Tuesday March 17, 2009

 

 

Saturday Morning, March 7

Pancake Breakfast

At the Missionary Conference

 

 

We were at the church bright and early to have the chapel ready for visitors.

 

 

Chaplain David Hoy, at his display in the church, visits with Chaplain David Weaver.

 

 

Starting to make pancakes.

 

 

The sweet roll and fruit table is almost ready.

 

 

Juice table

 

 

The missionary committee and missionaries were served first so they could be at their displays and meet visitors.

 

 

A typical breakfast

 

 

Sam Rittenhouse (Associate for Chaplain Care) and Cerwin

 

 

A little boy enjoying his iced sweet roll.

 

 

These two girls brought pictures and letters for Chaplain David to give to truckers.

 

 

If I remember correctly, David and Trisha had challenged the children to do this at a meeting earlier in the week.  (This was a week long conference.)

 

 

Arne and Lisa told us they have an aunt and uncle involved with TFC, and asked if we know Gary and Pearl Nussbaum.  (Pearl is a sister to Arne’s dad.)  We certainly do know them – they serve TFC in ministry development.

 

 

The community and friends are invited to this free breakfast.  I understand there were several hundred who attended.

 

 

 

 

Chaplain David & Trisha’s display.

 

 

The church has a beautiful, inside courtyard.

 

 

 

 

Body painting anyone?

 

 

 

 

Cerwin made the children happy when he allowed them to sit in the driver’s seat of the chapel tractor.

 

 

Most of them blew the air horn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were very busy in the chapel.

 

 

I was so busy at my post in the living quarters that I forgot to take pictures.  I took this one at the end when I remembered that I should take a few.  Trisha and David are on the left.

 

 

A highlight of the day was giving a Bible to this young woman who accepted the Lord earlier in the week.  She is expecting her first baby in a few days – and her husband will be home from military service about the same time.

A woman brought us this Bible shortly after we opened the chapel in the morning, and asked us to give it to someone who needed it.

When we heard from her mother-in-law (left) that she did not have a Bible, it seemed the right thing to do.  It was a real “God thing.”