Letters From Our Classmates Welcoming You
"Linda Japp McManness"

Dear Classmates,   Our Class of ' 75 website is an answer to prayer. For the last 20 years, I thought about and missed my classmates. I had lost connection with everyone since attending our 10 year reunion. To my surprise, while searching on classmates.com, I discovered the web address for our NHS 1975 website. It was like finding a "goldmine"! Immediately I joined and spent hours reading about classmates and writing letters to many friends. It was thrilling to receive several replies that took me back to school days of long ago. At last, what seemed a missing part of my life had been found again.  

I was never "popular" in high school and didn't always feel accepted, which to a teenager was important. Also, my shyness prevented me from joining clubs and trying out for various things. But God has used this website as a form of redemption for me because what I lost during my high school years, I have been making up for during the class chats and by attending the Fall Gathering in 2006. My shyness began to melt away with each class chat and communication, as well as attending the Fall Gathering in 2006. Actually, most of my email communications have been with the new friends I made during class chats and at the Fall Class Gathering.  

Please join us in this unique class website. Randy has used his gift to create a personal, safe place to grow with "old" friends. Friends of mine from various schools have commented that they have never heard of such a website where classmates gather for group chats and gathering at small events, as does the Class of '75. We even have a prayer chain for those that want that support...quite unique!! To sum it up, the website has been a very healing and wonderful experience.... a place where I have felt accepted. I hope to see many more of you join us and reconnect, but even more than that.... to form new relationships with mates you never got to know. :)

It has been great!!

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