Happy birthday, Emily

Please join me in wishing Emily a Happy Birthday! The most incredible Mother's Day gift anyone could ever be given! 

Spring has Sprung! Reservoir is ice-free, snow pack is melting and searches for Emily have resumed! We’re going to find her!

The winter months have been days full to overflowing working on unraveling the legal/document/accounts side of Emily's life (daunting in today's digital world), communicating with officials and planning for the spring thaw with the resumption of searches. 

The most immediate news is that there’s an upcoming informational rally! 

SAVE THE DATE:

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025

Time: 10:00AM -12:00PM MT

Location: Whitefish United Methodist Church

1150 Wisconsin Ave., Whitefish, MT

You’re invited to come join us. We’d love to have you and I’d enjoy having the opportunity of meeting you in person. This gathering is designed to be an organizational rally. So very many of you have generously offered to help us in the ongoing search for Emily. One of the goals is to have an opportunity for volunteers to sign up with a specific action group; whether it be assisting with setting up a base camp, participating on a search team, distributing posters/fliers, fund raising, personal use or knowledge of someone who operates a drone or has advanced sonar equipment and capabilities, etc.

An immediate pre-event request is for anyone desiring to help with event set-up and clean-up to please respond by getting in touch through an email to EmilyUpdates2024@gmail.com or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/p/Search-for-Emily-Rea-Flathead-County-MT-61561441812867/ 

If you haven’t been checking in on the www.EyesForEmily.com site or Facebook, I encourage you to do so for more details on the search effort.

Actionable steps you can take now:

1. Share our plea for Federal assistance by downloading and sending the EMR Public Request for Help pdf, found on the sites, to others; especially those you know in public office.

2. For those local, come to the organizational rally and sign up for hands-on help

3. Help us with fund raising by inviting others to join in the search from afar

Prayer has been an essential part of the search for Emily. Prayer warriors around the globe have been so very faithful. I’ve suggested we all join together, as you are able, at the top of each hour. Let’s devote 5 minutes in unified prayer and thought for everything and everyone you can think of involved in Emily’s search. Given the worldwide coverage already, that’ll be 24/7!

                     The power of prayer works miracles! Dare I say we need one?

I’m bound and determined to find Emily and I’m asking for your continued help in discovering what has happened to her.

Today, as her 34th birthday and Mother’s Day, holds an especially poignant place in my heart. Em and I have a rare and precious relationship. I’d love to think I can encourage you to embrace and love on your kiddos as much as you possibly can; those relationships can indeed be precious. It isn’t always someone else’s child…

If you are the child, may I encourage you to reach out to your mom, it’s important, for both of you! 

Happy Mother’s Day.

Lovingly,

Nina “Mama” Rea