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BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS EIGHTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1935 • The Fourth Street Garage wrecker went to the Joe Kieske farm, a mile north of the Cox Cemetery, on May 13, where a cow fell in a well.

She was trembling with chill and “walling her eyes around.” The well is about 30 feet deep and had been greatly widened at the top. Farmers got a rope looped onto her by couldn’t pull her out.

The best they could do was hold her head above water until help arrived.

She was in the water about an hour.

• On May 11, farm people were coming to town to do their shipping, bringing eggs, butter and other things for sale. Business, brought almost to a standstill by the chain letter hysteria, seemed to be returning to something like normal.

Everyone asks, “Who got the money?” It’s hard to find the answer. It left the public feeling silly.

SEVENTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1945 • The season’s demand for baby chicks has kept Monett’s two hatcheries running to full capacity since early in the year.

The Monett Hatchery at 220 Fifth St. is running all four of its machines and turning out about 25,000 baby chicks per week. Heim’s Hatchery at 504 Bond has had a run of approximately 25,000 chicks per week since Feb. 15.

• Boucher’s Hominy Factory has outgrown the former Shell Service Station at Central and Broadway which has housed the business for the past year and move to the Gorman build-

ing on Front Street, just east of the Douthitt Coal Company. W.L. Boucher started canning hominy in his home two years ago and within a year the demand for his canned goods pushed him to acquire more equipment and room.

SIXTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1955 • About 50 Monett High School seniors left on May 16 by bus at 1 a.m. for their class trip to St. Louis. The threeday affair will be financed by money raised through various senior activities. Students stayed at the Jefferson Hotel. The trip includes a tour of Meramec Caverns, a tour of the General Motors and Proctor and /Gamble plants, and watching the Cardinals play the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• The Missouri Senate passed an amendment to the appropriations bill to complete the National Guard Armory at Pierce City. For 15 years residents have waited for the completion of a drill hall for the armory.

FIFTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1965 • The Monett R-1 Board of Education met with Springfield architects Harold Casey and Bill Jones to triple the size of the present kitchen at Central Park School, enabling the cafeteria staff to serve 700 meals an hour. With minor alternations, this could be increased to 1,200 meals an hour if necessary.

• A new office building will be erected in the near future at the southwest corner of Fifth and Cleveland for the A&K Agency Inc. A house on the site will be removed.

W.L. Atwell, Paul Kaiser and Elmer Kaiser are general agents for the MidWest National Insurance Companies of Springfield.

FORTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1975 • A Monett native, Evelyn Winsea, 14-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Winsea and granddaughter of former Monettan Loyd Brown, will reign as Pow Wow Princess at the ninth annual All Indian Pow Wow at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds.

• A new cheese manufacturing and processing operation that is expected to eventually employ more than 100 persons is scheduled to begin on Oct. 1 in a combined venture involving MidAmerica Dairymen and L.D. Schreiber Cheese Company. Mid-America Dairymen will conduct the first manufacturing step which will provide a basic cheese curd ingredient to the Schreiber processing operation.

THIRTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1985 • Richard Heim has been hired by the Monett R-1 Board of Education as placement director for the Monett Area Vocational Technical School for 1985-1986. Heim, who taught welding in the school since 1977, will replace Mrs. Jeanne Ann Camp, who has resigned to move to Temple, Texas with her husband, Paul.

• Former Monettan Leon Frederick, owner and publisher of the Aurora Advertiser, has purchased the subscription list of the Marionville Free Press, a weekly Lawrence County newspaper which published its last issue on May 1 after

Monett’s young peanut salesmen were hard at work on May 14, 1955 raising money to help finance their Little League baseball program this summer. Players are selling and taking orders for canned peanuts, at $.50 a can, with proceeds going into the Little League fund. Pictured, from left, are Deleo Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Henderson, and Jerry Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phillips, turning in some peanut money to Winford Atwell, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the Little League program. File photo/The Monett Times 102 years of publication.

TWENTY YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 1995 • A new flood alert system went into use on May 15. Emergency P r e p a r e d n e s s Coordinator Gene Mulvaney built on the phone tree calling to make well being checks by adding a second computer to contact around 80 businesses and property owners located in the historic danger zone for flooding from Kelly Creek.

• Monett has found itself without access to a ladder truck. The 1982 Seagraves truck failed its pumper test, as did the ladder trucks in Aurora and Neosho. A new

truck, costing more than $300,000, is not in the current budget and will not be purchased before the city’s next fiscal year.

In the meantime, the Fire Department waits, and hopes.

