Incredible Day!!!

As many of you know, last Monday, Daddy, Anne, Scott, and I traveled to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. There we met the first recipient of the Mary French Priscilla Scholarship.

This scholarship goes to the wife of a student preparing for ministry who desires to further her own education. She will also be mentored by the first lady of the seminary, Dr. Dorothy Patterson. There is no other scholarship like this one. As Daddy said, "A pastor's wife is called to complement her husband in ministry. As a helper, you have to be theologically sound and know your husband's craft. This scholarship will give the needed tools and training to best assist their husbands, just as Mary did for me."

The first recipient is Mrs. Rhonda Jones. She is the wife of Mr. Quincy Jones, who is a student in the College at Southwestern. She is the mother of five beautiful children and she home schools four of them. They moved to Dallas, from the Washington, D.C. area, to attend the seminary because of God's calling. Dr. Patterson asked Daddy to say a few words about Momma in chapel that morning and he spoke about when he was called into the ministry and when he talked to Momma about it. Her response to him was, I will follow you and support you wherever God leads us. Speaking to Quincy after chapel, he said that Rhonda's response to him was the same. She would follow and support him wherever God would lead them. That meant so much to me. A minister can not do the work of the Lord without the love and support of his wife.

We were able to visit with the Jones' for a little while, but I could have visited all day. Their plates are full and they need our prayers as they seek God's will in their lives. They also promised to stay in touch and let us know their specific prayer needs. We are now friends on Facebook. If you are on Facebook, look them up under my friends (Carol French Garon) and just send them a message. I'm sure they would love to know exactly who is praying for them and know that there are a lot of us out there lifting them up. They are an awesome family.

Oh yeah!! Momma wouldn't have wanted all this hooplah, she was strictly the behind the scenes wife, but like Daddy said..."she can't do anything about it now." I love you Momma and miss you soooo much!!!!