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LEE’S RV, OKLAHOMA CITY!! Adventist
owned and operated RV dealership
has been helping Adventists for more
than 35 years. Huge inventory of new
and used trailers and motor homes.
Jayco, Newmar and Hurricane. Courtesy
airport pickup and on-site
hookups. For more information, call
toll-free 1-888-933-9300; visit www.
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MAKE SPELLING FUN! A Reason For
Spelling® homeschool curriculum
combines Scripture verses and values
with classroom-tested research
to provide mastery-based learning.
Activities with a purpose are the key
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calling 1-800-765-6955.
CEDAR LAKE FOODS shipped straight to
your door. Great service, reasonable
prices, quick delivery. Vegan and lowfat
options, chops, links, burger and
more at CedarLakeDirect.com. Order
a case of 12 cans for the best price;
mix and match also available.
BOOKS FOR SALE—More than 250,000
new and used Adventist books in
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School
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Sharing Sunshine
In mid-April, more than 100 Grand Rapids
Adventist Academy (GRAA) students
participated in a week-long annual fundraising
activity called, “The Money War.” Students
bring pennies and bills, which equal positive
points; and all other coins are
negative points. The money is collected
in class containers. Students
add positive money to their
container, but put the negative
coins in other class containers. The
goal is to see which class gets the most points.
Proceeds from this fundraiser help fund student
activities and a giving project. This year the
big winner of the “war” was the third grade. After
looking through the Adventist Development & Relief
Agency gift catalog (see www.giftcatalog.adra.
org), the teachers decided the students would en-
joy giving a $70 miniature goat.
GRAA’s goat will live with an impoverished
family in the Philippines where goats are known
as “the poor man’s cow.” The breeding doe gives
the family additional income and access to milk
for the children. Students were invited
to submit a possible name
for our goat. Ruffles, Rocket and
Cookie sounded good, but so did
Sunshine, Hope, Blessings and
Princess. After a couple rounds
of voting, a fourth-grader’s suggested name of
“Sunshine” was selected.
As the school year ended, students and their
families were asked to pray for our goat and the
family Sunshine will help break out of poverty.
Judy Shull teaches sixth grade at Grand Rapids
Adventist Academy in Michigan.
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