A rose in The Joanie Baker Memorial Garden… not an official name, but I think it should be. She spent lots of time and money planting this garden in front of the building.
What a beautiful morning for the ground breaking ceremony.
Dave Davis, pastor of the FBC of Cole in Blanchard, OK, was the M. of C. for the ceremony.
The invocation is given. 
We were thrilled to see so many folks attending.
Mission Norman Director, Gene Barnes, points to where new temporary housing will be built.
Cindy Rosenthal, mayor of Norman, spoke and cited three scriptures that apply to the work that Mission Norman is doing. I was impressed.
Oklahoma representative, Wallace Collins presented a check from himself and his wife for $1000 and also a check from OU president, David Boren, for the same amount.
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn had a rep there, also… Steve Williams.
Another politician whose name tag is covered!
Don could not help but be emotional about this property that he planted a church on in 2002, to see that it is being used for the Kingdom of God to bring Him glory and help so many people. 
Don, happily, gets to break a little ground.
You know, election year is a great time to invite politicians to a faith-based ground breaking ceremony! Gene Barnes could be saying, “Dig deep, boys, and put your money where your mouth is!”
Associate Pastor Jack Sappenfield, gives the closing prayer.
Mission Norman has been rapidly expanding. In just three years, the Mission has increased its food assistance by 5 times, increased it auto assistance over 7 times, doubled its rent assistance, and quadrupled its utility assistance. With this massive growth, Mission Norman is (read more here)….
We won’t get to see friends and fellow CRM chaplains for at least seven months, so after the Mission Norman ground breaking ceremony, we had lunch with them at Ted’s.
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