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CHICAGO --
Dwyane Wade sat in the first pew Sunday afternoon, looked at his mother, and simply couldn't hide his emotions.

She had made him cry often before. This time, it was different.

"This is tears of joy," he said, beaming. "Tears of joy for my mother."

Before she was known as the mother of the Miami Heat superstar and 2006 NBA finals MVP, Jolinda Wade was known as an inmate, a fugitive, a drug user and drug seller. Her life turned around seven years ago when, after years of urging by her children, she got help and got clean. Along the way, she devoted her life to spreading the word of God, starting her first ministry while doing time in state prison.

Now, that ministry has a new home, called the Temple of Praise.

Jolinda Wade's very own church.

Her son bought it, and her children and her congregation gathered to dedicate it Sunday.

"I respect my mother so much, from the life that she used to live and to see her today in the life that she lives. I'm so proud of her," Dwyane Wade told The Associated Press before the service. "Everybody thinks I'm the miraculous story in the family. I think she is. I think what I've done means I've been very blessed, but she's been more than blessed. She's been anointed."

Milan24 wrote:Heartwarming story indeed but maybe he will buy himself a jumpshot next.

Batronuj wrote:I'd sell it for crack if I was her.

Guy986 wrote:Moral of the story: You can buy God with an insane amount of money.

Since becoming a Baptist pastor, Jolinda Wade's following -- she shares the title of pastor with LaDell Jones, -- had to meet in a small rented room, one that didn't even give the NBA star's mother space to move around while delivering her testimony.
Turns out, Jolinda Wade was trying to get loans for a church when she drove past the building that would eventually become her congregation's home. It was January 21, when she noticed the run-down facility was for sale. Three months later, without ever asking her son for the money -- he decided on his own to make the gift -- they signed the ownership papers.

Miami's Finest wrote:

Since becoming a Baptist pastor, Jolinda Wade's following -- she shares the title of pastor with LaDell Jones, -- had to meet in a small rented room, one that didn't even give the NBA star's mother space to move around while delivering her testimony.
Turns out, Jolinda Wade was trying to get loans for a church when she drove past the building that would eventually become her congregation's home. It was January 21, when she noticed the run-down facility was for sale. Three months later, without ever asking her son for the money -- he decided on his own to make the gift -- they signed the ownership papers.

What type of wacko strange person would do such a thing.
Some of you haters try too hard.