They Prayed For You

Grandpa and Grandma Buza and Their Three Sons

Here is a picture of Grampie Wayne, his Mom and Dad, and his two brothers -- Uncle Carlin and Uncle Joel. I wonder if you can tell by looking at this picture which one of these boys became your grandfather. I will give you a hint: he was the middle son.

Grandpa Buza (Grampie's dad) was a pastor. He pastored churches in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and was pastor at the Lake Road Church where Grammie Brenda went to church and Sunday school as a child and teenager. They were also missionaries in Guatemala City for a short time when Grampie Wayne was a young boy. Besides preaching and teaching in the Churches, they also loved to teach children. They held Awana clubs and even when Grandma was an old lady she still had Good News clubs at her home in Illinois.

One of the most important things they did in their lives was to pray. They prayed for the Churches, they prayed for the people in Guatemala, and they prayed for their family and their friends. They had a very strong desire in their hearts for all of their children and grandchildren down through the generations to know Jesus and to love Him and trust in Him as their Savior -- and that includes all of you.

Grandma Buza and Heidi at the Nursing Home

Probably none of you remember Grandpa, but I wish you did. He was a lot of fun and he could make friends immediately. God gave him a special gift for being hospitable and kind. Some of you remember Grandma because you visited her at the nursing home in Illinois. A lot of people are unhappy when they are unable to live alone and have to go to a nursing home. Not Grandma! She loved it there. She loved it because it was a place for her to be a missionary again. She told the other residents and the nurses and visitors about Jesus. I have the cord that she wore around her neck with her locker keys on it. Every day people could see the cord that said, "Jesus Loves You" on it! Many visitors coming into the nursing home to visit their family members would stop and talk to Grandma because she was their pastor's wife. They were happy to see her and she was happy to see them. Like Grandpa, she had a lot of friends. She especially loved it when little children went to the nursing home to visit her. She gave some of you little stuffed animals and other trinkets that she won in the Bingo games at the nursing home.

On August 8, 2013, Grampie and I will be thinking of birthdays in the family. It will be Grandma's 102nd birthday and it will be Timothy's 19th. It will also be Devin Harsh's 12th birthday -- Devin is Uncle Carlin's grandson. Grandma was SO proud to think that great grandsons were born on HER birthday. That was very, very special to her.

When you think of her birthday this coming week, be thankful that she and Grandpa are in Heaven. Both of them had at least one parent and some siblings who did not believe in Jesus. They were very sorrowful about that. So are we.

Now that they are with Jesus, we took over part of their ministry. Now WE pray for you. It is our deep desire that each member of this family will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and trust in Him as your Lord and Savior. And we pray that you will honor the Lord all of your lives and teach your children what it means to be a Christian.

 There is an old song, "May the circle be unbroken -- Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye -- There's a better home a-waiting --  In the sky, Lord, in the sky." That is just a way of saying we want all of our loved ones to be with us in Heaven some day. Our prayer is that Jesus will draw you to Himself and give you FAITH to believe in Him. The Bible says, "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Read Romans 10:9-13)

Nobody can ever give you a greater gift than to pray for you!