Bill & Jennifer Hildebrand and family
Norma Jean, Hal, Dona, and family,
I have known your family since ICS days, just beginning to know you (Dona) while working on the school yearbook my sophomore year. It was great to be hired at Woods Chapel Baptist Church and find your whole family again!
In my first few weeks on staff, I found out I was in charge of the weekly bulletin in addition to other responsibilities. It wasn't long before Harry came to my rescue! He came out of retirement to help put together an awesome bulletin each week, using his years of publishing experience to quickly wordsmith all the great parts that people would rely on for their communication and information. He would brave horrible weather to come in and sit at the computer for hours every week.
Sure, it was a blessing to me. But even more, I began to see that in ministry there is no retirement. Rather, what other new ways can I serve. Harry had a true servant's heart, and I learned a lot about continually making yourself available to Jesus for service!
Know that we are praying for your hearts, while it won't be long before we see Harry again (with Jesus!), it still hurts right now to realize we have to wait to say these words, to sit and talk, to look into those eyes again, and laugh at the quirky sense of humor. I say all this from experience, thinking of the past year my mom has been with Jesus...
We love you guys and are praying!!!
Bill, Jennifer, Braden, Preston, Landon, and Trevon
Friday November 17, 2017 at 10:09 am
