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Jane Schlenvogt with the Hong-Mitchell family and friend Kari on Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving to remember

An invitation to Thanksgiving dinner redirects the future of a family.

Jane Schlenvogt-Dew

“How do you know them?”

People often ask how I became friends with a family from South Korea. Even in this age of technology, the Lord used sweet, old-fashioned hospitality.

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Jane Schlenvogt-Dew and Nathan Hong-Mitchell at Nathan's graduation from Luther Preparatory School
The image above the article shows the 2015 Thanksgiving dinner at Jane Schlenvogt-Dew’s home when Jane and the Hong-Mitchell family got to know one another. Jane is at the head of the table. Second photo is of Jane and Nathan Hong-Mitchell at Nathan’s Luther Preparatory School graduation in 2022. It was at the 2015 Thanksgiving meal that the Hong-Mitchell family learned about Luther Preparatory School.

Explore more from the November issue:

Singing our thanksgiving

Singing our thanksgiving
In the early 1850s, members of a German family worked hard to create a life in the area around La Crosse, Wis. They had little money, so they had to pinch pennies. They cut down trees and then used the logs to build their cabins. They bought shingles for their . . .

God be praised for ev'rything

God be praised for ev'rything
I imagine more than a few pastors fancy themselves to be would-be hymn writers. Count me in. Years ago, as a parish pastor, I worked up a hymn for a Thanksgiving Day worship service. The inspiration came from the early church father John of Chrysostom. It . . .

Where are they now? Lawrence McCatty

Where are they now? Lawrence McCatty
In March 2022, Forward in Christ introduced readers to Lawrence and Caroline McCatty, a couple from Gloucester, England. While in the United States for Lawrence’s job, they discovered the truth of God’s Word at a small WELS church in Maryland and became . . .

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