Auburn Adventist Academy - Rainier Vista Yearbook (Auburn, WA)

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I remember the year 1975 very well. It was the year I read two of those memory-training books. I for¬ get their titles just now, but as a result of the mnemonic devices described in those books I can tell you what I had for breakfast the morning of Thursday, February 20, 1975. Amazing? It was just the same as what I’ve liked to have for breakfast every day these last twenty years. Nevertheless, for me Moments to Remember is a fitting theme for this 1975-76 yearbook. This was the school year I took a trip to England to check up on some old memories, and create a few new ones. The first weekend back I had a chance to share some of the new memories with you at Friday night vespers. I don’t know whether you were interested in my trip or not, but you listened. And the memory of you listening and caring because you knew how important it all was to me, that’s a precious memory. That night, you’ll remember, I read John 10:40-42, NIV. Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayed and many people came to him. They said, ’Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true. ’ And in that place many believed in Jesus. ’’ Jesus apparently understood all about memories and their strange powers. In taking the crowd to a place associated in their memories with John the Baptist, there was stirred in their minds remem¬ brances of John’s words about Jesus. And in that place many believed in Jesus. ’’ Poignant memories in a familiar and friendly place prompted many to decide for Christ. How I hope that your memories of AAA will ever stir in you greater love for the Saviour. And how merciful the Holy Spirit must be. Jesus said, the Holy Spirit will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26. So the Holy Spirit can work on our memories. And when I think of how the memory works, surely it’s a mercy. Memory can cause bad moments-to-remember to lose their horror and be finally erased. Memory can surround good moments-to-remember with a brighter and brighter golden glow. Such a merciful process must be the touch of the Holy Spirit. But you can object that if memory is so selective, then we must distrust all history and biography. Don’t worry. That’s why we keep careful records. Like yearbooks. Let this book keep for you all the names, dates, facts, and figures. You can go ahead and enjoy your memories, your own private mo¬ ments to remember. Roy T. Gee Pastor