With a heart full of sentiment and tender memories, I wanted to dedicate our most recent translation project to two dear friends, Harry and JoAnn Westmoreland. Harry is home now with the Lord, but JoAnn continues on here as a faithful servant in the Body of Christ. Harry was a Founder of
Living Water International, and passionate about reaching thirsty souls in Africa (and around the world) with clean water and the Living Water of Jesus' love. When the Lord brought us together, along with other
Living Water International folks back in the early 1990's, the Lord began to open one door after another for the birth of
Beautiful Gate Translations. So many dear friends with LWI were passionate about missions abroad, and they later became such awesome supporters of
Beautiful Gate Translations, as well.
Harry and JoAnn Westmoreland LWI Gala
Charlie and I with dear friends, JoAnn and Harry Westmoreland, along with our buds, Beckie and David Smith, missionaries in Mombasa, Kenya - Christmas 2006. Thanks to Becky and Malcolm Morris for a fabulous gathering of all the LWI folks!
My husband, Charlie, served with Harry on the LWI Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for many years. Early on in Charlie's tenure, Harry and JoAnn became dear friends. We are forever grateful for the Lord's gift to us in their friendship, and their legacy of love.
Because of Harry and JoAnn, Charlie and I eventually met a brother in Christ named Liviu Neagoe, a water well driller and preacher at that time in Romania. Through an amazing set of divine appointments, Liviu came to Houston with Harry and JoAnn to meet LWI board members. Liviu and his family became dear friends, as well. Thus, my journey began with a passion and call from the Lord to provide in-depth Bible studies for women of Eastern Europe and other regions in their own languages. I stand in awe of God's faithfulness.
Here is the Dedication within our Russian translation of Beth Moore's Jesus the One and Only:
"This Bible study translation is dedicated to Harry and JoAnn Westmoreland, two dear friends who have lived a Legacy of Love around the world. I am forever thankful the Lord used you both to help open doors for a new ministry call abroad. Beautiful Gate Translations is ministering today as a result of my relationship with you. With love, Paulette Carson"
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