New Life

As I sat around the bed of Nellie Rowley just minutes after her body breathed its last, and shared a most intimate few minutes with her family, I was as convinced as I had ever been of heaven. That body looked so vacant and so useless, and I knew in that moment that Nellie had simply departed her physical body and was now enjoying a celestial body. Blind for the last 15 years of her life, she can now see, and the body that had caused her so much pain is now perfect, and she is in the presence of the Savior she loves so dearly. We will surely miss her because she is worth missing, but Nellie has never been better off than she is now. To Nellie I say, 'well done thou good and faithful servant.'

I had the distinct privilege of speaking on air with Ted Schubel this morning. Ted has a true sense of community and sees his on-air work as a service to our area. He allows me to come on air once a month, and give me a chance to talk about all that's happening at The Salvation Army. This morning I was able to talk about Camp Happyland, our local community need and, most importantly, to educate people on The Salvation Army as a Church and I truly appreciate that.