Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Friday

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:

Take your everyday, ordinary life—

your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—

and place it before God as an offering.

Embracing what God does for you

is the best thing you can do for Him.”

~Romans 12:1 MSG~



Jesse Dean is recovering well from his surgery.  Ice packs and pain medication work wonders!  He’s home and doing well.



  1. Please remember John Seal and family of the Canaan communtity as they are dealing with a growth in John’s throat,currently waiting for blood thinner level so a biopsy can be made, thanks,Kirby (Varnado)

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  5. Susie Sharkey sent this email early yesterday morning, but I did not receive it in time to include it yesterday.  The surgery went well.  Pray for her as she deals with pain as she recovers.

I am having out-patient surgery today at 12:00p.m. on my right shoulder. I have a bone spur and have been in pain for the last month. Please church family pray for me. Thanks, I love you all, Susie



Mr. Walter Green Harper continues to be in rehab in Hammond.  Yesterday, his wife told David he still has a lot to progress to make.  Please continue to remember this special family.


Dukes Family

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< two months. >
Mom and Dad were run over by a Ford Expedition on April 4th, two months ago tonight.  I’ll be honest – there are times when I still wonder if we will wake up soon and this will have been a bad dream. At the same time, it has been more real and more difficult than anything I have ever walked through. God’s nearness has been real, though. And I am so thankful that His wisdom and His people have surrounded us, defining this reality as only He and His love can.

How appropriate

, then, is it that such a significant event happened today.

We had to wait to go see Mom until this afternoon, because of Dad’s appointment with his neurologist. The XRays were taken and the verdict came in. Dad’s heart was lifted when the restriction of his neck collar was lifted. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT DAD COULD TAKE OFF THE NECK COLLAR!!!

He told us that his neck had healed very well. No lifting and strength training as of yet, but Dad should definitely take off the collar and begin range-of-mo

tion rehab. His neck and shoulder muscles have been spasming quite a bit. The doctor said that was due to the muscles overreacting to the trauma that occurred in his neck. They overcompensate for the issues of the other supporting structures. He has been on muscle relaxers and will continue.

To say that Dad was happy would be an understatement. You can see it in the picture. He was very grateful. He tossed the neck collar in the back of the truck when we got out to the parking garage.

It’s good to see his neck again. His brother told him he needed to shave.

When we got to see Mom, she was being lifted back into bed from therapy. They told us she had done really well. She became very tired, though, and she wanted to get back to bed.

Mom interacted with us well yet again. We can’t tell you how thankful we have been to actually “talk” with her the last week or so. And Mom is progressing

, continuing to initiate conversation.

Her infections remain. Cultures are supposed to be done tomorrow, we think. Another bone scan will have to be done to assess the osteomyelit

is.

Mom doesn’t complain any more of a pain in her bottom. We are told her bedsore on her bottom is doing really well. We haven’t seen it this week. Her head bedsore is much better.

Erik and Mom’s sister and Dad’s sister and her husband all come into town tomorrow. I will fly out tomorrow afternoon. I am sure Erik will post over the weekend.

Please pray that Mom’s cranium piece will be replaced soon. Please pray for logistics to work out for Mom’s med-flight home. Please pray for Dad to have strong bones and a strong heart. Thanks for your continued support and prayers.

Yo

u have walked with us for two months now. We are grateful.
-jason



Denton Family

Test results came back and everything is normal.   The doctors are treating Don with some new meds now and it looks like it is working.

Don will be released in the morning and we get to go home!

We are so happy about this.  Home again.

I have allot to do tonight to pack and get the car ready, so I will sign off for now.

Bless you our family and friends.
Diane



Please continue to pray for my parents, Grant and Dot Smith of Roseland.  Momma’s face is very swollen and bruised from her fall.  Daddy is doing a good job of being her caregiver.





ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?

The following ads are reported to have been taken from actual newspapers:

1)  Free puppies: ½ cocker spaniel, ½ sneaky neighbor dog

2)  Snow blower for sale … only used on snowy days

3)  For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.

4)  2 wire mesh butchering gloves:  1 five-finger, 1 three-finger, pair $15

5)  Lost: small apricot poodle.  Reward.  Neutered.  Like one of the family.

6)  Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children

7)  Nordic Track $300.  Hardly used.  Call Chubbie.

8)  Found:  Dirty white dog.  Looks like rat.  Been out awhile.  Better be reward.

9)  Hummels — largest selection ever.  “If it’s in stock, we have it!”

10)  Georgia Peaches, California grown — 89 cents/lb.

11)  Nice parachute: never opened — used once, slightly stained

12)  Tired of working for only $9.75 per hour?  We offer profit sharing and flexible hours.  Starting pay — $7-9 per hour

13)  For sale by owner — complete set of Encyclopedia Brittanica. 45 volumes.  Excellent condition. $1,000 obo.  No longer needed.  Got married last weekend.  Wife knows everything.

14)  LOST:  One-eyed, three-legged male dog.  Answers to the name “Lucky.”

I’m going to share with you one of my “pet peeves.”  I don’t like the word “lucky.”  And, no, it has nothing to do with the ad above.  I enjoy many good things in life.  I have a lot of wonderful things happen to me.  And there are times that I am tempted to say, “You know, I’ve been pretty lucky.”  But then I recall that my good fortune is due not to luck or happenchance, but to the hand of Almighty God.  I’m not lucky; I’m blessed!  God has richly provided for me in ways far beyond what I expect or deserve.

Can you picture Esther saying, “Wasn’t it lucky that the king was willing to hear my plea?”?  Can you picture Paul saying, “Wasn’t it lucky that we weren’t killed in that shipwreck?”?  Can you picture Daniel saying, “Wasn’t it lucky that the lions didn’t eat me?”?

Then why would I dare speak of how “lucky” I’ve been in my life?  It’s not luck — it’s the providential care of a loving God!

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights…..” (James 1:17).  Thank you, Father, for blessing my life so richly!

Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina


God has blessed us in so many ways!  I’m thankful!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love

which you have shown toward His name,

in that you have ministered to the saints,

and do minister.”

~Hebrews 6:10~

Pray for Jesse Dean as he recovers from yesterday’s hand surgery.

Pray for Cissy Cutrer as she has surgery today and as she recovers later.

Pray for Elizabeth H. Cooper as she continues the long road to recovery. She’s at home now, but will be having work on her mouth/teeth for a while.

Pray for Melissa S. Johnson as she undergoes tests and waits for results.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Faye Price. She has some good days and some not so good. Pray for her family as they have stuck with her through the last six months.

Mrs. Annie Belle Harrell continues to see various doctors. She’s better, but wants to get even better. She looked very well at church Sunday.

Pray for my mother, Dot Smith of Roseland. She has had two more falls. Pray she will begin to use her new walker. Pray for Daddy as he is with her each day and for my sisters and me as we assist as needed.

From Mr. Luther Ricks (yesterday)

I will have Radation treatment #21 today, only 22 more. Doing great, have some minor problems, but nothing major sofar. Thanks again for all the prayers. They do work. Thanks again.

Jimmy and Retia Dukes

< standing tall. >
Yesterday was a BIG DAY for both Mom and Dad. The t-shirt Dad had on yesterday that I mentioned in a quick post read “STAND TALL.” He did, working hard in out-patient therapy. Mom did, too.

After his 8:00 and 11:00 appointment

s, we headed to see Mom. When we got there, she was being prepared to go to therapy in the rehab room. They lifted her and rolled her and got her set to go. The goal yesterday – to get Mom upright. They went right to it.

As you can see in the picture, Mom needed a lot of help. They helped lean her forward in the chair. They helped set her feet. They helped by holding under her arms. They helped by lifting her out of the seat. They helped by holding her up. They said she did bear some weight. She stood there for about 20 seconds. She did it three straight times.

We cheered!!!

That is a BIG DEAL, and an answer to prayer for sure. The standing exercise sapped her of energy. They asked her how she was. She said, “About dead.” But she pressed on, doing about six or seven more exercises with her shoulders and arms and hands. She did really well. She stood as tall as she could. Which is saying a lot, considering how short it has been since she lay motionless on Chef Menteur Highway.

Mom continued to talk through her passy muir valve. She did today, too, when Dad and I were there. We are about to go back up. When we were there a little while ago, she interacted with us really well. Even initiated conversation. It did Dad’s heart good.

We are about to go see her again with a husband and wife that Mom and Dad knew when they lived in Atlanta. Afterward, something else is going to do Dad’s heart good. Well, maybe not physically. I’m not sure. But definitely a comfort and feel-good. DRAGO’S. More char-grilled oysters. I’ll get the pasta.

Still working on figuring out how to get Dad preaching from Sunday up online. YouTube said it was too long. Pretty bad when a website is calling you long-winded. I’ll let you know when it is available.

Also, please pray for Dad tomorrow. He has his next appointment with the neurologist. He is definitely hoping for good news about that neck collar.

Keep praying for Mom and Dad as you are able. It means so much.

Tonight, I am going to try to post some other pictures on my blog from the last two days. I will let you know tomorrow if they get up.

Thankful for y’all.
-jason

Don Denton
This morning Don had CT Scan of his chest and abdomen. Tonight he had MRI of abdomen.

We met with doctors this morning. They have started Don on a new med to help with the pain. He is responding. They also now feel that this headache pain is from “low pressure on the brain” from the lumbar drain.

Don actually ate ceral for breakfast this morning and he kept it down. Yes!

He feels somewhat better today. He is still not able to sit up but soon I feel he will be able to.

No test results have come back as of yet. Today as I was “waiting”, I realized that since the end of March we have been at Barnes 3 times totaling 34 days today. Ugh! Now I know why Joshua “hates” hospitals.

David Rice and John Smashey are still taking care of our pets and our house. WE are so grateful to them. So grateful. I could not do this without you all. I just could not.

I so hope that these tests will tell us something. My precious husband is amazing through all of this. He continues to hold onto each day. I am so thankful that he does.

Please pray for his spirit. Pray that he will be encouraged from these test results. Pray that the doctors will find the best kind of treatment for him.

Bless you our family and friends.
Diane

Dwayne and Tricia Wilson and mission trip

Dear Teammates,

This Saturday will mark 3 weeks until we leave for El Salvador. We have a few more prayer requests, and as we get closer to the date of departure, I’m sure we’ll have some more!

Dwayne and I have been assigned to be small group leaders within our team. Our major role is to be the facilitators when we go into a classroom to share the Gospel……introducing the team, transitioning between games/ice breakers to someone sharing his/her small group presentation, transitioning to the Gospel, and then transitioning to giving out care packs. There are other roles, too, such as being the communication link between our Team Leader and our small group, keeping track of our group, and preparing our group for each site (to name a few). Please pray that we will do our best to fulfill our role and also that we will enjoy it and have a great bond with our small group.

I thought I’d leave you with a list of those going with us. I have been praying for one of these people each day lately because team unity is huge in these kinds of trips. I know Satan would love it if we cannot work well together or get along!

(Names omitted by ala)

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Dwayne and I still have a bit to do to prepare our small group presentations (especially Dwayne). Please pray we will get this together soon, also that we will be very familiar with sharing the Gospel bead bracelet!

