GOD HAS PLACED OUR STEPS DOWN INTO FLORIDA TO OUR SURPRISE, AND HAS PLANTED OUR EFFORTS HERE AS HE HAS CALLED US!

But When others GOD called to do certain things in our lives.... SAID: "NO" to GOD~~

GOD had to place our steps somewhere else~~~

We fled down into Florida to get away from the cold that nearly killed us~~~

We SAID a GREAT BIG YES to GOD when HE asked us singing: "WILL YOU LEAVE ALL BEHIND IF I BUT CALL YOUR NAME??? WILL YOU LET THE BLINDED SEE??

WILL YOU KISS THE LEPER CLEAN??? WILL YOU DO IT ALL FOR AND THROUGH ME AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME???"

Our yes brought us into the 20 degree cold to TRUST HIM to provide us with shelter~~

But GOD never floats down upon a cloud waving to us what we need that which HE has promised us~~~

Intead HE puts it on the hearts of men and women and sometimes children to be a Blessing to each other~~~

Though those of us who call ourselves Christians and supossively Love GOD imensely~~~

Scripture says "We cannot Love GOD who we cannot see if we do not LOVE the people GOD places along our daily path~~~ Our Brothers and Sisters!!

So GOD will never penalize HIS obedient children because those HE chose to use in their lives use their free will to say NO~~~

Man makes his Plans but GOD places his steps~~~~ So our steps have been steered down Florida way where my Billy-Jacob~~~ My Elder in Heaven's gate has been presenting his Carpentry Program to State prison officials~~~

With prison over crowding, as crime on the streets has risen~~~~

Many on all sides want a solution!

And since this problem has not developed over night, but has developed over many years of social failures which is its root cause~~~

It REQUIRES a social solution!

It requires new attitudes and actions from all, which will bennefit the entire society of our country and eventually our world.

Most men who are in prison today have fallen into crime because as children and youth have been told only what they could NOT do and never shown..demonstrated what they could do.

Not every person has the ability to learn by reading... or even by hearing a typical lecture whether in a high-school or college classroom.

And each and every man woman and child born on earth of a woman was created by GOD for GOD with inate talents and abilities that are unique that NOT one other can do as well.

Many universties teach in EDUCATION to future teachers a DIVERSIFIED LEARNERS class in Charlotte NC, which my husband joined teachers who were doing their annual continuing ED for their state licenseing~~

In this class they were taught how every student is different. Some need both audio and visual instruction together... Some learn well by reading... Some need hands on doing what they are learning as they learn it~~~ HANDS ON!!

That describes many prisoners~~~ for the present Education has failed them.

My husband William Edward Gustavson has a Carpentry Prison teaching program that he implemented in North Carolina that excited his prisoner students who were in his class.

Then men after watching instructional DVDs of men teaching how to build roof framing and successfully learning how to figure the length of rafters in the classroom~~~

They successfully built a truss... Roof Framing and when those men saw themselves accomplishing something THEY WERE ELATED!!!

Now we want to start a pilot program in a Florida State Prison but need donations of building materials, text books, and DVDs and funds to start up the first pilot program.

Please  to make donations for this cause of great need to all...you can go to any Hancock Bank or Whitney Bank and say you want to Donate anonymously to The Carpenters Friend 501(C)(3)  To receive a Tax Receipt along with your Tax Deductible Donation you must include a note or letter with your full name and full address mailed to:

The Carpenters Friend
PO Box 1144
Ponchatoula, LA 70454

God Bless you!