You know how troubled I am;

you have kept a record of my tears.

Psalm 56:6 (Good News)

This verse doesn’t describe my need today, but I know people who are in great need now.  God knows too.  He even knows the number of tears they have shed.

CaringBridge

• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris
• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh

Cheryl Hughes Green reports that her sister, Linda, is at their parent’s home and recovering from her surgery.  John Green is also recovering well from his dental surgery.

Mr. Billy Brabham will be undergoing more tests and beginning treatment next week.  Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

This is the day Jameson Parrino’s surgery has been rescheduled for.  Pray for all to go well and for the surgery to help him feel better after his recovery period.

Nunzio Joseph Ruffino
(August 3, 1926 – March 16, 2010)

Nunzio Joseph Ruffino was born on August 3, 1926 and passed away on March 16, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Josephine Arnone Ruffino, Amite; a daughter, Rose Ruffino, Amite, his son, Louis Ruffino and his wife, Glenda, Hammond; a brother, Louis Ruffino and his wife, Josie, Baton Rouge; a sister, Mary Checchin, Chicago, IL; four grandchildren, Courtney Putnam and her husband, Alan, Florence, TX, Brett Ruffino and his wife, Michele, Longview, TX, Carrie Smith and her husband, Drew, Canton, GA and Blake Ruffino, Hammond, LA; and his four great grandchildren, Andrew and Addison Smith, Morgan Ruffino and Wyatt Putnam. He is preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Loretta Ruffino, 4 brothers, John, Tony, Joe and Sam, and as well as 5 sisters Rose, Pamella, Lucy, Josie, and Stella. As a young man, Nunzio enlisted in the Army serving mainly in the Philippine Islands and was honorably discharged in the mid 1940’s. After returning home from the Army, Nunzio returned to the family farm whereby he quickly became known as a major farmer of strawberries and peppers. Nunzio was a tireless worker in everything that he did. From the family farm, to the local business that he and his wife ran in downtown Amite for 20+ years, to the “inventory manager” at his son’s Ruffino Auto Supply in Roseland in the mid 1980’s. As time passed, Nunzio’s will power continued to get stronger and he just never quit working. A crutch under one arm and a rake in the other, Nunzio worked tirelessly on his most prized possession, his yard. He was honored on multiple occasions with the monthly “Garden of the Month” which he cherished. As the years have past, forcing Nunzio inside, he had to become more dependant on others to assist him. No one did this better than his beloved wife Josephine and his favorite “men”: The Amite City Fire Department. The Ruffino family wants to send it’s deepest appreciation for the Amite City Fire Department for the compassion they’ve shown to take care of our “POP”: Nunzio Joseph Ruffino. The family would also like to send it’s deepest appreciation to all of the Home Health Nurses, Dr. Malik Spady, Dr. Susan Zaccharia, and a special thanks to Dr. Judd Patton of Mary Bird Perkins in Baton Rouge. You took care of him and we can’t thank you enough. God Bless you “POP” and don’t worry, we’ll take care of your yard! The Ruffino Family would like to invite friends and family to the visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. until 12:40 p.m. on Saturday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, at 1 p.m. on Saturday conducted by Fr. Joe Camilleri. Interment will follow at the Amite Memorial Gardens.

I hoped you marked your calendar to come enjoy food, fellowship, and a devotional tonight at the cabin at 6:30.  We treasure these times and hope you will want to join us.

WMU Biography of Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

http://www.wmu.com/index.php?q=content/corresponding-secretariesexecutive-directors#annie

KneEmail

t the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

I PLAYED FOOTBALL in college…

I wasn’t very big–only 150 pounds–and I wasn’t very good.  I got hurt a lot.  I broke my arm once, my neck once, and my nose six times.

When I tell people about it, they always ask me, “Why did you keep doing it?”

For the longest time I had no answer.

Then one day it hit me.  If there hadn’t been any fans in the stands cheering me on–my family and friends–I wouldn’t have kept playing and trying so hard.  But there were, so I did.  Tom Malone, former President and COO of Milliken and Company

But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it.  And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” Exodus 17:12

I hope this devotional thought by Mike Benson encourages you to “wear your cheerleader uniform” more often.  Encouraging others makes a big difference to them and to you!

Have a satisfying Thursday!

Anna Lee

“Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

in everything give thanks;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18~

CaringBridge

• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris
• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

http://www.anniearmstrong.com/atf/cf/%7B6FDE9F58-4DC8-4452-A4C3-E5106CE6BDE1%7D/Annie_where_it_goes.pdf

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Wanda Cage, a staff member at KHS, is undergoing surgery now.  Pray for her, those working with her, and her family.

