Lizzy Richard, a business woman in the U.S. wishes to donate $3600 to my church. She promises that she'll send me a check for $8600 and I am to deduct the $3600 from it and send her the difference of $5000. Sounds simple enough. I'll have Father Hershey Barr take this one.
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:50:27 +0100
From: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Greeting in the name of the lord.
My name is lizzy richard, I am a very busy business woman, i reside in
usa where i run my businesses. The lord has laid it on my heart to be in
convenant
him,and in so doing,be a blessing to his house and to other charity
organisation through my finances.He said i should support six churches,
which i have pair up in twos.I came across your ministry through a business
friend that your ministry has been a blessing to. In this
course of fulfilling Gods word, i will send a cheque of $8,600 which will
be shared between your church and "THE WORD OF FAITH FAMILY CHURCH" inUnited
Kingdom.
This money should be shared thus as specified by God.
1)$1600 for the church project and other pressing needs of the church,
like TV ministry.
2)$1000 for the needy and the less previlegde ones in the church.
3)$1000 for the pastors welfare.The above breakdown
is for your church.
However, Upon receipt of the cheque
and after proper accreditation of the cheque, you will remit
the balance of $5,000 via western union money transfer ASAP to "THE WORD
OF FAITH FAMILY CHURCH"in west africa through the minister in charge of
the church.If this is right, kindly send me a name and address of whom i
the cheque will be made out to ASAP. Also make available a telephone number
to reach and keep in contact with you from time to time. I will like to
inform you that the fund will be made available to the church quarterly
for a year.
Thanks and God blessYours in Christ
lizzy richard
From: Father Barr (hersheybarr@xxxxxxxxxx.com)
To: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Date: Apr 17, 2005 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
My dear friend in Christ,
I am Father Hershey Barr of Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy
Church. I am very surprised to receive you email regarding your intent
to donate to our church. We don't get many donations of the large
amount that you're referring to.
As you must be aware, we are a very small congregation and your
generous donation will be greatly felt. Please give me some details
about yourself and your mission.
I shall await your reply and I remain yours,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek,
Angus
From: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
To: Father Barr
Date: Apr 18, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
THANKS FOR YOU REPLY AS YOU READ IN MY EMAIL AM WE RICH WOMAN MY HUSBAND
AS 3 BIG COMPANY IN WEST AFRICA AND HEREIN MY CUNTRY AND I AM INTO IMPORT
AND EXPOTER SO 23 OF MAY 1999 HE WAS INVOLVE IN AN PLAN CRACH AND BEFORE
HE DIED HE LOVE HELPING CHURCHES AND HE AS TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE DIES I SHOULD
GIVE OUR ONLY SON 50% OF ALL HE AS AND GIVE THE REST TO NEW CHURCHES AND
THERE CHARITY HOME SO AND I KEEP TO HIS PROMISE SINCE HE DIED THE PROFIT
I MADE FROM HIS COMPANY I KEEP 50% TO OUR SON ACOUNT AND AND GIVE THE REST
TO CHURCH AND CHARITY HOME SO YOUR CHUECH AND THE MINISTRY I TOLD YOU I
WANT TO HELP ARE JUST LUCK TO BE AMONG THE CHURCH I WANT TO HELP THIS MOUNTH
SO IF YOU ARE INTRESTED KINDLY GO BACK TO THE FIRST EMAIL I SEND TO YOU
AND PROVIE ALL I NEED TO SEND YOU THE MONEY OK.
STAY BLESS.
From: Father Barr
To: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Date: Apr 18, 2005 8:27 PM
Subject: Bless you Lezzy Richard
Dear Mrs. Lezzy Richard,
How are you? I am absolutely ecstatic to hear from you again.
I just want you to know that we are extremely grateful for your very
generous donation to our church. As I had mentioned previously, that
amount of money will have a tremendous impact on our congregation.
Of course, we would like to give you due credit for your donation.
With any donation of $1000 or more, we would like to honor you with a
plaque bearing your photograph so if you would be so kind to send a
photograph of yourself, we will mount it along with your name and the
amount of your donation. I have attached a photo of myself and of our
church to this email.
