BlessedAssurance

 Jesus is the perfect example sent for us to read, pray, and imitate the way he behaved in order to pattern our behaviors. In John 14:6, Jesus articulates, "Jesus told him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me" (New Living Translation). Jesus was a nurturer, He was no respecter of persons. He treated everyone like the children we are. His warmth and healing was so strong that the woman with the issue of blood said, in paraphrase, I don't have to even touch Him, if I could just touch the hem of his garment, I know I will be made whole (Matthew 9:20).  Let us build that nurturing environment, but first we have to set the standard based on Jesus' example and stay close to Him and do what He did.  I pray blessings upon blessings for you because you deserve all that God has for you.  Thank you Jesus for setting the example for us all.  We are God's blessed assurance! ~ LaKenya 

  Thank You DFA and Family   This serves as a “Thank You” to all of you who are reading this right now. Today is my last day at DFA. Although some of you were here when I came to DFA back in June of 2000, many have retired or moved on to various other assignments. Some have come after I started with DFA. I have had the opportunity over the last few weeks to execute a brief version of a succession plan. What usually takes years, I had to condense in a few weeks. However, I feel assured that the work of DFA will continue with excellence. I did not want any of you to worry about how you were getting paid, so I preferred to work until my last day and think of it as a “see you soon” rather than a "good bye". Good byes are not my forte, because they seem so final. So, I will see you soon. I will be rooting for you and know that DFA will succeed. The years and seasons have gone by so quickly. Time surely waits for no one. As a nation and state, we find ourselves still in the m