<p style="text-align: center;">PRAISE GOD!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I just want to praise you forever, and ever, and ever</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">for all you've done for me.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Blessings and glory and honor, they all belong to you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Thank you Jesus for blessing me</p>
Praise God that He blessed us to march from Sherman and Roosevelt to 38th and Keefe. I am at a point in my life where I look to praise God in everything that is happening. For example, although there was snow on the ground on last Sunday when we marched, it was the light, fluffy snow and did not cause any major impediments. Although it was cold outside, it was actually comfortable. It was as if God blew a gentle, warm breeze over us while we were walking. Praise God. Whether you walked, drove or could not physically come and was with us spiritually, we praise God.

Again, I offer my praise and thanksgiving to God who provided the vision, and placed it into the hearts of those who carried out the work. I can truly say that my faith in God has matured, my love for God has deepened and my commitment to the call of God in my life has strengthened. My resolve to fulfill His will for this city has never been stronger, and my understanding of why He has planted us here has never been clearer.

My praise and thanksgiving goes to those of you who have sacrificed many hours of your time, energy, creativity and expertise to the labor of this great work. As well, this campus will eternally bear the soil of your blood, sweat and tears – literally. A part of you is indelibly etched into this campus, and you will continue to contribute to God’s ministry of transformation and liberation for generations to come.

My praise and thanksgiving goes to the spouses and families of those who made the aforementioned sacrifices. Were it not for your patience and understanding, this work would not have been completed.

Finally, my praise and thanksgiving goes to all of those who have gone before us and laid the foundation upon which we build. We pause to remember Pastor C. V. Harrington. We pause to honor Pastor Leroy B. Mixon. We pause to celebrate with those who started on 9th and Brown and transitioned to 8th and Wright (April 22nd, 1962), to Sherman and Roosevelt (May 1st, 1980) and to 38th and Keefe (December 11th 2016). Following are those who have made each transition:
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Annie Bond      Eva Carver            Arrila Eversley</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Pearl Gatson     Emma Hinkle      Dicie James</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Burbie Lewis     John Lewis          Margaret Meeks</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Beverley Minafee       Hattie Oglen        Beverly Rogers</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Lillie Simmons    Robert Steel       Lillie Sullivan</p>