TEN YEARS AGO MAY 10-16, 2005 • The master schedule for Monett High School next year will be out together not by hours of painful planning by principal David Steward, but largely by a

new computer program.

PowerSchool is a new system acquired by the R-1 District which will let students enter in the classes they want and two alternates, Then the computer will fill the hours and set the schedule, based on demand.

• The roof at city hall in Verona collapsed on May 12. City Clerk Brenda Allen, in the building at the time, escaped injury.

The building has been condemned.

ON THE COVER: Marty Frost, who has given away approximately 10,000 prayer pillows in 10 years, looks over a stack of e-mails, cards and letters from pillow recipients sharing their thanks and their stories of how these small pillows have made it into their lives at just the right time. “You like hearing those little stories,” Frost said. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com

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Prayer pillow ministry sends ripples into the world

Christian love, comfort flow from Monett to furthest reaches of the globe

BY MELONIE ROBERTS

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ivine inspiration takes many forms, and for Marty Frost of Monett, that form was a pillow.

“I was teaching a Sunday School class and we were talking about the gifts God bestows on us and how to use them,” Frost said. “Opal [Jennings] said she didn’t have a gift, that all she could do is sew.”

That sparked an idea within Frost that would soon take a life of its own.

“I had a small airline pillow that I took to Opal, along with some material I had brought back from Australia, and asked her to re-cover it for me,” Frost said. “I use it to kneel on when I pray.

She made me a couple of more pillows the same size and then a few more to give away. Pretty soon, everyone was asking for one.”

The ladies soon found themselves stitching up pillows to distribute to anyone they felt was in need of a spiritual boost or blessing.

“We got some Frankincense and Myrrh from the Holy Land and started anointing each pillow and praying over it before we handed them out,” Frost said. “On the back of each pillow, we wrote from I Thessalonians 5:17 — ‘Pray without ceasing,’ and attached a poem on the back of each one explaining the purpose of the pillow.”

The pillows serve as a source of comfort during difficult times for many of their recipients. For others, they are a constant reminder of God’s eternal love. Some of the acronyms used include: PUSH, Pray Until Something Happens; and FROG, Fully Rely On God.

Marty Frost, who started a prayer pillow ministry in 2004, reviews a couch full of pillows that still need to be inscribed with scripture, anointed with oil from the Holy Land and prayed over before being given, free of charge, to those with whom she feels compelled to share the gifts. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com As more people became aware of the pillows, they would request one for friends in need of support and reassurance.

“We’ve sent pillows to Israel, Siberia, Iraq, Afghanistan, New Orleans, La., Washington, D.C., Old Mexico and even had them smuggled into Cuba,” Frost said.

“My nephew, Brian Deese, was a civilian contractor in Iraq during a time when things were getting pretty tense in that area,” Frost said. “I sent him a prayer pillow and he e-mailed

me back, asking me to send about 30 more. We packed them up and sent them, but things got dangerous very quickly and he had to leave before they arrived. For some reason, his flight was delayed and when he got back to the barracks, a box was sitting on his bunk. He opened it to find the prayer pillows, and they were gone in about five minutes.

“I later received an e-mail from a soldier who told me he never went anywhere without his prayer pillow,” she said.

The stories she hears about the pillows are as varied as the recipients.

“I had one woman ask for a pillow to comfort a little girl she knew was in an abusive situation,” Frost said. “I also knew some others who needed comfort, so I asked Opal to make a few more.

“Another friend of mine received a pillow after her husband died. She slept with it for several months and then got a dog. The first night in his new home, that dog came up to her CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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SPRINGFIELD: The Drury University Girls Choir performs at 7 p.m. on May 14 at the Stone Chapel.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: Jay Ungar, composer of “Ashokan Farewell,” and Molly Mason perform at 7:30 p-.m. on Friday at the Fayetteville Underground, 101 W. Mountain St. At George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson, performing this week are Barrett Baber and Madison Watkins, Leah and the Mojo Doctors and Jim Mills and the Hellbenders on Friday; Elephant Revival and Smokey and the Mirror on Saturday; Joe Pug and Andrew Combs on May 13.

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.: The Ozarks Chorale gives its spring concert at 7 p.m. at the Auditorium, 36 S. Main.

Native American flute artist John TwoHawks presents his Mother’s Day concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Auditorium, 36 S. Main.

CARTHAGE: At The Woodshed in Cherry’s Art Emporium, 311 S. Main in the square, Three on a Wire plays blues at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

JOPLIN: At the Downstream Casino, west of Joplin, performing this week are the Texas Blues Butchers on Friday and Saturday.

