Photos - March 2007
Ben with two of his church friends, Ashtyn and Silas, at a church roller skate party
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FAMILY
Our family enjoyed all the snow we got in February! See more snow pictures: http://www.smithconnection.com/2007/03/winter_fun_1.html
On Tuesday, February 20, we all strapped on roller skates for our all-church roller skating night. Nobody fell too badly - just mom and dad had some sore muscles the next day!
Emma, the baby we care for four days a week, continues to be a real joy - she's a great baby!
Bryan helps out on the farm here once or twice a week. It brings back alot of good memories from the farm he worked at in highschool. We also get fresh milk out of the deal! Here he is getting a tractor spruced up for sale at an auction.
MINISTRY
Some of the friends and supporters that we have enjoyed fellowship with in the past month
During our trip to Michigan, Feb. 16-19, we had good visits with some of our supporters, and we also had a great time with a supporting church, Merson Church, including a fellowship time after the evening service. Lori made some Mexican dishes for them to sample. We praise God for the saftey He has given us over our many miles of travel.
On the evening of February 14, Valentines Day, a row home fire in Mount Joy gutted the appartment of our youth pastor and his wife, Jonathan and Rebekah Kauffman. They lost almost everyhting they owned. Also affected in the fire were Alberto Vargas (pictured here) and his mother, Flora. They were owners of a Mexican store and restaurant that we had made much use of in the last few months. We were trying to figure out how to contact them since all our previous contact with them had been at their business. A few days later Bryan needed to stop by a Walmart in Lancaster to pick up a few things we needed, including some things we used to get at the Mexican sotre, and just "happened" to run into Alberto. We now have their phone number and hope to be in contact with them. We pray that God will use us to touch their hearts with the Gospel message.