We had lunch with the senior adults on Thursday; a very
lively group. We had a BBQ of hot dogs
and hamburgers—delicious. Afterwards
some of us played corn hole, which is another name for bean bag toss. The church had made some spiffy boards with
the church logo and the hole for the corn bag.
Henry scored several points, I maybe got one or two bags in the
hole. Every time the bags hit the board,
dust would fly from them. It was fun to
do.
The weather was just beautiful the entire time we were
there. Sunny, not too hot with a little
breeze. Rain is forecast for Monday.
Friday Pastor and Kathy took us to the Swallow Falls for
a hike. It is the highest waterfall in
Maryland. You could walk out into the
water from flat exposed rocks. I did not
do that. We walked down the trail which
followed the river to another smaller falls.
There I shared the gospel with a lady who was sitting on a big flat
rock. She did not get saved, but
accepted a gospel tract.
The second place we were taken to was on a mountain top
where a Olympic size kayak river was built.
There was a school group going down the rapids in big boats, with all
the protective gear on. When they got to
the bottom, most of them were soaked.
The water level can be adjusted to the amount of water flowing through
there for training purposes.
Saturday at 10:00 a.m. a group got on the bus and we went
to a small down about 15 miles from the church, over the mountain and right
next to West Virginia. Then teams of
people went door-to-door inviting people to church. One lady got saved! It is a pretty town.
Saturday evening we had the International Banquet. I made okonomiyaki, a Japanese style pancakes
with veggies and bacon served with a modified BBQ sauce. I made small ones, cut them all in half, and
every one was gone! One of the men said
he would be making that meal for the moms next mother (he is a former Navy cook
and enjoys cooking). His wife and I hit
it off like we were long-time friends.
Their daughter and family are missionaries in New Zealand, so that was a
connection. We met some spiffy people
this weekend.
Sunday was the final day of the conference. Henry taught Sunday School to the younger
kids. They have a spiffy room that looks
like a castle complete with crowns and armor.
Henry told the story of Naaman and the Jewish girl who told him of
Elisha who could cure him of leprosy.
The kids got a kick out of it.
After church all the kids came upstairs to our display where I gave them
a trinket from Japan—some were chopstick holders, some goodies from soda
bottles collected over the last couple of years and assorted things I did not
want to take back to Japan.
After the evening service they had a graduation
celebration for just Teresa, since we won’t be there when they have their
regular event. We ate ice cream
cake! Yum! Teresa was also given a Bible signed by the
Pastor.
One young boy got baptized and another man joined the
church after attending for several years.
Their faith promise for missions was about $80-90,000; their goal is $105 thousand. The three families there were all voted on
and accepted as their new missionaries.
We are so grateful for God’s supply in this way.
We had lunch with the senior adults on Thursday; a very
lively group. We had a BBQ of hot dogs
and hamburgers—delicious. Afterwards
some of us played corn hole, which is another name for bean bag toss. The church had made some spiffy boards with
the church logo and the hole for the corn bag.
Henry scored several points, I maybe got one or two bags in the
hole. Every time the bags hit the board,
dust would fly from them. It was fun to
do. 
The weather was just beautiful the entire time we were
there. Sunny, not too hot with a little
breeze. Rain is forecast for Monday.
Saturday at 10:00 a.m. a group got on the bus and we went
to a small down about 15 miles from the church, over the mountain and right
next to West Virginia. Then teams of
people went door-to-door inviting people to church. One lady got saved! It is a pretty town. 
