Summer Scenes

In Moldova

Summer is a lovely season, with fields of sunflowers everywhere.












This is the time of year when we host many foreigners who come on short term mission trips to help with outreaches in the villages.

As part of my role in member care, I am responsible to visit the teams while they are on outreach so I do more travelling around Moldova in this season.
In this photo you can see Katie washing dishes while Snejana helps and Dana supervises. Good work, Katie! Notice the bucket next to Dana, which someone used to bring the water from the well in order to wash the dishes. Also, notice this is a typical church in Moldova, with a mural on the front wall.










The children are always enthusiastic as these foreign visitors who speak English come and do all kinds of activities with them, teaching them new games, telling them Bible stories, and showing them the reality of God's love.




Our team members lead the outreach teams and do the translating for the various aspects of the program. The teams go to a village for a week, staying either in the church or with a family, and work together with the local pastor and church to meet the needs of the community.


One morning in Milesti Micii, I watched as the outreach team led the children in warm-up exercises. Everyone seemed to be having a great time!

In Canada...

While in Canada on vacation I was able to spend a bit of time with my mother, who has made a good recovery from her surgeries and is doing quite well. Some of you have asked about her, so I wanted to share this with you. Thank you for praying for her! She is certainly in the Lord's hands, and continues to be an encouragement to me.

After a few days in Toronto, I was off to British Columbia with my son Ben. Arriving in Vancouver, we picked up my daughter and her children at the bus station and headed off to beautiful Vancouver Island. The ferry ride was lovely after the long hot wait in the van!

We had a lovely few days on the island, visiting some beaches, doing some swimming and playing and enjoying the summer weather.

The children really enjoyed Uncle Ben's presence and he was always playing and laughing with them. Alejandro taught Ben how to do Spiderman 'webs', and Ben taught Ali all kinds of fun and boy-type stuff.

After our island vacation, we picked up Josh in Vancover and headed back up to Kamloops, where we celebrated Eliana's first birthday!