All for now,

Tricia

Linda Jean Roland Harrell
Linda Jean Roland Harrell, born July 4, 1956, passed away in Dallas on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in the company of her husband, three children, parents, sister, brother and devoted friends. She was a native of Baton Rouge, where she was christened and married in the First United Methodist Church. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1974 and attended LSU where she joined her mother’s sorority, Delta Zeta. Following her graduation from Centenary College in 1980, she moved to Dallas. Linda then embarked on her true calling of devoted mother. She immersed herself into whatever schools and activities her children were then engaged, ranging from classroom mom and Cub Scout leader to football mom and Highlandette officer mom. The mere suggestion that a child of hers would enjoy less than an optimum experience would galvanize her into action. An accomplished seamstress with an eye for color and a talent for design, her children were always assured of original, hand-sewn clothes and extravagant Halloween costumes. Events in which she participated were always well decorated. Despite shuttling kids to two or three practices or rehearsals each day and numerous games and performances on weekends, her neighbors and friends knew she could always be counted upon in time of need whether it be the stray ride or errand or the care and feeding of those in need. Friends of her children always knew where they could come for a midnight feeding, which always included a large bowl of her legendary chips and queso. As her children grew, her activities revolved around Lake Highlands High School and later Texas Tech University, Ole Miss and the U.S. Naval Academy where she became the president of the Naval Academy Parents Club of North Texas. With her children “out of the house” she turned her maternal attention to our service men by becoming very active in the Lake Highlands Military Moms. She is survived by her husband, T. Michael Harrell; children, Michael Linder Harrell, Lauren Elizabeth Harrell and Ensign Robert Alexander “Alex” Harrell; parents, Robert Linder Roland and Betty Shirley Roland; brother, Robert Langford Roland, his wife, Erin, and their children, Ashley and Gage, all of Baton Rouge; sister, Sissy Roland Broome, of Kentwood; and aunt, Naomi Shirley, of Baton Rouge. Visitation will be at First United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, on Friday, June 5, from 3 p.m. until memorial service and inurnment at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church – “The Future is Now” fund, 930 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802 or a charity of choice.

Have a great day! Please share information that you would like shared on The Prayer Link. Thank-you for praying each day. You mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Let your eyes look forward;

fix your gaze straight ahead.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,

and all your ways will be established.”

~Proverbs 4:25-26, HCSB~

Don Denton

Don is now on the neurology floor. His status has not changed. He is stable, but he is not able to eat nor sit up. His headaches are a constant. There is a possibility that these headaches could be partly from what they call: low pressure on the brain. This can occur from the lumbar drain. They did take the lumbar drain out yesterday.

We did not meet with the neuro team today. They have assured us that they will meet with us tomorrow.

They did another CT Scan last night and they will be doing another MRI in the morning.

Tonight my goal is to get to bed earlier. We have another long day tomorrow.

We continue to give thanks to God for Anne and Frank who have so generously and graciously opened their home to us again.

I am reminded in the midst of all of this difficulty in our life that God tells us to believe like a child. I was reminded of that tonight when my son, Frank and his grandaughter were outside and Josh saw lightening bugs. His eyes lit up and the wonder and awe that flowed from his expressions were a breath of fresh air to me. For those moments I was able to take delight in his delight and enjoy the moment. He caught them, put them in jar and they were his “nightlight” for a few moments tonight.

I have talked often of “perspective” when I write. Tonight was another one of those times that God has reminded me that He delights in us. He loves us in the midst of this terrible thing that has happened to our family, to my husband. He loves us through his people.

So thank you God for your wonder, for your love and your grace and mercy, which we so need. Thank you God for those who reach out to my son, Don and me.

Bless you
Diane

Baptist Press

June 2, 2009

WASHINGTON–Evangelicals frustrated by Obama’s ‘Gay Pride Month’ proclamation. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30597

KENYA–Aid targets famine in Kenya’s Rift Valley. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30598

TEXAS–CP helps ‘reap more than you sow.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30599

TENNESSEE–CP down 2.78%; off ’09 budget by 1.85%. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30600

ALABAMA–FIRST-PERSON (Chris Bonts): Thank you, Southern Baptists. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30601

TENNESSEE–FIRST-PERSON (Kenneth S. Hemphill): Once upon a time.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30605

ARKANSAS–Ouachita marks 10th anniv. of tragic plane crash. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30602

KENTUCKY–FIRST-PERSON (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): A test for the pro-life movement. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30603

TEXAS–FIRST-PERSON (John M. Yeats): Multi-site? Please press pause. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30604

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
A FELLOW GOSPEL preacher relates the following story…
“The first year of our marriage was spent on a farm. My wife, though reared on a farm, always allowed her parents to take care of killing as well as preparing frying chickens for the dinner table. Her father would put a chicken over a block and chop its head off. While I, on the other hand, was accustomed to catching a chicken and wringing it neck. After we had been married a while, we had some chickens ready for eating. I picked up a nice plump fryer, handed it to my wife, and told her to wring its neck. (After all, to be a good farm wife, she would need to learn these things.) She took the chicken by the neck and began spinning him around and around. She then dropped him on the ground, where he lay stunned and confused for a moment. Suddenly, the chicken hopped up on his legs and ran out of sight. After 45 years of marriage, the two of us still laugh when we remember that incident!”
If we’re not careful, we can treat sin like this preacher’s wife treated that chicken many years ago. She didn’t kill it; she only disturbed it and ruffled its feathers a bit. The Bible tells us that we must mortify (e.g., put to death) the sin that is in our lives.
If you want fried chicken, somebody must kill the chicken. Likewise, if you want to go to heaven, you must put to death the sin in your life. (Mike Benson)
“Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Because of these things the wrath of God is coming
upon the sons of disobedience.”
~Colossians 3:5-6~
Make today count!
Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Jimmy Dukes

< look at those legs go!!! >
Yep! That’s Dad. Still can’t bear weight on his left leg fully, but he can ride a stationary bike. And he did this morning in his first appointment for out-patient therapy here in New Orleans at Ochsner Elmwood. His T-Shirt reads “stand tall,” and he did. He worked hard and did so well in this first session.

The session this morning was “physical therapy.” His first “occupational therapy” session is at 11:00 CST (in about an hour). In between the two, guess where we are? I’ll give you three guesses…how’d you guess that so quickly?

Starbucks. It’s right across the street. The out-patient rehab is in the same building as the in-patient rehab facility where Dad was just 15 days ago. So, in between sessions we are grabbing a latte at this very familiar Starbucks. I’m posting to Caring Bridge. Dad is returning a phone call and checking email. We will walker back out to the truck here in a few minutes, head back across the street, and go at it with occupational therapy soon.

