Spring 2016 - NL Newsletter

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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 | cont. from p. 5 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. 6 / Lutheran Indian Ministries
Ministry SUPPORT YOUR GIFTS SUSTAIN OUR MINISTRIES Your support, however large or small, is a blessing to us and to the many Ministry UPDATES HASKELL LIGHT HOUSE: We are finally moving in! It’s been a long, hard road, but when school starts again in the fall we will have the LIGHT House waiting for them! We love the dancing silhouettes painted on the walls (you can see them in the picture). FAIRBANKS, ALASKA: We will be hosting more than 20 Alaska Native teens at Camp Bingle this summer. This is the biggest group we’ve ever had and are looking forward to “Fanning the Flame” of our faith. We’ve also “promoted” two of our previous attendees to Junior Counselors to help further enourage them to be faith leaders within their own communities. Native communities we serve. Make a gift online today at LutheranIndianMinistries.org/give PLANNED GIVING The blessing of gift planning through bequests, stocks, and annuities ensure that this ministry to Native Americans can continue well into the future. Take the time to learn your options and speak with your financial advisor. Feel free to call 888.783.5267 with any questions! HAWAII: Clarence, along with Trinity Lutheran in Wahiawa, Hawaii will be doing a fiveweek long prayer walk in the community surrounding the church. We hope to reach out to our neighbors and invite them and their families into our family! NEAH BAY, MAKAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: Winston and Connie are reaching more of the Makah community. Winston leads a Sunday morning Men’s Bible Study and is currently mentoring 3 Makah men in their faith life. Connie is leading a Women’s Bible Study and recently had 5 new women, not members of the church, show up to a meeting. ONEIDA, WISCONSIN: Bob Prue is planning two separate church trips to South Dakota this summer to the Cheyenne River Reservation. Deon has just started a Mom’s Bible Study and had a great turn-out! NAVAJO, NM: Tim baptized a brother and sister pair on Easter Sunday and is in the process of baptizing a family of five in the upcoming month. Lutheran Indian Ministries / 7
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