Submitted by David Creek on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 00:15
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Well, the story is told as follows, by a friend of mine.
A man asks his wife what she would like for Christmas.
She responds by saying she wants something very specific. Something very precious to her. Something that can be found anywhere - whether in Europe or Asia; Africa or South America.
It can even be found down the street at any store in town and that they come in different sizes, shapes and colors.
As the time draws nearer, her husband goes shopping in search for the gift. Upon seeing it, with joy, he plans to get it for her, because it’s exactly what she wants - and he knows it!
Before he got it, however, something else catches his eye.
Not only is he confident his wife would like it more, it happens to be far more luxurious than the gift she had asked for. Wanting to surprise her with something even better, he decides to get her the other gift instead.
It’s Christmas Day.
The gift has sat underneath the tree for nearly a month and the wife’s anticipation has increased by the day. She believes she will get what she had asked for.
We pray that you may finish strong this year and that the Lord give you strength as the New Year comes upon us. We are thankful for your love to see the Word of God spread here in Brazil and thank you for your partnership in the gospel of Christ. Here is our report, God Bless and Keep fired up!
Beauford A. "BA" Fudge, a June 1966 graduate of Sunset School of Preaching passed from this life and gain the victory on Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Beauford was born in Baytown, TX; graduated from Cedar Bayou High School in May of 1954. He attended Sam Houston State and Lee College. He enrolled at SSOP in 1964.
He preached at Fort Sam Houston Church of Christ upon graduation from Sunset. The majority of his preaching was done with the Horse Cave Church of Christ from 1967-70; 1973-79 and 1980-2002 for a total of 33 years. He touched a lot of lives especially in Kentucky. A huge loss is felt by the Horse Cave congregation.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:21
Dear Brothers and sisters in Christ,
Since last Friday night we face many troubles here in Cairo and other big cities in Egypt. As the group of Islamic parties had attacked and destroyed a Coptic Church near Aswan (Upper Egypt) although they have got the official license to re-shape it. As a result of attacking other Churches in the last three months and the government, the army in charge did not take positive action against that. The Christian people made a big walk in front of TV and broadcasting center at Masberoo (very close to the Church building) to express their anger about these events and asking to rebuild the destroyed church and to be given their rights as Egyptian citizens. They gave the government two days to respond to their demands. As there is no response to that thousands of the Christians made the same walk carrying crosses to the same place. The army soldiers with their tanks attached them, went over them and shot fire on them; it really a great massacre happened. Fifty five were killed and 280 were injured. This astonished the all the Christian as they expect to be guarded and protected by their army. After the other Christian tried to flee from the place the big group from the fanatic Muslims pursued them with different things such as rocks, stones, bottle of Molotov and knives. All the Christians are frightened, scared and very depressed for this new situation, even they never send their kids to the school.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 14:38
Dear Ones,
You may have been following the news concerning flooding in Thailand. More than 300 people died in the flood. 28 provinces are under the water. The pictures of people swimming to get food, water and help are common in the country. All the hospitals in the afflicted areas had to move all the patients to hospitals in other provinces. Many Industrial Parks are flooded. The estimation for the lost is well over 100,000,000,000 Baht.
At this point, the water from the North is reaching Bangkok. Also, it rains is coming down very hard at my house. The sea level will reach the highest point in two days. The water right in front of my house is now more than three feet deep. They expected the water level here will reach six feet. It means that the water on the first floor of my house could be four feet deep. Today, young people from BSLI and RCC came to help me move the furniture from the first floor up to the second floor. The dining table and kitchen items are too heavy to move.
Please keep the Les Ferguson family (SSOP ’73) in your prayers. Les is the past president of Magnolia Bible College and is presently preaching in Kosciusko, MS. Yesterday their daughter-in-law, Karen, and 21 year old grandson, Trevor Cole, who had cerebral palsy were shot and killed by a 70 year old man who later killed himself. Les Jr, son of Les and Marge Ferguson, is the preacher for the Orange Grove Church of Christ and was not at home when it happened. Their 14 year old son was with friends but their five year old was in the house and ran to get help.
Karen was the daughter of Bob Brown, a Freed-Hardeman professor. Please keep this family and the congregation in your prayers. If you would like to send a note to Les and Marge Ferguson, you can contact our office.
