Árdís - 01.01.1963, Blaðsíða 71

Ársrit Bandalags lúterskra kvenna
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President's Report
INGIBJORG S. GOODRIDGE
Greetings . . . Once again it is my privilege to bid welcome the
Delegates and friends to a Convention of the Lutheran Women’s
League. We are most happy to be here in Argyle. It was with
distinct pleasure that the Executive accepted the invitation of the
Argyle Ladies Aids to be their guests and to hold this thirty-ninth
Annual Convention here in this flourishing community. The
warmth of the hospitality of this district is indeed well known.
We look forward to being with you this all too short a time. It has
always been the happy lot of the L.W.L. to be entertained royally
by the host community at each and every convention and we feel
certain that this will always be so just as long as we continue to
function.
Not only have we enjoyed the warmth of fellowship, friendship
and fraternization, but we have also been singularly blessed in our
endeavors. We feel that the Divine Spirit of the Master has been
with us, has led and guided us in our deliberations. We pray that
this may be so during these coming days, and that each of us may
return to her home inspired and blessed.
We, the members of the L.W.L., are grateful for the privilege
of serving our Lord and thankful for the opportunities which have
come our way, to further the work of the Church. It has been said
that oft-times the forest can not be seen because of the trees. This
is also true to a large extent of human relationships and endeavors
participated in by us mortals. This might easily have become true
of us this past year but by God’s grace. Our tree, the Icelandic
Synod, has become a part of the large forest, the Lutheran Church
in America. We have now become an integral part of the larger
unit whose sole purpose is to further the Kingdom of God on earth
and to be brothers in Christ, despite a divergence of language and
culture. We find that all who have come together into this new
Church body, were full of misgiving and hesitation, but during
the discussions which have taken place, these doubts have been,