Chaplain Highlight: Lt. Michaela Lendt
One of my favorite things that I have experienced in Grant County is the community. I speak especially from the perspective of working with the non-profits and the desire to build a better Grant County. It is important to those in the area to invest locally, donate locally, and support locally. I have experienced so much love and support from businesses, agencies, and individuals who love this community and want to make it better for tomorrow, and gratefully, they want to include The Salvation Army in that.
I want to thank Marion for its openness to this small-town Iowa girl. Thank you for offering me a clean slate and extending me grace as I have grown as a leader and a pastor.
While I may be transitioning from Marion, I leave you in the hands of a local, Envoy Ray Daniels. I hope you will join me in supporting Him through prayer, grace, and an open mind. I hope you will find equal measures of each of those for him. I know Ray is excited to start and meet each of you.
Finally, I leave you will a challenge, a quote from one of The Salvation Army’s founders Catherine Booth: “If we are to better the future, we must disturb the present.” I know change can be daunting and cause us to hesitate, but with change also comes the opportunity to re-envision, re-imagine, and “disturb” the things we’ve become complacent about. Grant County, disturb the present! Continue to grow, shape, envision, and build. I will be praying for you.
