Irene S. Reed High School - Shelton, WA

It has been so suprising, but not unexpected considering the great people in our class, how many of you have undertaken and accomplished such interesting, and great things in your lives. Periodically, we will try to feature some of these classmates. If you know of a classmate that should be featured for what they are doing in their lives, i.e. charities, travels, or maybe an unusual job or life history, let us known and we will get them included in this page.  

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Irene Emsley (Renie Favre) - "Gabriel House": Renie and her husband, pastor Ted Favre, have not let the retirement bug get them. They have started a mission in Mexico called Gabriel House where they take care of severally handicapped children (http://www.gabrielhouseofmexico.com/video2.htm). To read more about Renie and Gabriel House, their news letters, and how you might help them in their mission, click on this link below to their website: http://www.gabrielhouseofmexico.com/.  

The following is Renie's latest news bulletin from Gabriel House.

Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2010   What a difference three months of love, good care and good food can make!   We are so happy with the progress Betzy is making and wanted to share with you what a difference you, as a supporter of Gabriel House, have made in the life of this precious little girl.       Many of you may remember that last October we introduced you to Betzy. She had just been discharged from the hospital where she had had three heart attacks stemming from malnutrition so extreme that her body could no longer function.  Betzy has no known living relatives. Her addicted mother abandoned her at birth to an aging and sick great grandmother who died trying to keep herself and Betzy alive. Today Betzy is almost chubby. She smiles at everyone who passes by. She has gone from a tortured little soul who hurt when she was held to a happy and contented ‘cuddle bug’. We are praying that her bones and joints will recover to the point where therapy will help her stand and walk. None of this would have happened without your gifts and prayers. We and Betzy thank you from the bottoms of our hearts! One of our biggest challenges is having volunteers who want to come on a consistent basis and learn the needs of the children and help us follow through with programs that will help them develop to their true potentials.   (Jas 1:27)   Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.   Our prayer needs are as follows: Spiritual:   Time to spend with God  A Christ like attitude                               A continued hunger for God’s Word          Courage to stand for God’s truth Courage to stand in the face of adversity Provision for the needs of the children and our wonderful staff materially,      physically and greatest of all spiritually. Physical: Ted: Health for Ted and sitting in His presence Renie: Freedom from Pain Weight loss God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus, Renie, Ted and the Munchkins

 

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Paula (Harmon) Umbeck - "Beautiful Garden": Paula and her husband, Jim, have become quite the gardeners. Their beautiful lake side garden in Carnation, WA was featured in Sunset Magazine on Jan 1, 2008 and again on May 24, 2008 . The link below will take you to their garden of heavenly delights.

May Article: http://freshdirt.sunset.com/2008/05/the-woodland-ga.html

January  Article: The link to this article "Let Your Garden Go Wild" was cancelled by Sunset  - sorry.  We have copied the pages from this article, so if you want to see it, just email Dan Harvey or Bill LeDrew.

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