A message from Gene

I pray this email finds everyone doing well and prospering in God's service.  I thought I had better send an email before you started thinking I had gone AWOL ( Absent Without Leave...Army term).  I am currently in Owens Crossroads, Alabama (by Huntsville) assisting my son following his rotator cuff surgery.  I know many of you have been in prayer for him concerning this surgery, and our prayers have been answered in such a way that his recovery is remarkable.  Although the damage to his shoulder was almost to the point to where surgery would not have been restorative, he has bounced back by being able to sleep good, experiencing tolerable pain, and other than some throat irritation from tubes during surgery, has had a great recovery.  Unfortunately, I will be in Huntsville at least until the 25th of March, and then on the 28th of March will take my parents to Benton, Arkansas for my mother's 92nd birthday.  What all that means is that in addition to being absent from our last Camp meeting (I will get the food situation taken care of), I will miss our Saturday morning prayer sessions through 30 March...I really look forward to the Saturday morning prayer time.  
I would like to thank all those who participated in the Camp meeting on the 14th...and thanks again to all who were able to attend.  Our Camp enjoys many successes, but I think the greatest success we collectively enjoy is our combined dedication to the Gideon Ministry and our service to our Risen Lord.  Our Church Ministry is on the move with 14 new services, and our other programs continue to flourish.  Our next cabinet meeting will be 8 AM April 6, 2013, and our next Camp meeting will be 6:30 PM April 11, 2016.  Our April Camp meeting will conclude this year's DVD lesson series with "Pulling Together".  Our May meeting will be elections, and then we're off again for another exciting and rewarding Gideon year.  Please keep the International Convention in Orlando on your front burner, and let's all of us be active in our personal witnessing and PWT distributions.  
Remember...there is no one so bad they can not be saved...and there is no one so good that they do not need to be saved.  May we always stay humbled in His service.  Thank you for being a Gideon/Auxiliary.   Gene