I have been gone awhile but I do want to catch up on a few things. First of all I want to give a shout out to my man Corker on pulling out a big win in the Senate race.

I would also like to give all three of my readers a update on our church. On November 5-8 we held revival here at El Bethel Baptist. What a great meeting we had. There were 19 decisions followed by 16 baptisms. Since then revival has continued as we have seen 5 more professions and baptisms. The church has now had 21 baptisms since the first Sunday in September. I tell you friends God is good.

We also have just about reached our construction goal for our new "life center" the goal of 75k should be met by the end of December and construction to begin on January 2. The Lord continues to send us growth as we have be consistently over 100 in Sunday School for the past 3 months.

In other news I would like to address the firing of Mike Shula as head coach at my beloved University of Alabama. I can not say whether I agree or disagree with the decision because I myself am not sure. I do feel they probably should have given him another year because the Tide should be loaded next season. However since the firing has already taken place I want to give you my prediction on the whom the next coach will be. I think in reality it will be the head coach from Wake Forrest (I can not recall his name) However I think the Tide may shock the world and hire South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. This would be great for the program and he is a definite proven ole' ball coach.

I just recently got a new computer for my church office and this should mean that I will be able to keep in touch a little better and make a few more post's.

That is all for now.

Dan Reed