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'̂ acciacc ^a(jU IHimumHenrietta Luttrell
mailed, in Joplin 3/10/2003
P 0 Box 2847Waianae HI 96792-2847
e-mail; <[email protected]>
EDITORIAL OFFICE
MISSION SERVICES
P 0 BOX 13111
KNOXVL IN 37920-0111
2003 1st Quarter HCM NEWSLETTERGreetings from Oahu. May this
season be a reawaking of our commitment and service to the risen
Lord as we observe the new growthall around us in the physical world.
It seems a long time since I visited my family in California overChristmas. I had a delightful time,
He left a week early to go to Kansas. He and his brother were makingarrangements to care for his fatherwho suffered a stroke. He is makingsome progress, but is still unable tospeak or use his right hand. He iswalking some with a walker. Steve'smother is not well either and may be
spending afew nights in the home of her husband in the sameeach of my three children there. I nursing home.
Plans are progressing nicely forour spring Women's Conference onMarch 29. The theme will be "Victoryin Jesus." The new minister's wife at
the Sunset Beach Church, ChrisArnold, will speak in the morning.Then six ladies from our churches
will give testimonies of their victoriesover health, abuse, drugs, etc. WhenI asked for testimonies at Waialua,
was especially anxious to see Loraand Greg's new house and enjoytheir hospitality. They hosted thefamily Christmas dinner and severalother get-togethers. Their big diningroom, Ihdng room, and family roomprovided adequate space for theadults and children to socialize.
You may know my brother,Julien Storms. He was 90 years oldin January and still active in servingthe Lord. He began serving in theCivil Air Patrol while he helped us atthe Paloio Valley Church in the early70's.
He has been a chaplain eversince. In April, 2002 he wasawarded the Chaplain of the yearaward for the Great Lakes District
Region - only eight such awards weregiven in the country.
Our minister, Steven Sturm,spent most of January at the SanFrancisco Theological Seminarywhere he is pursuing another postgraduate degree.
CONTRIBUTORS: December-FebruaryChurches/Groups: Macedonia, Kokomo,IN; Osage Hills, Tulsa, OK; New Point,MO; Kokomo, IN; Faith, Burlington;Greenville, IN.
Couples/Individuals: Martin March-banks, Joyce Vance, Ruth Dunn, PaulJohnson, Pauline Blazer, Ruth Noble, Mil
ton Berggren, Audrey Alexander,Rosemary Siefers, Charles Brandt, MelbaBreedlove, Norma Small, H J Durham,
Gordon Springer, Herbert Kurtz, NealBliss, Keith Clawson, John Page, L MHolt, William Davee, Donald Stedman,
Jospeh Messick, Thelma Imel, Ron Simpson, Miller/Gardner, Kenneth Martin,
L. Keith Phelps.
(enrietta
Luttrell
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YEAR-END FINANCIAL REPORT
Balance, January 1, 2002 $161.91Receipts
sub-total
Disbursements:
Vehicle 1683.80
Salary 6000.00Total Disbursements
14,577.3314,739.24Service 683.49
Office 1833.16
Church 2100.00$12,300.45
Balance, Dec. 31, 2002 $2,438.79
three of our ladies were anxious to
give tlieirs.
We have hoped to involve some ofthe younger ladies in the planning ofthis event, and have been successfulto some extent. Deb Andrus, wife ofthe new minister at Island FamilyChurch will be a facilitator in one tes
timony session and Linda Lome fromthe Sunset Beach church will be theother. Both the minister's wives are
urging their ladies to attend, so weexpect to have a larger crowd thanusual. It will be held at the Sunset
Ranch atop Pupukea with a spectacular view over a wide expanse of lawnto the ocean. It has a beautiful flower
garden with an aviary enclosing treesand flowers, and has two or threeresident birds.
The ladies will love it. You would,too. Registration is only $12 untilMarch 16. I'm the registrar. Comejoin us!
No firm plans have been made yeton our Waialua Christian Church
Project. Possibilities are being considered (build, buy, etc.); a committeehas been selected and wiUbe meetingsoon. The fund was begun with a giftof $150,000 and now has a balance of$157,300.
May this time of remembering theresurrection of our Lord give us freshimpetus to honor and worship Him.
Yours in His service,
^C(vUett^
'OwaUHenrietta Luttrell
mailed in Joplin 5/31/2003
P 0 Box 2847Waianae HI 96792-2847
e-mail: <[email protected]>
EDITORIAL OFFICE
MISSION SERVICES
P 0 BOX 13111
KNOXVL TN 37920-0111
2003 2nd Quarter HCM NEWSLETTERation time. So we will all have a dif
ferent role - helpers, not teachers.Each teacher will have a helper,who will be in charge of the crafts.My granddaughter, Annie King, hasplanned the crafts for each classand assembled the materials. She isalso painting the backdrop for theroom as we join the expedition tofind the "Treasures of the Nile."
Our goal is to have 50 children -almost double previous attendance.Our people are passing out 100doorknob hangars with informationabout the school. Please pray thatthere will be a good response.Hand puppets "Humphrey" thecamel and "Niles" the crocodile willappear each morning with a specialmessage. Our mission project willhe San Jose Christian College.
