Good News - January 2021

I still have my Navy Service Dress White uniform, which I bring out when we have a graduation ceremony for one of our students attending the US Naval Academy. It has gotten more difficult to fit into since I retired! George R. Moraitis, Jr., Moraitis, Cofar, Karney, Moraitis & Quailey I have a double-breasted houndstooth sports jacket that I wear on Christmas since 1988 that holds so many wonderful memories that I don’t believe I could ever part with it. The holidays just wouldn’t be the same without it. Gregg Wallick, President, Best Roofing, Inc. I have a waxed canvas duster coat that I bought in 1988. I wear it every winter for my travels to Manhattan, Chicago, Detroit; wherever the cold winds blow and the snow flies. I had it on when we brought our first born home, when my late wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer, when I joined the ribbon cutting at the inaugural North American Inter- national Auto Show, when I knelt and prayed with a friend who accepted Christ on Rush St. in Chicago at 1:30 AM. My memorial duster will al- ways be in my wardrobe. James ‘JT’ Taylor, Managing Director, Head of Automotive, Truist Securities I am a lifelong New Orleans Saints fan. I have an “old jersey” that I have worn for almost two decades. It is from a time when the Saints were not a very good franchise. Of course, they eventually became a good fran- chise and won a Super Bowl. The jersey reminds me to not abandon something in the hard times. I would never get rid of it. James Welch, Pastor, First Baptist Fort Lauderdale The one thing I would never throw away is my high school jacket from our basketball team. It’s a beautiful red jacket, with the “letter” for playing varsity, and still fits. Now my wife may disagree about its beauty (and that it still fits) and would love to see it go away. But it will never leave (reminds me: I better check if it’s still in the closet). Milan Stefanovic, Chief Operations Officer, Bass Underwriters Even though it’s been ten-plus years since I moved from Seattle to Florida, I still have packed away the cashmere sweaters I used to wear in the rainy, cold weather that marked Seattle winters. I have yet to put one on since I moved to Florida, but I keep them at the ready for a cold spell that will allow me pull them out and enjoy their warmth and coziness again. Oksana Horton, Creative Director, Torch & Trumpet Theater Company The one thing in my prayer closet that I would never throw away are my old preaching Bibles that I have preached from over the last 40 years, because I wrote down the Hebrew and Greek meanings of many of the words in the Bible and study notes from various commentaries. Such in- spirational notes would be very difficult or impossible to re-capture. O’Neal Dozier, Pastor, The Worldwide Christian Center I tried to come up with something cute, nostalgic or memorable, but I really do not have anything in my closet that I would not throw away or give away. Things are not very important to me. I always have enough for what I need and am truly grateful to God for always providing all that I need. Now if you talked about my books, there are many that I would rather not part with. Patricia Colangelo, EdS, Lecturer, Professor, Trinity International University - Florida The one thing in my closet that I would never throw away is the uniform I got to wear when I carried the Olympic Torch... an awesome white jacket with matching sweatpants and the Olympic logo proudly displayed strate- gically on the uniform… but most of all because of all the Olympics stand for... The best of the best athletes from every country in the world, coming together for 2 weeks of healthy athletic competition…And during those 2 weeks someway, somehow ‘THE WORLD BECOMES ONE’ and it is all displayed in the “SPIRIT OF UNITY” embodied in the Olympic Flame! Coach Rick Andreassen, Founder/President, SAINTS Homeschool P.E. and SAINTS International Sports Ministry Wants to Know… Don Campion Gene L. Green Germaine Smith Baugh George R. Moraitis Gregg Wallick James ‘JT’ Taylor James Welch Milan Stefanovic Oksana Horton O’Neal Dozier Patricia Colangelo Coach RickAndreassen