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Issue 2010 #1
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.jpg) Betty Eidse, Linda Porter, Judy Petlikau, Laura Hildebrand, and Penny Homontowski Our Mailbox Club Runs to Win!
At Western Tract Mission we usually think of our Mailbox Club as the most exciting arm or department of our whole ministry. Then there are days when we wonder if we are sitting on the best-kept secret in the world. Don't others realize what a great thing the Mailbox Club is? How can some students get so forgetful?  For example, the courses for the youngest children have names like See and Do. At the primary school age, the lessons are called Storytime I and II. Middlers have Best Friends, then Explorers, and move on to Overcomers for the Junior age group. The course for ages 15-18 is A Country Called Heaven, however, teens and adults alike can take all the rest of the courses. You can see them all described and illustrated on the website, starting from this page; Bible Lessons The great value of all this to you and your family is that you can read the lessons, look up the Bible passages and fill in the blanks, and gain a sound understanding and grasp of all the main great truths in the Bible. The basic plan of Salvation is repeated often - and many of our students accept Christ as their Saviour while doing these lessons. Another great blessing is that a real live corrector looks over the answers you send in, and grades them according to an answer sheet and then adds personal notes of encouragement to the sheet before mailing it back to you with the next set of lessons. It's like having a personal teacher to guide you, correct you, and answer any questions you may have. Setting aside half an hour a day, perhaps together with your devotional time, could help you grow in Bible knowledge, in faith, and in joy. Even if you think you know your Bible well, such a study could prepare you to share the gospel effectively. We have almost 1600 students registered in our Mailbox Club but less than 500 are faithful in sending in their lessons on a continuing basis. At the mid-week staff prayer meeting, the correctors often ask prayer for a student who seems to have stopped sending in lessons. They are concerned about them. They also take great pride and joy in the students who do well, and who sometimes send in photos, drawings, poems or things they have written. You should see the pinups all around their desks. Younger students receive a 4 page newsletter each quarter called Good News Express. Penny Homontowski, who is in charge of the Mailbox Club is the editor, although the readers of the GNE only know the editor as a mouse named Josh. Penny is always checking the mail for drawings, stories or poems students have written to be published in the GNE. That is also where contests are announced. A new one for 2010 has just been introduced with prizes of personalized New Testaments. We would like to take this opportunity to share with our prayer partners that this Mailbox Club thrives best when people are praying for it, and when students do their lessons earnestly we are more likely to read students' testimonies that they have received Christ as their own personal Saviour upon their repentance and faith in Him. Would you pray for our Mailbox Club students of all ages, and our faithful correctors? |