Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for praying for us and being a part of our celebration through gifts that you sent. God gave us a wonderful day with beautiful weather (though we did appreciate the outdoor fires that we put in the shade). We gave out 300 gift bags to adults and 75 gift bags to children and I think there might have been 50 who didn’t take a gift bag but did eat beans and hot dogs and visit with us.
Some highlights of the program were the school kids singing Go Tell it on the Mountain and Away in a Manger in Navajo, our two preachers both giving the Good News of salvation, and Danae Olson Schonberg (a direct descendant of the original Holcombs who began the work here in 1922) sharing a testimony of God’s faithfulness through the generations that was translated for the crowd.
A highlight of the day for me was visiting with so many former students and staff (Ruth Bloom even came back for the day!) who travelled to be here. I also met several who went to school here in the 1940s. One grandma said she was raised as a Christian but drifted away after she married a non-believer. She now wants to put her grandchild in our school so he will learn to sing about Jesus.
Another bonus story; Raefer said one man was so excited about the rollup he got that he wasn’t going to open it for a while, just enjoy it.
And a bonus picture; today our youngest teacher, Tamara, organized a crazy Christmas sweater day for all the teachers. Here are many of us at breakfast.
We get so much joy out of giving, especially when it is well received. I pray that all of us will receive well the gift of eternal life that God offers us through the death, burial and resurrection of His Son Jesus. Praise Him!
Anne Denny
for Immanuel Mission
Immanuel Mission 