Tuesday

“The only accurate way to understand ourselves

is by what God is and by what he does for us,

not by what we are and what we do for him.”

~Romans 12:3 MSG~

Mr. Luther Ricks

After 43 treatments of Radation and a five week wait, our prayers are answered. We are cancer free with a 0.1 P S A. It feels so good to say that word FREE. I can’t say thanks enough to those who said a prayer for me. Thanks, Thanks. Luther Ricks.

Mr. Billy Brabham

Mr. Billy Brabham has been in North Oaks where he had a heart procedure yesterday. All went tell. Continue to pray for him.

Averi Strickland

Averi is the 16 year old high school student who had a stroke and is hospitalized at Children’s Hospital. He is now beginning therapy to continue to regain speech and movement. Please keep Averi and his family and friends in your prayers.

Address for Mrs. Ann Chapman

Mrs. Ann Chapman

c/o Amite Baptist Church

7100 Amite Church Road

Denham Springs, LA 70726

Thank-you from Dr. Jimmy Dukes: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jimmyandretiadukes

Erin Duke’s blog (Recommended by Jimmy Dukes): http://embracingmycup.blogspot.com/

Maggie Lee Henson news releases: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maggieleehenson

Einar “Bud” Oxholm
(November 15, 1931 – August 10, 2009)

Einar “Bud” Oxholm was born November 15, 1931 and passed away at 6:29 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2009 at the Louisiana Medical Center & Heart Hospital, Lacombe. He was 77, a resident of Kentwood.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Ginny Chehardy Stegall
(April 4, 1958 – August 10, 2009)

Went home peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, August 10, 2009 at her home in Kentwood, LA. She was a native of New Orleans, LA. Age 51 years. She is survived by her husband, Robert B. Stegall, Jr.; 3 daughters, Hannah Marie Stegall, Lydia Grace Stegall and Sarah Elizabeth Stegall; a sister, Melanie Navazio, all of Kentwood; 2 brothers, Andrew Chehardy, Ft. Myers, FL and Rene Chehardy, Jr., Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rene and Virginia Chehardy; a brother, George Chehardy. Visitation will be at Eagle Heights Church, Tickfaw, from 3 p.m. until religious services at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

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Bridge

PEOPLE USED TO travel between the UP (Upper Peninsula) and LP (Lower Peninsula) of Michigan by ferry until they built a bridge along the Straits of Mackinac…

In 1934, the Michigan Legislature created the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority to study the feasibility of the bridge and authorized it to sell bonds for the project. Preliminary plans for the bridge featured a three-lane roadway, a railroad crossing on the under deck of the span, and a center-anchorage double-suspension bridge configuration similar to the design of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. From 1939 to 1941, a cause-way of approximately 4,000 feet in length was constructed with concrete road fragments extending from the northern shore. With uncertainty in funding and the initiation of World War II, further building was delayed. In 1950, engineers resumed construction and the state legislature authorized the sale of $85 million in construction bonds on April 30, 1952.

David B. Steinman was appointed the design engineer in January 1953, and the American Bridge Division of United States Steel Corporation was awarded a contract of over $44 million to build the steel superstructure. On November 1, 1957, after two-and-a-half years of construction and the loss of five lives, the bridge finally opened to traffic. It was officially dedicated on June 25, 1958. The bridge is approximately five miles long, the third longest in the United States. Forty years after the dedication, the 100-millionth crossing was celebrated.

Most of us probably look at the construction of this bridge as a feat of modern engineering. True enough, it is. But behind the construction was the need: the need to connect two cultures and two land masses, to expand and improve economic prosperity by bringing people together.

Did the bridge spring up immediately? No.

How did it start? With a vision, a picture in the minds of visionaries of what it might resemble and how it might change the lives of all affected by its construction. When it became clear that ferries were too expensive and too inefficient to accomplish the goals of connecting the two sides, the bridge came to the forefront of everyone’s mind. The old ways of transportation just were not working. Something new had to be put into place.

