The Legacy Continues: What Happens When Austin Nation Prays: Austin Family Book

By Alma Austin Davis

What do you do when you need prayer? As you pray for yourself, do you have an intercessor to intercede on your behalf? Do you intercede for others? As you read this book, you will see that as you pray for your needs and the needs of others, you are actually becoming a prayer warrior, an intercessor, just as Jesus was and is today for each of us.
You will also see how prayer can strengthen your faith, change your circumstances, and keep you connected to your family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524588083

Alma Austin Davis

Alma Austin Davis is a mother, retired School Teacher, Writer, and an occasional Speaker. She is currently Director of the Baptist Training Union and a member of the Board of Mothers at Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church. She has also served as a Sunday School Teacher, member of the Choir, and Education Information Council. Alma is the seventh of fifteen children born to an Arkansas farmer and a homemaker. After graduating High School at the age of 16, Alma enrolled in Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and normal college (AM&N) now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and received a Bachelor’s Degree. She received a Master’s Degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. Alma spent thirty-four years developing the minds of youth. She was selected “Teacher of the Year” in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, “Who’s Who in Missouri Education,” A recipient of the “Apple for the Teacher” award, and served as a member of the Kindergarten Board of Education in St. Louis, Mo. Alma is known for the many activities in which she involved her students including annual trips to the State Capital in Jefferson City, Mo. to observe congress in session, and several overnight trips to Memphis, TN to visit the Civil Rights Museum. After retiring from the Missouri Department of Education, Alma decided to substitute teach, and start a writing career. When she is not pursuing her writing Career, Alma enjoys cooking, watching sports, listening to Gospel Music, reading, and spending quality time with her daughter Angie, and other family members. Alma enjoys writing about her family to honor God, her parents, Richard and Isabellia Austin, and her family. To God Be The Glory!!!

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Copyright © 2017 by Alma Austin Davis.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017903251

ISBN: Hardcover     978-1-5245-8810-6

Softcover     978-1-5245-8809-0

eBook     978-1-5245-8808-3

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Austin Nation Leadership Ministries

Testimonies of Answered Prayers

The Spiritual Leader Speaks

2016 Reunion in Pictures

Acknowledgements

Book Summary

About the Author

DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate The Legacy Continues: What Happens When Austin Nation Prays to the entire Austin Nation, but especially to the memory of my parents, Richard and Isabellia Austin, Sr. Who left a powerful legacy of prayer and family togetherness.

I dedicate this book to the memory of my niece, Mary Jean Wren Currie, with whom I shared a great relationship; my nephews Alan Johnson, with a degree in Graphic Arts and was pursuing a great career in Creating Art through various media. His work has been displayed in several art shows; William Clark Jr. and his son William III;

Sally Mims my best friend for a period of fifty years, who always believed in me and encouraged me in whatever task I undertook. Sally was a remarkable person who touched and blessed the lives of many.

To Rev. James M. Lamb, Author of three books and had begun his fourth. He had a brilliant mind and was very supportive as my consultant in the writing of my first book, A Family: Present and Connected.

They have all made their transition that was far too soon. We are all comforted in the knowledge that each of them lives in the minds and hearts of those of us that remain.

FOREWORD

Katie Watson Sanders

Wow, what an opportunity to share a word or two about the author of this book; Mrs. Alma Austin Davis! Mrs. Alma Austin Davis is a God-directed, self-directed and self-motivated writer. Mrs. Davis is a mother, a retired