MIAMI, Okla.: Country musician Eric Paslay performs at 10 p.m. on Friday at the Buffalo Run Casino.

TULSA, Okla.: At the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa, song styling legend Tony Bennett appears with his daughter Antonia at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

At the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver, the rock band Rush plays at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pop music hit Ed Sheeran plays at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Country music giant Kenny Chesney plays on May 14.

The Tulsa Symphony performs a concert of music by film score giant John Williams at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 S. Second St. At Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, performing this weekend are Taria and the Mark Gibson Duo on Thursday; Nico and Vinz, Jason French and Siren XX on Friday; Hollywood Undead and Cane Hill on May 12; Chase Bryant and Justin Adams on May 14.

At the Brady Theater, 105 W. Brady, the Randy Rogers Band plays at 8 p.m. on

Friday. Pink Martini and Storm Large play at 8 p.m. on May 13.

KANSAS CITY: At the Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, singer songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter performs at 8 p.m. on Friday with the Kansas City Symphony.

Kansas State University’s choral ensembles present Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” and other works at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

The Kansas City Conservatory of Music Musica Nova new music ensemble performs with guest composer David Stock at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry.

At the Midland Theatre, 1228 Main, Rick Springfield performs at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Rock bands Above and Beyond plus Grum play at 8 p.m. on May 13.

At the Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., a concert of film and music by Quixotic plus film director Guy Reid and astronaut Ron Garan for “A Planetary Evening” is offered at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

For King and Country plays at 7 p.m. on May 13 at the Music Hall, 13th and Central.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory Fellowship String Quartet plays works by Beethoven, Schulhoff and Corigliano at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry.

“Sock It To Me,” a spoof of 1960s and 1970s TV variety shows, is presented at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday at the Community Theatre, 114 N. Marietta in Excelsior Springs.

“Freedom Riders,” a play based on the Civil Rights movement events, is offered at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Olson Performing Arts Center.

COLUMBIA: Country music artist Eric Church performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Mizzou Arena.

ROLLA: A concert of music from Gilbert and Sullivan shows is presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Leach Theater on the

AREA THEATRE

A LOOK AT AREA EVENTS THIS WEEK

BY MURRAY BISHOFF

AREA MUSIC

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Missouri S&T campus.

SPRINGFIELD: Drury University presents “The Broadway Cabaret” Thursday and Friday at the Wilhoit Theatre on campus.

Springfield Little Theater’s production of Jaston Williams, Jo Sears and Ed

Howard’s play “Tuna Does Vegas” opens at 7:30 p.m. on May 14 with more shows running through the next two weekends at the Landers Theater, 311 E. Walnut.

Springfield Contemporary Theater presents the musical “Spring Awakening” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday at 431 S. Jefferson, with more shows next weekend.

OZARK: Joseph Ransom’s play “Not Many Noble,” on the life of evangelist D.L. Moody, runs through May 16 at the Stained Glass Theater, 1996 Evangel.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: Cirque Alfonse presents “Timber!,” a show of acrobatics and tricks and logs and axes based on traditional Canadian farm life, is presented at 7 p.m. May 14 and again May 15 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson.

JOPLIN: Stones Throw Theater presents Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” Friday through Sunday with additional shows next weekend at 21st and Annie Baxter Street, also offered in a dinner theater program prior to the show.

TULSA, Okla.: At the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” is presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Charles Norman Theatre. “9 to 5: The Musical” is presented at 8 p.m. on Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday with more shows next weekend in the Liddy Doenges Theatre. “Red,” a play about painter Mark Rothko, is presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and again next weekend in the John H. Williams Theater.

KANSAS CITY: The Shen Yun show of traditional Chinese culture, with dancing, theater and spectacle, is offered at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Music Hall, 13th and Central.

The Kansas City Ballet presents four ballets: Ballanchine’s “The Four Temperaments” and “The Still Point” by Todd Bolender, plus new works by Edward Liang and Amy Selwert at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kauffman Center.

Kansas City Repertory Theater’s production of Nathan Jackson’s play “Sticky Traps” runs through May 24 at the Copaken Stage, 13th and Walnut.

Mike Barlett’s play “Cock” runs at 7:30 p.m. weekdays, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through May 17 at the Unicorn Theater, 3828 Main, with no shows on Monday.

“Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat” is offered through May 17 at the Coterie Theater at the Crown Center, Grand Blvd. and Pershing Road.

