Friday, December 13, 2024

 




Christmas Time is Here…filling hearts with Cheer…AND “GOOD NEWS”   December 2024

One of our favorite Christmas stories is the “Charlie Brown Christmas.” It does so much to emphasize the true meaning of Christmas and how much love, hope, joy and peace abounds to all who seek Emmanuel, God with us.

What a wonderful year of service in helping proclaim the “Good News” that Jesus has come and is with us.

We appreciated your prayers and support for us as we helped to mobilize and send missionaries to the fields to spread the “Good News.” As we helped prepare missionaries, teach sessions, provide spiritual formation and send people out in answer to the Great Commission.

We appreciated your prayers and support for us as we helped over 20 missionaries return to their passport country to debrief and refresh their hearts for their home ministry assignment here in the USA. These times of Renewal are refreshing to our hearts and helps to strengthen the work and efforts to continue to share the “Good News.”

We appreciated your prayers and support for us as we traveled this year to Spain, Albania, Greece and Kenya, all in the effort to provide encouragement and minister support to the folks called to those areas of the world. Places where the “Good News” is impacting lives for eternity.

We appreciated your prayers and support as we served in the Vacation Bible School as well as teaching in children’s church once a month at our local church, Lakeview Wesleyan, in Marion, IN. It is always a joy to help the little people who are hearing the “Good News,” some for the first time.

We appreciated your prayers and support as we honored our WGM Retirees at our Indiana Office, again this year, by providing a retreat for over 60 heroes of the faith who have served faithfully in spreading the “Good News” across the globe.

We appreciated your prayers and support as we spoke in churches this year in Florida, Michigan and Ohio, as we helped to expand the vision for taking the “Good News” to others, everywhere.

We appreciate your prayers and support for our family extended as we have been able to be together with our granddaughters, their parents, as well as our sons and as our family joins together to celebrate Ned’s mother’s 100th birthday. We are having a celebration on Dec. 28th when most family and friends are available to honor her special day. She was born January 9, 1925, in Logan, OH. Mom has dedicated her life to sharing the “Good News” over the years and we are excited to honor her on her special day.

As we look ahead in the New Year, we continue to have grateful hearts for each one of you and for your faithful support for our ministry. We would not be able to travel as we do without you and each time we go, we take you in our hearts with us. Together we are impacting the World with the “Good News” of Emmanuel, God is with us.

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year,

Ned and Marlene McGrady

 

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Ned@straightpaths.org

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The pictures below are from our recent trip to Kenya in November.  We visited the new Cardio Thoracic Center, a state-of-the-art health facility built and underwritten in partnership with Samaritans Purse and WGM. This facility will be a premier provider of heart related surgery in the country of Kenya.  The other pictures are of us visiting with and hanging out with several of our missionaries and our MK’s serving in Kenya, spreading the “Good News.”