will be able to quench all the firey darts of the
wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the saints-- ..."

You must remember 1 thing. You must pray the following prayer to Him with a humble heart, try to focus on Him, & EXPECT Him to come to You. EXPECT Him, to make a powerful presence, in your life, that you may be healed of your torments, & You WILL be healed, you will be well, & it WILL be well with you & your soul. This point, is the end of your old life spiritually, & the beginning, of your new feelings at ease, your soul at peace, & your thoughts having been calmed by Him, after He comes into yer life.

May God bless you richly, in Jesus' name. Amen.

& Now the prayer, commonly refered to, as: 'The sinner's prayer':

'Dear heavenly Father, I come to you at this time with an open heart & an open mind, to knock upon the door of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, O King, I ask You Lord, that You please forgive me of all my sins.
I'm sorry, Lord Jesus.
I apologise for ignoring You, Lord.
Please don't take my life, or allow Satan to punish me, anymore.
I ask You Lord Jesus, to please come into my life, that I may be healed of my torments & health problems. (NAME THEM, if you can.)
Lord Jesus, just as you say in:

The Book of
JOB
33:25-30

25 "His flesh shall be young like a child's,
He shall return to the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight
in him,
He shall see His face with joy,
For He restores to man his righteousness.
27 Then he looks at men and says,
'I have sinned, and perverted what was
right,
And it did not profit me.'
28 He will redeem his soul from going down
to the Pit,
And his life shall see the light.
29 "Behold, God works all these things,
Twice in fact, three times with a man,
30 To bring back his soul from the Pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light
of life."

I ask You Lord Jesus, to please be gracious unto me, & allow me Your Holy Spirit, that I may be healed, in ALL areas of my life.
Lord Jesus, I ask that You please send some of Your faithful servants my way, that I will be able to learn more about You, & what You expect of me.
Please help me, Lord Jesus.
Thank You Lord, for dying for me on the cross at Calvary.
I'm sorry, for my disobedience, Lord.
Please come to me, Lord Jesus, O righteous King.
Thank You Lord Jesus.
Amen, & amen.'

The End Result Of The Prayer


After you have spoken out that prayer, with a humble heart, He will fill you up, with His Holy Spirit. Then, you will have new desires, peace, serenity for the time being, & from that point on anyway, when you call upon Him in prayer just to tell Him your feelings, you will know that He WILL be near to you, & that He will hear you, & comfort you, with further allowances of His Holy Spirit.

Thank you so much, for taking out time from your busy schedule, to read my testimony. I appreciate it, & may the Lord be with you.



Sincerely,



Andrew Friedman



DELTA_flt.1189@yahoo.com

Andrew Fiedman
It was the DEVIL who appeared to you ,he appears in MANY forms
Your a fat slobby heretic protestant snake devil
protestantism is an invented HERESY,your a heretic
protestants preach a false invented doctrines
protestant bible is false,7 books were removed from defined bible by the heretic martin luther,so its NOT THE BIBLE
Man is not saved by faith ,but by faith and good works
Read St James Epistle,FAITH WITHOUT GOOD WORKS ARE DEAD
Protestantism is a new INVENTED religion founded by man ,martin luther so not founded by Jesus
Jesus said there shall be ONE CHURCH ONE BAPTISM ,but there are OVER 30.000 thousand protestant churches,WHY luthers invention that EVERY MAN IS A PRIEST,so every man interprets bible,little wonder there are thousands of invented protestant churches,the bible says,man shall NOT interpret bible to his own destruction
The bible is not the full source of salvation,TRADITION and scriptures are necessary for salvation.The bible says.STAND FAST AND HOLD TRADITIONS WHEATHER BY OUR WORD OR OUR TRADITION,MANY THINGS ARE NOT WRITTEN IN OUR SCRIPTURES BUT IN TRADITION
Protestants deleted the book of Machabees because it mentions Purgatory,so howe can proddys claim to have FULL bible
Purgatory is also mentioned in new testament-----SOME SHALL BE SAVED BY FIRE
Protestantism is a false religion,or should i say,over 30,000 protestants religions ARE FALSE
Finally,Jesus NEVER TOLD his apostles OR ANYONE to write a Bible,the word Bible is NOT mentioned in the Bible
JESUS TOLD HIS APOSTLES MANY TIMES IN TO PREACH AND TEACH
Friedman you a heretic devil crawling snake of the invented false protestent apostasy
Protestants have all the mountains of heresy,freemasonry,orangesm,mormonism ,ku klux klanism,presbyteriansm,anglicanis,epicoplaianism jehovahism pentecostalism so many other isms,now the fase protestant SKY ALLIANSISM yet another protestant heresy all incompatible with bible
JESUS SAID THERE SHALL BE ONE CHRUCH AND ONE SHEPHERD,NOT 30,000 invented false proddy churches
luther knox zwingli henry v111
FRIEDMAN YOUR THE PROTESTANT DEVIL IN HELL

