Thanksgiving at the Warari Bible School

It is a tradition with our family at this time of the year to say to each other the things we are thankful to God for.  I am sure that giving thanks is the practice in many families, certainly I hope that it is. This year is a little different; for the first time in a long time we are not together with our family. Yet Gremar and I have so much to be thankful for. We are thankful for our children and grand children. We look forward to a new grand child in the spring.  What a privilege it was to participate in the baptism of Jude our latest grand child and we are thankful for the faithfulness of his parents.

We thank God for the faithfulness of all of our children and their spouses. What are we thankful for here at the Warari Bible School? We are so blessed to have a nice little house with solar power and a good fridge a blessing from God through the Lansers.  We are thankful for the students, they work so hard to get an education and still provide for their families. We are thankful we are able to help them in that endeavor. This week Gremar treated 13 patients, three of them being little kids from the Bible School with malaria and upper respiratory infections. We are thankful to be able to help people get their crops out of the field, and supply diesel for the school generator this month for a couple of hours of electricity a day in return for them cleaning up our house and the overgrown yard before we came. We thank God for the internet making it so easy to communicate with family, friends, and supporters in the US.

We did not have a special meal because it’s just another day here but Gremar actually had a can of wild Alaskan Salmon for me. It doesn’t get any better than that. Praise the Lord!

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We are thankful to be here, so much to be thankful for, so much to do, so much support from so many people our cup runs over. Please continue to pray for us for the school and for Nigeria. To God be the glory