2021 is the Platinum Anniversary of CEF of South Carolina!
One way we’re celebrating is to highlight one of our staff members each week. (You can read more about our 70th Anniversary on our blog here.)
This week, meet Debbie Howell! She is one of our Ministry Coordinators here at CEF Greenville and has been serving since 2010. Before joining the staff, she served a volunteer at Mitchell Road Elementary for 2 years! She first learned about CEF from a friend at church who was recruiting volunteers for the Good News Club at Mitchell Road Elementary School. Her favorite part of working for CEF Greenville is getting to go into the Good News Clubs and interacting with the children. She can’t pick one favorite memory—just the times she’s had the privilege of leading a child to the Lord.
She has this story to share about how a believing adult had an impact on her life:
I have an uncle with cerebral palsy. He is now 92 years old and partially blind. Every simple task like tying shoes is a major ordeal for him. It takes him 20 minutes to tie his shoes. He reads his Bible every morning. I have heard him praying at night over every member of our family. He declined being a deacon at his church because he said he had sinned. As a child and then a teenager I would go to church with him and my grandparents. Not because my own family didn’t go to church but because he was such a joy to be around. I have never heard him raise his voice or say anything against anyone. He is truly after God’s own heart. He has the strongest faith of anyone I know. He is a blessing to me and to anyone who has the privilege of knowing him.
