Year: 2018
Prayer Breakfast with Michael and Susan
Saturday Morning, October 20 We were up early to be at the Lancaster Prayer Breakfast by 7:30 am. Because we had to have the at the Harrisburg Airport by 10 am, they had the devotional part of the breakfast first. Michael shared a challenge from the Bible, then a few “God Stories” from the Ontario, […]
Seeing Amish Country with Michael and Susan
Friday, October 19 We were enjoying breakfast when Susan said, “Look. Look.” A whitetail buck was running through the fields across from our house. We expect something frightened it – like maybe an archery hunter. We see deer in our area but rarely from our house. One of Michael and Susan’s desires was to see […]
Bringing Michael and Susan Home from TFC’s Staff Conference
Thursday, October 18 We arrived at The Welcoming Place about 9:30 am to bring Michael and Susan DeBay (Ontario, California, Chaplain) home with us for two days. Our first stop was at Merv Weaver Painting to show Michael where TFC trailers are sanded and painted in the process of becoming a chapel. Then we went […]
Josiah is Home!
At least home at our place – until he is ready to be on his own again. Leaving the Reading Hospital Getting out of our RAV4 – in our garage Coming up the step into our house Sitting in his own chair – finally – after 48 days in the hospital and rehab. We are […]
TFC Staff Conference – Day 3
Wednesday, October 17 First I will tell you a bit about The Welcoming Place – behind Mennonite Central Committee offices – Akron, Pennsylvania, where the TFC Conference was held. The Welcoming Place is a visitor’s village on the grounds of MCC’s offices at 21 South 12th Street, Akron, Pennsylvania. It includes guest houses and a […]
TFC Staff Conference – Day 2
Tuesday, October 16 Bob Karwowski (a local man – invited by the conference committee) opened our morning worship by leading us in several worship songs. Jason Nussbaum (Lead Chaplain, Lodi, Ohio) made sure the words to the songs were on the screen at the right time. Gary Nussbaum (Director of Follow-up Ministries and Prayer Line) […]
TFC Staff Conference – Day 1
Monday, October 15 The planning committee and a few early arrivals met at 10 am to begin orientation to the conference and the buildings at The Welcoming Center, Akron, PA. Dan (TFC President) welcomed us. Ruth (Executive Secretary to the Offices of President and Chaplains) in grey sweater was a main organizer of this event […]
Update on Josiah
This is what has been happening in Josiah’s life in the past week. We were pleased that he got a four-hour release from rehab so he could attend Grandma Hershey’s funeral meal. Since it is a one-hour drive each way, we encouraged him to just come for the meal where he could relax and his […]
High Family Lunch
Sunday, October 14 Bob and Doris (Cerwin’s youngest sister) were here from Minnesota, so we used the occasion to have a family lunch in our garage. Everyone brought something. We provided the soup – cheeseburger and chili. I got a cute shot of Eric and Megan’s little girl – Audrina. Jeff, Chris, Doris, Bob Donald, […]
Chocolate Walk in Lititz
Saturday, October 6 This was the 17th Annual Chocolate Walk in Lititz – a popular event where a limited amount of 2,000 tickets are sold out within days of being released on July 1. This was our first experience and a gift from Jere and Kristen. We were encouraged to go to Stop #8 first […]
On a Day Like This
On a rainy, cold, dreary day like this it is good remember a sunset from a few days ago.
Amish Church
The other Sunday, while enjoying my second cup of coffee – and waiting for time to leave for our church – I heard the clip-clop of horses and knew one of the Amish families in our neighborhood was having church at their house. It was a beautiful, foggy, fall morning. I missed seeing most of […]
Two Days After Surgery!
What should I do with this guy? He has been feeling really well and is pain free, so he decided to go for the mail. The mail lady hadn’t gone yet so he came back with this! We had some wind yesterday. I almost called out for him to stop, but it was too late. […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Jeff
We love you! Daddy and Mother
Home from Bucks Montgomery
Sunday, October 1 This follows the Bucks-Montgomery post I entered the day before Cerwin’s surgery. By the way, Cerwin is doing very well and has almost no pain today. Our nurse daughter-in-law stopped in this evening and encouraged him to start taking his pain pills every 5 hours instead of every 4 hours. Back to […]
Cerwin’s Hernia Surgery
This “cell phone photo” post is especially for our friends and family who were praying for Cerwin’s surgery this morning. This photo was of Chaplain George Freeman (Shrewsbury, MA) praying for Cerwin before we left our final TFC Conference meeting last week. We felt your prayers this morning. We arrived at Ephrata Hospital at 8:30 […]