thank you for your continued prayer for justin...on tuesday we meet with the main doctor for melanoma at the university of michigan hospital...potentially a very difficult discussion(furthur diagnosis, prognosis,etc) we really need your prayers that day(noonish)...this has been a whirlwind week so please keep praying for justin...i know you are...can't thank you enough...wish i could speak to all of you personally but for now this will have to do...i know you understand...
thanks again,
glenn and victoria reese
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sheila,
Could you forward this note to the list.
Attention all of you who visited Australia on any of the trips. Pastor Paul is having a retirement service on Sunday May 2, and I think it would be great if we would flood the church with E-mails to give to him in the service. I was trying to go to it but could not work it out. The churches e mail is ( church@oakdenbaptist.org.au ) If you want to see how the church has progressed, find their web page.. it will bless you.
Thanks
Love to all
Gordon
Could you forward this note to the list.
Attention all of you who visited Australia on any of the trips. Pastor Paul is having a retirement service on Sunday May 2, and I think it would be great if we would flood the church with E-mails to give to him in the service. I was trying to go to it but could not work it out. The churches e mail is ( church@oakdenbaptist.org.au ) If you want to see how the church has progressed, find their web page.. it will bless you.
Thanks
Love to all
Gordon
Saturday, March 20, 2010
To All YA Faithful:
Sorry for the delay in getting this news out. We had a few frozen pipes at camp that kept us busy.
First let's talk about the next Reunion. Consensus was that it would better to wait until September of 2012 so that is what the plan will be. That gives plenty of time for all of us to plan for an even greater time together. I received a number of good suggestions for planning. There is still time for you to contribute your opinions. We will work hard at finding those we missed last time. A number of those we did find said they will be there next time. You can help us. We will get a list out for you to help us with the missing folks. (List is attached below. Please contact me, Sheila, if we need to made corrections to this list.)
Prior to the main gathering in 2012, we are planning to meet in 2011 for some strategic planning and organizing the amazing, powerful force we all felt last time. Dennis Henderson has offered to host us at his church in Sherman, Texas (outside of Dallas). There are ample places to eat and we are working on some housing accomodations. We chose Dallas for this meeting for its central location. I am not going to try to make a list of folks that I would like to see there, because I would like to see everyone who cares about the future of Youth Aflame/Youth Alive to be there with great ideas. I would like all of your input relating to our ongoing relationships.
Please keep your comments and suggestion coming. They are crucial. I print them and put them in a notebook. You should know that we continue to get great comments about 2009. Jonathan and Jerry Jr. continue to talk about it. Jonathan ran into Al Albright on a Charles Stanley cruise where Jonathan was speaking and immediately knew who he was and bragged about the Reunion. Al wants to come next time.
Please know that Dottie and I pray everyday for all of you. My invitation still stands for a visit to Lassen Pines. We had a great time with the Lawrensons recently. Love you all deeply and think of you everyday.
Gordon (the steamroller still has some steam left !!!!)
PS. The date in 2011 in Dallas is still flexible. We will let you know soon.
Sorry for the delay in getting this news out. We had a few frozen pipes at camp that kept us busy.
First let's talk about the next Reunion. Consensus was that it would better to wait until September of 2012 so that is what the plan will be. That gives plenty of time for all of us to plan for an even greater time together. I received a number of good suggestions for planning. There is still time for you to contribute your opinions. We will work hard at finding those we missed last time. A number of those we did find said they will be there next time. You can help us. We will get a list out for you to help us with the missing folks. (List is attached below. Please contact me, Sheila, if we need to made corrections to this list.)
Prior to the main gathering in 2012, we are planning to meet in 2011 for some strategic planning and organizing the amazing, powerful force we all felt last time. Dennis Henderson has offered to host us at his church in Sherman, Texas (outside of Dallas). There are ample places to eat and we are working on some housing accomodations. We chose Dallas for this meeting for its central location. I am not going to try to make a list of folks that I would like to see there, because I would like to see everyone who cares about the future of Youth Aflame/Youth Alive to be there with great ideas. I would like all of your input relating to our ongoing relationships.
Please keep your comments and suggestion coming. They are crucial. I print them and put them in a notebook. You should know that we continue to get great comments about 2009. Jonathan and Jerry Jr. continue to talk about it. Jonathan ran into Al Albright on a Charles Stanley cruise where Jonathan was speaking and immediately knew who he was and bragged about the Reunion. Al wants to come next time.
Please know that Dottie and I pray everyday for all of you. My invitation still stands for a visit to Lassen Pines. We had a great time with the Lawrensons recently. Love you all deeply and think of you everyday.
Gordon (the steamroller still has some steam left !!!!)
PS. The date in 2011 in Dallas is still flexible. We will let you know soon.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Mark Giles just sent me a 20 minute clip of the Reunion (link below)!!!!!!!! It's a rough edit of some of the fun we had there. It's a short cut of the DVD that is to come. Enjoy! (Mark has also uploaded it to Facebook.)