What it cheap? No.
Was it easy to build? No.
Were human lives put in danger? Yes.
Was it worth the cost, the hardship, the lives lost, the requirements of years of work and commitment to make this bridge happen? For most people connected with the bridge, the answer was an overwhelming yes.

Like suspension bridges built across bodies of water, it takes time, money and risk for bridges of healing to be built between estranged people. Many may feel that the cost is too high to achieve the bridge. It might cost me time or pride. I might have to say I’m sorry. What if the person to whom I am trying to direct my bridge laughs at me, scorns me or refuses my overture–or worse yet, just plain ignores me?

Jesus said that we must count the cost of discipleship (cf. Luke 14:28). Building bridges that result in restored relationships is probably one of the most important costs of being a disciple of Jesus. Christ taught that reconciled relationships are more important to God than any offering we could bring before Him.

Why? Because for God, how we treat others is synonymous with how we treat Him (cf. 1 John 4:20). (H. Norman Wright, Larry Renetzky)

“Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift”( Matthew 5:23-24).

Posted by Mike Benson

May you see God’s love all around you today!

Anna Lee

Monday

“Consider it a sheer gift, friends,

when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.

You know that under pressure,

your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. “

~James 1:2–3 MSG~

Mrs. Faye Price is in North Oaks for a few days, but will soon return to her home in Kentwood. She no longer stays at Kentwood Manor. Keep her and her family in your prayers.

Mr. Morris Easley has been hospitalized in Greensburg. Please pray for him.

Pray for Frances Gay as she has work done on her shoulder next week.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Ann Chapman as she has physical therapy and as final preparations are made for Mr. Quincy’s memorial service. Also, please continue to pray for Krisa and Emma as they continue to heal.

Pray for teachers, staff, and students in the beginning days of a new school year.

Maggie Lee Henson

Dearest Friends-
Words cannot express our gratitude for your generous prayers and concern for the life of our daughter, Maggie Lee. It was remarkable to hear so many of you, friends and complete strangers alike, passionately pray for MLH. She was a light to the world and since I don’t ask questions which have no answers, I will not begin to try to explain to you why she did not survive despite all the prayer. Horrible tragedies happen every day. That is part of life here on earth. Peoples’ lives play out without the slightest hint of a ripple. We are grateful that Maggie Lee’s impact has reached so far and wide. Her life and now death will not be in vain. We will make sure of that. Please do continue to pray for us, we cannot carry on without that support from the Body of Christ.

Maggie Lees service will be archived as of Monday on http://www.fbcshreveport.org
We love you, please keep the faith and know that God is good ALL THE TIME!!!!
In His unexplainable peace and ridiculous joy,
Jinny

Quincy McDaniel Chapman

A resident of Denham Springs, he was welcomed home by his Lord and Savior on Saturday,

Aug. 8, 2009. He was 79 and a former resident of Kentwood. Visitation at Seale Funeral Home,

Denham Springs, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting resumes on Thursday

from 12:30 p.m. until service in the chapel at 2:30 p.m. The clergy will be Dr. Terry Booth, the

Rev. Clyde Northrup, the Rev. Ragan Courtney and the Rev. Joe Baugh. Burial in Evergreen

Memorial Park. Survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Martha Ann Abernathy Chapman, of

Denham Springs; daughters, Debbie Seale and husband Mickey Seale, of Denham Springs,

and Brenda Pettit and husband Audie Pettit, of Columbus, Miss.; son, Deloy Chapman and

wife Krisa Chapman, of Denham Springs; sisters, Nan Bartholomew and Ann Parsons, both

of Amite; sister-in-law,-Lois Chapman, of Baton Rouge; eight grandchildren, eight great-

grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Preceded in death by his parents, Amos Kent and Emma Melissa Brumfield Chapman;

daughter, Melissa Jo Chapman; brother, Shelton “Pokey” Chapman; and sister and brother

-in-law, Sybil Courtney and Frances Courtney. He was a devoted Sunday School teacher and

ordained deacon formerly of First Baptist Church, Kentwood, and most recently serving at

Amite Baptist Church, Denham Springs. He was a member of the Louisiana Rabbit Breeders

Association. He retired from South Central Bell with 30 years of service and then worked for

the Louisiana Department of Agriculture. Memorial donations may be made to the Amite

Baptist Church Deacon’s Special Need Fund or the Deacon Scholarship Fund.