A revue of songs by Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach, presented by four

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SPECIAL EVENTS SPRINGFIELD: The World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championship runs through Saturday at the Springfield Exposition Center, 635 E. St. Louis St. The ninth annual Springfield Indian Artifact Show runs 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Remington’s, 1655 W. Republic Rd. EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.: The Spring Arts and Craft Show runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Pine Mountain Village.

TULSA, Okla.: Comedian Bill Engvall performs at 7 p.m. on Saturday at

the River Spirit Events Center, 8330 Riverside Parkway.

The Rooster Days Rodeo is presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Round-Up Club in Broken Arrow.

KANSAS CITY: Comedian Lewis Black performs at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Midland Theater, 1228 Main. Black also performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS: Comedian Chris Tucker performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand.

A preview of the St, Louis Renaissance Faire runs 4 to 7 p.m. on May 14 at Rotary Park in Wentzville.

AREA FESTIVALS

vocalists and accompaniment, will run through May 17 at the Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W. 10th St. COLUMBIA: Jule Styne’s musical “Gypsy” runs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Macklaburg Playhouse, 100 Willis Ave. Final performances of Michael Punter’s play “Darker Shores” runs at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at the Maplewood Barn Theatre. 2900 E. Nifong Blvd.

Final performances of Elizabeth Palmieri’s comic play “The Con-Artist” are offered at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at the Columbia Art League, 207 S. Ninth St. The Mizzoula Children’s Theatre presents “Rapunzel” at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. ST. LOUIS: The musical “Honk” is presented at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Goldstein Performance Hall, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway East.

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.: The Phunkberry Music Festival runs through Sunday, outside of town on Ostrich Road. Performances include Friends of the Phamily, the Bernie Worrel Orchestra and FreeVerse on Thursday; Flatland Funk Doners, GUTA, FreeVerse, The 1 Ounce Jig, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Kung Fu and Fracal Sky on Friday; Isayah’s AllStars, Friends of the Phamily, Totojojo, Groovement, Dumpstaphunk, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Crate 2 Crate on Saturday.

The 28th annual May Festival of the Arts, with exhibits, demonstrations and free music in Basin Springs Park runs through the month in various locations, including gallery strolls downtown on Saturdays.

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MURRAY’S TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK

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The Springfield Symphony presents a symphonic Big Band concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The Missouri State University Jazz Studies Ensemble and vocalist Leah Hamilton will join the orchestra for a concert that includes a special salute to Duke Ellington. Any seat in the house will be good for this show, bringing back hits of the 1940s and 1950s for an evening of swing.

A pre-concert talk will be offered at 7 p.m.

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Michael Feinstein, stylish performer of standards from the American Songbook, offers a concert of songs popularized by Frank Sinatra at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson. Feinstein performs on piano and with a small ensemble, offering often delicate and always tasteful interpretations of songs once familiar and always fresh. Every seat in the Walton Center would be good for this show.

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Bob Dylan and his band take their never-ending tour through the area in the coming week. Different live than on recordings, Dylan continues to experiment with his classic songs, adding new material and generally performing in a loud rock band style. The show stops at the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa, outside Tulsa, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, at the Music Hall in downtown Kansas City Music Hall, 13th and Central, at 8 p.m. on Sunday, and at the Fox Theater, 527 N. Grand at 8 p.m. on May 11 in St. Louis.

Murray Bishoff is a veteran theatergoer, traveling weekends to many of the venues within driving distance, from Tulsa to St. Louis. From dance recitals to operas, he’s been there and shares his recommendations.

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Cancer diagnosis is unlikely to thaw grandmother’s heart

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EAR ABBY: I recently found out my grandmother has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has elected not to treat it. The doctors give her a year at the most. My dilemma is whether to extend just one more olive branch.

She has never been a “warm and fuzzy” type of grandmother. She was cold and distant when I was in my teens and 20s, and downright mean when I was in my 30s. If I try to talk to her at family functions, she turns away and begins a conversation with someone else, not even acknowledging that I’m standing there. Last year at a family reunion, she took several photos with my mom and sister, and when it was suggested I join them in the photo, she walked away before one could be snapped.

I’m not the only family member or grandchild she behaves this way toward. None of us knows why.

Do I try one more time, suspecting the diagnosis hasn’t softened her heart and that I’ll again end up with hurt feelings? Or do I assume that nothing I do now will change who she is and that I will have no positive, happy memories of her?—INVISIBLE IN KANSAS

DEAR INVISIBLE: Frankly, the chances of your grandmother transforming into someone

JEANNE PHILLIPS DEAR ABBY warm and accepting don’t look promising because she appears to be a punitive and unhappy person. However, if you feel you might have regrets if you don’t try once more to connect with her, then make the effort so that when she dies, you’ll know you did everything you could.