Jameson Parinno’s surgery has been rescheduled for Thursday,

Lawana Carter is undergoing some medical tests.  Please add her to your prayer list.

Evelyn Whitley McDaniel
(March 4, 1924 – March 15, 2010)

Evelyn Whitley McDaniel moved to her heavenly home at 10:25 p.m. on March 15, 2010 at the age of 86. A native of Jackson, MS and a resident of Kentwood, LA, she was a member of East Fork Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Malone Williams of Kentwood, LA, son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Joyce McDaniel of Denham Springs, LA, 3 granddaughters, Leann Lindsey and husband, Jerry, Lida Marie McDaniel and Neil Bullock, and Rebecca McDaniel, and great-grandchildren, Brady and Anna Lindsey, Donovan Bullock, and Zoey McDaniel. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert K. McDaniel, Jr., parents, Joseph and Ethel Whitley, a daughter Byrl Katherine McDaniel, and son William David “Bill” McDaniel, brothers John, Elmo, Holle, and Eric Whitley, sisters Wilma Sanderson, Ethel Brown, Lillie Oaks, and Margaret Whitley. A memorial service, conducted by Dr. Danny Ray Smith will be held at Spring Creek Baptist Church, Kentwood, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010 with visitation starting at 6 p.m. Memorial gifts can be made to the Spring Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, 72937 Hwy 1061, Kentwood, LA 70444.

Encourage one another daily …

so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

~Hebrews 3:13 (NIV)~

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
MARCH 16, 2010

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 4:2)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (western Africa).

CITY OF NEW HOPE, CHINA. Another student fellowship/church will soon start in the southeast area of the city where no student fellowship exists. That area has been surveyed, and the new work may begin in April. Please pray for the young couple who will take the leadership of this new fellowship/church.

WINDWARD ISLANDS. The Windward Islands Team writes: “We thank God for the Baptist and many other evangelical churches present on the island of Grenada. Still, there is much darkness among many of the Grenadian people who ‘have a form of godliness’ but deny the life-changing power of the Gospel in their lives. Please pray for two new Baptist church plants in Balthazar and Requin, asking that the power of the Gospel will truly transform lives and produce multiplying disciples for Jesus. Pray for IMB colleagues as they seek to inventory and determine the Great Commission vision and involvement of Great Commission Christians on the island for future mobilization toward engaging unengaged unreached people groups (UUPGs) in the Americas and beyond.”

For additional prayer requests, click here: imb.org/todaysprayer

Please take time to read this devotional about being an encourager.  I think it will give you guidance for today.

http://www.forthright.net/kneemail/2009/07/encouragement.html

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Anna Lee

Jameson Parrino’s surgery to remove his tonsils today did not happen because the doctor had a death in the family.  Pray for him and his family during this time of delay.

Aileen Hano Kliesch
(June 2, 1935 – March 15, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, LA, died at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, MS. She was born June 2, 1935 in Bains, LA and was 74 years of age. Visitation at Greenlaw Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Milton Kliesch and Rev. Joe Warden. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. She is survived by her husband, Herbert Arthur Kliesch; 3 sons, Ivan Dwight Kliesch, Bruce Woodrow Kliesch and Dan Nathan Kliesch and his wife, Marta, all of Kentwood; mother, Bertie W. Hano, Kentwood; brother, Luther Hano and his wife, Annette, Roseland; 2 grandchildren, Sarah and Sterling Hagan. She was preceded in death by her father, Lafayette Hano

“But God proves His own love for us

in that while we were still sinners

Christ died for us!”

~Romans 5:8, HCSB~

Cheryl Hart Pierre

My sister, Cheryl Hart Pierre, is in need of prayer. Cheryl is going through medical tests concerning a very serious health problem. She and all of her family appreciate every prayer that is prayed in her behalf. A cat scan is scheduled for Tuesday and then she will see the surgeon on Wednesday. I will post an update after she talks with the surgeon. I also really appreciate and sense the power of prayer for Cheryl.

Thank you
Fay Raborn

From Cheryl Hughes Green

They postponed Linda’s surgery Friday to yesterday around 12:30pm. She is doing well and should be able to come home Monday. Thanks for all who have said a prayer for her.

John is also improving everyday. Only one side of his face is still swollen.

Thanks again to everyone who lifted our family up in prayer. God bless.

Cheryl

CaringBridge

• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering^® is much more than an offering envelope and an annual missions-giving emphasis. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of their gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. Those missionaries and supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His offer of salvation. Time and again our missionaries relate how the offering is their lifeblood. They know that behind each penny given, there is a Southern Baptist who believes in what they do and are affirming the need to equip them to share the gospel with those who need a Savior.

