NOW Is The Opportunity To Help A Racer
July 1, 2010I wrote about this on June 27, and now I have better information to pass along. So here it comes; you do with it what God convicts you to do, nothing more, but nothing less.
Mark Cassela will be traveling to China to have surgery on his eye that was blinded in 1997 in a violent sprint car crash while racing with USAC. The procedure could restore his eyesight after all these years, and you could have a part. Wouldn’t that be wonderful to experience such a healing?
Mark’s long time friend, Terry Theiss, has started a program to help raise funds for Mark’s need. He will be going to China in September for 30 days and will need twenty-thousand dollars for the operation, plus air fare and living expenses for him and a traveling companion to care for him while he is recuperating.
Terry Theiss
82 Chevy Lane
Clarion PA 16214
daytime: 814-764-6200
other times 814-221-8998
Terry has procured 4 tickets for the Pocono race with Sky-box accommodations and many perks. You may get full details by calling Terry or emailing him mrlee@windstream.net
You may contact me at anytime for more information. The tickets for Pocono are for three days and worth $1000 each. The raffle tickets will be selling for $5.00 each, and will be drawn before the race in August.
Will you help?
Bill
Meeting Needs- Are We Responsible?
June 27, 2010Having been in and around the racing scene, and the people that make it all happen, for a long time has given me some unique opportunities, some good and some not so good, and the choice is always mine.
While attending Tri-City Speedway one evenin, I began a conversation with a man about a relative of ours that was a very good Sprint car driver. The relative was J D Leas from Ohio; he drove in the Billy Casella era, and the man I was talking to was Mark Casella, the West Virgina Wild Man.
My one question turned into a longer talk about some serious needs Mark has. If you remember, he was injured in a bad crash years back, and lost the sight of one eye. As it happens, with the type of injury he has, there is a procedure that has the great possibility of restoring his eyesight. The only road block is that it is only done in two places: China or Germany, and he has no means to pay for it. He has tried to get help from USAC but was refused help because they are not sure it will work, and in his own words, “We wont know until we try.”
My question is this, do we have a responsibility to help? I cant answer for you, that is totally a personal decision that only you can answer for yourself. Mark said if he had his eyesight back he would probably drive again. My heart would like to help him resume a life he loved so much. There is a grass roots effort underway to help him realize his dream. I am going to help this effort and hope you will also.
Anyone interested, please contact me and I will try to assist. At the present time I am only asking for responses, not money. That will come later when we have an amount set for a goal. He gave me a figure, and it didn’t seem extreme when you consider restoring sight.
First and foremost, I ask you to pay for wisdom in this matter. We really need God’s wisdom and guidance.
And again I ask “Are we responsible for our fellow man’s welfare?”
Expecting to hear from you,
Bill Beck – M.R.O.A. Chaplain
Random thoughts about God.
June 26, 2010The last weeks have been very different for me I have always been free to go and do most anything I deemed necessary ,that all changed in the last 9 months due to a detour in a very predictable road of life.
Many of us have used the term my way or the hiway I have been experiencing the hiway part of life ,I can tell you the my way was in my eyes a lot more pleasing but the hiway has taught me muce more than my way.
If I were to tell you it has been all good my words would only be to make myself better than I am so it is my intent to tell the truth the bible tells us the truth sets us free and I dont want to be a slavet to man or circumstances so here it is.
My wife of 50 plus years and the most faithful and loving person you could imagine was suddenly the victim of a very serious health issue one that was not supposed to happen but never the less it did and she is the one feeling all the pain and suffering but as Paul Harvey says there s more I am the first to tell you she has endured more pain and hospital time than any would want but there is more.
I have been given the chance to prove my love for her not by buying her expensive gifts going on great vacations or any of the things that prove love through money,my gift has been in knowing She has been and will be taken care of in the same way God has taken care of me ,through serving her in any way she needs.
I have become Mr. mom and that is a role that I never saw in my manly job description but as sure as you were born right there in the fine print it reads like this husbands love your wife like Christ loves the Church ,I in no way want to imply this is a bad thing for me only that I only read the parts I liked and now are you ready The Rest of The Story.
The days of saying I am going to do this or go here or there on a whin are now not in my vocabulary ,this was my wife way of life for many years I dont mean to say I was abusive but I could rate 100% on inconsiderate .
Serving is a lot easier spoken than done it is my prayer that God will allow me to be a quick learner and Judy will be blessed buy my perceived incovenience when God only calls it a learning time ,I have come to cherish thos times past and how much and for so long Judy spoiled me you see she is a true servant and I needed to know how to be one also.
I need to get this posted Judy needs some attention and I have some washing to put in the dryer, a real husbands work is never done but always necessary in order to have a good marriage.
I am loving my wife like Christ loves the Church,
Bill Beck
M.R.O.A. Chaplain
