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“

If I won the lottery, I would

donate all the money to
build this church, because
Rodríguez, a
I know this church will last Jennyfer Sánchez
parishioner since
much longer than anything 1996, led many
else I could ever hope for.” fundraising efforts for
the new church.
—JENNYFER SÁNCHEZ
RODRÍGUEZ, parishioner

he recalled. But a few days later, “You have a deer?” said Monsi- The Holy Spirit is at work to
a burly man came into church gnor, immediately thinking of the help us raise money for our new
with a worried look on his face taco sales. “Amazing! Let’s cut it church. God always provides.”
and said, “Father, I need to talk up and put it in my freezer. All is
to you.” Concerned, Monsi- fine.” ONE CHURCH PROGRAM
gnor Friend sat down to listen to When he told parishioners the As St. Luke parishioners were
his story. “Father, on the way to story, which he considered to be fundraising, a new diocesan
church, I hit a deer. I feel terrible extraordinary in its coincidence, program gave their cause a needed
and it’s in my trunk.” they replied, “We’re not surprised. lift. One Church: Unite Arkansas in

Parishioners saw potential in this old farmer’s co-op that was for sale nearby and with extraordinary imagination, saw that it could become the
new church of their dreams.