Brother Jim Garrido of the Gideons, who has been in most of your churches and has been a friend to pastors in our area went home to be with Jesus at about 3:00 A.M. Friday morning. Pray for his wife Carol and his family, for the Gideons, and for his home church, Grace Church of the Nazarene.
Jim was a one of a kind. His trunk was always full of Bibles. He was ready to take them anywhere at a moment's notice. Often single-handedly he kept hotels and institutions supplied. He was a prolific story-teller who never ran out of fresh tales. He was a reader and lover of people and a deeply devoted follower of Jesus Christ.
On Thursday mornings in my office and on Saturday mornings with the Gideons, Brother Jim would always be found praying for you, the pastors of this city. Without you ever knowing it, you had no more faithful prayer warrior than Jim Garrido.
Jim was active in ministry up until last Friday when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
All of us who knew him will miss him.
- Tom Sims
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