Family & Friends,

On Thursday we were excited because we were only 131 short of our goal of 15,000 books for the Kigali Kollection for a Rwandan Bible College.  That night after 5pm someone got into our Admin. Building and brought 15 boxes of books.  So we knew that about 10:15am we would hit the goal.  The sparkling apple juice was ready.  We stopped at 14,999 to savor the moment.  I summarized how many people had helped.  Top student workers: Ali Newby, Jeff Harris, Leesa Beadle, Michael Martini; our top volunteer with over 150 hours, Dorie Halsey.  Our Kendra “Miss Kigali” Hanberg, student coordinator and Jill of all trades.  Our staff librarians who created the systems for cataloging, Pam Middleton and Daniel Nordstrom, our seminary student who leads Africa New Life in Rwanda, Fred Katagwa and then …. We prepared our glasses as the staff ladies with the magic fingers entered in book 15,000 (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity).  Mary Newman and Debbie Chin both hit the “enter” button at the same moment and at 10:21am on Friday,  March 19, 2010, God gave us book number 15,000.  The library is worth more than a half a million dollars.  The camera was clicking, the video was rolling and we were praising God from whom all blessings flow.  This one just flowed bigger and faster than we asked or thought possible.

G

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