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Purification

LAST YEAR WHILE hiking in the mountains of North Georgia, I came across a very large unusually shaped brick…

The brick was almost completely covered in green, fur-like vegetation. After I scraped the green goop away, I carefully inspected the brick and discovered that it was a brownish-yellow color instead of the traditional red. I also discovered some unusual markings and identification numbers on the brick. When I returned home, I was able to do some research and found that this particular type of brick was used in the early-to-mid eighteen hundreds to construct smelting ovens. These ovens melted and purified gold after it was mined from the mountains of North Georgia and Carolina. The purpose of the melting process was to remove any impurities that were attached to the gold.

God compares the difficulties and trials that each of us must experience in our lives to the purification or smelting process that gold goes through in order to become valuable. It is kind of like the refining process that the old yellow brick had been a part of over a hundred years ago. The brick had actually facilitated the fire’s ability to remove impurities from the gold after melting, and thereby increased its value. And more than likely some of the very gold which was purified in that particular type of brick smelting oven is still around today, possibly in the form of antique jewelry that has been passed from one generation to another. (Mitch Temple)

“The genuineness of your faith,

being much more precious than gold that perishes,

though it is tested by fire,

may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 1:7

Posted by Mike Benson

May you know God’s presence in your walk this week.

Anna Lee

Sunday

“We should choose to follow what is right.

But first of all we must define among ourselves what is good.”

~Job 34:4 LB~

Pray for Mrs. Ann Chapman to improve physically and for peace and comfort for the entire Chapman family.

Mr. Quincy M. Chapman, of Denham Springs, passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, at

Ochsner Medical Center of Baton Rouge. Services are pending through Seale Funeral Home,

Denham Springs.

Woodrow “Woody” Willson Hodges, Jr.

(February 22, 1957 – August 7, 2009)

Died at 7:45 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2009 at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence, LA. He was a native and a resident of Amite, LA. Age 52 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Sherry Hodges; son, Gerrid Hodges; step-son, Gary “Gator” McCarroll, Jr.; 3 grandchildren, Jacob Hodges, Danica Woodard and Brayden McCarroll; mother, Cosma Birch Hodges; sister, Louise Peterson; brother, Neil Currier. Preceded in death by father, Woodrow Hodges, Sr.

Alva Huey Hope

(March 6, 1931 – August 6, 2009)

U.S. Veteran He went home to be with his Lord and Savior on August 6, 2009. He was a native of Kentwood, LA , a resident of Denham Springs, LA and a U. S. Navy Veteran. Age 78 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 11 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Monday. Services conducted by Leland Hodges. Interment Hope-Oliver Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by 4 daughters, Valarie Hodges and her husband, Leland, Watson, Ouida Hedden and her husband, Pat, Gulfport, MS, Kathy Klein Urban and her husband, Danny, Cedar Park, TX and Judy Hall, Dallas, TX, 11 grandchildren, Michael, Kelly, Joshua, Chad, Brandon, Amber, Jennifer, Kristan, Timothy, Jessica, and Cody, numerous great-grandchildren, brother, John Donald Hope and his wife, Marsha, Harahan, 2 sisters, Dorothy Guy and her husband, Rand, Baton Rouge and Margaret James, Magnolia, MS, numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by, wife, Betty Jane Hope, who was buried at the National Cemetery in Dallas, TX, sons-in-law, Tommy Johnson, Wayne Hall and Bill Hall, twin brother, Otis Hope, 2 other brothers, Kenneth and Nolan, sister, Bill Goings.

Death

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IS accredited with saying that there is nothing in this life that is certain except death and taxes…

Funny, is it not, how neither seems to come at an opportune time? Death is something that we never come to grips with. We deny that it happens. We put it off until another day. We try to run ahead of it to ensure that it never catches up. Some even try to buy it off but they never succeed for death comes to us all.

