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MORNING GLORYCHRISTIAN ACADEMY
San Raymundo, GuatemalaMay 20th, 2015
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My Anchor Holds
By Lori Nij
Director of Morning Glory Christian Academy
The day started out as normal as any other holiday. May first is a celebration ofLabor Day in Guatemala; a holiday from school, a chance to sleep in and rest. Robwas off to Antigua to do the traditional tourist day with our visitor Dusty Garrison,Tabi and the girls were off for a day of shopping in Guatemala City for Kenivan´supcoming birthday and I was settled in for a morning of calm and quiet working onthe computer in the solace of my living room. I had just settled down to work when Iheard a knock at the front door: Nothing strange because people come looking forQueno all the time. But this morning it was different. As I looked up to giggles andlaughter, a group of familiar faces came into my living room bearing a huge flowerarrangement and a homemade banner. They just kept coming until the room wascompletely packed with beautiful young ladies and young men. The sixth gradeclass from 2010 was back to visit. Some of the young people I quickly recognizedhaving seen them at school with their younger siblings and through Facebook. However there were other faces, oddly familiar but at the same time strangelydifferent and grown up. The skinny, insecure little girl from a mountain village wasnow a beautiful, well-dressed, confident young woman. The young boys who hadleft the halls of Morning Glory as small twelve year olds were now muscular,handsome young men.
And so began a couple of hours of visit: laughter, and reminiscing about timesgone by, remembering old times, scoldings, and wonderful, warm memories of achildhood spent together learning and growing.
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They sang the old songs from Bible class, remembered dance steps of yearsgone by and laughed about how they tried my patience with their youthfulexuberance. My heart filled with joy and began to overflow. Here, sitting on thefloor of my living room were thirty-two teenagers who had decided to spend theirholiday from school and work visiting Miss Lori and encouraging this old lady.
The tears began to flow as the conversation turned solemn and one by one eachperson began to express what Morning Glory meant in their lives. One by one, eachperson spoke of the love, the consistent discipline, the lessons learned, and weremembered together. They asked me about young people who had visitedMorning Glory now grown and married. Each one talked about things that hadmarked their lives forever and had laid their paths. Two young boys from thevillage, from simple homes shared the news of having been accepted into medicalschool. Seven young ladies are a step away from graduation as certified teachers,two young men studying to become music teachers. Child after child they sharedtheir dreams with me. My heart sang. Then one young man said these words: ¨Miss Lori, Morning Glory is the anchor that holds our world together, when all goeswrong, when we are tempted to give up or do things that we should not do, we allremember the lessons that you taught us and think what would Miss Lori say andwhat would God want us to do and we find comfort in uncertainty and a way in thenight.
Once again God blessed me with a glimpse of glory, a moment of eternity. It isworth it, the sleepless nights, the frustrations, the battles trying to make the financesmeet the needs, the endless scolding, and the lessons taught, exampled, and livedhave given a safe, secure anchor in a broken and hurting world; something thatnever changes, solid and eternal. Once again without each one of you none of thiswould be possible. I am forever grateful and awed at how God continues to weaveour lives together, with the threads of hundreds of lives of Guatemalan children toform the beautiful colorful fabric that has become the Morning Glory Story.
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Dear Friends and Supporters of Morning Glory.
We cordially invite you to a banquet to discuss the future of NIMA’s plans forthe future on July 30th. A public meeting will proceed the banquet inGrapevine, TX at 2:30pm. The dinner begins at 5pm and features Ted Smith(World Impact-Dallas) as our speaker. You can reserve a table of 6 chairs for$150 and an individual seat for $25. Seating is limited. You can reserve yourseat by contacting Herb Pinney at [email protected] or calling 575-647-2168. Please make your reservations by July 15th 2015.
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Praises! We praise God for Hisabundant provision. We prase Himfor His guidance as we are halfway
Prayers! Please pray for the internsand volunteers that will be servingat Morning Glory this summer.
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through the school year now. Wepraise Him for all the servants,both local and foreign, that arecoming to us.
Pray for all the faculty and staff asthey strive to embody God's love toour students everyday. Pray for theWorld Racers who are off the Asianext week.
Morning Glory Christian Academy is a division of NIMA.
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