After that, we will grab a quick lunch and go see Mom. Always look forward to seeing her.

A quick post this time. I will post again tonight. Just wanted to celebrate with you. Thankful for your prayers and how they have lifted up Dad. He is doing well.
-jason

John Fairburn
(October 29, 1937 – June 1, 2009)

Sign Guest Book
Died at 2:09 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2009 at his residence in Spring Creek at the age of 71 years. He was a native of Independence and a retired Police Officer from the Baton Rouge Police Department. He is survived by his wife, Sybil Dykes Fairburn, Spring Creek; 3 sons, John Thomas Fairburn and wife, Cherie, Birmingham, AL, Steven Mark Fairburn, Baton Rouge, and Charles David Fairburn and wife, Kelly, Baton Rouge; 8 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Dora Fairburn; 3 brothers, Clarence, Bernard and Richard Fairburn. Visitation at Spring Creek Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 4, 2009. Services conducted by Rev. Danny Smith. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood.
Inez Finch McDowell
Inez Finch McDowell, 79, and a resident of Waco, Texas, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009, at her home. She was born on Jan. 29, 1930, in Amite, and graduated from Woodland High School, Hillsdale, and Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond. She was a former business education teacher in Texas and London. Survived by her daughters, Marsha Moffett and Karen Townsend; grandson, Courtland Best; granddaughter, Karla Rather; great-granddaughter, Megan Best; sisters, Collean Bickham, Imelda Davis and Jeanette Finch; and brothers, Karl Finch and Jerry Finch. Preceded in death by her parents, Viola Sharkey Finch and Willie J. Finch; son, John F. McDowell; husband, Tyre E. McDowell; and brothers, Glyn T. Finch and Willie Z. Finch. Graveside service was held in Killeen, Texas, and a memorial service will be held in Baton Rouge at a later date.

Tuesday

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”

~Psalm 119:105~


Kathy Jo Thompson (Amite)

Wow…it has been a while! I am doing good. My back is healing well. The muscles still hurt especially later during the day. I can’t stay in one position for long so it makes it hard to do things. I am working for the summer with the 4-H extension office in St. Tammany. Today is my first day and it is going well, I don’t do much.ha I am scheduled to go back to Maryland in July for more MRis and the doctor wants to look at the tumor in my cervical spine (my neck) because my hands are going numb and becoming cold. I graduated May 15th from LSU it was great! I have a degree!!!



Jimmy and Retia Dukes (New Orleans)

< signs of life. >
Someone on the Guestbook asked me to update everyone on Mom’s tomato plant back at their home. Well, funny you asked. My wife just stopped by to water it and get the mail and trigger the alarm (happens every time almost – she does it right, it’s just got a mind of its own and is overprotective). When she stopped by today, she emailed me this picture. Pretty awesome to see signs of life.

Mom continues to show those signs, too. She had another great therapy session today. The therapists told us it was a great workout. Mom especially enjoyed her shoulder massage, they said. She held her head up high while they rubbed her shoulders. Who wouldn’t?

The wound care folks said Mom’s bedsores are doing really well. The one on her head is almost healed completely. The one on her bottom is progressing well. They have been using a wound vac to treat it, as we wrote a while back, and that treatment has been effective. Kind of gross, but effective. Signs of life!

On top of all that, Mom is extending both arms and hands to hold our hand. She is waving with her right hand when we leave. There is an issue in her right arm with the “pick line.” So, they are moving it. It had caused some swelling. I long for the day when IV meds are not required any longer. Pray for that end.

We don’t think of it this way probably, but infections are signs of life, too. Maybe not the kind we want to see. Well, definitely not the kind we want to see. However, Mom’s infections continue. She has two now in her lungs, the one still in her tailbone, and one in her urine. Her blood was clear the last culture they took. They took another one over the weekend, the nurse said. Results should be back in tomorrow or so. Please pray for those infections to clear, for those meds to be 100% effective, and for her body to not be permanently affected from the infections and meds.

Mom also showed us greater signs of life with regard to her speech. She talked some more, they said, during therapy this morning (they got her early today before Dad and I got there). She was very talkative (mouth-ative) when Dad and I got there. She didn’t have her passy muir valve in for some reason, but she mouthed our head off!!! Which was wonderful – not like when you complain of someone talking your head off. This is a sign of life we want and have been hoping for. She mouthed full sentences and questions and interacted with us well. We are very thankful. Please pray for those vocal cords to show greater signs of life in the coming days.

Speaking of Mom’s speech, did I mention Dad’s speech? I mean preach. That’s right! Dad preached yesterday. Gentilly Baptist Church and Dr. Ken Taylor asked Dad to preach yesterday morning in their worship gathering, and he did it. He stood, leaning on his right leg and his walker, and brought the Word. Our church family in Orlando prayed for him during that time. We were all excited about it. Definitely a sign of life for Dad. It’s what he was wired to do. And, he does it really well. Even with a neck collar, a leg boot, a walker, and jogging pants. He’s just cool that way.

Just in case you were just thinking, “Man. Jimmy preached! I wonder if they recorded it? I hope they did. I would love to hear it!”

You are in luck!!! Thanks to Becky Brown and Vanee Daure and to Benji and Jenna, the moment was preserved for ages to come. At least as long as digital recording works and YouTube keeps web-broadcasting.

The DVD copies of it are being burned today to share with family. Jenna is going to upload it to YouTube today or tomorrow or soon. When she does, I will give you the link. I can’t wait to see him, showing those signs of life by sharing about the life we have been given.

Well, we are heading to supper. Two Tony’s. An Italian restaurant in the Buckhead part of town, by the lake. Cool spot.

By the way – you see that “show you care” thermometer on the right side of this page? Well, I got asked about it a few days ago. It’s a promotion from Caring Bridge to support Caring Bridge. Which is a good thing to do. Just letting you know, it is not the “Jimmy-and-Retia-Dukes Help-fund Thermometer.” Someone asked me if it was. That fund Erik mentioned a while back was set up by the New Orleans Baptist Seminary and is managed by them. No thermometer has been created yet that I know of. Maybe we could use the Chapel steeple for it. I’ll let you know if they approve and send pics.

