Ellen Rosenberger

                              "famNfun" was an event hosted by our Youth Group a few weeks ago.  It had never been done before and we were thrilled by it's success!  As our youth were starting to raise money for World Vision's 30 Hour Famine (happening this weekend, by the way), we wanted to give them a unique opportunity to fundraise.    So, instead of regular Youth Group on October 19th, we hosted a "famNfun" night, inviting families in our community.  The youth really took it away and impressed us with their participation and creativity!    It was great to see a ton of people come out on that Friday night and enjoy all the activities that the youth had planned.  There was everything from a cake walk to hair braiding to a fun and silly photo booth to Korean food to face painting to ...

A few weeks ago, Luke and I drove to Matagalpa to visit a good friend of ours.  We really enjoyed hanging out with Carey, playing games, eating huirilas, and also being "kid-free" for one night while my parents took care of David!   While in Matagalpa, we decided to try and find a church that Luke helped construct on a mission team when he was 11 years old !  Amazingly, Luke remembered the area and after trecking up a steep hill and asking a few people, we found the church!  (The green building on the hill is the church.) It was really special for Luke to return to this place. His first mission trip. To Nicaragua. With his dad and others from his church. Where his love for Nicaragua and calling to be here all began. Luke with current pastor's wife and granddaughters. If you ask Luke's dad, he'd tell you something like this, "Be careful when you take or send your kids on missions trips....that may just be ...