pain. after the governor addressed us, something happened that changed the rest of that week. we all joined hands and prayed to our heavenly father for what we alone could provide. things like peace in the midst of perplexity. things like calmness in the midst of calamity and strength in the midst of suffering. and when amen was spoken, many of you repeated with a resounding amen and amen. many of you shared with me that week your personal faith in the lord jesus and that what you looked forward to as much as the briefings were our times that we would spend together in prayer. i understand how we are comforted when we pray to the lord, for we know and remember what the strcripture teaches us about him. in the gospel of matthew the