Love yall. I’ll holler tomorrow.
-jason


Don Denton (St. Louis)

Yesterday was a good day for Don! He ate. It was short lived because today he was sick again all day could not lift his head from the pillow.

I spoke in dept with his neurologist this evening. Don will be moved from the neurosurgery floor to the neurology floor tonight or in the morning. They are going to switch some of his meds to manage the pain. They are going to conduct a few more tests as well. If they can manage his pain they will be sending us home by the middle of the week hopefully.

We will await further test results. They found red and white blood cells in his spinal fluid. The white blood cells are of concern as it is a high number. We continue to wait for test results which could go into next week.

We are working at being more thoughtful about what happens next. Our goal is to get the neurologist here at Barnes to consult with our neurologist back at Mayo. I spoke with our neurologist at Mayo today as well. He wants all of Don’s clinical records to review.

Once he reviews those clinical records we will discuss what is next.

I have been burning a candle at both ends again. It is hard to sleep at night with my mind racing with questions.

Thanks to our friends from church for getting some much needed clothes to Joshua and I. WE had come up here with so little not expecting a hospital stay.

Your emails and caringbridge posts to me lift my spirits and so encourage me more than you can know. I look forward to them and I hold onto the words you all write to me. Some days at the end of the day I am so discouraged; and then I find emails in my box that contain your words that minister to me more than you can know. I find that I hold onto these words of hope, words of affirmation, love and care throughout my days. I am moved deeply by your compassion toward us. I know this is from our heavenly father.

The doctors here are still saying that they don’t know if they can help Don. Some of them are praying too. They have seen what we have been through and are going through. They see our discouragement and our hope.

I have allot to get accomplished over the next few days. I was so tired today as I could not sleep much last night at all. It can be tough to stay focused on what is important when I am depleted like this.

Pray that we can get our doctor at Mayo and Barnes to consult with one another. Pray that we can get the records in a timely manner. Pray that Don will respond to the new meds they are going to start him on.

Pray that they will find the answer so they will better know how to treat Don. They are sending out his lumbar fluid samples for further testing as well.

I will do my best to post sometime tomorrow. The computer at the hospital today was down and I was there from early morning to this evening.

Joshua had a good day today with actually a very special student from SBU. Mary Jane is a sophmore at SBU and she happens to be the niece of a women that my brother/wife – Steve and Lynn are friends with here in St. Louis. She found out that we needed help with childcare and offered her time to help us.

Joshua took to her right away because she is so wonderful with kids and second she knows how to build legos. She too is a Godsend to us.

Bless you
Diane










Gunky

aaa1.jpgI SAW THIS sign at a gas station while I was traveling…

It made me think about instances when I’ve had to deal with “gunky build-up” in my life. For me, gunky build-up occurs when I let less important stuff squeeze out the real priorities in my life. Maybe you’ve experienced it too:

. Sometimes I believe the lie that I can’t afford to take a break and rest. The reality is that I’m far less effective in my family and leadership roles when I’m tired and grumpy.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that I’ll spend quality time with my wife at the end of the day after everything else is done. The reality is that the last things on my priority list rarely get done.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that I’ll get to the next big projects after I knock out the more routine tasks. The reality is that there will always be other routine tasks to complete.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that the more I do, the more valuable I am to the team. The reality is that I’m not being effective if I’m busy doing the wrong things.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that the little problem I have isn’t jeopardizing my leadership. The reality is that most times everyone else is already being impacted by my little problem.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that I need to correct every false statement and negative comment. The reality is that many times those faint voices become a distraction when I draw attention and make them loud.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that goals will be accomplished without a plan if I’m just patient and faithful. The reality is that most goals worth pursuing require counsel and strategy and hard work and commitment.

. Sometimes I believe the lie that I need to jump at a good opportunity. The reality is that someone will always have a good opportunity for me to pursue, and many times those good opportunities squeeze out time and energy needed to fulfill a greater mission and calling.

Do you know that I’m talking about? Have you dealt with similar cases of gunky build-up? I’m still trying to learn how to deal with this, but along the way I’ve also learned some preventive maintenance that helps clean up my engine. Here are some things I’ve learned I need to do to “de-gunk” my life:

. Schedule my week in advance, including scheduling time to work on major projects.
. Prioritize time with my wife.
. Surround myself with friends who will push back when needed.
. Stay disciplined about my faith, my exercise, and my eating habits.
. Learn to say no.
. Decide in advance what I hope to accomplish.

So is it time for you to stop the gunky build-up in your life? Now is the time to do something about it. Don’t delay. (Tony Morgan)

“But one thing is needed….” Luke 10:42

Posted by Mike Benson

Thank-you for being there to pray each day. You mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Monday

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.

Is there anything too hard for Me?”

~Jeremiah 32:27~


Today, let’s focus on groups of people without calling any names. (It may be easier to stop reading and pray after each category than to read everything and try to remember them all in one prayer.)


First, let’s pray for the new converts. Pray they will have guidance and encouragement as they begin their Christian journey.


Pray for the lost. Pray they will have opportunities to see, heard, and read the Gospel. Pray their hearts will be open to making a decision for Christ. Pray for them to “see” Christ in Christians around them and want to have the same in their lives.


Pray for missionaries who serve around the world to work with various people groups so they might have the opportunity many of us have had all our lived. Encourage them and let them know they have others praying for them back on the homefront.


Pray for denominational leaders of all Christian organizations to learn how to find ways to minister together and become more effective in growing.


Pray for church staffs as they minister in their individual areas. Pray each one will have a love for God and for the people in their field of service. May each one develop new means of outreach so the churches can grow.


Pray for lay teachers and leaders in each church to find the time and energy to serve in the capacities they hold. Pray for faithfulness and a daily witness.


