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Today after worship at our home, we celebrated Kalei Luii’s 38th birthday. He chose to bake his own birthday cake because he likes peanut butter icing😊. Kalei is married with three children. He is doing very well in the program and looks forward to returning home to Palau to his family. As a new man

Our guests tonight were Joshua and Ebonique Gaston who live here in Huntsville, AL. We met Joshua last year as a student at Oakwood University. One of the members of our OU Student Overcomer’s Support Group invited him to come and give his testimony. It was so inspiring! Joshua heard our love story at worship

 Every Wednesday The DAP clients help distribute food to the community for our church. Our pastor, Dr. Carlton Byrd, shows the men how much he appreciates their assistance in many areas of work around the church. They help clean the church inside and also beautify the church grounds. Jesus Himself said: “ …It is

Tonight the highlight of our Vespers was the promotion of Emil Castro to Phase V, completion of the program. He has to remain ‘clean and sober’ for several months before receiving his graduation 🎓 certificate. We are so proud of Emil. He has done very well in the program despite major adversities. He regressed while

Today we visited Lonny and Linda Shattuck in Tennessee and it sure felt good attending worship service in a church building for the first time since the pandemic hit in March. We had lunch at the Shattuck’s home. They served us haystacks that were healthy and delicious. Linda brought her horse, Cinco, from the stable

This evening It was raining over abundantly while driving to the Recovery Home for Vespers. At the beginning of the meeting, the men were asked what they learned today. The answers went from learning how to install long light bulbs in the church to the importance of building healthy relationships with your brothers. Next, we

Today we celebrated Emil Castro’s birthday. He has made major improvements in his recovery and will be graduating soon. Our great-grand children, Jeremiah and Jordyn, joined us for Emil’s celebration. These men are taught the importance of family activities. The family that ‘plays’ together stays together. Thank

We did irrigation work and painted a fence for our neighbor, Inga Davis. She sent this ‘one red🌹rose’ to me as a gift having no idea that it was the trademark of our marriage. That was God’s personal touch just for me, His Sonshine Princess🥰. We trimmed several bushes for our neighbors across the street,

We made it home safely. On the way we stopped to see our sister and niece, Melba and Kristen, in Mississippi. Melba fixed us a To-Go breakfast and was it delicious 😋! Kristen made us feel special by personalizing our breakfast containers. She’s a sweetheart 💞. There really is ‘no place like home’ no matter