greg jokingly said, we will now rise and be dismissed, explaining that the president had so perfectly covered all the points of the lesson. irene, for two, sat behind the carters in church and said that amy tugged at her tooth during the service. when she pulled it out. she crawled over two or three people and handed it to the president. he took it and after a few minutes, handed it over to mrs. carter, examined it, and then put it in her purse. after the 1980 presidential election to ronald reagan, president carter received a letter of support from first baptist church, approved unanimously by its members. i'm not going to get emotional because we'll be here two more months and i can't sustain it that long. it is always remarkable when baptists pass something unanimously. and that makes a beautiful and the proclamation even more dear to us because it's so rare. i'm very grateful for a chance to. be a member of this church. it's been an exhilarating and a. calming and a satisfying, gratifying experience for us to make friends here who have accepted us not as special people. who live i