Today, I had the pleasure of spending time with one of Fresno's most remarkable trail blazers, the Rev. Sharon Stanley.  Sharon moved to Fresno to complete what she thought was a three month assignment for her seminary training.  The three months turned into 18 years, and her academic assignment turned into the Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (see www.firminc.org).  Sharon and her team have been used in a powerful way to help literally thousands of people in some of Fresno's most challenging neighborhoods.  Their programs are models for the rest of the state and nation.  I look forward to getting to know and working with Sharon and FIRM.