Dorothy Hall
               
some of the feedback received (by her kids)

she had a very long betrothal   (see below)

Her home of over 20 years will become a part of the hospitality ministry of Across Ministries  here at Rancho de la Paz. The living room will hold seminars, etc. and the bedrooms will house missionaries just as her homes always have - beginning in her childhood....

This was among the emails received before Mom died. Notice the date (One week before she died). Tho't you would like to see it. She was concerned about others right to the end. Love, Bev

Dear Bev,  Just wanted you to know I called the home yesterday at l0:35 am. The nurse transferred the call to Aunt Dorothy's room, and she picked it up after a few moments & fumbling with the phone.  We had a nice chat, & she also mentioned her concern about Don & Patti's needs.  She thanked me several times for calling...what a gracious spirit was evident in our short chat!"  :) Love,

                        Gloria Moore - Cousin from Ventura, CA


Dear Bev,   Thank you so much for sending Gloria's email about Mom sharing her concern for our welfare - just one week before she passed away. Although we knew of these feelings, which had been expressed before, it especially means a lot to me to know her heart for others and concern for her children was felt and expressed right up to the end of her life. . . With Much Appreciation,  
                        Don


I rejoice with you that your Mom went to play with Jesus. I'm on the road in Wyoming but will be with you in spirit at the memorial.  Love,
                        Frank Smith – minister friend

.... If life consists of the lives that we touch, then Dorothy Hall lived a large life.
Blessings,
                        Arthur Henry

...What joy accompanies the grief we suffer when a loved one leaves to be with Jesus.  Memories of the place the Byrum/Hall family have had in the lives of the Colorado Whitmore's have flooded us... and we continue to praise our Lord for their faithfullness.  They are a main link in the children and grandchildren from our own family that will be joining the saints in that Great and Glorious Day!!!!  Our love to all of you! 
                        Jim and Lenore Whitmore - Colorado, Cousin Mable's youngest son

[to Bev]  I rejoice with you, I'm so happy for your mom.  What a legacy she has left to all of her family.  For many years many have sung her praises at our worldy gates, but now the mighty cloud of witnesses sing her praises within the Heavenly gates. Oh, my dear friend,  I will pray His comfort upon all of you as her great soul will be truly missed. May His arms of love continue to bring you peace and strength. Love,
                        Gail Nicholson

To God be the glory, for all the things He has done...

My Tribute - one of Mom's favourites -
was sung by Andrae via pre-recording at the memorial service

To the Hall Family,
I’m so sorry I couldn’t be with you. Mom Hall was so special to me.  Memories of her will always be in my heart.
                        Andrae Crouch - Gospel singer, song writer, pastor...


. . . Thank you for the phone call informing me about Mom Hall's homegoing... Mom was my mentor and an inspiration to me and so many others when I served on her staff at the Teen Challenge Girl's Home in Los Angeles. I am putting to use many practical things & spiritual principals she taught me in ministering to others. The fruit of her life continues on...
                        Shirley Catlett - Friend from Mississippi


My surgery was supposed to be today ...  I would love to have been there for the memorial service to honor your mom. 
What a wonderful woman of God!  She affected all who knew her.   Thanks for letting me know.  I love you all.
                         Nyla Marks

Dear, dear Bev...
I am so sorry. I know she's so much better off, but you will miss her terribly. Please be comforted. I love you.
We're remembering your family and sending our sincere sympathy with our love...
                        Jannie (Cunningham) Rogers - Loren Cunningham’s sister / Bev’s coworker in writers’ training

... She, indeed, touched many lives, including ours. We'll never forget the day the "Day Spring" choir Sang at a luncheon for the Missions ladies at Calvary Temple and they layed hands on each of us - probably 30 or 40 kids - for the Lord to use us for missions. Out of that group, many many of us have done long term & short term missions around the world. That was in 1973. We'll all sit around in haven and share our missionary stories with her and those precious ladies someday. We look forward to it.
Also, on March 13, 1976, Dorothy helped everything go very smoothly for our wedding, as she was our wedding coordinator. I was so grateful to leave it in her experienced hands!! She did a great job.  Dorothy left a wonderful legacy. We're so blessed to have been part of it.
                         Mike and Paulette King  -  Missionaries / printer who's published millions of Bibles in Mandarin in China


I know we will miss Dorothy tremendously, but on the other side, she is finally in the Loving Presence of our Lord and her Heavenly Father. Her deepest desire has been fulfilled. Her Joy is complete.  She is probably playing the piano for the Holy Choir of angels, and singing, He Touched Me. SHE was the No 1 woman to me. What a devoted God loving and God fearing woman. She's fantastic. I loved her so much. I appreciated her so. May your memories keep her alive! Sincerely,
                        Elaine "Torch Bearer" Ryder


Dear Don & Patti, Bev & Pete, Peggy & Ken, Dave & Lydia,
We send our deepest sympathy in the loss of your mother. What a legacy she has left behind! Her Homegoing reception was spectacular in heaven! Thank you for letting us in on the beautiful memorial service. We send our love to each of you and rejoice with you in the tremendous heritage that you share and pray that God's comfort will strengthen each of you in this time of grief.   Love, 
                        Wayne & Judy Cagle - Missionary Friends - Philippines


