Running Walking against Malaria

On Saturday morning more than a hundred of us got together in a park in Eagan to raise money for a fight against Malaria.

You can read more about the whole program at this LINK

Our local Bishop Sally was there to start off the event and to run herself!

Jacques came up from Mankato for the event.  Here he is between Pastor Judy and Dianne, a very good friend.

Here are a few more photographs:

Here are two small videos I took before I was off with the walkers – I did it barefoot and had a really fun time!

Out with The MACS – Trip #6

The group, Men About Christian Service, from our church went on a canoe trip down the St Croix river and I joined them, of course in my own boat!

Most of those thoughts are probably : “How easy do these capsize...?”Arms raised in supplication, joy, despair, disbelief....?The scenery was very differnet from water level.Johan decided to bring his own transport.The end of the trip is in sight - just after the bridge.

We went down from Taylor’s Falls to Oceola – 8 miles and a good three hours of leisure.

They Are Back!

Here is just a few photos of the arrival of Gina, Wilhelm and the rest of the Youth Mission trip that went to Gulfport, Mississippi to help with cleanup efforts there.

More are sure to follow.

They cleaned up a few houses, painted and restored.

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Packing for The Trip

Thurday evening and the packing of the trailer starts!

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If you want the original photos, just e-mail me (leatherworker at gmail.com) and I will send them to you!

Wilhelm’s Confirmation

So today was Wilhelm’s big day at church – Confirmation. The emphasis in our church is not so much of becoming a full adult member of the church, but rather confirmation of the baptism vowes your parents took for you.

After the sermon, all the confirmants said their vowes as a group and then they went up to the front one by one, accompanied by parents and then both pastors and parents laid their hands on them and blessed them. They were then given small gold crosses to remember the day with. Afterwards there was much congratulations and smiles all round.

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Confirmation Rehearsal

It is time for Wilhelm to be confirmed! This morning we went to church where we rehearsed how the whole service would be done and the kids all had to make sure the robes ordered for them fitted well and were marked with their names. When all the formallities were done, we had a nice brunch at the church!

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