We had hoped to buy the houseson the two lots adjoining ourchurch property, hut the ownershave decided not to sell. So we are
considering other options. The wor-
Greetings from hot Oahu and itis just May. It must he in the nineties today, hut we do have a breeze.I write on Memorial Day, so we aregratefully remembering those whogave their lives so we may he free.Our preacher reminded us yesterday that we weekly observe amemorial for the one who sacrificed His life so that we can hefreed from the eternal consequences of our sins. We are sograteful!
Over 100 ladies enjoyed theirjaunt to the country to participatein our "Victory in Jesus" women'sconference. 53 evaluation sheetswere returned and 19 of themreplied that they liked everythingabout the conference. 17 especiallyliked the testimonies.
Chris Arnold gave a helpful andencouraging message from theWord. The setting was memorable- the weather beautiful. Amy sangwith the worship team and playedthe guitar. Mary Smith and I co-chaired the event with ladies frommost of our sister churches servingon the planning committee.
Our Vacation Bible School will
begin two weeks from today. I'mdirecting again, hut most of thestaff has served for years so it'seasy. However, we will have agroup of students from San JoseChristian College with us, and wehave asked them to teach the
classes, lead the singing and recre-
C0NTRI6UT0RS: March-MayCliurches/Groups: New Point, MO;
Macedonia, Kokomo, IN; Osage Hills,Tulsa, OK; Faith-Burlington, FN;
Kokomo, IN;
Couples/Individuals: Thelma Imel,Nomia Small, Louise Hahn, Ruth Dunn, L
Keith Phelps, Melba Hobbs, Neal Bliss, LM Holt, H J Duiham, Pauline Blazer,
Kenneth Martin, Joyce Vance, Jean Simpson, Audrey Alexander, Herbert Kurtz,Miller/Gardner, Gloria Mock
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ship chapel occupies one of our lotsand the parsonage sits on thecorner of the other. We must planhow to build multi-purpose spacefor classrooms, nursery, kitchen,fellowship hall and office. Income isalways low this time of year(taxes?), so there have been noadditions to the Expansion ProjectFund since the last report - balance$157,300.
I'm grateful that at least two ofmy friends have sent donations tomy granddaughter, Cyndy, for hermission trip to Haiti. She returnedto her college campus May 26. Shewill he working and living oncampus in Mishawaka, Indiana thissummer. Her older sister, Leilani, ishome for the summer, workinghere, and will go hack to Coloradofor her final year in the fall.
I have eye check-ups every sixmonths and they have been normal.I am well - hardly ever catch thosehugs that go around. Of course, Idon't have as much stamina as in
former years. After lunch, I lie hackin my recliner and peruse the newspaper between naps. I enjoyremembering the past (LaHarpe,KS Church where we last served iscelebrating their 100th anniversary), hut get excited about the future.I hope you do, too.
I pray that you are activelyinvolved in the Lord's work, andfind joy in His service.
Your sister in Christ,
'^OitfOcc '7Hi4^io*iHenrietta Luttrell
mailed in Joplin 9/1/2003
P 0 Box 2847Waianae HI 96792-2847
e-mail: <[email protected]>Tenrletta
Luttrell
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2003 3rd Quarter HCM NEWSLETTER
Greetings from Oahu in Hisname who is the "God of all comfort, who comforts us in all ourtroubles, so that we can comfortthose in any trouble."
Our minister is again on themainland. His wife is recoveringfrom an appendectomy so she wasunable to travel with him. When he
arrived home after his last trip, helearned that his mother hadanother stroke and was in the hospital. Sunday afternoon (3/24), heflew back to Kansas not knowing ifshe would survive until he arrived.In spite of several desperate earliermeasures, she passed away.
Several others in our congregation are experiencing major problems, too.
One will go to court over custody of a child. Steve had plannedto take her in for that early hearing, so another couple agreed to dothat.
Another was scratched by hercat and had cat fever with a temperature of 1030. They feared shewould lose her hand. She is diabetic and has many other healthproblems.
She volunteered to lead thesinging every Sunday as the Lordgave her strength. She came homefrom the hospital Saturday night,and led the singing Sunday morning.
Teresa has a painful back buttries to be in the assembly everySunday. Her son, Joey, has beenworking only a day or two everyweek, so their income is way downand they have trouble paying theirrent. He is looking for another job.
Another has found a job, butnow she has to arrange for childcare.
We learned about these needs aswe came together. One of our newerladies said, "We need a prayerchain," and she is going to organizeone. Another said, "Let's set a dateto come together to clean thechurch building. How about a pot-luck lunch and then stay to clean?"It is so encouraging to see ourpeople taking responsibility toserve. A bus strike is looming, somany of our folks will be needingtransportation, including Zola.
