Welcome to the 25th issue of Lutheran Women in Mission e-News! Please forward and share this news and encourage others to stay in touch with LWML by e-mail. To date, there are almost 3000 subscribers to e-News receiving LWML news and updates. May the blessings and promise of the Resurrection be your joy and celebration! God has provided the best gift of all, -our Savior! He did it for us! Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise him above, O heav'nly host Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Join me in singing the doxology or sing another favorite praise song to our AWESOME God today! As of Wednesday, March 30, we have MET THE MITE GOAL! Received for the month (as of March 30): $177,199.61 Mite receipts for the biennium: $1,576.016.52 OVERAGE: (read that word again TEAM-OVERAGE) $1,016.52 Convention registrations are also running at an amazing pace! We have registered almost 1000 people already in just over 3 weeks! The rooms reserved in downtown Tampa are filling up quickly! Joyful Easter Blessings, Linda K. Reiser LWML President Check out the updated LWML Grant totals at http://www.lwml.org/mission/index_mission.html Need a Mite Calendar for the April? - Print one from http://www.lwml.org/committees/mag/mite_calendar_apr05.pdf LUTHERAN WOMEN TO GATHER IN TAMPA ST. LOUIS, MO - Women from around the nation will converge in Tampa, Florida on June 16-19 for the 31st biennial convention of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML). The convention attendees will focus on the theme, "Live Joyfully as Salt and Light" as expressed in Matthew 5:13-16. The women will participate in worship events, Salty Servant Events, and a Joyful Jaunt along Tampa Bay. The participants will hear from mission speakers from as far away as Africa and Kyrgyzstan, and delegates will have the opportunity to vote on mission grants which fund projects around the world. The Mayor of Tampa, Pam Iorio, will address the convention along with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod President, Rev. Dr. Gerald Kieschnick. Award-winning author and lecturer Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier professor of Ancient History at Western University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, will serve as keynote speaker for the event. Find Convention information and at your fingertips! Go to http://www.lwml.org/convention_2005/convention_index.html print and share with a friend! Is your district sending a Young Woman's Rep to convention? Find out more about the Young Woman Rep program and how you can support them at http://www.lwml.org/committees/ywr/guidelines.html. THE LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE The Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML), with a membership of over 250,000, is the official women's auxiliary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The LWML focuses on affirming each woman in her relationship with Christ to enable her to be in ministry among the people of the world. For over 60 years the LWML has been encouraging and equipping women to live out their Christian lives in active mission ministries and to financially support global mission. The first issues of LWML e-News are available as text documents; click here: http://www.lwml.org/e_news.html. To subscribe, click the link below and follow instructions to add your email to the LWML subscription list under "Mission and Ministry." "Full Text Version" will include LWML graphics and logo. The "Weekly Summary" version comes on Friday in a weekly abbreviated version with links to the entire text without graphics. Refer to your Internet provider about enabling images and links embedded in email.