Christmas Time Is Here!

Good Afternoon Parents, 

I LOVE this time of year!! I am so excited and thankful that our little school is serving in such BIG ways. 

Over the last month we have collected and packed shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Our students have come to love this tradition just as much as the staff! Thank you for supporting this and helping us to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to children all around the world. 

But we are not stopping there! This year Lee Christian School has partnered with the Salvation Army to adopt a Lee County student from their Joy program. Our 6th grade class has adopted Sherlyn. Sherlyn is a 5 yr old girl from right here in Lee County! We will collect items to provide Sherlyn with the BEST Christmas. Here are the details on sweet little Sherlyn:

Need: Sweater, Shoes

Want: Gabby Dollhouse (This is not a dollhouse, this is a name of a cartoon. Walmart carries the product line).  I hope we shower her with Gabby Dollhouse toys!

Clothing: Girl

Shoe Size: 11

Coat Size: 7

Pants W: 7

TShirt Size: 6

Panties: 5

Dress Size: 7

All toys and clothing must be NEW and unwrapped. Please include the receipt for any clothing so they can be exchanged if they do not fit.  Thank you for being a part of this and loving our community. 

Canned Food Drive:

Our Senior Beta Club is collecting canned goods for the CUOC of Lee County. They CUOC provides food boxes every week for those in need. Students who bring in 5 cans will receive a memory verse test pass.  

See what I mean about our little school serving in such big ways! We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. I don't think there is a better way to teach our students this, than by serving our own community. We also took 20 students over two days to serve lunch at the Bread of Life. My heart is overflowing watching our students volunteer and step up to serve. 

As we head into this next week of celebrating Thanksgiving with our family and friends, I want personally thank you for your dedication to LCS. I appreciate each one of you and how well you support me as your students teacher. From quick notes or chats of encouragement, to suppling our class with clorox wipes, hand sanitizer and kleenex, to sending items for funderaising, YOU are appreciated!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am thankful for each family who is a part of LCS!

May the Lord bless you and keep you!

In Christ, 

Nancy

Thankfulness

Happy November, 

I am sorry I am late posting. Last week was such a great week. Classes all went really well and our Jr Beta Club members (middle school 6-8th grades) served a local family on Friday. They were the hands and feet of Jesus ya'll!! They helped this family get a months worth of work done on their farm in a DAY! You read that right, A DAY! I will post pictures soon. The students worked hard and the work was labrious. They even chatted about how much they loved doing it and how much they loved seeing how grateful the family was. They husband and wife are both military. How cool that we were able to serve them!

Each Bible class is moving along quite nicely. If your students grade is low they have been told that there is extra credit work that they can do. 

Every November I spend the month praying for others and praising God for everything that has happended over the course of the year. Yes, I even praise Him for the trials and tribulations and the not so pleasant parts of the year. One thing that I was thinking about over the weekend after watching the kids serve, was that we don't encourage them enough and you as parents don't always hear about the good that your students are doing. For example, last month a young man offered to carry by bag to my room for me one morning. I didn't ask for help, even though I was struggling to carry all that I had, but he seen me and he offered!!! Then this morning not one, but two young men held the door open for me. I will be taking pictures of my students each week this month and sharing was is unique and admirable about them. I am blessed and thankful to spend my day with them. I look forward to highlighting them over the next month. 

I hope you have a blessed week. Take time to stop and take in the beauty of God's creation. He reveals Himself in everything that we see. 

God Bless, 

Nancy Williams