Don’t do it for her; do it for yourself.

DEAR ABBY: Ever since I was young, which was not that long ago, I have known my parents’ marriage wasn’t a healthy one. But only recently has it begun to affect me emotionally. It isn’t that I blame myself, but that I’m afraid of how my own romantic endeavors will fare.

Recently, I was told about my mother’s infidelity. I was always curious and suspected that one or both of them had affairs. But now more than before, I worry about finding love. Love is something we all seek, and I believe we all need, but I don’t see myself as able to handle that kind of heartbreak.

I understand why Mom did it—that’s part of what hurts me. I’m

angry that they would masquerade a failure “for me,” that failure being their “relationship.” I think my anger is valid. My family has screwed me up emotionally and it started long before I knew what was going on. What should I do?—SCREWED UP IN OREGON

DEAR SCREWED UP: When children are raised in a household where the parents’ words and actions are different, they cope either by believing only what they are told (even if it contradicts what they see happening) or only what they see. While it can interfere with forming healthy relationships later in life, it’s the way they keep themselves sane.

You are right to be concerned, and I hope you will discuss this with

a licensed counselor or therapist because if you do, you will find it helpful.

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Marty Frost, founder of the prayer pillow ministry in Monett, often takes pillows to a friend, Kathy Kennedy, at a nursing home to be inscribed with scripture. “It gives her something to do and she enjoys doing it,” Frost said. “She really goes to town on them. I just love getting them back and seeing what she wrote.” Melonie Roberts/report-

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State law requires government entities at all levels, from water districts to city councils and school boards, to place notices of many of their activities in a legal newspaper. This is a legal newspaper.

Every year in the Missouri legislature — claiming tax money could be saved — bills are introduced to remove these notices from newspapers and place them on the internet.

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And what is public accountability worth?

Notices printed in a newspaper can’t be hacked, and proof of notice given is obvious for all to see, without having to search on the internet.

Public notices on the internet simply do not fulfill their intended functions: To inform the public and provide accountability for public officials.

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and gently pulled the pillow from her arms, lay it on his bed and laid down with it to sleep. It became his pillow. The dog provided her company for several years, and when he died, she placed that prayer pillow under his head in his grave. She said she had to, that the pillow was his. That just touched me.”

Others that have been encouraged and strengthened through the ministry have included children under the protection of Bikers Against Child Abuse, Christians in foreign countries ministered to by missionaries, residents of nursing homes, actors, authors, musicians, the Children’s

Advocacy Center, a riding school and a local Hispanic outreach.

“It’s the prayers,” Frost said. “I can only tell you this is a God thing. I never know where these pillows will end up, but when I am led to hand them out, I just know they will end up where they are supposed to be.”

Other churches are

starting to incorporate prayer pillow ministries into their outreach programs as well.

“We’ve had a former Monett resident who moved to Wyoming call and ask if she could start the pillow ministry at her church,” Frost said. “Another church in Kentucky called and asked how to start their own ministry. It’s a lot of work. Someone has to know how to make the pillows so they aren’t all lumpy. Someone has to write the scripture on the back, and of course, they have to be prayed over. I truly believe in prayer.”

The ministry is run on donations and semi-an-

“I can only tell you this is a God thing. I never know where these pillows will end up, but when I am led to hand them out, I just know they will end up where they are supposed to be.”

MARTY FROST

Prayer Pillow maker

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“We need material, batting, pens, pins, and to pay for shipping costs when needed,” Frost said. “Somehow, God always provides. I’ll get an unexpected donation of material or someone who has somehow been

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touched by the ministry will give me some money.

It just all works out.”

The pillows are always given as gifts, they can’t be purchased.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do all of this without the support of my family and friends,” Frost said. “Some of the constants in the ministry have included Dr. Harriett Cremeen, Opal Jennings, Mamie, Bev, Shirley, Jana, Judy, Carole, Larry and the late Dorothy Atwell. And, of course, my church and their mission groups.”

As she continues to hand out these small pillows, Frost said they are like ripples of Christian love, spreading and widening like ripples on a calm pond and reaching out farther and farther from Monett to those in need, who are sometimes half a world away.

“God led me to this,” she said. “We are seeing it grow and expand to other areas of the nation.

It’s wonderful that others want to start their own pillow ministries.

“I asked God to send me a ministry and He has. And, it has evolved beyond anything I have ever dreamed. People have been so blessed, and so have I.” Frost can be reached at mifrost@hotmail.com.

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