Spring 2016 - NL Newsletter

Please
PRAY
Tom & Cathy Benzler, Hope House: We pray
for healing and good health. Please continue
to grow their reach and contacts within the
Olympic Peninsula and help the younger
generation to see hope in Jesus Christ.
LIGHT House, Lawrence Kansas: Please grant
protection over our students this summer
as they travel back home. Help them to find
strong Christian mentors within their own
communities, and help them to grow in
confidence in their faith.
Dave & Rosemary Sternbeck, Fairbanks,
Alaska: We pray for a blessed and fruitful
volunteer season. Please continue to send
worthy Christian servants who want to create
relationships within rural villages. Thank
you for the natives coming to Teen Camp this
summer and we pray they would have eyes to
see and ears to hear God’s Word and hearts
that are open and tender to the Gospel.
Bob & Deon Prue: Please continue to
strengthen them in their ministry as they
serve God’s calling for them among native
communities. Keep them righteous and
steadfast in your Word as they lead both in the
church and in their home.
Tim & Heidi Norton, Navajo, NM: Please
continue to bless Tim and Heidi as they work
to become a part of the Navajo community and
to build a loving and trusting relationship with
the Navajo people. Thank you for the baptisms
that Tim has performed and those that are
coming up. Help these baptisms to bring Christ
into more Navajo homes, particularly those
most in need of His saving grace.
Clarence DeLude, Oahu, HI: We pray blessings
over Clarence and the work he is doing in
Hawaii. Help him to reach those in need,
particularly the children who come to VBS and
their families. Help the church to be a warm
and welcoming place to them, so they can see
that following Jesus does not have to conflict
with who they are as Native Hawaiians.
New CEO at LIM
By unanimous decision, the Board of
Directors is pleased to announce that
Tim Young Eagle, CFRE will become
the Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran
Indian Ministries effective upon Don
Johnson’s retirement.
Tim has extensive experience in leadership,
ministry and fundraising and has previously
served in leadership positions at ministries,
such as: the Lutheran High School
Association of Greater Milwaukee and
Bethesda Lutheran Communities. He has
also served on the boards of the Lutheran
Urban Mission Initiative (LUMIN), Lutheran
Indian Ministries (LIM) and the National
Christian Foundation.
“This is an amazing ministry
with unlimited potential,” said
Tim upon hearing of the announcement.
“For more than 20 years, we have been
blessed by the faithful and steady hand of
Don Johnson’s leadership. I look forward to
fulfilling the mission and vision of Lutheran
Indian Ministries in the future. This is very
personal for me. I believe that there is no
more important ministry opportunity in
God’s mission field. It is my experience that
in the places where LIM has deployed ministry
staff, we are effective, by the power of
We as broken women can
only raise godly children
once we admit to our own
brokenness and need for a
Savior. So that is what I do, I
walk alongside other broken
women. We draw wisdom
from one another and from
God, to raise the next generation
of godly, but broken,
children, who understand
that their healing and
strength comes only from
the Lord, and the only way
to truly live is to be open
with one another.
Now, I finally understand
where I fit into Lutheran
Indian Ministries. I play an
important role in raising
godly Native American
children, who will one day
grow into leaders that will
minister to their people.
the Holy Spirit, in sharing the light of God’s
love and His message of salvation, as well
as bringing about life changing restoration
and reconciliation to Him with Native
American peoples. I am convinced that we
can do more and need to do more, and, by
the grace of God and with the help of our
faithful donors and prayer warriors, we will
do more!”
Tim is an American Indian of Pawnee
descent whose father grew up on the
Pawnee reservation in Oklahoma.
With this announcement, we look forward
to the future of Lutheran Indian Ministries
as Tim leads us to the next phase of our
ministry, building on the foundation that Don
has built, and we thank Don for his years of
service and making LIM what it is today.
TRUTH ABOUT MY INSIDES
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I have the opportunity to walk
alongside other mothers,
sharing Jesus – the One who
can make the greatest impact
on their lives – with them,
their young children, and the
next generation.
Godly Christian women will
raise the next generation,
and I’m excited to be a part
of that crowd.
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