I was thinking about all the things that we are grateful for and this picture popped up in my mind. This is the Member Health Team that we help to lead at World Gospel Mission. This group of missionaries have a tremendous heart to care, to pray, to listen and to come alongside of our Global Workers.
This team is absolutely incredible! Marlene and I are are so thankful for each person called to serve with us. From left to right, Amy Chittick, former missionary to Kenya, serves as both my Administrative Assistant and our Young MK/TCK worker (Missionary Kid, Third Culture Kid) Martha Ritchie, former missionary to Kenya, now working with our WGM Alumni and Retirees as well as logistics, Marlene and Ned, you may know us, Rick and Lori Lampen, former Bolivian Missionaries, serving the member care needs of missionaries serving in Europe and Asia, Jeff and Christine Stanfield, former missionaries to Uganda, serving the member care needs of global workers serving in Africa, Greg and Teresa Leeth, former missionaries to Mexico, serving our workers in the Americas and Oceania, and Mike Banks, former missionary to Bolivia, serving as our coordinator of our MK/TCK ministries.
We are thankful for this team as they unselfishly serve others through caring conversations, zoom calls, emails and in person visits. This year our team has touch lives and helped to spread the Gospel in Kenya, Native American Reservations, Paraguay, Albania, Czech Republic, Uganda, Egypt, Mexico, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Hungary and all over the USA! What an opportunity to reach the world with the Good News through a team like we lead! Thank you so much for your support and for your prayers as you partner with us in this vital ministry. We are thankful for you.
We also want to send a resource your way. As you enter into the holidays and prepare for the Advent Season here is a resource from WGM you may want to get. You can get a free subscription to this below.
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Have you started listening to Christmas music yet? In the Communications Department at WGM headquarters, we started listening to Christmas music in July, which is also when we started working on an Advent devotional! WGM global workers Justin Williams Tim Rickel, Andy Bowen, and Betsy Tejeda wrote engaging, practical pieces walking through Philippians 2:5-11. They’re centered around the idea that Jesus’ sacrificial arrival on earth demands that we respond in some way: how can we follow His example? Each week, we’ll send an Advent devotional to all of WGM's constituents, and we’d like to invite you to share this resource with your partners. You can use this as a simple contact point during your busy holiday season, or maybe as a part of your end-of-year campaign. Each devotional will include an action step readers can take, a little snapshot of Christmas in that writer’s context, and a fun Christmas activity. All you have to do is to join the email list: Advent Devotional from WGM |
We wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and trust you will have a blessed time as you enter the Thanksgiving Season and on in to Advent.
Sincerely,
Ned and Marlene McGrady
Missionaries World Gospel Mission
Box 948
Marion, IN 46952 765-671-7240