Pray for senior adults. Many are facing health issues, money problems, family concerns, etc. On the surface they look the same, but below the surface they are struggling and often too proud to seek help needed.


Pray for those in their middle years. They are often pulled in several directions: aging parents, retirement, children and grandchildren with issues, etc. Life is often busy, but not necessarily with the things that matter most in life.


Pray for young families. Many have big dreams – dreams bigger than their pocketbooks! They get too involved in possessions and doing what it takes to obtain more of them. Pray their sense of what is important in life will focus on spiritual matters, not financial matters.


Pray for youth as they make decisions about role models and values. Growing up today is different than it was for many of us. Let’s pray for family and church family to guide our youth in knowing what is truly important and worth investing their time in.


Pray for children. They are so easily influenced. Pray for proper influences in their early years so they do not have regrets later. Pray for family members, teachers, and churches to focus on helping these young boys and girls learn to know Jesus and have a desire to live for Him all their lives.


Pray for political leaders of all levels around the world. Pray they will seek ways to work together for peace and the betterment of mankind, not for gain by stepping on others.


Pray for those who serve in the military. Pray each one will learn values and techniques that will make them better world citizens and provide safety and freedom around the world. Pray for the family members who are left at home while their loved one are in the military. Find one or two families to encourage.


Pray for those who have job insecurities now. Pray for them to focus on the long-term picture by getting the education and training they need to hold a meaningful job that will provide the security of an adequate income.


Pray for police, healthcare workers, teachers, etc. as they invest in serving others. May each one give of themselves to make life better for others.


The list goes on and on. I’ll stop here, but change the subject a little.


I’m reminded of a sign I saw in a Sunday School classroom many years ago. The class was the Joy class. The sign said,

J – Jesus first

O – Others second

Y – Yourself last.

May we each live with that “joy”.


I’m praying for “joy” of each of you who read this today.

Anna Lee

Sunday Update and Addition

Tiffany Bankston Currier is still hospitalized in Ga. Her sister said Tiffany has already had seven procedures/surgeries. She is better and may possibly be able to go home tomorrow. Continue to pray for Tiffany as she recovers from this unusual health issue and for her family as they care for her at home.


Elizabeth Hughes Cooper was injured playing ball in Amite yesterday. She was hit just above her mouth by a ball. She now has had eighty-nine stitches, most of them inside her mouth, at North Oaks. Pray for her as she heals and has dental repair work done.

Sunday

“I love the Lord because He hears my voice

and my prayer for mercy.

Because He bends down to listen,

I will pray as long as I have breath!”

~Psalm 116:1-2 NLT~


Grady Brecheen is doing very well following his surgery. Pray for him this week as he learns about additional treatments.




Don Denton

Today was again one of the hardest days yet. Our neurosurgeon came in and told us that there was nothing more they could do for Don here at Barnes.

We
have asked for a Neurologist consult for Monday. We are at a loss as
to what to think. I don’t understand this. We will continue to look
for answers, where ever that may be. We will discuss this with
neurologist on Monday.

Don is still stable, he is cognitive.
He is weaker and still not able to eat. His headaches only come at
night now. The lumbar puncture seems to have helped. His opening pressures on the brain were normal as well. There is some enchancement of the brain as well.

Two of my friends sent emails to me and Psalm 18 and 2 Corinth. is exactly how we feel about now.

We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure…..but this happened that we might not rely on ourselves, but on God, who raises the dead.” 2 Corinth 1:8-9

4 The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5 The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.

6 In my distress I called to the LORD;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.

17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support.

19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Please pray that God will pull us up out of the waters. We are weak and very, very weary. Please pray for a miracle.

Diane




Jimmy and Retia Dukes

Consider It pure joy!

My
boys don’t always want to go to school, so sometimes we sing this song
on the way to school. Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say
rejoice. Joy is a choice that is made out of a peaceful, thankful,
content spirit. This only comes in relationship to God. My dad
this morning after we ate a tremendous breakfast at Slim Goodies, did
an interview for a documentary. The North American Mission Board is
making a film on Angola. 14 years ago my dad, under the care of Dr.
Leavell and with the blessing of Warden Cain, started some seminary
work at Angola, the La state prison. This unprecedented work has
made a huge difference in the lives of those at the prison and the
faculty of our seminary who have taught them. They have even sent some
prisoners to other prisons in the US to be missionaries to those
prisons. The film will be available on dvd in the near future. We
then went to Starbucks so he could work on his sermon tomorrow. Yep,
he is bringing the word tomorrow at Gentilly Baptist Church. Thanks
Dr. Taylor for allowing him some of his favorite kind of rehab. My dad
has always told me Listen to God and Do what he says. He has this
flashing on his computer. This is how he lives and he was called to
communicate the word and loves doing it.

He is doing well but
very tired today. He had a very busy week and a long one. He took a
nap today for the first time in a few weeks. He deserved it he is
working hard to continue to get better.

Mom was tired today
also. I helped her practice her pucker, opening her mouth, and
sticking out her tongue, she, with a little help, moved legs and arms
and mouthed much to me and dad today. She also can communicate now to
tell us what hurts her and she stated her right swollen arm and hand
hurt her. This is the one her line is in to get her iv antibiotics.
An ultrasound was done this evening to make sure no clot was there and
we were told the radiologist did not call to say there was a clot.
Which if there was he should have called. She is continuing to
progress just like dad. Keep praying!

Dad told the interviewers
today about how the prisoners were actually in a way, more free than
some of us. They have found life change and a peace and joy even
behind bars, and in spite of their circumstances. I think this
speaks to dad right now as he an mom are trapped in a time of healing.
I pray they will have the peace and joy that comes in Christ as he
continues to improve.

Remember to pray for mom: for her
infection in decubitus and bone and lungs; for her rehab that she will
move speak and swallow better and better; for her transfer back to birc
in orlando. Pray for dad: that he will patiently continue to work hard
at rehab; that he will have wisdom as he makes decisions about mom and
as he encourages her as she makes progress. Pray for him tomorrow as
he preaches that God may speak to us as He speaks through him. I know
jason and I repeat this over and over but thanks to all of you. Please
don’t forget to remember the Krech, Rhodes, and Nanney families. Pray
for peace and strength.

