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Monday, February 3, 2014

The beauty of ice


Posted by Matt Ellis at 2/03/2014 04:28:00 PM
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I have an incredible wife that God gave to me on May 10, 1997. Since then, the Lord has blessed us with three wonderful boys. I am also the pastor of the Westside Baptist Church in Murray, Kentucky.
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