... Just know you are all being lifted up before the throne of heaven in loving prayer.  I trust this will be a special family time of love, laughter, remembrance, fellowship and healing.    Our love--His peace, 
                        Joyce & Spud DeMent - Missionary Friends - Europe


Hi Don and Patti, 
Sorry to hear about your mom but we are blessed to know she's with the Lord.  Our prayers are with you and trust the family is enjoying God's peace. Love to you all,  --- 
                        Terry and Sandy (Santiago) Welch - Hawaii Friends now living in Oregon


Please accept our heartfelt condolences. I read your e-mail to the ladies at the fellowship group - Auntie Jo, Serene and many others on Wednesday.  ... We are sorry and join in your sadness. But we also rejoice with you that she is indeed with Jesus - doing cartwheels, and ever-singing and praising God -- waiting til her dear Ones arrive in Heaven. We were so encouraged by the write-up you sent of your late mother. May you be comforted of the Lord.  With Deepest Sympathy, 
                        Poh Khim, Fred and All of Us Ladies, (Friends in Singapore)


We have many happy memories of years gone by! ...  Lovingly,
                        Murrel & Geneva Kennedy - from Inglewood, Calvary AG


To the Hall Family,
You had one of the Best mothers in the whole world... Some day that you visit your mother’s grave, please take a nice bouquet of flowers for us... Love,
                        Chuck & Carol Pavia  - Our youth pastor from Calvary AG in Inglewood


... She was a good friend of our family and I have a lot of fond memories of her.  As you know, our families did a lot together. I wish we could have been there for the funeral... Love,
                        Stan Pierce - Friend from our teen years


... She was an inspiration to me during my years at Calvary in Inglewood, and I drew on the strength she exhibited while I was there. Please convey my condolences to your family for me ---  In Christian love,
                        Rick Ellis - Church & College Friend


Dear Don & Family,  . . . I have wonderful memories as a preteen, going to your home ... for Sunday dinner and enjoying your Mom's hospitality. She loved people and made them feel so welcomed in her home. She was an inspiration to me at a very young age. Give our love to Peggy, Bev, and David. We'll be praying for you all.   Our Love, 
                        George & Darlene Mautz  - Early church friends of the family from Oregon


Your wonderful mom and I shared a special friendship. Tho health and circumstances prevented us from being
together in recent years we always remained true friends. I love her dearly. I will miss calling her and sharing our lives
and many memories over the years....
                         Lois Blake


... she used her life to serve Him with such fullness. She set sooooo many things into motion through her own ministry and through her children and grandchildren and the legacy she has left behind.  I know she was so proud of each one of you!!  Talk about a life well lived!  What an example! ...
                         Lisa Dolab - from Touched By An Angel


I've appreciated being included in the emails and reading the reports of your mom's passing and her memorial. Hers was a life well lived. I didn't get to visit with her in the last 10-15 years, so my memories of her are of her younger "grandma" years, an energetic woman who reached out to everyone and shared her love for Jesus in unique ways...  Love,
                         Linda Linzey - married a cousin


... I am here at Carol and Charley's house [near Dallas, Texas] and it is Monday night. I just read the news.  I am sorry for the whole family, sorry we do not have Aunt Dorothy here now.  She had the most beautiful smile, and was always cheery and warm to us all.  It was always a joy being in the room with her!  Yes, she is happier now, and she beat us HOME.  We will see her again, and she will have her big beautiful smile to welcome us when we get there.  Everyone loved Aunt Dorothy.
Thanks for sharing her last few words with us.
                          Gena (Linzey) English - cousin


... Thanks so much for the update. I do wish I could have been there, but it was impossible... I have a video of Aunt Dot singing "The Love of God" and a duet she and I sang, with Mama playing the piano the last time she visited us here in Guadalajara. ...You're in our prayers.  Love,
                        LeeAnne Berghouse - cousin in Mexico


Don: thanks for the pictorial of your Mom.  George told us the memorial event was one of the finest and most spiritual. The presence of God was real, etc.  We were so glad to hear it. Sorry we could not have been there. You and siblings have a good heritage.  God bless you and yours. --- 
                        Stan and Verna Linzey - Uncle & Aunt


... I'm glad I was able to get up to see Aunt Dot in July.  She had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.  She seemed very interested in the conversation going on, but didn't contribute a lot.  Other than that I didn't notice any difference in her.  I will surely miss her, as we all will.  But at least we know where she is now, and we will see her again before too long.  With love and sympathy,
                        Lynn (Berghouse) & Harlan Hobbs - Cousin - Arizona


Dear Don and Patti,
Thank you so much for this beautiful account of the funeral. I had been waiting to hear how everything went as our thoughts and prayers have been with you all during this time. Dave is in Rotorua - with my brother Arthur and wife, Teri - speaking at a Korean family camp. This has been a hard time for Dave but he is doing considerably well with all the flowers and cards and emails he has received. Feels very much loved and supported. . . . I think things have settled down a bit here and our trust continues to be in the Lord. God bless you both.  ---  Love,
                    Lydia Hall - Brother Dave Hall's wife in New Zealand


