ENTER NOW INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD!

It is with so much sorrow and so much joy and so much gratitude (a true mixed bag) that we announce the departure of Rev. K.T. Whalum, Sr. to be with his Lord forever.  He left us peacefully here in Memphis at 7:28PM, October 22, 2007, with his wife Rosie, my wife Ruby and our dear friends Lumbrea (Rosie's sister) and Hazella LaVar of Stroke of Hope, and myself, Kirk by his side.  There were several of his closest friends with us at that time, for which we are grateful.

His life, especially at the end, was enriched and sustained by the prayers of you, his friends and family.  His home-going was beautiful because of your loving prayers.  We are forever in your debt.

We will now do our very best to "do what we know for sure" and draw close to The Comforter as we process having lost our "Rev."

Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but we will celebrate Rev's life on this coming Saturday (October 27th) in Memphis.

Blessings and thanks,

Kirk Whalum

ROLLER COASTER...

Well, Monday was one of the most frightening days of my life.  I thought for sure that we would lose Dad.  Tuesday, having made it through that, I still felt that eery, surreal feeling that I was about to experience life without my dad.  I didn't sleep well (just a confession).  I kept going over and over in my mind what the funeral would be like. 

After all that Dad actually showed a few signs of improvement today!  It's a roller coaster.  The prayers of the righteous indeed do avail much.  

2 Corinthians 4:16 says: "Therefor we do not lose heart, though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

God please make this a reality in all of our lives today.

Kirk