The group who went to Guatemala to attend language school immersed in the culture. Brennan and Dustin are on the right.

Displaying the puppets they helped missionaries make for childrens' ministry.

Floating high above Antigua. There's always time for posing spoof shots on the mountainside.

Several of our church families spent time at Beulah Grove Campground, near St. Marys, OH, for a few days of spiritual renewal and fellowship.

There was a massive response among the young people to the challenge to offer their lives to God.

Matt, Bruce, and Jim were designated sanitation control specialists. OK, the garbage dudes.

Ashley puts one over the net.

Jeff seems to be having as much fun as Lydia and Sarah.

Our church had KP for breakfast on Sunday.

Jim and Bruce were naturals in the kitchen.

The helpers who put gifts of candy bars, tracts, and cards together to give to the fathers of our neighborhood.

Of course there was time for the "Beauty Treatment" game of using a pencil to draw around a quarter and rolling it around your face. Danielle was the unsuspecting victim.

Chris, Matt, Jonathan, and Daniel made one of four groups that went through the community Saturday morning between rain showers.

Danielle and Susannah agree: for every door that isn't answered we eat a candy bar.

Linda, Emily, and Christina in foreground. 120 bars were passed out in all.

The ladies worked hard at making all the fathers' favorite pies and keeping it a secret. Every father got their favorite to take home with them. Thanks for the labor of love!

The final fundraiser for the 6 young peoples' missions trips was a bake sale at Wal-Mart. Pat loaned us 3 tents to shelter tables from the sun.

Valerie, right, is going to Honduras for 2 weeks. Shane, left, is spending the summer in Ukraine.

If you can't tell, it was freezing that morning!  Dustin, left, is going to Guatemala for 3 weeks. Tim, second from right, is going to Honduras for 2 weeks.

Brennan, right, is going to Guatemala for 3 weeks. Andrew, who is going to Honduras for 2 weeks, can barely be seen behind Lisa, center, waiting for another customer to invite to the tables.

An unbelievable amount of food was sold in just 9 hours. Church people brought in food throughout the morning to replenish what was rapidly disappearing. Everything was donation basis again, and peopl

Friday evening, the girls spent several hours putting bouquets together to give to the mothers of our community.

The group who passed out 135 posies Saturday morning.

Christina with her batch of flowers, each with a tag wishing a Happy Mother's Day, along with Scripture and church information.

It couldn't have been a more beautiful day to share God's love with our neighbors.

Sunday was also the day for a scheduled visit with our Conference President and his wife, Clair and Melba Sams. He preached in the morning service, and in the evening, she talked about missions and he

Sams are wonderful and accessible leaders.

We have 6 kids taking missions trips this summer to Honduras, Guatemala, and Ukraine. All told they need around $13,000. We put together a huge yard sale to help raise funds. This is just the out

An unbelievable amount of stuff was donated to be sold. Everything was sold by donation only. People were asked simply to offer a fair price for what they took.

Almost everyone offered substantially more than we would have priced things if we had done so. Some gave far more than the merchandise was worth. Some didn't find anything they wanted, but contributed

This antique Farmall H donated for sale brought in $650. It still ran well, even though one rim rusted out and fell off the wheel, hence the severe list.

Rain was forcast for both days of the sale, but many were praying it wouldn't. Friday weather radar showed rain both north and south of us most of the day, but we got none. Saturday it rained in weste

Danielle lives next door, so Susannah went over to join her.

The $1 bills that came in over 2 days. The first day alone, over $1,200 was donated.

Can you believe that total for 2 days of yard sale donations? God is so good!