Dear Ones,

There are times in life when sorrow and joy go hand in hand. That was my experience on August 22 upon receiving word of the home-going of Mary Tome’s husband, Bill.

You are already aware of the invaluable relationship Mary and I have both personally and in the ENI. But this is about Bill. He had a huge part in birthing the ENI Children’s Global Prayer Movement (now known as World Shapers Club.)

It goes back to 1994 when I sent Bill and Mary to Colorado Springs to represent me in a meeting hosted by Dr. C. Peter Wagner and other leaders of the Prayer Track of the Global Conference on World Evangelism. They returned home with a “charge”- to invite praying children from around the world as official delegates – AND INTERCESSORS! -.to the organization’s international conference to be held in South Korea the next year. It would be – and was – a first!

That initial meeting launched our children’s prayer movement into immediate global renown.  So, it is to Bill, as well as to Mary, that I am eternally indebted for where the Lord has brought the ENI today.

I am pleased to honor Bill by continuing ENI newsletter’s “Guy Side” in his name.

Your prayers and condolences for Mary and her family are deeply appreciated. Please send your messages to:

Mary Tome    156 Mountain Ivy Lane     Boone, NC 28607

Blessings,

Esther

PS to Bill: Thank you for the legacy…

…for such a (fitting) time as this!