However, this isn’t much comfort when our loved ones pass on. We have all lost someone near and dear to us. A grandparent. An uncle or aunt. A parent. A sibling. A close friend in the prime of life. And when these deaths occur in trivial circumstances, the pain is almost suffocating. A friend commits suicide. Another is taken in an automobile accident. A grandparent or parent who develops cancer is given only two weeks to live. An uncle is murdered.

It happens.

It shouldn’t.

But it does.

The pain that comes from death is worse than anything else that humanity can imagine or create. You see, death represents finality. That’s it. It’s the end of the line. They are gone. Your loved one is now only a memory. At least that is true for those who never know Christ. But for the ones who do, death is only a brief milestone between earth and eternity. (Michael Whitworth)

“…It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

Posted by Mike Benson

Keep God in this Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday Afternoon

Mr. Quincy Chapman passed away about noon while surrounded by his family. The visitation will probably be Wednesday and Thursday with the funeral Thursday afternoon. This is tentative. Please pray for the family.

Saturday

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

~Luke 19:10~

Don Denton

We arrived back from St. Louis very late last night. Don had a follow up appt. with his neurologist at Barnes. We drove up on Wednesday for his morning appointment on Thursday.

The feelings were a little scarey for me looking back at our last three hospitals stays up there and of course the very last one was much like the visit we had yesterday. There was this voice inside of me that said…..”What if he relapses again like last time?”.

The truth is that Don has been sick for such a long period of time now that one begins to expect it and it is like sitting on the edge of your seat most of the time not knowing what is going to happen next. Don has been in the hospital so many times, it has become a way of life for us. When I tell people how many times he has been in a hospital over the last 11 months they look at me in horror. And we have a young child as well as you know who has been through this too.

So, when the doctor looked at us yesterday and said with excitment in her voice that she sees improvement. That she says he is getting well.

She said some more time it will take, but he will teach again. She said she does not wake up in the middle of the night wondering what she “missed” with the findings for Don anymore. She can sleep knowing he will get better.

She continued to say that we need to put this behind us and go forward. We need to continue to press forward. She is an advocate for us going to Mayo to see this specialist to help with the dizziness, but it was so apparent to her that even that was improving.

It has not sunk in as of yet all that she saId to us yesterday. But as I was sharing this with a friend of mine today, she burst out saying” Praise God!”

So please continue to pray for us as a family. We do have the rest of the journey to healing, it will happen, he will be able to do the things he use to. He will teach again. He will be the daddy Joshua needs him to be and I will have my best friend back I can see it.

I know more of who I am as a result of this long difficult experience. I know and understand that God loves me even when I am holding on with a thread. I know that it is not up to me to “do all the right things”. I know it is the shear grace of God. I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I know that God promises that he will be with us. That he will never leave us even when we feel that he is a million miles a way.

As Josh puts it: It feel like it has been 10 thousand years since his daddy has been ill. But Joshua has seen the grace of God. Joshua has seen you all come around us and minister to us in a way that can only come from God. Joshua has seen the church reach out to us in amazing ways to rescue us from falling off the edge. And I have been humbled to see God’s hand upon us when I did not have the strength.

We are still pretty tired and weary now and it will take time for us to recover. But God’s mercy and grace will be upon us through this too. We take one day at a time. I still don’t know what the outcome for us will be on many levels. But that is Ok. We will make it though this as a family.

And more importantly Don will be with us on the other side of this. His body, mind and soul will heal. He has been through the most difficult part of this. We almost lost him.

And now I can begin to do life with a renewed hope and a faith that is more honest and real. Not because of anything I have done, but because of God’s grace. It is in the brokeness and the darkness that God has taught me to be more honest and real about who He is and about life. I am learning to love in a deeper more real way as well. God is a compassionate God.

I will continue to keep you posted on how Don is doing and we continue to work in the direction of getting to Mayo sooner. Please continue to pray for us, we so need it.

The day is coming when Don will be well again and the day that he steps back into the class to teach will be a day of celebration. I look forward to being able to tell you all about it.