Oh yeah, I did not win the national
spelling bee, but I could spell Laodicea, well really I could not. I
spelled it wrong but my dad corrected me. A blue heeler is a great
dog. A floater is a large car of buick or osmobile make that is long
like a ship. 80’s slang, so sorry for those of you who aren’t down
with that. Rejoice always and again I say rejoice.


Mrs. Mary Catherine Dees Conerly

(August 7, 1918 – May 28, 2009)

Mrs. Mary Catherine Dees Conerly

Mrs. Mary Catherine Dees Conerly went home to her Saviour May 28, 2009, at the age of 90.

She is survived by two daughters and their families: daughter Rae and
husband Earl Murphy, son Patrick and his sons, Will, Coner and Cullen,
and son Stuart and Jenny (Sanders) and their sons Braydon and Blake;
daughter Judy and son Rayford; five nieces and nephews, and numerous
great nieces and nephews and their families.

She is preceded in death by husband Rayford E. Conerly, parents Elzy
Burke and Margaret Antoinette Brinkley Dees, two brothers: Wallace Dees
and Burke Dees, and three sisters: Sarah Elizabeth Dees, Anna Lecarne
Dees, and Margaret Dees Ducote.

Catherine graduated from Amite High in 1935, third in her class. At 16
years old she was hired by Attorney Barbee Ponder as a secretary. A
year later she enrolled in the University of Southwestern Louisiana and
attended for 2 years. She returned to Amite and was hired by Mr. Norman
Vernon, the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court, as a secretary,
eventually becoming Chief Deputy for Clerk of Court, Mr. Jimmie Stire.
At the same time she also became the court reporter of record for
Tangipahoa Parish until she resigned in 1965. She became the organist
for the First Baptist Church of Amite in 1939 and played until 1965. In
the 1940s she became court reporter for Louisiana State Attorney
General, Mr. Bolivar Kemp, commuting to Baton Rouge from Amite often
several times a week while still employed by the Tangipahoa Parish
Clerk of Court and parish court. In the 1950s she became the court
reporter for District Judge Horace B. Reid, and Court of Appeals Judge
Robert Ellis. In 1962 she successfully ran Congressman Jimmie
Morrison’s campaign for re-election. In 1965, after the death of
Rayford, she and her daughters relocated to Lafayette, LA, and with her
niece, Carolyn Ducote Walker, established a court reporting business.
In 1980 she established a business as a landman and lease broker
working around the state for numerous oil companies. In 1984 she
returned to Amite, became active in the First Baptist Church Bell
Choir, The Daughters of the American Revolution, The United Daughters
of the Confederacy, and ended a fabulous work career at the Tangipahoa
Parish Library among the books she loved so well.

Services will be Monday, June 1, 2009, at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral
Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be Monday, June 1, 2009 from
9:00 a.m until 11:00 a.m. Interment in the Amite Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com




It’s almost time for VBS! Registration for VBS at FBC, Kentwood will begin this morning. You can also purchase your VBS t-shirt for $6.00 and your VBS music cd for $3.00 in the office.



FBC, Kentwood will celebrate some family and church fellowship time at the ball park beginning at 5 P.M. Everyone is invited to attend.



Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere,

lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”

~1Timothy 2:8~

Don Denton

Don is stable. Sometime tonight or early morning they will do a lumbar puncture to check his opening pressure on the brain. They will also put a drain in the spine to alievate any pressure.

They will monitor his condition and any changes during the weekend. Then come Monday they will decide whether to do surgery and put a shunt in. That decision will not be make until Monday.


Josh and I are hanging in there. Our dear friends Anne and Frank have opened their home up to us again. We are so very grateful to them. And they are out of town as well.

Some friends of theirs are helping me with childcare for Joshua and frieinds are taking care of our animals back at home.

This was a surprise to us. We never expected Don to relapse at this point. It is concerning, very concerning. Don, Joshua and I are so tired and worn.

Joshua is such a trooper. This child has had to “wait” more than any child should have to. Waiting on doctor appts., waiting in ER’s, waiting in hospitals, waiting for his beloved daddy to get better. He loves Don so much. I see such compassion in this child.

And of course, we were just coming up here for a one day appointment, so I did not bring Joshua toys or movies or much of anything. I packed all three of our clothes in one tiny suitcase. UGH!

I try not to think about it, but Don now has been in a hospital every month since last September. Every month!

He is so very tired of hospitals, we all are. I don’t understand why there are so few answers. I am discouraged and Don is too. It is so hard to understand this.

It is hard to pray these days. So, please pray for us.

My spirit is so low. And at the same time, I try so hard to be present with Joshua and Don. But today even that was most difficult for me.

I happen to be run down and sick too. This last week I was up allot with Don at night. My doctor had to call me in an antibiotic.

I don’t understand why answers don’t come. We are hanging on by a thread. Today has been a really rough day for us all.

It hurts to see Don suffer like this more than you can know. It hurts my heart so.

And at the same time, God has sent precious people to care for us here and at home. MaryAnn, John and David R. have been taking care of our home since all of this started for us. I don’t know what we would do without them. I keep saying that John and Mary Ann should have a room with their name on it in our home.

We can’t begin to say thank you for all the generous things you all do for us.

Each time I turn a corner and wonder how on earth are we going to make it. You can’t begin to know what 8 months of hospital stays, and tests and medicines cost. It blows me away. To be honest, I don’t know how we are going to do this.

I can’t even think about it. All I can think about is Don getting well again and us getting past this. Well, I have complained enough for one night. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.

It has been a very hard day.

Please pray, we need it more than ever. Thank you our dear precious friends and family.