Join us at the cabin Thursday night at 6:30 for food, fellowship, and a devotional.

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart

in full assurance of faith, h

aving our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us

from a guilty conscience

and having our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,

for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10: 22-23 (NIV)

CaringBridge

• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh/journal (You can read Hebrews 10: 22-23 at the top of The Prayer Link today.)
• http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal

Micah Tolleson’s family has learned a lesson the past two weeks.  They are now more careful to tell each other how much they love and appreciate each other.  through all the problems and unanswered questions, God has been so faithful to all of the family!

Annie Armstron Easter Offering

Winning souls in Arizona Missionary Louis Spears did not let the tragic, sudden death in 2008 of his wife, Shelley, sidetrack his ministry to multihousing residents and “gypsies” in the greater Phoenix, Arizona, area. By Mickey Noah As a Southern Baptist pastor for the last 30 years – and as a North American Mission Board missionary for the past six – Louis Spears has conducted many a funeral. But none of them prepared him for the long, lonely walk behind his wife’s casket almost two years ago. A native of Guthrie, Okla., Spears and his wife, Shelley, had been married for 32 years – ever since they were both 20-year-old church planters in Oklahoma. But in May 2008, she succumbed to a pancreas-related illness only 11 days after its sudden onset. “Shelley was an incredible person, a woman of many talents,” says Spears. “The main thing I miss about Shelley – other than just being together as not only my spouse but also my best friend – is the amount of prayer-time she spent on my ministry. She was really my partner in ministry. It’s a huge loss and huge gap in my life.” Spears’ strong, tried-and-true personal faith prevented him from caving in to the temptation of chucking his whole ministry and blaming God in the process. “I never thought about blaming God. I was not mad at God. The worst thing was being totally cut off from Shelley, missing her encouragement and positive reinforcement.” Still after almost two years, the 54-year-old missionary said the grief is still “like big ocean waves that just swell up over you and you can’t fight them, but you know the Lord is the Lord, that He is supreme, and that in His design, He had a purpose for it. “I can’t see it and I don’t understand it but I really don’t argue with Him about it. I really tried during Shelley’s 11-day crisis and through the last year to live my life without regrets. I didn’t leave anything undone or unsaid,” said Spears, who has a 24-year-old daughter, Amy, one grandchild and another on the way. Spears is one of some 5,300 missionaries in the United States, Canada and their territories supported by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for North American Missions. He is among the North American Mission Board missionaries featured as part of the annual Week of Prayer, March 7-14, 2010. This year’s theme is “Live with Urgency: Share God’s Transforming Power.” The 2010 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering’s goal is $70 million, 100 percent of which benefits missionaries like Spears. While no one or nothing can ever replace the vacuum in his life caused by Shelley’s death, Spears depends on his challenging missionary work in Arizona to take up some of the slack, ease the pain and bring new victories. With an estimated 71 percent of Arizona residents as unbelievers, Spears, a church planting strategist with the Valley Rim Baptist Association, faces a huge challenge. In addition to Mesa, the association serves 50 churches and missions in the Tempe, Scottsdale, Chandler and Gilbert areas of metro Phoenix. Because land and buildings are so expensive in the greater Phoenix area, Spears focuses on planting “tactical” churches instead of brick-and-mortar churches, which can financially strap a congregation with huge indebtedness in its infancy and make survival more difficult. “Tactical churches are collections of people who have not been reached before,” Spears explains. “We try to target an area where the Kingdom of God hasn’t been before. Some may be apartment complexes, mobile home parks, house churches or just a gathering of people at a Starbuck’s.” According to Spears, the Phoenix area is the 12th largest metro area in the United States. “We’re in a vast multicultural setting. We have a lot of unchurched, unsaved individuals. “We’re way behind on the number of churches we need in order to impact these individuals’ lives. We have only one church for every 23,000 people in Arizona. Since we don’t have many churches that run 23,000 every week, it’s vital for us to have funds to do evangelistic outreach, buy Bibles and other resources to help posture the churches we do have.” Evangelical Christians – of which Southern Baptists represent the largest group – only represent two percent of the state’s population, trailing Catholics and Mormons. “We have some churches that are in senior adult communities. We have multi-ethnic churches like Native American, Filipino and African-American churches. We have a large Spanish-speaking population. Over 35 percent of the people in Arizona speak Spanish.” On top of the diversity, the uncertainty in the Phoenix area housing market is driving people to multihousing developments – whether apartments, townhouses, condominium communities or mobile home parks. “Statistics show that only a small percentage of those people will ever come out and go to anyone’s church, so we believe it’s important to take church to them,” says Spears. Spears begins by meeting a multihousing development’s property managers — to get in from the ground up and establish good working relationships. “We begin by asking the managers what their needs are,” he said. “We try not to assume that we know the industry better than the people who work in it. Most apartment communities know how to evict people, know how to charge the rent, know how to handle air conditioning problems and pest control. But what they don’t understand is the human element. “They lose money every time somebody moves so by building a ministry and a partnership with them, it helps to build a sense of community. The people are more likely to stay,” Spears said. To assist both the property managers and the tenants themselves, Spears and his team do things like forming kid’s clubs in the afternoon to give them a place to go and something meaningful to do. They often provide lunch to latch-key children, who are on a break from school and whose parents work. Afternoon soccer games are offered. Summer sports camps via mobile trailers can be deployed to various multihousing communities. An offshoot of Spears work with multihousing communities was his introduction to the Travelers, the substantial “gypsy” culture and population of Arizona. Spears says outsiders like him are usually not successful at trying to approach and penetrate the closed gypsy culture. “American gypsies actually discovered me and began to attend our church in Mesa,” he explains. “Eventually, I was accepted into their fascinating culture.” The gypsy mission field is a natural extension of Spears’ missions work in multihousing since so many gypsies travel in RVs and live in mobile home parks throughout southern Arizona because of the area’s warmer winters. “People who give through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering help supply a base of church planters and allow them to have a living while they’re beginning to build new congregations,” said Spears. “Without the Annie Armstrong offering, I would be able to devote only a fraction of the time to tactical church plants, and even less to reaching the Travelers (gypsies) population. But because of the offering, in addition to my salary, I receive training, materials for evaluation and training, demographics for new and existing church areas, and am able to network with other church planters across the country.” Mickey Noah is a writer for the North American Mission Board.

