October 16, 2004

Hello,
This evening I went to Wal-Mart on Behrman Highway. After leaving
Wal-Mart, I passed by DaySpring Coffee House. I noticed there were many people. So, I stopped to visit. I was alone. I'm getting brave in my old age. Immediately I met a couple, Emmett and Wanda Pillault. They live in Kiln, Mississippi. Both were extremely nice. They introduced me to other people and Emmett introduced me to his sister, Wendy. It was packed inside with people and there were tables and chairs outside. I met David & Cindy who attend Christian Fellowship Church, non-denominational, on Ehret Road in Marrero. They are a young couple. I think David is the Youth Pastor. I met them once before when I visited Christian Fellowship Church. Then I met the owners of DaySpring Coffee Shop. They are Joshua and his wife. I cannot remember Joshua's wife's name. They attend Abundant Life
Church on Par 3 Drive in Harvey.

Mark Palazzo was there too. I met him at Cornerstone Christian Center when I visited there. Emmett and Wanda sang 3 songs and they are very good. Emmett and Wanda gave me a CD of their songs and Emmett's sister, Wendy, gave me a cassette tape of their songs. I will let my pastor listen to these and prayerfully they will invite Emmett and Wanda to sing at out church. Tomorrow Emmett and Wanda will sing at the Ames Boulevard Baptist Church on Ames Boulevard in Marrero. The Gospel Festival begins at 11:00 a.m.
Emmett and Wanda are scheduled to sing at 3:00 p.m. Anyone can attend the Gospel Festival. There will be food and soft drinks.
The coffee shop is very nice . . . the coffee, food, gospel music, and
Christian brothers and sisters . . . a pleasant time of fellowship. There
was singing from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Schedule follows:
7:00 p.m. - Dave Wittner
7:15 p.m. - Frank Cox
7:30 p.m. - Drew Paul Roussel
7:45 p.m. - Mark Palazzo & Vickie Culpepper
8:00 p.m. Chris Driesbach
8:05 p.m. - Mitchell Jefferson
8:15 p.m. - Zack Cordami
8:30 p.m. - Jamie Sanders
8:45 p.m. - Emmett & Wanda Pillault
9:00 p.m. - Teron & Teriona Thompson
Mike Indest - Floater
Jeremy Silva - Floater

Once more, the name and address of the coffee shop is:

DaySpring Coffee House
809 Behrman Highway
Terrytown, LA

Telephone: (504) 394-2268

web site address: www.dayspringcoffee.com

It is located next to Sonic.

The menu consists of brewed coffee, DaySpring's Signature Lattes
(sugar free, if desired), expresso based drinks, sandwiches, pastries, fruit juices, milk, and more.

Times and days open:

Monday through Friday - open at 6:00 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday - open at 7:00 a.m.
Sunday through Thursday - close at 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday - close at 10:00 p.m.

Emmett & Wanda reminded me of the late Happy Goodmans, Vestal and Howard. If you would like to check out Emmett & Wanda, you can check their web site at: www.EmmettandWanda.com

We need more Christian coffee houses on the Westbank. DaySpring is the beginning. I pray that more will be constructed as well as an elegant
Christian restaurant.

Until next time . . . May God bless you with good health.
G.....

August 8, 2003
Emmett and Wanda,
My Mother and I would like to thank you for ministering to the patients
at Ferncrest Manor Nursing Home and for the cd's you gave to my mother. She has listened to them over and over and has even loaned them out to others who have been blessed by them, too. Thank you again for the blessing you have been to my mother and to the residents of Ferncrest.
Stephen and Sandra Forer
Mandeville, LA

Glory
By Richard Turner 9-4-03

I had been ignoring a pain in my left hip for about a month. I figured that I had pulled a muscle and just wasn’t staying off of it long enough for it to heal. Then one day my wife noticed that I had a large bruise on my hip. It wasn’t very dark, but it was large and deep. When this didn’t go away either, I started to get really worried. My doctor tried anti inflammatory medicine and had me stay completely off of it for several days. When this didn’t solve the problem my doctor sent me in for a CT Scan. He had already warned me that I might need a hip replacement. I have had 3 knee surgeries and figured that after 13 years of limping on my knee, that I had just plain worn out the hip.

When I went to my doctor for the results I knew that something was terribly wrong. I was about 20 minutes early and they took me right back to see the doctor. I asked how my hip was and he said that I would probably need a hip replacement for both hips. Then he took a deep breath and said that he had some bad news, as if 2 hip replacements were not bad news. He looked at me and said that they had discovered a mass on my bladder. He then sent me in for more testing. A week of waiting just about drove me nuts. The ultrasound came back positive. I had a mass on my bladder 2 inches tall, 2 inches wide and 3/4 of an inch thick. It would be yet another week of waiting to see a specialist.

My sister, a nurse, did some research and informed me that about 90% of all bladder masses are malignant but very treatable. The wait seemed forever. I was never afraid that I would die, but I knew people who had cancer and I was scared of chemotherapy. I knew how sick it could make you and I hate to throw up.

Finally the day arrived for me to find out if it was benign or not. I prayed against 9-1 odds that it would be benign. I awoke at 6:45 am with a sense of peace. I found out later that God had one of His saints to start praying for me 15 minutes prior to my alarm waking me.

The specialist wanted a new ultrasound. The nurse proceeded to move the machine over my bladder area repeating I don’t get it, I can’t find it. She called the doctor in and told him she couldn’t find anything. She went as far as doing an ultrasound on my kidneys as if maybe the mass had moved. The doctor then ran more tests. I drank barium solution and had another CT Scan. Then they inserted a camera into my body to see if they could find the mass because a mass doesn’t "just disappear". I tried to explain that, praise God, I had people praying for me. That wasn’t scientific enough for them so they declared it unexplained and sent me back to my doctor as if he could explain the Glory of God.

It is now one week later. I have been telling everyone about my miracle. God spoke to me last night as I laid in bed. I had asked Him not to let them find anything on the first test. He said no." You will praise Me for my mercy and grace. Sometimes my grace is not sufficient and you need my Glory. I wanted all to KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that you did indeed have a tumor that could be seen and measured."

Then I asked him to please let it be benign. He said "No. You will praise Me for my mercy and grace. I wanted you to see that I AM GOD. I am mighty. I will be glorified. It is not benign. It is healed".

It was then, as I lay in my bed, that it hit me that just before all this started I had sung the song "Show me Your Glory". That is exactly what He did. In my life He will always be glorified.