LETS KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!!!

Tonight, I was reading some Facebook posts where some current and former Mesquite residents were complaining and calling Mesquite "Ghetto" and that our city was no longer a good place to live. I appreciate their views, but strongly disagree with their assessments!

There are many challenges for sure in our city! But there are also many good things happening all over!

I have personally seen a lot of positive changes at Town East Mall--and more and more of our residents are shopping there again! Plus, I think we are going to see a strong shopping spree in the Town East Retail Area or (TERA) come this Christmas! We had another great "Addressing Mesquite Day" a few weeks back and many homes that needed repairs and Ministerial Alliance is working and praying hard to keep God's love and goodness spread around our City! My church (At The Cross) continues to work and serve at places like Allenhurst and Peachtree Apartments where povery runs rampant and many children grow up in very challenging and difficult situations! Organizations like Sharing Life and Mesquite Social Services are working hard with very little to help our many famlies that are struggling during this very hard economic times! The Mesquite Chamber of Commerce, The City of Mesquite and many of our local businesses are working aggressively to expand economic growth and create job growth in our city! The Nehemiah Mesquite Mission that I lead, is working hard to improve and rebuild our older neighborhoods as well as help the unemployed of our city find jobs. Crimewatches are growing in neighborhoods all over Mesquite. I could keep on going and going.

However, none of that means we are not without serious challenges--we certainly do face many struggles! But with a lot of prayer and God's people rolling up our sleeves--things can continue to change and get better! Nehemiah, with God's annointed blessing, gathered up enough of God's people to volunteer and help rebuild the walls and gates around Jerusalem. My hope, prayer, and desire is that more and more of our good citizens who love the Lord and love their fellow Mesquite citizens--will stand up and get involed in serving and changing our older neighborhoods and all the many other struggles we face here in Mesquite!

LETS GET TO WORK!

Bruce