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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, April 22,2004, Page 2
ICS families create prayer projects during Catholic Schools Week
As part of the Catholic Schools
Week celebration at Immaculate
Conception School, the families
created Family Prayer Projects,
which included their family's
prayer and any type of artistic
expression they wanted to add.
They were on display throughout
the week. Following are some of
the messages the families created:
"Our Family gives you thanks.
Lord mighty God, for all you have
given us, we offer to serve you and
live as you told us to."
"Diosito, Te pido por favor que
cuides a toda mi familia, si puedes
mas cuida a mi sobrinita que tiene
toda una vida por delante.
Tambien te pido que le des hogar y
comida te pido que cuides a mis
amigos y a los humildes. Te doy
gracias por todas las bendiciones
que nos has dado a todos. Gracias
por todo, Diosito."
"Our family thanks you. Lord,
for letting us be together and for
blessing our useful things. Also,
for being with us in the good and
bad times of our lives."
"Lord Almighty, our family
gives you thanks for your love, for
your patience, for the good things
and the bad, for our health and
sickness, for our job and our
school, for our family and friends.
Thanks, Lord, for being with us all
our life."
"We give you thanks. Lord, for
making us a family. We thank you
for the love we have for each other
and for the love you show us every
day. Guide us in everything we do
and help our faith grow stronger
every day."
"Dear Jesus. We are here to ask
you to give us support for all our
family needs, and we thank you for
all the good things you do for all of
us. Thank you for letting us follow
your words and steps, so we can be
good Christians."
"Dear Lord, Thank you for
sacrificing your life for us. We
really appreciate you for dying on
the cross for us. Thank you for my
family, friends, the world, and for
me. Lord, I'm sorry if I have ever
been mean to anyone and if I have
ever forgotten you. Lord, 1 will
always love you. If 1 ever lose my
friends, 1 know I have one special
one which is you. Thank you for
loving me and everyone in the
world.
"Thank you. Lord, for guiding
us on the way of good; give us
health and happiness. Protect this
world from wars and terrorism, and
bring peace to the world."
"Dear Jesus, our family humbly
ask you to bless and heal us in our
times of spiritual weakness."
"Our family gives you praise,
heavenly Father, for every blessing
we share with each other as you
taught us to do."
"Dear God. Our family gives
you thanks, for all the blessings
you have given us this past year
and continue giving us day after
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I.C.S. Spelling Bee Winners
Immaculate Conception School held its annual Spelling Bee in the Fall. Mrs. Martha Gaitan. at left,
coordinated the event, which qualifies the winners to compete in the Diocesan Bee and in the Scripps Howard
Spelling Bee. sponsored in the Valley by The Monitor's Newspaper in Education Project. School champion
was Michael Aldaba. eighth grade, followed by Alejandro Flores. 8 . second place: Maria Montalvo. 8 . third
place; Matthew Lopez. 8lh. fourth place: Rogelio Rodriguez. 7' . fifth place: and Karla Barrera. 4 . alternate.
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day. Most of all, thank you for
letting us be the family we are
today. We will continue to strive
for what is right according to your
will."
"Our family gives you thanks.
Lord, with joy in our hearts for all
the blessings in this past year. We
each have uch to be thankful for
as we reach for one another's hands
in friendship and love. We also
thank you. Lord, for the children
and teens in the world; without
their liveliness and laughter, our
lives would be very boring. Thank
you. Lord, for everything you have
given us, both the good and bad.
Help us to benefit from both. Help
us to give you thanks every day."
"Dear Jesus, Bless this home, O
Lord, we pray, to keep our home
safe by night and by day."
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He
is good. His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:1. We thank you, O
Lord our God, for all your
goodness. You have shielded,
rescued, helped and guided us all
the days of our lives and brought us
into this hour. Grant in your
goodness that we may spend this
day without sin, in joy and
reverence of you. Drive away from
us all envy, all fear. Bestow upon
us what is good. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from
evil."
of the Soil and Water Conservation
District where he served as
chairman several times. While
Shuford was chairman, buffle grass
was introduced to the ranchers of
the area. This saved the ranching
industry for many ranchers in the
1960s and 1970s.