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Set your clock to 2 A.M.  When it goes off, get up and turn all the clocks in your house back to 3 A.M.  Try to go back to sleep.

OR

Set your clocks ahead before going to bed tonight.

David and I will do the second one.  I hope you do too!  If you don’t set your clocks back, you’ll be late for Sunday School in the morning.

I forgot to mention that Eddie Keith Schwartz is progressing well following his eye surgery.  He will have weekly appointment for a while to check his progress.  Please continue to pray for him.

As each part does its own special work,

it helps the other parts grow,

so that the whole body is healthy

and growing

and full of love.

~Ephesians 4:16b (NLT)~

Pray for Rev. Walter Mixon, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church (east of Amite), as he has  heart concerns.

Continue to pray for Micah Tolleson (22) and his family.  He has been sent home while they wait for results of the biopsy to determine the next step.  As you pray for him, please pray for his parents and other family members who have continuing health issues of their own.

CaringBridge: Callie Cole (2 posts)

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal

From Cheryl Hughes Green

Talked to Momma last night and Linda’s surgery to remove her gall bladder is today at 3:30. She should be dischared from the hospital and go to Momma and Daddy’s house tomorrow.

John’s face is still swollen pretty bad from his little surgery of his widsom teeth.

Thanks to everyone who has and are praying for our little family. Please also pray for our parents: Wilton & Sandra Hughes who have been with Linda and taking care of Philip during this time. Thanks again and God bless.

Virginia Goings Blades
(June 24, 1947 – March 11, 2010)

