Jan Comaris (Good News Club® Director)
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 I, like you, can sit and look at all the bad things that have happened this past year. The list is long but let’s look at what God has been doing in the midst of it and perhaps even because of it. One new Good News Club developed this year in Lake Mills in partnership with Rock Lake Baptist Church. The school is directly across the street from the adopting church. So when the team found out that after-school activities were not being allowed at Lake Mills Elementary this year, they were able to launch the club in their church and simply walk children across the street after school.
God raised up 18 Good News Clubs representing 20 schools this year. Out of those, we have 8 clubs being done virtually on Zoom. We have 7 clubs being done off-site usually at the adopting church building and 4 on-site at the school clubs. I am encouraged knowing that approximately 75% of last year’s clubs are touching the lives of children with the most important message ever given. Seventy-five percent pushed forward, overcoming numerous obstacles. They did not let a worldwide pandemic stop them from their mission, their calling.
This past year, I have learned that, ultimately, Jesus is who we need most. God is so sufficient to meet me at every “nook and cranny”. I miss my grandchildren, yes, but I don’t need them to be content or happy. God is more than enough to fill those voids. I am also learning how to trust God’s plan even when things don’t make sense. Not to question Him or try to figure Him out. H e’s God, I’m not. Let me be the willing servant, leaning solely on Him knowing He will always do what is right and best for me. I know these are lifelong lessons but this year, more than ever, God has given me a deeper understanding of how He sees me and how I should see Him. So during this “messy” year, I have learned the importance of gratefulness. It is easier for me to see the glass “half empty” but praising Him for the glass “half full” is where He has me.
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2020 looked so different than what I was expecting, but God taught me a lot, both in my personal life and in my work with CEF. As everything fell apart last spring, God reminded me of the foolishness of putting my hope in anyone or anything except Him. As easy as it is to trust in tangible, temporary things, God is my rock, the one who never changes.
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