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Copyright (c) 2017 Baptist Press . Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention . The original story can be found at http://www.bpnews.net/49368/from-the-states-ga-calif-and-texas-evangelismmissions-news-what-we-really-hope-and-pray-to-do-is-impact-their-lives-for-christ by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (11 days ago) Today's From the States features items from: The Christian Index (Georgia) California Southern Baptist Southern Baptist TEXAN ********** Ga. literacy missions bringing Gospel to refugees, immigrants By Joe Westbury CARROLLTON, Ga. (The Christian Index) -- For Annette Ingram, it began when she drove by a low- income apartment complex and saw a large sign that said, " Free ESL Classes ." That piqued her interest because she was already certified as an English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instructor through the State of Florida when she served in the DeSoto County public schools . ...

Shares 273 By Maggie Lee Up on Peachtree Road on a sticky July morning , the sign at the Darlington Apartments already read 87 degrees a little after 10:30. James Curtis was on the sidewalk about a block up, alongside northbound traffic , eyeballing a work crew off the side of the road up ahead. He pointed to a broken-up patch of sidewalk at his feet that had filled with sandy dirt. That could stop an electric wheelchair, said Curtis. lacks good sidewalks . Credit: Maggie Lee" /> James Curtis says he wants to know why Peachtree Road, Atlanta’s main artery and one he uses often, lacks good sidewalks . Credit: Maggie Lee On just a few blocks to the north of the Shepherd Center where he volunteers in several departments, Curtis pointed out a half-dozen other obstacles that make it hard or dangerous to get by for folks who use mobility aids. There are cracks that could catch a wheelchair’s small front wheel , tip it over, throw out its user. There’s broken pavement and commercial...