Shuford is a charter member of
the Rio Grande City Farm Bureau.
He served as president several
times for the organization, and he
continues as an active member to
this day. Along with these
organizations, Shuford contributed
to the agriculture community
through his volunteer service in the
onion and cantaloupe marketing
order committees for numerous
years, and he was actively involved
with FFA students for some time.
Shuford Farms expanded over
"Dear God, Our family humbly
asks that you guide us spiritually in
times of happiness and in times of
sorrow."
"Our family gives you praise,
Dear God, for the song in our
hearts that expresses all the feelings
that we experience in life."
"Dear God, Thank you for all
you have given us. We ask that
you keep our family healthy and
safe."
"Our family gives you thanks,
Lord, for our health and love that
exists in our life and we ask for
peace in the world."
"Dear Lord, our family thanks
you for all our blessings and the
blessings that are forthcoming. We
humbly ask that you bless and heal
our loved ones and that you
continue to guide us so that we can
live according to your will. We
thank you also, Lord, for your
graciousness and your forgiveness
of sin. In Jesus Christ we pray."
"Our family adores you, God,
for all that you are for us in every
situation of life. It is you that
provides all that we need, and we
are most grateful."
"Dear God. We thank you for
this life. I just want to tell you,
God, that we are very thankful for
us to have a family that's very
good. Please take care of us this
new year."
Shuford
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the years with the acquisition of
more land. Since 1950 Shuford has
farmed cotton, tomatoes, bell
peppers, lettuce, onions, jalapenos,
cabbage, cucumbers, grain arid
green beans. Corn for seed was r.iso
grown. His son Bill joined him in
running the family farm in 1976,
and is now managing the business,
giving him more time to continue
his volunteer work on melon and
onion committees and to continue
to update his knowledge of new
farming procedures, rules and
regulations.
The Shufords have three sons:
Delbert. Albert and Bill. They are
grandparents of four children and
enjoy spoiling them every chance
they can. Shuford was an active
member of First United Methodist
Church for many years and is a
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From your brothers, sister, nephew, nieces,
mom, daughters and wife.
"Lord Jesus, You have said that
if more than one gather in your
name, there fou w'" ^ So, here
we are to aslryou for the health of
my grandfather for he needs you so
much, Dear Jesus. Thank you very
much for giving us this grandfather
who has loved us, and we have
loved him, too. He has made us
very happy all these years. Thank
you, God."
"Dear Lord, Our family gives
you thanks foi the family you have
given us to share with the world.
For the hard times we have had and
yet you. Lord, have been there for
us to keep us going. Our family
gives you thanks for patience you
have given us, to take care of our
sick ones and loved ones. We ask
that you, Lord, be with them in a
special way. Lord, you who pardon
all of our sins, and who heal all our
illnesses, thanks, Lord, for hearing
us and making us live according to
your will."
"Dios mio te pedimos que sigas
protegiendonos y darnos salud a
toda mi familia. Por favor, Dios
mio, no te olvides de toda la gente,
y toda la gente enferma, ayudalos a
aliviarse y dales toda tu proteccion.
Dios Santo, ayuda a todos los
paises pobres para que no haya
hambre. De toda mi familia y
nosostros te pedimos bendicion
para toda la gente. Te lo pedimos
por favor, Dios Mio."
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charter member of St. John United
Methodist Church in Rio Grande
City. At the young age of 81.
Shuford continues to be active in
his church. He attends Sunday
school every Sunday, participates
as a lay leader, as usher and is
currently sharing the chairmanship
of the church administrative
committee with his wife Helen.
"Johnny is a godly man, a
wonderful husband and a good
father," Peterson said in presenting
the award. "He is an American
patriot and a man who has great
respect for the land and those who
work it. He considers his lifework
an experience he would not change
in any way, and as he has often
said, a gift from God, and a gift for
which he is verv thankful."
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