CONTRIBUTORS: June-AugustChurches/Groups: New Point, Mo;Osage Hills, Tulsa, OK; Macedonia-Kokomo, IN; KokomoJN; Faith-Burlington,IN
Couples/Individuals: Louise Hahn, Paul
Johnson, Ruth Dunn, Debbie Holt,
Charles Brandt, Norma Small, Neal Bliss,
Audrey Alexander, Pauline Blazer,Kenneth Martin, L. Keith Phelps, H. J.Durham, Rosemary Sicfers, M. Hobbs,Edith J. Simpson, Thelma Imel, Gordon
Springer, Joyce Vance, Miller/Gardner,
We finished our history of theOld Testament through 16 outstanding characters in our KidsBible Club. Now we are looking forsome New Testament lessons.
We did have our Vacation BibleSchool and almost met our goal of50. We had 46 children enrolledwith a high attendance of 37.
The visiting staff from California were enthusiastic helpersand made it an exciting school. Iwas pleased to have so many of ourown members helping every day,too.
Since Steve has been gone somuch, we have not had anothermeeting of our Expansion Committee, but we were able to transfer thebulk of our monies to the ChurchDevelopment Fund, so it is earningmore interest. We can't make toomany plans until that fund growssubstantially.
My grandchildren here are allback in school. Annie is startingtoday in her classes at the community college. Leilani has gone backto Colorado for her last semester -will graduate May 8. Cyndy is in her3rd year. Bettina is working inMichigan. Leta's girls, Meghan andAnya, are back in college, too.
May you find comfort from theLord in your troubles, and have joyin the Lord as you trust in Him.
Yours to serve Him,
ILmi
mailed in Joplin 1 I/24/2003
P 0 Box 2847Waianae HI 96792-2847
e-mail: <[email protected]>
EDITORIAL OFFICE
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2003 4th Quarter HCM NEWSLETTER"Mele Kalikimaka and Hauoli
Makahiki Hou" is my traditionalyear-end greeting in Hawaiian toyou. While there are many moraland spiritual problems in our world,we should be thankful for the peaceand joy we have as we celebrate thebirth of the "One and only Son" ofGod.
Since I last wrote, some of theproblems at Waialua have beensolved and others dealt with: nobattle over custody; our song leader'shealth is again preventing her toserve; back pain cause now diagnosed.
Finally the Monroes were able toschedule a family camp-out for thechurch October 24-26. They hadworked on plans for months. 30 different people were present at the siteat various times. The Sunday worship time was held there. Their olderdaughter was baptized Nov. 16.
Anita (prefers Annie) and Iplanned to go just on Sunday morning. On the previous WednesdayAnnie fell off the top bunk, broke herleft arm, and cut her lip. I immediately canceled the camp trip.
She got a short cast whichallowed her to use her fingers, so shecould drive, go to college, and a littlelater to work at the sandwich shop.The cast is now off and the liphealed.
Nine young people attended ourfirst pizza party for that age group.Most of them do not attend our ser
vices, but family or friends do. Wepray that we will be able to involvethem in our congregational activities.A few of them will be in theChristmas play.
I try to do an update on my familyannually in this quarter. AMY continues to work as a legal assistant inthe office of a prominent lawyer; husband DAVID is recuperating fromshoulder surgery. It is getting stronger. With help of the family he hasfinished the bathroom addition.
Their daughter, LEILANI is incollege in Greeley, CO and will graduate on May 8 (I will forego my year-end trip to California in order toattend the graduation). CYNTHIA isin Bethel College in Mishiwaka, Indiana. BETTINA is living in Michiganand plans to attend college there.ANITA is taking classes at the community college here, and has herticket to move to California onDecember 28, where she will live with
CONTRIBUTORS: September-November Churches/Groups: Osage HillsHelping Hands; Macedonia, Koko-mo, IN; New Point, MO; Neeper,MO; Faith, Burlington, IN; Koko-mo, IN.
Couples/Individuals: Ruth Dunn, LKeith Phclps; Louise Hahn, Donald Harris, Norma Small, Herbert Kurtz, L MHolt, Lyndall Jordan, Pauline Blazer, NealBliss, H J Durham, Regina Stewart, JoyceVance, Kenneth Martin,Jean Simpson,Audrey Alexander, Mclba Hobbs.
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an uncle, work, take community college classes to establish residency,then pursue education to become asign language interpreter. KAWIKAis in JROTC color'guard, and runscross-country. ROBERT is a mathwhiz and runs track. MOANI is in 5thgrade - still seeking to find her specialinterest. Time with friends is all-important.
LETA continues to teach andadministrate the Kindergartendepartment in a Christian school. Herhusband DAVID works there, too, intheir computer lab and on facilities.This year he got his teaching degreeand is now studying to get histeaching certificate. MEGHAN is incollege in northern California, andANYA in Michigan. MARK is still atLockheed-Martin and NIKKI is astay-at-home Mom —if you can call itthat. She volunteers in NATALIE'Sand ALEC'S classrooms. LORA andGREG are busy vdth work in theircomputer firms, and using theirhome to entertain family and friends.
I continue to be thankful for mygood health which allows me to servethe Lord by getting out the monthlynews sheet for our churches, teachclasses at Waialua Christian Church,play the piano sometimes, mentor theyounger women, etc. Isn't it a joy tobe used in the Lord's service! May2004 be filled with opportunities forservice for you and for me.
Yours to serve Him,