BIG thank yous to our cameramen, Brian Abe, Stan Kellam, Dave Lavender and to our editor, Mark Giles!!!! Many, many once-in-a-lifetime memories and more to come.
I'll let you know when Mark and Nancy get the DVD's in the mail so you can begin looking for them. If you didn't order one and would like to have one let me know. The price is $12.00 (shipping included.) Total running time on the DVD will be 2 1/2 hours!!
Links are below. The first link is for medium quality, the second link is for best quality.
Love you all and miss you,
Sheila
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=827233189&email=de00962c76a7a010c432929455176db1
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=827221963&email=bdef9d82a0ee9fed47104b89b0be6d0a
BIG thank yous to our cameramen, Brian Abe, Stan Kellam, Dave Lavender and to our editor, Mark Giles!!!! Many, many once-in-a-lifetime memories and more to come.
I'll let you know when Mark and Nancy get the DVD's in the mail so you can begin looking for them. If you didn't order one and would like to have one let me know. The price is $12.00 (shipping included.) Total running time on the DVD will be 2 1/2 hours!!
Links are below. The first link is for medium quality, the second link is for best quality.
Love you all and miss you,
Sheila
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=827233189&email=de00962c76a7a010c432929455176db1
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=827221963&email=bdef9d82a0ee9fed47104b89b0be6d0a
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR YOUTH AFLAME!
I trust that all of you had a great Holiday. I am aware that some of you have had a difficult time financially. Please know that we are praying for you daily. I would say to you from personal experience not to give up. This too will pass and God will use this time to make you stronger.
I am writing this message to seek some input concerning any future gathering. Some have talked of another gathering in 2011. Others have commented that that is too soon. If we are to plan another meeting, we need to start now. I am puzzled that I received almost no response to my last email in which I asked you to respond with comments on the reunion. (Sheila sent it out on November 28th.) Please let me know your feelings and any suggestions or criticisms. I doubt that we can expect to duplicate our last meeting which was clearly a God-thing. However, with God's help (and a little from Sheila) it could be even better.
My heart is still bursting from our time together. I will never forget it. My only regret was that I could not visit with all of you as much as I wanted to. Time was so short. I regularly view all the pictures (over 1000)!!
Here are a few of my thoughts to stimulate your response.
l. We should try to contact anyone that we missed last time including those we could not locate as well as those who wanted to
come but were hindered for one reason or another.
2. We should spend more time interacting and just plain visiting. I hardly got to talk to some of you.
3. We seemed to enjoy singing together so we should repeat that.
4. The banquet should have a much shorter program allowing more time to mingle and interact.
5. Rather than calling it a reunion, I suggest it be a "YA Connection" with special group meetings with emphasis on the
various ministries and businesses represented.
6. Allow for time for us to pray together for each others needs..
Please add to this list!!!
Also , please pray about Lassen Pines future. We have some great prospects that, if they materialize and we sell, I will be freed up to visit, travel, and assist the many ministries you represent.
My email is ( gordonluff@yahoo.com )
My address is 3572 Leonard St. Redding, CA 96002
My Phone # is (Home) 530 221 3516, (Cell) 530 949 2508, (Camp) 530 474 3160
We wait to hear from you and please know home much we love all of you!!.
Love
Gordon and Dottie
I trust that all of you had a great Holiday. I am aware that some of you have had a difficult time financially. Please know that we are praying for you daily. I would say to you from personal experience not to give up. This too will pass and God will use this time to make you stronger.
I am writing this message to seek some input concerning any future gathering. Some have talked of another gathering in 2011. Others have commented that that is too soon. If we are to plan another meeting, we need to start now. I am puzzled that I received almost no response to my last email in which I asked you to respond with comments on the reunion. (Sheila sent it out on November 28th.) Please let me know your feelings and any suggestions or criticisms. I doubt that we can expect to duplicate our last meeting which was clearly a God-thing. However, with God's help (and a little from Sheila) it could be even better.
My heart is still bursting from our time together. I will never forget it. My only regret was that I could not visit with all of you as much as I wanted to. Time was so short. I regularly view all the pictures (over 1000)!!
Here are a few of my thoughts to stimulate your response.
l. We should try to contact anyone that we missed last time including those we could not locate as well as those who wanted to
come but were hindered for one reason or another.
2. We should spend more time interacting and just plain visiting. I hardly got to talk to some of you.
3. We seemed to enjoy singing together so we should repeat that.
4. The banquet should have a much shorter program allowing more time to mingle and interact.
5. Rather than calling it a reunion, I suggest it be a "YA Connection" with special group meetings with emphasis on the
various ministries and businesses represented.
6. Allow for time for us to pray together for each others needs..
Please add to this list!!!
Also , please pray about Lassen Pines future. We have some great prospects that, if they materialize and we sell, I will be freed up to visit, travel, and assist the many ministries you represent.
My email is ( gordonluff@yahoo.com )
My address is 3572 Leonard St. Redding, CA 96002
My Phone # is (Home) 530 221 3516, (Cell) 530 949 2508, (Camp) 530 474 3160
We wait to hear from you and please know home much we love all of you!!.
Love
Gordon and Dottie
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