Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 rainy, cold, dreary day like this it is good remember a sunset from a few days ago.
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 […]
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. […]
We love you! Daddy and Mother
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday Afternoon and Evening, September 29 – at Family Heritage Banquet & Conference Center, Telford, PA. It was a beautiful day for a truck show. Ron Fraser talking to Bunny and Peg O’Hare at the evening banquet – at the same location. This was Bucks-Montgomery’s 39th Annual Banquet. Table centerpiece Banquet Master of Ceremonies – […]
Sunday Afternoon, October 21 We had an appointment with a rehab specialist at Reading Rehabilitation Hospital on Sunday afternoon to see if Josiah can transfer from his walker to one of our vehicles. We took our van because the doors are larger – making it easier for him than our RAV4. He went through the […]
Saturday, September 22 Opening to Saturday’s Auction – Acapella Congregational Singing Opening devotions Opening thoughts before the auction The auction update says they raised over $468,000.00 during the entire weekend. Good job everyone.
http://www.buchfuneral.com/obituaries/Velma-Miller-Hershey?obId=3387243#/celebrationWall The link above is my step-mother’s obituary listing at Buch Funeral Home