Guiding Lights

Kym King
Affirmative Action
While many presenters can’t hold their audience’s attention, Kym King keeps everyone fascinated with the wealth of knowledge she shares, wrote Nita Weil, development chair for the Texas Polio Survivors’ Association.

“So much of what you talked about was unknown to most of us,” Weil wrote. “The message that most resonated with us was, ‘We work for you. Let us know your concerns.’

“I’ve always said, if you sit in the dark and act like a mushroom, you’re going to be treated like one. Thank you, sweet Kym, for reinforcing that message, and for giving up your Sunday to talk to us.”

Manuel Garcia
Police
When officer Manuel Garcia saw a homeless couple and their 3-year-old son, he made sure they had something to eat and a place to sleep, wrote Scotty Sanders, director of First Baptist Church’s missions training center.

“The family said no one had ever shown them this kind of respect or understanding, and they were overwhelmed by it,” Sanders wrote. “Heaven will tell the story of how his act of kindness changed the life of this family.”

Warren Jones
Police
Senior citizen Leathern Jones was physically unable to tear down his dilapidated garage, and all the estimates he received for the city-mandated project were too expensive.

A friend told him how Officer Warren Jones often helps elderly residents in need.

“I’m a proud man who normally does not ask for help, but thank God age brings a change,” Jones wrote.

The officer got the garage torn down and the debris hauled away free.

“I’d like to thank the police department for Officer Jones,” he wrote.

Kyle Seitzinger
Police
Marie Cooper was watching an ambulance drive away with the body of her dead son when Officer Kyle Seitzinger asked if she needed a ride to the hospital. At the hospital, he waited with her until her older son arrived.