The wife of a missing firefighter is holding steadfastly to her faith while search and rescue crew desperately search for him and his friend. Stephanie McCluney has been prayer-walking the beaches and says she has an “army of prayer warriors” behind her.

Brian McCluney and Justin Walker went out to fish in his 24-foot boat on Friday.  They were only supposed to be out on the water for a short time, so McCluney assumed there might be a problem when she could tell that her texts to her husband had not been delivered. Within a couple of hours, she had notified the Coast Guard and the search began.

Saturday morning, the Coast Guard tweeted that they were looking for the two boaters near where they had departed at Port Canaveral, FL. The tweet also said the pair were planning on fishing around the 8A Reef.

.@USCG crews are searching for 2 overdue boaters near #PortCanaveral. Brian McCluney and Justin Walker were last seen Friday and reported to be going to the 8A Reef. #HappeningNow #BreakingNews

More here: https://t.co/taBQUtaplm pic.twitter.com/jjRClGlwtw

— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) August 17, 2019

Stephanie updated her family and friends Thursday with an Instagram post which showed her husband’s tackle bag. She said, “Prayer warriors, I have confirmed that this is Brian’s tackle bag. It was found off the coast of St. Augustine, 50 miles out….

The Kendrick brothers’ filmmaking tandem may have another successful movie on their hands.

Their newest film Overcomer (PG) – which releases in theaters this weekend – is exceeding Breakthrough in advance ticket sales on Fandango’s platforms, according to Harry Medved, Fandango’s senior director of public relations. Both are faith-based films. 

Medved told Christian Headlines Monday that Overcomer “is outpacing” Breakthrough in advance sales. The latter film starred Chrissy Metz and finished No. 3 on opening weekend, grossing $11.2 million. It ended its run grossing $40.7 million. 

Breakthrough, though, opened in 2,824 theaters. Overcomer is expected to open in far fewer: 1,700, according to Box Office Mojo.

The Fandango data is no guarantee, though, that Overcomer will surpass the opening weekend gross of Breakthrough. Historically, Kendrick brothers’ films have had success with churches buying large blocks of tickets or even buying out entire theaters – purchases that would be reflected in advance ticket data. The film tracking website Box Office Pro is predicting a $5.5 million opening for Overcomer.      

Alex and Stephen Kendrick’s last film, War Room (2015), climbed to No. 1 on its second weekend. It grossed $11.3 million on its first weekend and $9.4 million the following week.

Overcomertells the story of a high school…

A 16-year-old lifeguard is praising God after he was able to rescue a two-year-old who nearly drowned.

According to CBS 6 News, 16-year-old Michael Wood was lifeguarding at the Westwood Club swimming pool in Henrico, Virginia when he was alerted to a drowning two-year-old.

Wood told ABC 8 News that he initially believed that the boy was playing a game. He said, “I thought he was actually playing and holding his breath underwater.” 

But according to CBS 6, once Wood saw the child brush up against another swimmer without any reaction, he knew “something was wrong.”

“I knew what I had to do,” the teenager said before recalling that he immediately jumped into action.

“I jumped in, grabbed the kid out, and, sure enough, he was completely passed out and he was not breathing,” Wood told ABC 8. 

Wood described the two-year-old as being “pale blue-grey” in color when he pulled him out of the water. The teen administered CPR on the toddler and after four rescue breaths, the color began to return to the child’s face. “His cheeks turned bright red, and color returned to his face,” Wood told CBS 6. “It was scary, but I said, ‘praise God.’ He started crying and I just started crying too,” he added.

“This whole thing could have gone south but quick actions from everyone made this kid be able to take another breath and walk on this…