Died at 5:05 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at her residence in Walker. She was born June 24, 1947 in Franklinton and was 62 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. on Monday until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday. Interment will follow at Wilmer Cemetery. She is survived by 2 daughters, Sheila Dale Griffin and Michelle Blades Wirtz, 2 sons, Ricky Wayne Dykes and Joseph Scott Blades, 1 sister, Carolyn Ann Spears, 3 brothers, Buddy Joe Goings, Glen Spears, and Lynn Spears, 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband, Arthur L. Blades, mother, Vivian C. Spears, and father, Joseph D. Goings.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Expanding God’s work in Puerto Rico Luis and Lourdes Rodriguez are missionaries for the North American Mission Board, responsible for planting churches in Puerto Rico. With a corps group of 15 they planted a, now thriving church in Coamo. By John Correa At the onset of his missionary career, pastor Luis Rodríguez and his wife, Lourdes Santiago, were dismayed at the lack of commitment from church members at the church they’d planted in Coamo, Puerto Rico. However, this apathy did not hamper the efforts of these Southern Baptists. Besides, from God’s divine perspective, this was only the beginning. Luis remembers the challenges faced during those uncertain days after being sent by the Raham First Baptist Church of Santa Isabel to plant a new church in Coamo. “When we arrived at Raham-Coamo, we noticed the believers there didn’t really have a commitment to come to the services,” said Rodriguez. “When we were on our way to a prayer service, they started calling to excuse themselves from coming to the service. In that moment I turned and looked at my wife and wondered if our efforts were really worth it. We began doubting if God was really involved.” When Luis and Lourdes arrived at the small church for the prayer service, only one other couple had come to intercede for God’s work there – but a couple with a very special need. “With great sorrow in our hearts, we found brother Carlos Santiago and his wife, Andrea, who was kneeling in prayer,” recalls Rodriguez. Andrea’s hair had fallen out due to the chemotherapy she was undergoing to fight her cancer. “I looked at my wife, she looked at me, and the Lord spoke to my heart, saying, ‘For the love of that solitary life I’m sending you to Coamo. It’s one life, one soul. Don’t worry about the ones who made excuses and didn’t come.’” Because of Andrea’s commitment, Luis and Lourdes were motivated to press on with God’s challenge of planting a church in Coamo. The result was the creation of the Raham Baptist Church in Coamo. The name of the church, “Raham,” is the Hebrew word for ”God has shown compassion.” This is precisely the spiritual gift that continues to be one of the driving forces behind Rodriguez’s work in Coamo. Luis and Lourdes Rodriguez are missionaries for the North American Mission Board, responsible for planting churches in Puerto Rico. They are two of the some 5,300 missionaries in the United States, Canada and their territories supported by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for North American Missions, and are among the NAMB missionaries featured as part of the annual Week of Prayer, March 7-14, 2010. This year’s theme is “Live with Urgency: Share God’s Transforming Power.” The 2010 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering’s goal is $70 million, 100 percent of which benefits missionaries like Rodriguez. Luis, 46, was ordained as a Southern Baptist pastor in 2001 by his local church at the time, Raham Baptist Church of Santa Isabel. He came from a background in business, with a concentration in accounting – working up to a vice president’s job at the company where he worked for over 20 years. Since becoming a missionary three years ago, he has completed coursework at Luther Rice Seminary in Puerto Rico, and is planning to continue his studies at the Baptist Seminary of Puerto Rico, through Liberty University. “My decision to become a missionary wasn’t an easy decision. I faced all sorts of difficulties,” Luis says. “I quit a job with great benefits. Temptations came, uncertainty, good advice and bad advice. But God, who is rich in mercy, sustained me. My wife’s support was unconditional and awesome. I simply couldn’t resist what God wanted to do with me. “One day in a prayer meeting I began asking God, ‘Lord, what do you want to do with me?’ After several months went by without the slightest involvement in the ministry, without a desire to continue pastoring, God sent us to Raham in Coamo, where, with a group of 15 people, we planted a church.” Although the most predominant religious group in Puerto Rico is Roman Catholicism – about 85 percent of the population – the remaining 15 percent is made up various groups like Southern Baptists, who impact the culture through schools and universities, among other means. Coamo is a city of approximately 39,500, located in the southern region of Puerto Rico. Three years ago, Luis Rodríguez and his church planting team also started a bilingual, Christian school – Coamo Christian Academy — to minister to local children and their parents. Coamo Christian Academy has met with great approval in the community. Beginning with only four students in 2006, the school now has more than 40 enrolled. Luis admits he couldn’t do the work without the support of Southern Baptists. “Contributions given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® support me as a missionary in the work we are doing, and help us support the church to reach children and the parents who participate in this ministry. To God be the glory!” Adalberto Muñoz, a member of Luis’ ministry team, spoke of Luis’ commitment and passion for the lost. “When you talk to Luis and see him carry out his duties, when you see the fruit this ministry is bearing, there is no doubt that God really called Luis to serve in this capacity. “Pastor Luis and members of Raham Baptist Church in Coamo have a genuine calling from God to the ministry, a sincere love for the Word, integrity, and commitment towards the community,” said Munoz. “It’s a church that inspires a lot of love. You feel you are in a wholesome environment full of love for God and for people.” Commitment to prayer and keeping God’s Word have also inspired door-to-door evangelism, prayer walks, interactive team sports with non-Christians, radio talk shows, Bible studies in neighboring towns and the capital, and other activities such as ”One Night with Christ,” during which sister churches interact to impact the Coamo community. Rodriguez said his ministry’s most pressing need is adequate facilities and more space. “The current facilities aren’t sufficient,” he says. “We have limited space, and if we don’t do something about it soon, the growth of our ministry will be adversely affected.” Luis and wife Lourdes are the parents of three children, Victor, Luis and Lyanne Rodriguez Santiago. John J. Correa is a writer living in Dacula, Georgia. God is providing another beautiful day.  Give Him back some of your day. Anna Lee