Walking Smiling 2 Corinthians 8:9
Dear Family & Friends,
It was a sad and smiling week around Imago Dei Community. The sadness came from losing Terry Shoman, our 52 year old financial staff officer, to a massive heart attack. The smiling came from the very same person. He never stopped smiling and he laughed at your jokes. His brother, Mark, said he felt funny around him because of that infectious laugh. He loved his wife and was busting with pride over his kids. You became family once he gave you the famous Terry bear hug. He got off the corporate ladder to invest in his family and friends believing that only people and God’s Word last forever.
He cut his salary in half when he joined our staff to encourage us to love God with our Talents, Time and Treasures. Then he sold his house and moved to SE Portland to help those who were poorer than he. He used some of retirement funds to create a house for single moms. He viewed his job as setting people free from the slavery of money and power. He had the “get out of debt” mantra continually on his lips. He helped us to live in the freedom of Jesus so we could be generous like Jesus. He was a walking smiling poster of 2 Corinthians 8:9 – “You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.”
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Kigali Trip Report
Finances still NEEDED:
G $0 (further gifts go for students & library computers)
Koby Krikac $3,255
Katy Stephens $651
Angela Morton $2,250
Aaron Esparza $2,755
On-line giving at: http://www.africanewlife.org/