Please make the check out to Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
You can send it to:
Diocese of Berek
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
xxxxxxxxx Drive
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unfortunately, we are a very small church within the Diocese and
Bishop Wombat has deemed it unnecessary for us to have a telephone.
The Bishop's telephone number is XXX-XXX-XXXX in case you need it for verification.
Yours in Christ,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
 
From: Father Barr
To: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Date: Apr 19, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: Did you receive my last email to you?
Dear Mrs. Lezzy Richard,
I was just wondering if you had received my last email to you
concerning the information that you wanted.
I hadn't heard from you and I just wanted to make sure that you knew
that I had responded to your questions.
Your grateful friend in Jesus H. Christ,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
From: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
To: Father Barr
Date: Apr 19, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: RE: Did you receive my last email to you?
BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
THANK FOR YOUR REPLY I SAW YOUR REPLY AM VERY SORRY FOR RESPOUND LATE
IS JUST THAT AM VERY BUSY. SO I SAW YOUR INFORMATION SO I MAKE THE CHEQUE
READY FOR YOU OK AND AS SOON AS I SEND IT I WILL LET YOU KNOW OK.
STAY BLESS.
From: Father Barr
To: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Date: Apr 19, 2005 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Did you receive my last email to you?
Dear Mrs. Lezzy Richard,
Bless you as well. I am happy to hear from you.
Yes, I recall you mentioning that you were a very busy person. I'm
sorry if I seemed to be rushing you.
Stay blessed, Mrs. Richard.
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
From: Father Barr
To: xxxxxxxxx@terra.com.mx
Date: Apr 26, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: Your generous donation has not arrived
Dear Mrs. Lezzy Richard,
Again, we would like to thank you for your pledge to donate $3600 to
our humble church. We wish to inform you, however, that we have not
yet received your pledged amount.
We respectfully ask that you honor your pledge, Mrs. Richard. When did
you send it?
Yours in Jesus H. Christ,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
From: lizzyrichard@terra.com.mx
To: Father Barr
Date: May 12, 2005 10:09 AM
Subject: thank
Dear Father Hershey Barr,
sorry for so long as soon as you recieve my cheque i will like you to mail
me back no my yahoo box this is my yahho box xxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com ok
please i will like you to give me you phone number again ok and thai is
my phone number in uk +44703184XXXX please call me as soon as you recieve
this mail thank
lizzy
From: Father Barr
To: xxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Date: May 16, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: Thank you for your email...
Greetings in the name of Our Lord,
It is very nice to hear from you again Mrs. Richard.
Please forgive me for the delay in getting back to you. We have been
so very busy over the past few days, I hadn't had the opportunity to
check my email.
Are you in the UK now? You must have been very busy yourself. I shall
telephone you at my earliest opportunity.
Thank you again for your reply.
Yours faithfully in Jesus H. Christ,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
From: lizzy richard
To: Father Barr
Date: Jun 19, 2005 11:29 PM
Subject: bless you
BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
I WILL LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR WILL BE SEND AGAIN TODAY SO I WILL LIKE TO GIVE YOU CALL SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER AND PLEASE SEND YOUR ADDRESS ADAIN SO I CAN CONFIRM AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL MAIL ME BACK OK AND I MY IN UK FOR NOW SO YOU CAN GET TO ME WILL THIS NUMBER +447031846846 OR +447031840036 OK
THANK
LIZZY
From: lizzy richard
To: Father Barr
Date: Jun 30, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
HELLO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE SEND THE CHEQUE PLEASE IF YOU RECEIVE MY CHEQUE LET ME KNOW OK THANK
I NEED YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO I CAN GIVE YOU CALL OK
From: Father Barr
To: lizzy richard
Date: Jun 30, 2005 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
Dear Mrs. Lezzie Richard,
This is truly good news. To be honest, I thought that you had
forgotten all about your promise to donate to our church.
I will keep an eye out for your package. How did you send it? Was it
through the Royal Mail or did you send it via courier?
Please forgive me for doubting you, Mrs. Richard.
I hope to hear from you soon.
May Jesus H. Christ be with you,
--
Father Hershey Barr
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Diocese of Berek, Angus
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