MEANS & MEANING
SWEET BENE
MANS 2003 Founding Donors Recogn A “Thank you” is more than good manners. And saying it
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But here and now, the Alberta Conference says thank you again to the members whose pioneering vision for Mamawi Atosketan Native School has made a difference in so many lives." 38
Alberta Adventist News
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n my office desk is a framed note on Delta Hotel stationery, written by a housekeeper on April 6, 2013. I was attending the Women’s Ministries Conference in Kananaskis and had left a tip on my pillow — perhaps a little more than the woman who made up my room was expecting. “Thank you very much for your generosity Ms. McDowell, Lynn,” the chambermaid wrote. “May God bless you always. Thank you.” I treasure that note. God
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had blessed me, and I had made a difference to someone who was grateful for my shared blessing. Not only that, this stranger wished me more of God’s blessing! What could I do but leave her another, bigger tip? When the Alberta Conference made the decision to build the First Nations school that opened its doors in 2003 (now MANS’ elementary section), nearly 600 families and individuals responded. Many of those members donated their time and money. Their generosity was
