Children are quite perceptive and pick up on our words and actions even when we think they are not paying attention. This was evident to me when I viewed this cute video recording of my husband’s interview with our son, Walter, at the age of five. Walter is now 17 and ready to leave home for college, thus, Bill and I are about to be empty nesters.

At the time in my life when this video was recorded, I was juggling all the responsibilities of being a wife and mother to three young active sons, while also joyfully serving in LWML in our congregation, zone, and district. Walter picked up on something he may have overheard me say about having to juggle my tight schedule of meetings and activities. Obviously, Walter decided that he would not leave home and get married because that might mean that he would have to be at two meetings at the same time (2:30) in different locations (Texas and Louisiana) which would be impossible to achieve.

Even as we try to balance times and activities through our varying ages, energy levels, relationships, or responsibilities, God’s promises to us through all stages of our lives are rock solid. We have the blessed assurance that He will help us stay balanced on Him, our firm foundation.

To learn more about the new LWML Bible Study series, “Balance,” click here www.lwml.org/posts/shoplwml/balance-christ-filled-living.

Michelle Zollinger

Public Relations Director, 2017–2019
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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Exploration on the LWML website gives a wealth of information and insight into how LWML can help you serve the Lord. The following are just a few examples:

The Word … read the latest Mustard Seed Devotion, order new devotional booklets, and sign up via email for daily devotions.
Missions … discover the history of the Mite Box and find resources for sharing with others how God blesses our mite offerings.
Service … choose resources to help grow and develop an LWML group as well as encourage one another to serve Him with gladness.
Fellowship … follow LWML news on FaceBook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube, and Instagram. It’s easy to sign up.
News & Events … be up-to-date with Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly articles, eNews, and much more.
Giving … give online, and at the same time learn how to be a better steward of your God-given blessings.
About … sign up for LWML updates via email or contact us with a question you might have.

Visit our website often, explore what it has to offer, and learn how God continues to bless His ministry and mission through the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. We are indeed Lutheran Women in Mission. Praise be to God!

You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God (1 Corinthians 9:11–12).

Char Kroemer

Vice President of Communication
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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Lutheran Hour Ministries received an LWML check for the mission grant you selected at the LWML Albuquerque Convention in 2017.  I had the wonderful opportunity to attend their weekly chapel service and present the $100,000.00 paid-in-full monies for the mass-media proclamation of the Gospel in Egypt and North Africa.

Now, at district conventions, each district is selecting their new mission grants for the 2018–2020 biennium. Often, we mention large amounts of money for different projects selected. Think of the two million-seventy-five-thousand dollars we have pledged to give by the time we meet in Mobile, Alabama, for the 38^th Biennial LWML Convention, June 20–23, 2019.

Awesome amounts to consider, but more than awesome is God working through us to make His Word a reality in the lives of so many who need to know Jesus as their Savior. We don’t just put our monies in a small box as an obligation because we are members. We are workers in His harvest fields as we pledge to Him “our willing service wherever and whenever He has need of us.” 

Review the LWML Mission Grants and the LWML Mission Grants Videos under the MISSIONS tab. Under the same tab see how Your Mite Offerings Have Made an Impact. Share this news with other Women in Mission and rejoice that God is blessing our work with the spreading of His Word.

Jennifer Huecker

Vice President of Christian Life
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not stay in darkness (John 12:46).

June is the month often considered the beginning of Summer activities. School is out, and camp is just around the corner. Reunions are planned and friends are gathering around a BBQ grill. And, of course LWML district conventions are at a peak.

Who shared with you about Lutheran Women In Mission? Was there a special person who mentored you as you learned more about the work of this organization that focuses on God's Word and His Mission? Take a moment and offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the person who introduced you to LWML. If that person is still this side of heaven, perhaps you could take it one step further and send a handwritten note, an email, or a text to express your gratitude.

Consider a contribution, in your friend's name, to the LWML 75th Anniversary Offering to help continue the rich legacy of sharing the gospel of Christ. Donate at www.lwml.org/donate-endowment-fund, or mail to the LWML Office, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St Louis MO 63118. Please note the donation as LWML 75th Anniversary Thank Offering.

Edie Norris

75th Anniversary Committee Chairman 
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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When my son Benjamin was young, anytime he saw a low hanging fluffy white cloud, he desperately wanted to be able to touch it. But when he reached the spot where he saw the cloud, the cloud was elusive and out of his reach. While flying in an airplane through billowy clouds, Benjamin was still unable to touch the clouds because of the windows that separated him from the clouds.

Jesus’ disciples witnessed His ascension into the clouds. Although the disciples could no longer physically touch Jesus or the clouds, they knew that God was with them because of His promise. Clouds may be elusive to us, but God is never out of reach. In Acts 2:32–33, we hear Peter say, “This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.” After Jesus ascended, the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples at Pentecost. Our triune God is always with us.

We read in Matthew 28 that as Jesus ascended into the heavenly clouds, He commanded His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. This command is for us too. Your Mite Box offerings, given in prayer, help to share this Good News of our Immanuel to all nations. To learn more about mite offering supported missions, click here: lwml.org/mission-grants.

Michelle Zollinger

Public Relations Director, 2017–2019
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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Random thoughts from the 

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Revelation 7:9a).

When you lean in to someone to give them a hug, press your heart to their heart by leaning into them from the left.

LWML President Lillian Preisinger, (1955-1959) had a courageous and compassionate heart when she cancelled the 1953 LWML convention in New Orleans when it was discovered that our Black Sisters were not allowed in the convention hotel.

The purpose of the Heart to Heart Sisters Committee is to: Motivate, equip, challenge, and provide mentoring opportunities within the LWML for women of diverse ethnic groups to serve the church, participate in LWML, witness to the world, and grow in relationships.

Your 2017-2019 Heart to Heart Sisters Committee:

Click here for more information.

Kaye Dumas Wolff

Vice President of Special Focus Ministries
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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Do you identify yourself as a Lutheran Woman in Mission? I hope each day you look at what Christ has given you and respond with joyfully praising and serving Him through your family, community, and in the LWML.

We are so very blessed to know our Savior loves us, has saved us from our sins, and never leaves our side. We study the Scriptures, give our mite offerings, and serve as leaders in this organization so that others will know of God’s mercy and grace. By God’s grace, we reach the lost and hurting around the world.

Have you asked God how He wants you to serve in the LWML? Have you considered allowing your name to be submitted to the LWML Nominating Committee for a national office? Is this something He has placed on your heart? If you’ve been moved by His Word, then I encourage you to pray and willingly step up to this opportunity. You won’t serve alone! You’ll be surrounded with sisters and brothers in Christ, supporting and mentoring you. And of course, Jesus is right by our side.

If the Lord has given you a passion for His mission, He will equip you to follow through. Click here for more information. The Executive Committee is already praying for you. God has just not revealed your name, but He knows!

In His service, filled with His joy,

Debbie Larson

Vice President of Organizational Resources
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

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