Bless you our family and friends.
Diane

Baptist Press

August 7, 2009

WASHINGTON–ERLC analysis: House health bill ‘dangerous.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31036

VIRGINIA–Land: Quality of life would suffer under health care bill. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31037

CANADA–Has APA given nod to Christian gay therapy? http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31038

GEORGIA–Southern Baptists at ‘historical point,’ Hammond says. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31039

TENNESSEE–Workplace chaplains care for the unchurched. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31040

TENNESSEE–Marketplace Ministries marks 25th anniversary. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31041

TENNESSEE–CULTURE DIGEST: Antidepressant use doubles in U.S.; … http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31042

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Kelly Boggs): Participatory democracy, on display. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31043

Mature

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU’RE GROWING MORE “MATURE”

10. Your teeth spend the night in a jar.

9. You have an executive “lift” chair.

8. It takes you longer to go to sleep than it did to get tired.

7. You and the pharmacist are on a first-name basis.

6. It takes you twice as long to look half as nice.

5. The pressing question of your life is, “Where did I park the car?”

4. You get winded playing Bible Trivia.

3. You know all of the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

2. You walk with your head held high…to see through your bifocals.

1. Shuffleboard doesn’t sound too bad.

The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.” Proverbs 16:31

Posted by Mike Benson at May 21, 2009

Friday

Krisa and Emma Chapman are “on the mend”. “Miss” Ann got to visit with Mr. Quincy for a while today. She is getting stronger with the therapy she’s in and has always had inner strength, much more than most people. Mr. Quincy’s children will be with him in the morning when the ventilator is removed. Please be in continued prayer for the Chapman family.

Friday Evening

Averi Strickland, a sixteen year old, senior at KHS has had a stroke and is in Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. You may remember his sister, a college student, passed away last school year. As you pray for Averi, please pray for his mother and other family members.

Mr. Billy Brabham is in North Oaks. The doctors are working to control his heart problems with medication. Please keep him in your prayers.

Pray for my mother. She continues to have health issues. Thanks!

Friday Update

The young mother and baby arrived safely at their destination. Pray for clear thinking and wisdom in decisions that will be made. Pray for other family members during this time.

Friday

“You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.”

~Psalm 31:22b~

Please continue to pray for the young mother and her baby. I did not hear anything this morning.

Pray for the family of Mr. Quincy Chapman today. Say a special prayer for “Miss” Ann.

From Mary Prescott

Jared (Prescott) went to the Dr. yesterday, all the fluid is gone and he has been released. Rusty (Benoit) went today and got some pretty good news. It seems that his medication is working and helping his problem much better than expected. He will be monitored every two months and if things change for the worse he will be sent to the Cleveland Hospital. Some relief but it’s just a wait and see how things are going from month to month.

Please add Shirley Mouledoux to the list. She is scheduled to have kidney surgery 08/20/09 for cancer.

Also, add George Mouledoux for prostate cancer. They are in-laws.

Dukes

Thursday, August 6, 2009 10:47 PM, EDT

< addresses and a video. >
Dad and I are halfway home. We set out together late this afternoon, determined to drive about halfway today and the rest tomorrow. We are on the way to Orlando, stopping to give both of us a rest, but especially Dad’s legs.

The memorial celebration of Mom’s life was so amazing yesterday. The crowd was larger than any of us expected. The words shared were touching. The hugs given were sustaining. The life remembered was beautiful. It was such an infusion of joy and sadness surrounded by so many who loved on us and who loved Mom, that the day after is tough simply because of the loneliness.

The time with Dad has been sweet, though, again, as it has been over these months. We’ve talked with Erik and other family members by phone or in person today, as well. Thanks to all who loved on us yesterday. It meant so much.

Please check out my blog (http://www.jasoncdukes.com/) to see the video we showed as a tribute to Mom at the memorial service. Several people asked if I would post it. So, there you go.

