October 27, 2012

We are now at the Lancaster Baptist Church for its Missions Conference.  Peter and Teresa graduated from the college in recent years (see blog posts of May 2012 and May 2010).  We set up the display and went to an opening meeting with the other 21 missionaries about how things were to go in through Tuesday.  We were given a paper bag filled with recent books by Pastor Chappell and info about the Conference.  Then we were served dinner.

At 7:00 pm the service started.  This night Pastor interviewed each missionary family for about three-five minutes each.  We were the last one at 22.  While we waited to go out front (behind the platform) we could watch the monitors.  Service was over about 9:00 pm and many folks then came by the missionary tables set up around the auditorium.  Several people introduced themselves and said they knew Teresa, she was such a blessing, she was a roommate or dorm mate, what is she doing? And such like comments.  It was good to hear she has a good testimony and that she is missed here.  There were also several students we knew as children.  The first two were brother and sister and said they were missionaries in Japan in the 1990s.  I did not recognize them, so asked for a clue.  Then a second one, then a third and still could not place them.  They are the Burcham siblings and were babies when they were here.  He is now about 6’ tall and she about his shoulder height.  Of course, I didn’t recognize them!  It was good to see them, though. 

We are staying with a couple that are avid collectors of Roy Rogers memorabilia and purchased some items at an estate auction after Dale Evans died about 11 years ago.  The house is practically a museum in itself.  Rather interesting and talk about videos and DVDs!  All things Roy and westerns and the old TV programs are in their collection: Columbo, Roy’s TV show, Cheyenne, Bonanza, Ronald Reagan speeches and movies.  They have a huge Boxer dog, about 110 pounds and named Fred.  He has such sad eyes and is always trying to be a lap dog, but just the gentlest thing.