Hi Dad-Mom.  . . . Grandma Hall will be greatly missed......just like Grandma Wynaught (Granny Goose) is still missed. too. I forget what Bible verse it is, but... "This World Is Not My Home, I'm Just Passing Through."  ;-)  Our Real Home Is In Heaven. Now Grandma doesn't have to wait...  Because "To be absent from the (physical) body is to be Present  (Grandma's Spirit-Body) with the LORD." Amen ? ...So no more sadden hearts. For Grandma Hall & Grandma Wynaught are right at JESUS' footstool Praising & Glorifying HIM ---> in PERSON<--- with no tiredness or sickness ever. Wow !! How happy those two are!                    
Love to you all. 
                    Steve & Jenn Hall  - Grandson & wife in NoCal


. . . . Grandma, you were always such a vibrant, strong and compassionate woman of God. I will miss your friendship, sense of humor, stories, musical talent, and wise words of advice . . . But, I know you're in a place where you are vibrant and healthy again - and for that I am glad. I will miss you and always love you, Grandma -- and I'll see again one of these days soon.  --  Your loving Grand-daughter,
                    Sherry Peavy - - In NoCal

from one of her Grandchildren (who's now a Grandma herself)

Grandma Hall passed into Glory Saturday evening. I missed it by ten minutes. But as I entered the room, I had a sense
she was still hovering some place where she could see us. I looked up and smiled, knowing that her life long wish was being fulfilled – she was going to be with Jesus! When she was young, many of the songs she loved were a popular theme, about going to Heaven someday.  She was now going herself to the One Who has so many names – to see “Fullness of Joy,” to be with “Everlasting Peace.” She was definitely getting impatient near the end. She just wanted to “go Home.”

I would say that because she knew and loved her Lord for most of her nearly 86 years [She accepted Jesus as her Savior at the age of six], she had a very long betrothal, or engagement. That is a long time to wait for her Beloved Bridegroom to call for her. But oh, did He love her!

The family and extended family always made sure to come to see her from all points of the globe, as often as they could. They are all testimonies and examples of the blessings she counted dearest. Each was raised on God’s Word and in His love. (It really is amazing how often we find ways to get together, and she was always in the middle of it.) One of our more recent gatherings was a baby dedication where she gave the matriarchal prayer and blessing. It was of her great, great grandsons. Also, not too long ago, she danced for the first time in her life, with her son, at a great granddaughter’s wedding. She’s done a lot of praying and crying and rejoicing over each and every descendant.

She gave out snatches of wisdom and humor, and views on life to each one of us, all with that certain twinkle in her eye. Her piano playing and love of music rubbed off on many of us, who now also play or sing, or just love to worship God, too. How could we help it, when a family gathering wasn’t complete unless we gathered around someone at the piano or guitar, to sing songs about Our Savior’s birth at Christmas, or choruses and worship at the end of an evening.

I have used the example of your life, Grandma, so many times in sharing or teaching others of the value and worth of a godly heritage. Your children and grandchildren may have lived and served God far across the globe, but they also knew how to come home and give honor and love to the one who sent them. I couldn’t help but smile when I looked up at the blank hospital ceiling, as tears of relief filled my eyes, and I caressed her...

Thank you, God, for having Grandma stay long enough to be a blessing to a new generation. Thank you, Grandma, for being an example of the love of God, and the willingness to serve Him at each stage of your life.
                   Debbie Peterson

from the daughter who cared for her in old age - (Bev, written to help others receive the news of Mom's graduation)

No more macular degeneration – she can see His lovely face as He shows her the glories of Heaven.
No more struggling to hear and understand – she can hear the Heavenly music.
No more unsteadiness – she’s dancing with the angels. (More about that later.)
No more pain – she’s healthy enough to do cartwheels again, right across the lawn of her new mansion.
No more medications – she has no need.
No more homesickness – She’s catching up on things with her Mom and Dad, her sis, and all those friends
 she kept telling us have gone before her. “ want to go Home. There are more there now, than here,” she would say.
No more wondering – she has now experienced what she has believed for over 80 years is true.

... Mom would have been so pleased to know we didn't argue over anything. Everyone [of her kids, grandkids, even the greats] will have something lovely to remember her by.  Her home of over 20 years will become a part of the hospitality ministry here at Rancho de la Paz. The living room will hold seminars, etc. and the bedrooms will house missionaries just as her homes always have - beginning in her childhood. Her kitchen won't have her great cooking, but folks can make things their own way. She would be pleased.  Thank you for your friendship and the prayer support during these weeks. If you would like to go on Dave's website about Mom, the URL is: http://across.co.nz/DorothyBHall.html.      Love,
                    Bev Caruso - Sister


Do you have a tribute to "Mom Hall"?  Send it to: apa@across2u.com