Also, people asked Dad about two addresses. First, people wanted to know where to send donations in lieu of flowers. These donations will be added to the Dukes Recovery Fund that the Seminary set up for Mom and Dad. What Dad and his boys have decided is that the money in this fund will be dedicated to a scholarship for a selected Seminary couple each year in memory of Mom and in honor of Dad. If you desire to contribute, make checks payable to “New Orleans Baptist Seminary” with “dukes recovery fund” noted by letter or on the memo line. Here’s the address:

New Orleans Baptist Seminary
ATTN: Dr. Chuck Kelley
for the Dukes Recovery Fund
3939 Gentilly Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70126

The other address people asked Dad about was his home address. That address is:

Jimmy Dukes
14356 Bridgewater Crossings
Windermere, FL 34786

His email address is JimDukes@mac.com.

We can’t thank you enough for your love and support. If you are able to make it to Mom’s second memorial service in Orlando on August 18th on the campus of First Baptist Church Sweetwater in Longwood, FL, we will see you there.

We’ll post soon.
-jason

KOMpray

Kids on Mission Pray

Dangerous places

FOUR THOUSAND—that’s a really big number. You can probably count that high; but it would take awhile, wouldn’t it? Well, 4,000 people have had to leave their country in Southeast Asia and go live in another place. They are called refugees, and they left their homes because it wasn’t safe. They moved to several refugee camps—in one of those camps, there are more than 800 children and pregnant mothers.

Their home country told the refugees to come back immediately; but at the last minute, the United Nations stepped in. They agreed it wasn’t really safe right now, so the country and the world leaders at the United Nations are talking about what to do.

Praise the Lord that these men, women and children didn’t have to go back while it was dangerous. And ask God to help all the leaders to find a peaceful answer to this big problem. There are still many people living where there is warfare and kidnapping. Pray for the refugees that are Christians. Pray that they will not be afraid but will tell others about the love of Jesus.

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

Pray for the people in Hungry because not many people believe in Christ. Also help all the deaf in Hungry including my parents to tell the gospel about Jesus. ANDREW, age 10 (European peoples)

My Dad has some spine problems . . . and the doctors can’t fix it. He is in pain a lot of the time. I know this sounds cheesy, but I really need a friend right now. I live in a small town and I can only reach friends by e-mail or phone. So all I’m asking is for you to pray for me and my dad. Thanks! I pray for you too. AMANDA, age 11 (East Asian Peoples)

Pray for the Deaf. And the people in my country. And for my friends. TAYLOR, age 10 (American peoples)

I pray for the D people. My family just met some D people. M. E., age 11 (East Asian Peoples)

Please pray for me to not be mean to my brother and to play even when I do not want to. NAMON, age 11 (Sub-Saharan African peoples)

Charlie. She is my best friend. She believes in a cat god. Her parents believe that everything just evolved. Plees pray for Charlie. MAGGIE (South Asian peoples)

Pray that while we are in our area that many will come to Christ. Please pray also that my relationship with God will be closer. TIMOTHY, age 16 (East Asian Peoples)

I want to ask for prayer with my schooling next year. For the last two years I have fallen behind and ended up pushing myself to the extreme for the last couple of months. I get it done, but it is really hard. CLARA, age 16 (East Asian Peoples)

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

Mike Benson, Editor

A CENSUS TAKER walked up to a woman who was sitting on a porch…

After introducing himself, he said, “May I ask how many children you have, Ma’am?”

“Sure,” the woman answered, “I have four.” To which the census taker replied, “May I have their names, please?” The woman replied, “Eenie, Meenie, Minie, and George.”

The census taker smiled and chuckled a little, but when the woman didn’t laugh, he meekly asked, “Really?” “Yes, really” said the woman, somewhat annoyed.

After a brief pause, the census taker couldn’t pass the opportunity to satisfy his curiousity, “May I ask why you named your fourth child ‘George’?”

“Surely,’ said the woman, “because we didn’t want any Moe!”

“A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.”

Prov. 17:22

Posted by Mike Benson

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee

Thursday Evening

We have an urgent prayer request for a young mother and her baby. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated. Especially pray for them between now and midnight tonight.