I received the following report from a friend who read "Taking the Wheels Off the Wagons". I thought it would encourage you!
Who do I know went out with God's Word, grace, and love ?
My sister Nancy, and her husband Doran Hostetler. They both graduated from Ashland University in 1959. They felt led by the Lord to go to Riverside Christian School in Lost Creek, Kentucky to teach for a year - being home missionaries - then planning to go overseas.
They taught students that lived so far back in "the hollows" that some had to stay in dormitories, going home for holidays. On weekends Nancy & Doran went back the "hollows" to teach the Word of God. This meant driving part way, crossing the creek on a "swinging bridge" - or if no bridge you walked on a log to get to the other side. They walked through pastures and eventually came to what looked like a "chicken croop". In this structure were maybe twenty to twenty-five people sitting on mattresses waiting for them. There weren't any coffee and donuts, just dear souls waiting to hear about God.
Nancy & Doran's 'one year' stretched to Doran being at Riverside until the Lord took him home in January, 2000. He was the Principal and Administrator of Riverside at that time. Nancy is still at Riverside teaching four English classes a day, and too many other responsibilites to mention. Three years ago we surprised my sister with a party celebrating being a missionary for fifty years.
Through the years Doran, Nancy, and their three children came through losing their home to a fire; then a flood that brought six feet of water into their home. They were honored by Ashland University one year.
That's the "short version" of their story. They have radically impacted my life as well as hundreds of others.
Carol Massey
If you'd like to visit the Riverside web-page, click here: http://riversidechristian.org
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