James Schaefer
January 2010
“Amazing Grace!” Sunday experienced a superb turn-out this past Martin Luther King Weekend! There was hardly any room for the 100+ to fit in the Cafeteria! We had a wonderful time and are growing our Sunday School, even on an ‘off’ 4-day weekend! All the food was consumed and many were ‘fed’ and encouraged to grow in grace through the testimony and uplifting words from Mrs. Janitha Allen and CH Hillis and the creative illustrations from CH (COL) Quinn. Many new families received the flier and attended that Sunday, which also added to the growth of our Sunday School!
Our Sunday School is growing and I believe we will have many future opportunities to grow in grace and attendance!
PRAYERBORNE!
James E. Schaefer, Chaplain
1st Theater Sustainment Cmd, Main
Fort Bragg, NC 28310
Sgt Ethridge, the Schaefers, the Quinns
November 2009
We just completed our 4th prayer “Breakfast with the Chaplain” with over 60 in attendance. We’ve had a total of over 170 attend the 4 breakfasts and more are planned. The Gospel was well presented this morning, praise Him!
Schaefer Family Update – May 2009
It’s been a whirlwind of a Spring! James has had to travel many times between February and May, back and forth to Florida, NC and SC for meetings. Each dinner he sponsored for those interested in the chaplaincy (along with mentoring, retired Chief of Chaplain Dukes), was attended by over 100! Many questions were answered for these folks, and hearts were stirred as they envisioned themselves serving God and Country! It’s been a wonderful opportunity!
We have finished up the travels, and are back in the swing of things here near Atlanta. James works hard to get these interested folks through the maze of requirements, and many have finally become Chaplains, either in the Reserve or Active Duty. It is hard work, but so exciting!
I had tests recently, and have now passed the 4 year mark for no recurrence of thyroid cancer! The Lord is so good to us!
Our son, Tom, and wife Ashley, are returning to the States from 3 years in Okinawa D(with the Air Force). He will serve (likely another 3 years) in San Antonio, where Ashley’s parents live. They are excited about that for sure! They should be in Texas by May 22!
Our daughter Gracie, and her husband, Adam, live in the mountains of northern L.A. county in California. He is on staff with World Impact (a mission to inner city families). Currently, Gracie is helping their camp ministry put together a marketing plan (her specialty!). She continues to seek a position in marketing for the Health Care research industry. I am flying out to visit them this month (May), and hopefully it won’t be too long before we see Tom and Ashley as well.
Thank you, as always, for your wonderful prayer support! It keeps us going! And I know God uses your prayers to produce fruit which is Eternal, also to protect us, give us strength and health, and enable us to “rejoice evermore!” (I Thess 5)�
We received this email from Elizabeth Schaefer about an opportunity for James and Elizabeth to share at a ceremony to honor Armed Forces Veterans…
Recently we were invited out to a small town near Alabama (Franklin GA) to speak at a community ceremony to honor Veterans. So, just thought we’d share a couple pics. The Boy Scouts did an awesome job — and a couple of them talked to James about the Chaplaincy afterwards. You never know what seeds God might use you to plant. I was able to present chaplains’ wives’ pins to the two pastors’ wives who were present. It was a very honoring ceremony for the Vets who were in attendance.
Major James Schaefer (U.S. Army) with his wife, Elizabeth, is assigned to Fort Gillem, Georgia (Atlanta area), where he has assumed responsibilities in the recruitment of new chaplains for the U.S. Army.
James is known for the innovative programs he has developed for ministry in all of his assignments. Pray for continuing creativity and sensitivity for James as he sees the needs at this assignment. Ask God for His blessing and anointing on James and Elizabeth as they work with the men and women at Fort Gillem.
Family Update – Summer 2008
Our daughter, Gracie, will be getting married on September 6, 2008, to Adam Cargill. Both have graduated from Grace College, Adam with a degree in Counseling, and Gracie with degrees in Business Administration and Marketing. Adam’s family is from Indianapolis, and Gracie has gotten to know them very well. She and Adam have been friends since their first semester at Grace, so also know each other pretty well! We are so thankful for what God has done in answering our prayers for a wonderful young man for our “Gracie Girl”. (See the picture from their graduation at Grace College!).
This summer Gracie is living in Indiana, working at Zimmer Corp., and Adam has begun his job at World Impact, a mission to inner-city children in the Los Angeles area. We are not sure yet, what they’ve decided about where they are going to live. The pieces will fall into place in God’s timing!
We have been praying that our son, Tom would be able to attend the wedding, yet we just heard last week that he is definitely to be deployed from Okinawa to Kuwait by September (but may be in “training” in early September). It has been a difficult decision in setting a date for the wedding, because we all definitely want Tom to be there. We are still praying it will work out – perhaps he will be “deferred,” or be able to take a quick week’s leave from training (if that’s what his unit will be doing in early September – we don’t know yet). His wife, Ashley, will be coming from Okinawa to the wedding, in any event, and she will be one of Gracie’s bridesmaids.