Friedman
I agree with Man Utd
Protestantism is an invented fable,how can there be over 30,000 protestant religions when jesus says in bible there shall be one church one shepherd
The Bible also says there are 7 sacraments not 2 or 3
The Bible also mentions Mary Blessed Virgin,Mary, Intercession Of Saints,Purgatory,, Bible says---Let all generations call me Blessed
Apocalypse mentions the angels saints pray for us in heaven
This is my body this is my blood,in Bible see here the Real presence of Jesus body blood under appearance o bread and wine
So protetantism is an invented farce invented by luther in 16th century,luthers invention was unheard of before then for 1,500 years of Christianity

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he may say he has already shipped the goods
deal often sounds too good to be true

7. foreign company offers you a job receiving payments from customers, then wiring funds

foreign company may claim it is unable to receive payments from its customers directly
you are typically offered a percentage of payments received
this kind of "position" may be posted as a job, or offered to you via email

Actual scam emails sent to craigslist users:


Hi,
I am selling this car because my platoon has been sent back to Afganistan and don't want it get old in my backyard. The price is low because I need to sell it before November 16th. It has no damage, no scratches or dents, no hidden defects. It is in immaculate condition, meticulously maintained and hasn't been involved in any accident...I do have the title , clear, under my name. The Denali has 35,000 miles VIN# 1GKEK63U16J138428 .
It is still available for sale if interested, price as stated in the ad $4,300. The car is in Baltimore, MD, in case it gets sold I will take care of shipping. Let me know if you are interested, email back.
Regards!!!




First of all I want to thank you for your interest for my car. I sell it at this price($2,980.00 ) because I have been divorced recently. Now the car is in my property and as a woman i don't need it. This car is in excellent working conditions, no scratches, flaws or any kind of damage, slightly used in 100% working and looking conditions and comes with a clear title.

From the beginning you have to know that for the payment I request only secure pay, I prefer the payment to be done using eBay services. We will use a safe payment method because I am affiliated at eBay and I have a purchase protection account for $20,000.00 The final price that I want for this car is $2,980.00 including shipping and handling.

If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and address so I can initiate the deal through eBay.

I will wait your answer very soon.




Hello,

I am looking for caring and honest person to watch my 3 years old daughter while I work, during our stay in the state and a friend introduced craiglist.com to me, I was searching on Childcare Babysitter, when your Ad post pumped up as a Childcare and Babysitter, am interested in your service as my babysitter/Childcare.. My Little daughters is (Mellina ) , I would like you to watch over her while i am at work in your Location , I reside in United Kingdom,I will be coming to the States in about two weeks time , Cos I just got a contract with Boss Perfume fashion industry down there, I work as a model and the contract will last for a month, the duration of our service wil be from 10am to 5pm, monday thru friday, I would like to know if she will be taken care of in your childcare centre/Home, or the hotel room where i would be lodging, It's Okay by me, any of this ways.

My little daughter (Mellina ) is 3 years old, I will be waiting patiently for your email indicating the cost of everything,I mean the price for your service,how long you will be available to take care of her,how much u charge per week. she is just three years old as i have said earlier and i will be glad to update you and make the payment in advance to show you how serious i am. So please get back to me as soon as you can if you will be able to handle her and take very good care of her for me.

Email me back
Your's faithfully


> Thanks for your mail,Since the cost of your bike is $800 i just contacted
my client about the cost of your bike and it present condition and he said
there is no problem about that.So my client said he will be issuing you a
Certified Check of $4000 while you wire 3000 to me through Western Union
Money Trasfer and you deduct the cost of your bike $800 and keep the
remaining $200 which my client said you should take for the terms of
Transaction and Agreement between you and my client.So i will like you to
send me your full contact information to where my client will be sending you
> the Certified Check like this:
> name.........
> full address.............
> city...............
> state.............
> country..........
> zipcode............
> cell/office/home phone number.......................
> I will look forward to the requested information as soon as possible so
that the check can be sent out to you immediately And do get back to me
with the Pics of the bike so tha! t my client will be Able to see What he
is paying off.Get back to me immediately. Looking torwards your
> respond,
> Best Regards.



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