MONDAY, 12/19/11
Good morning from Brooklyn, New York. Lisa, Dana, Gina, & I arrived here Saturday compliments (for Lisa and me) of the church family for pastor appreciation. (I will recap at the end of this post)
Miss Gloria Whitmore is scheduled to have hip replacement surgery later this morning. Pray that will go well. Once she has fully recovered, Bro. Jerry Whitmore will have knee replacement surgery.
Rebecca Bates Taylor is in the hospital and should be giving birth today. Pray that all goes well in the delivery process. (I will update later but it could be late tonight as I will not be around a computer until then)
Ed Williams cousin, Jay Heath, passed away yesterday. He was a young man as he was only 40 years of age. Pray for the Heath family.
Keep praying for the Jackson family too. The service for Mr. Jackson was this past Saturday. Thanks to all who ministered to Teddy Ray and family during that time.
My dad passed out yesterday morning. He called asking us to pray for him. He did get better and attended church. Not sure what is going on there with the fainting.
I appreciate Morris Bryant teaching our Sunday School class yesterday and Ed Williams preaching in the morning services. I understand the adult choir did a nice job last night too.
Lisa, Dana, Gina, & I left the hotel room at 7:45AM yesterday and attended three worship services (9:00AM, 12:00PM, and 3:00PM) arriving back in the room at 5:15PM (it is a five minute walk tops from our room to the Brooklyn Tabernacle). We heard an associate pastor preach in the first service, Pastor Cymbala in the second service, and the choir/drama team did a Christmas presentation in the third service which was awesome! The last service had 1,200 folks watching from an overflow room. Folks, it is crazy! It was a long day but a blessed one for me! Thank you for affording us the opportunity!
T. Garrett Wright and his lovely wife, Johna, treated us to a fabulous meal last night. They were with us Saturday night too. What a delightful couple! They are so kind to Lisa, the girls, and me. We will see them again before we depart on Wednesday.
I ask you to pray now about being in attendance this Sunday, 12/25, for our 10:30AM Christmas service. Lets fill the house! Of course, we will have our Christmas eve service from 5:00 – 6:00PM on Saturday.
I pray that you will have a great Monday with Jesus.