sorrow you can't make me doubt it i know that god is in the blessing business my prayer for you is that god's eternal purpose will be manifested in and this is the time to claim your promise this is the season to claim your blessings don't let nothing turn you around don't let your mama don't let your daddy don't let your friends don't let the doctor don't let the attorney don't let me know by the food you today god is real and i know he is real because he is real to me matter of fact he woke me up this morning and started me on my way and i know that there is no secret what god can do for what he's done for whether he will do for you i'm pennsylvania yes miss betsey coleman coleman copeland excuse me and i'm so excited to have until i'm just messin ministry thank you for inviting me to be here today there are many things that's going on and i feel that you are one of the most celebrated mayors in western pennsylvania and i had a chance to hear about channel two and and about nine thirty that evening i received a call from the former mayor that debases you and i answered the phone and he said good evening mayor copeland and i said you've got to be kidding he said no you are now mayor copeland elect and i thought to myself thank you lord because i never thought that i would win against a man number one but i'm glad that the people in bridgeville saw something in all of my volunteer activities through the years and my service to my church that led them to find something in me that they thought i could bring something good to the office of mayor of richmond that's wonderful that's wonderful i know  i know that unemployment is going to change i know that crime is going to change and i wanted to share what was your plan of action to address the officer young underhand when we spoke earlier january about what we could do the first thought that came to their minds was the take away box and so officer young immediately made contact and we had an open we had the takeaway box delivered to us early this month and it has been stalled in the lobby of the police department it's actually bolted to the floor you can bring your items there all your old prescriptions which will keep them out of the hands of people that might abuse them or o therwise improperly ingest them and it will also provide a safe place so that other people cannot get ahold of them the lobby will be open like from eight four thirty but you can also call the police department and make certain the times and they'll also be posted at some point in our bridgeville quarterly newsletter which will be coming out and the chief is the only one that will have the key that can open this box when it needs to be emptied and then the prescriptions will be properly stored until they're then taken by the counter drug agency and then disposed of in a proper manner so we're very thankful for the swift action of our police department in that endeavor spoofer best beautiful i know recently  they have communicated about how children and young adults are experiencing are are now taking be introduced  prescriptions everything will be brought to the police department but we will have been tiriel is available for people to study we will have brochures and things at our library that will make people more aware of our agencies that also can inform them and help with the opioid crisis beautiful we're not going to do that but were there any other personalities that had an impact on you accepting the  hundred seven from the bridge will post offices postmaster he ran for bridge oberle council and he served one term on council and he always felt that the community had given so much to him throughout his life that he wanted to give back and he volunteered in many of the agencies in bridgeville and was well really well respected in the community and and i just felt well i never expected to be mayor right i mean that was never in the plan but when these three people took me out to lunch and said we think that you would be a good good will ambassador and excuse me for the town i said i'll pray about it and my friend and i we prayed about it and i decided that yes maybe i would have something that i could offer i really wanted to promote more volunteering in the community we have agencies that need need help like the southwest meals on wheels program our bridgeville area food bank our historical society all these need more people to become involved and that's what i want to do encourage people to become more involved in these agencies that need help not only financial help but they need some physical ten cents as well so you feel good well we thank god for this opportunity spiritual support and prayers for you i'm encouraging i think it's a big challenge and i think everybody needs to come together and  push and support things that you're doing and that you plan to do i'm sure you have many more plans but you may intend to communicate all of them but again we thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing your heart i know that we plan to well i know that the first black history achievement