Pastor's Blog

Let me share a few new prayer requests – Pastor Yogi Taylor’s daughter (14 months old) was diagnosed with cancer last Thursday and had surgery on Friday to remove a tumor.  She did well through the surgery and will be in the hospital for a few more days.  Yogi serves as pastor of Saraland Baptist Church. 

Pastor Alvin Sullivan of Kushla-Bethany Baptist Church had surgery last week and is supposed to be discharged from the hospital today.  Bro. Alvin has been at his church for over fifty years and is in his 80’s. 

Pastor Mike Bedford’s mother passed away this weekend and her funeral service will take place today at 2:00PM.  Mike serves as pastor of College Park Baptist Church in Saraland.  Pray for these pastors and their respective situations. 

As of yesterday afternoon, Jay Love was still in CCU.  She is not a happy camper!  Her problem is a low oxygen level.  No new updates on the others mentioned yesterday.  Don’t know if they got Gene’s shoulder in reverse or not! 

The visitation with the Mavis Clark family will take place from First Baptist Pascagoula tomorrow from 9:00AM until the service time at 11:00AM.  Mavis will be buried in the Clark family cemetery in Richton, MS.  Pray for Mac and the entire Clark family. 

Ladies, Cottage Hill Baptist has tickets for the Living Proof Conference in New Orleans.  The dates are Friday, 4/3, and Saturday, 4/4.  They are providing (at a cost) the tickets, bus transportation, and lodging.  Contact me if you want more information. 

My prayers go out to the families who lost the loved ones in the plane crash in Montana this past weekend.  Two sisters, their husbands, & their five children; another family of four; & the pilot.  Tragic! 

I received a call from a travel agent friend yesterday inviting me to join him for a snow skiing trip to Colorado in early April.  Scott Fontenot & I went with him a few years back and everything i.e. lodging, lift tickets, meals, et cetera because he is a travel agent.  Great trip!  Scott got real close to him!  Did I accept his offer?  No.  Why?  I have a wedding ceremony to perform!  Can you believe it?  The guy who isn’t a “marrying Sam” has five weddings in the months of April & May.  I am blessed!

I found out yesterday that my good friend, Jack Ciak, from Casa Aleluya in Guatemala is a blog reader.  Jack is not right having been raised in Conneticut and them moving to Arkansas – a Yankee from Arkansas!  However, he and his wife, Carolyn, are dear friends and have been so kind to GRACE Ministries.  I doubt Jack is a reader this week as their daughter, Ashley, arrived in Guatemala for her Spring break from college.  I encourage you to join me in reading Jack’s blog at 4hiskids.typepad.com.  For the record, Jack has picked UConn to win the men’s & women’s side of the NCAA basketball tourney! 

Speaking of the NCAA tourney, now that Rex Looney has been exposed he has gone into hiding.  Rumor has it that his “real” bracket shows him to be at 24 – 24 after two rounds.  Impressive!  Better than Michael Mason who comes in at 20 – 28. 

The dog and I are still fine.  Life is good – eternal life is better!  Hope you have a great Tuesday with Jesus.