Throughout my life, family & friends have encouraged me to write a book.  Well, I feel I have chosen the next best option which is to put my knowledge and experiences on a website.  I have had a full life, with many different and exciting experiences that I would love to share with you.

Richard and I were married for three years when I began to feel like my life was empty, something was missing.  I had a good marriage, two great sons, had a great job, owned two cars and a home on a quarter acre of land, but I just was not happy.  Not really.  There was an emptiness that none of my material possessions could fill.

About that time, the lady I was carpooling with started telling me about Jesus and how he had changed her life from the inside out.  At first, I blew her off with the polite nod and frozen smile, but the more she told me, the more I desired to have the inner peace she possessed.

I finally felt if anyone could point me in the right direction to find whatever was missing in my life, it would be this friend.  I called her to let her know I was ready to hear more about Jesus and she invited me over.  For the next two days that she was talking to me about Jesus and all he could do for me and my life, I was thinking that I had committed THE un-pardonable sin.  According to the Catholic church, this sin was so horrible, God would never forgive me for this one!  I had an abortion. The more my desire grew to accept Jesus into my life and heart, the worse my head pounded.  The pressure was building to the point I thought it would explode!

On the second day, she said to me, "Charlie, have you had an abortion?"  I was shocked!  No one but Richard knew.  There was absolutely no way she could have known!  This had to be God reaching out to me.

I stuttered my yes reply and she said, "I thought that's what I was hearing.  Your son wants you to know that he is happy in heaven and he is waiting for the day you will meet."

I was dumbfounded.  My mind was spinning, my head was pounding, but at the same time, my heart was singing.  As I have learned many times since, sometimes church doctrine can really mess with your mind and keep you from a relationship with God.  Especially when the church doctrine is proven to be wrong by the Word of God.

God is a forgiving God and Jesus paid the price for all abortions.  Once I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior, recognized my abortion as a sin of murder, the pressure in my head was instantly gone.  I could think clearly again.  I was washed clean and pure and best news of all, I felt clean and pure!

The Word of God states in Isaiah, "Come, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."  Is that cool or what?

After being delivered from the occult, alcohol, smoking and a really foul mouth, the real Charlotte that God created and called to ministry was able to stand up and be counted.  God asked me if I was willing to help others as I had been helped.  My immediate answer was, "Yes Lord, use me." 

I then recalled an experience I had in fourth grade.  It was during our morning prayer time that I had this vision.  In my minds eye, I found myself standing in a lush grassy field, under a huge tree that was planted by a beautiful river.  (Psalm 1:1-3) Jesus was sitting under the tree.  He motioned for me to sit down next to him.  He was beautiful!  Unlike any picture I had ever seen!  He had dusty blonde, wind blown hair which was just about shoulder length, steel blue eyes, and very olive skin.  He looked like he had just stepped out of the desert into my vision.  He was wearing a white robe and sandals.  I felt completely comfortable and safe sitting with him.  I do not remember everything he said to me, but I do remember that he called me to serve him in ministry.

Having been raised in the Catholic religion, the only vocation I could relate this calling too would be that Jesus was asking me to become a nun.  I had absolutely no desire to be a nun!  It was my last choice of things to do with my life.  I was back in the classroom before I could give Jesus a response to his calling. 

Life went on and I systematically began to show Jesus he had indeed made a mistake in calling me to the nunnery!  As life moved on, I forgot all about my vision, that is until the day I accepted Jesus into my life and heart and agreed to serve him in ministry.

Eight months later, my husband received Jesus into his life and also answered his call to ministry.  We spent several years studying the Word of God, attending many conferences preparing ourselves for whatever God had in store for us.

In 1981 my husband, Pastor Fry, and I founded "Promise of Life Ministries." 2 Tim 1:1  Our goal was to make Jesus and His healing grace real when ministering to those who called upon us.  In 1982 we founded and ran Promise of Life Whole Way Home, where those who no longer wanted to be addicted to drugs/alcohol lived.  Whomever God placed in our home and ministry, we treated as our own children, teaching, training and loving them into wholeness in Jesus our Lord and Savior.

In 1985 my husband was appointed Associate Pastor of Grace Christian Fellowship in San Diego by Pastor Ken Chant. When Pastor Chant decided to retire and move back to Australia in 1989, we started Promise of Life Church.  If you would like to study some of Pastor Fry's sermons go to his site http://www.drfry.com .

Today, we continue to teach those who the Lord places in our life.  Thanks to the World Wide Web, we have an international ministry!  

I invite you to take the time to click on my various pages which will open different bible studies complete with various stories showing God's love, grace, and mercy in my life.  However, I warn you - I am a born-again Christian, so you will be reading lots of scripture.

"God's Plan for Woman and Man" was given to me during the first few years of our Christian walk.  Richard and I needed much healing in both ourselves and our marriage relationship.  As we learned what to do through God's Word, I put our experiences and lessons to pen.  This book is truly a work full of God's wisdom and revelation knowledge.  I highly recommend that you mark these pages in your favorite file.

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