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Norfolk Christian writer's book raises charity funds

Pat Eastwell's book about her adventures with God, including sitting next to an angel on a Canadian bus, will raise funds for Dementia UK, following her death on October 3.

In her 87-page book ‘The Trustworthy God,’ self-published in 2018, Norfolk Christian writer Pat reflects on a lifetime of promptings from God and where these have led her. 
 
After considering a question posed at a conference, Pat realised that she had “learned so much over the course of a lifetime that she could write a book” - and so she did. ‘The Trustworthy God’ comprises 22 pithy chapters that focus on facets of God’s character and Christian living. 

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“After 59 years as a Christian, I wanted to share my experiences with others, to encourage and strengthen them too,” said Pat.
 
Pat is from a Pentecostal conservative church tradition and uses the King James Version in her extensive Biblical references.  She considers her gifts to be discernment and prophecy, and this ability to hear from God has led her to some curious places.  She recalls booking a spontaneous trip to Pioneer, Canada where she was able to anoint areas of spiritual significance and believes she met an angel on a bus during a breakdown.
 
Other promptings have resulted in her being quietly healed from a gluten intolerance on a plane to Corfu, blessing strangers at a petrol  station at just the right time and leading people to follow Jesus.
 
Some of her views may differ to those held by other Christian traditions, but her resolute desire to follow God’s leading presents a challenge to any reader.
 
Before Pat retired, she was a Relative Carer Advocate.  She is a keen gardener with an allotment and has developed a love of writing about God. She has already finished her second book, a volume of poems and is working on two more. 

Since publishing her book in 2018, Pat has suffered memory problems and in 2020 she moved into a care home, explained daughter Shirley Brame.

"Since publishing her book, our mother's memory deteriorated to the point where she had to go into a care home in the midst of the Covid pandemic lockdown in 2020. Her diagnosis is Alzheimer's mixed dementia.

"Pat had three grown-up children; two daughters and a son, five grandchildren and a great grand-daughter who was born just before Pat went into the care home. We would like to try and carry on with our mother's wishes to sell her book that she managed to publish and all the proceeds will go towards Dementia UK.
 
The price of the book has been reduced from £8.75 to £5, including p&p, and is now available direct from Shirley at neilbrame@sky.com.
 


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