Diane




Jimmy and Retia Dukes

A Coke and a Smile

When I turned 9 years old I had no ideal what a year it would be for me. It started out great: birthday wishes, presents from my mom and dad and of course cake. I got a bb gun and two admonitions that I not shoot across the street or towards the house. “No problem” I said. It was time to regulate the birds, rabbits, squirrels, and anything else that would hold still long enough for me to get a shot off. I was excited and armed, what more could a young man want. So a friend and I went into the yard and were stalking anything that moved when I spotted a bird across the street sitting on a road sign. It was not just any bird, it was a target, sorry Uncle Dick. We lived in a curve with the gym next door and the church across the street diagonally back into the curve. You could hear cars coming from a mile away. The church was located by a creek and it was a rocks throw from the state line. I sited the bird, looked into the curve a time or two listening for a car and heard none. Despite the admonition I let her fly about the time I heard the gargle of an old muffler coming around the curve. I learned a little physics that day and the bb hit the back window of a child carrying floater car and shattered it. It took my 9 year old legs about 3 steps to get 30 feet into the house. I was the holding the bb gun over my head and screaming, “I never need a gun again, I never need a gun again, you can take away from me, whip me, whatever you want to”. My father shocked, quickly figured out what happened as the floater pulled into our driveway. Man needs purpose, needs a drive of purpose. Mine that day forever changed I was not purposed to be a mighty hunter. That year became even more tragic about an hour and a half later as I watched my blue healer, tiger go under a pulp wood truck, it was a peterbuilt, and not come out. My father had to scrape him off the road and bury him later that afternoon. Most of you are wondering how I made it without tremendous issues I know but I do have a point to this. These were not the most tragic events of this year. In the innocence of a 9 year old I loved her. She was beautiful confident, and could sing, at least that is what I remember. It was at VBS that she struck me with her beauty. We sang take my life lead me Lord, I prayed he would. She and her mother died that year in a curve in a creek and I dealt with the biggest tragedy of my life so far. I witnessed then, what I was reminded of last night, that love is seen in tragedy,as hundreds of people came to express sorrow and thoughtfuln

ess of prayer to the family, I joined them. I did so again last night again as two children in my community were remembered and visited for the last time on this earth. As I waited two hours to pay my respect to the boys and their families I was reminded that a community who loves is best seen in a time of tragedy. My family has been overwhelmingly reminded of this by all of you and we thank you. As you remember us please remember the Krech, Rhodes, and Nanney families. Their loss has been felt by my whole community and I pray for them strength and the peace that passes all understanding. Please pray for them as well.

My sweet potato mom today sat with no therapist hands on her body as she was moved onto a PT mat today and lifted her head and looked at dad and me. She is progressing despite the infection and even though she was tired she gave her best. After sitting about an hour while they stretched, moved, and massaged her muscles she was then moved back into the wheelchair. Speech placed her valve and she spoke. Oh my GOODNESS, I love to hear her say “Jimmydukes, all one word of it, and I love you, and I have to go to the bathroom, and I want to stand and I want a coke”, she gave me a smile.

Dad is doing great. He is using his walker most of the time. He was sipping coffee when I arrived just before lunch. We had bud’s broiler and went to see mom. Then we went to eat two tonys, thanks Clay. Dad is progressing in every way.

Please continue to pray for mom: for her decubiti, for her infection in her sacrum and her lungs, for her progressive improvement with therapy, for her care that they would be communicative, caring, and clean. Pray for dad: that his wounds would heal as well as his bones, that his mind heart and strength would stay focused on the father, and that he would be stronger daily and not get inpatient with his or mom’s healing. Pray for logistics of insurance, placement, and transportation to all be worked out. Pray for Jason and my family as we continue to do our best to honor our father and mother.

After that year I put a 22 bullet into a dragonfly across that creek by the church. So much for me not being a mighty hunter. My purpose would not be driven by that though. Our purpose of this life is driven by a love relationship: one with God and others. We are commanded and exampled to love God and love others. I saw that at 9. I saw that last night. I see that with all of you. Thanks again for all your prayers and thoughtfullness. We are overwhelmed by it and thank our God for you as you continue to lift us up and be the church.

Edward C. “Ed” Cutrer
(February 3, 1925 – May 25, 2009)

Edward C.

Mr. Edward “Ed” Cutrer a Veteran of WWII, was a recipient of a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, was born February 3, 1925 and passed away at 4:15 a.m., Monday, May 25, 2009 at the VA Medical Center, Biloxi Division, Biloxi, MS. He was 84, a native of Montpelier and a resident of Amite.Mr. Ed is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bruce E. and Mary D. Cutrer, Amite; a daughter-in-law, Linda “Puddin” Cutrer, Amite; a sister, Mary Rogers, Greensburg; 2 brothers, Joe Cutrer, Greensburg and Ray Cutrer, Chicago, IL; 2 granddaughters, Keeli Cutrer, Amite and Heather Cutrer Koepp, and husband, Geoffrey, Amite; a grandson, Bruce E. “Binky” Cutrer, II, Amite; a great grandson, Garrett Wayne Koepp, Amite: and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John T. and Hazel Redmond Cutrer; wives, Louise Henry Cutrer Murphy and Cinderella “Cindi” King Cutrer; a son, Joe Wayne Cutrer; 2 sisters, Annie Mae Albritton and Myrtle Louise Ficklin; and 3 brothers, Hollis, Walter, and Dewitt Cutrer.

Visitation will be at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, May 31, 2009 from 12:00 noon until Religious Services at 3:00 p.m. with Bro. Sam Leto officiating. Interment in Amite Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 1-800-873-6983

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Grand Prix Car Wash and Bond Eye Clinic.


KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW once got a letter addressed to George Bernard Shawm…
In a beard-tossing fury, Shaw roared to his wife that his correspondent could not even spell the name of the world’s greatest man. Moreover, fumed G. B. S., there was no such word as “shawm.”
Shaw’s wife, one of the world’s most martyred women, quietly disagreed, led Shaw to a dictionary and pointed to “shawm…an old-fashioned wind instrument.”

“A man’s pride will bring him low,
but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”
Proverbs 29:23
Have a wonderful day preparing for the Lord’s Day!
Anna Lee