Family

Friday night the Cagle clan in Mobile held an impromtu and non planned family gathering at The Original Oyster House on the Causeway. It was one of those things that just happend because of cell phones, the life on the move of the family of today and the fact that the Cagle's love to eat. It was just fun. The food was good but it took awhile. The main ingredient was the family being together. As I sat in my place at the end of the table observing the mass confusion that comes from our gatherings, I realized how blessed we really were. We love the Lord, each other and acutally get along. Amazing in this day and time. We would make lousy guests on Dr. Phil or Ophra, because we are happy, well balanced, fun loving and conservative. Thank you Lord!

Some of us even went fishing in the Gulf today and had a blast. You see there is nothing more important than family and spending time together. Every one of my kids are different but all important and special to me.

Tomorrow is Sunday and I will be preaching at Crosspoint in the morning and in the evening at Fairhaven Baptist in Demopolis. God is good.

Evergreen/Rick Cagle Ministries

Rick Cagle Ministries: We are still running our radio shows daily on WBHY 840 am. They air every day 9:45 am and 5:15 pm . We get alot of feedback from these and our prayer is that we are making a difference in the kindgom of God through this ministry. I give thanks continually for the opportunity to serve in this manner.

Evergreen: We still do the foodbank through Evergreen as we are able. We have slowed lately because it is expensive. I intend to get back to it asap. I am coming to the conclusion that as much as I hate doing it, we may have to begin some kind of fund raising to continue much of this ministry. I did most of it myself until now, but it really limits us.

There are several really good ministries that we continue to assist through our ministry. Bobby and Mary Morton do Evergreen Missions. They have now started a church and Bobby continues to do mission work in Brazil. He does the "People Sharing Jesus" program written by Darrell Robinson, one of the finest Pastors I have ever known. I am thankful for faithful servants like Bobby and Mary Morton. By the way, Mary makes perhaps the best potatoe salad in the world.

Dr. Aies DeSouza is doing a ministry with hispanics out of the Big Lake Baptist Church in Wilmer. I serve on his board for I M Hope and we also have a division of Evergreen for his work as well. God is using him in a great way. He selflessly helps these people on a continual basis. He is also active in doing several mission trips to Brazil and Mexico. I hear great things from their impact.

March 15 at Crosspoint

Today was one of those Sundays that had all the makings of a rough day at church. It was raining really hard and for a pastor on a Sunday morning you just know that attendance will take a hit. You see in a church like ours where we haul in chairs and sound every Sunday, rain is not our best friend.

As I arrived in the parking lot of the grammer school where we meet noticed our folks scurrying around already working. Then as I entered I found out that some of my men had come up there on Saturday and already done the heavy lifting and moving. That about sums up the spirit of our church. Servanthood, selfless, working together for a cause greater than themselves. So goes some of the finest people I have ever been associated with. If every church had this kind of people, who knows what a difference there would be.

I arrived at church this morning somewhat dreading what I believed was to lie ahead. I left encouraged, inspired, and excited about tomorrow. None of that came from the preaching. It was the people. It was the presence of the Lord in our midst. It was being with family.

Later some of us went to eat mexican food at one of our favorite restaurants and life was good.

RMC Management/Proactive Management

Our corporate structure is 2 fold, we have RMC Management and Proactive Management. RMC is the company we use to own and operate Assisted Living Homes and Proactive Management is the company we use to manage Assisted Living Homes for other owners. We now have 5 homes in RMC and 3 in Proactive.

RMC Homes: Southern Oaks on Cody Rd; Southern Oaks in Demopolis; Southern Oaks Speciality Care in Demopolis; Southern Oaks in Bay Minette.

Proactive Homes: Woodhaven Place in Southside, Al; Pine Place in Arley, Al; Our Southern Home in Midtown Mobile, Al.

We have grown very fast and we are having fun. With over 100 employees, we are very priviledged to serve our Lord by taking care of special older residents.