In little Bremen, Indiana, they have a wonderful tradition. Many churches and volunteers put on a “holy walk”. They bus groups of people out to a field on a local farm, in the dark with no electric lights in the …
Horses horses horses
Our days are full of family and special events these days. The 4 grandchildren ALL got to ride the horses at Culver Academy, where our son, Josh, works as a social studies teacher. Even baby Maia got to ride, with …
Cousins together


Over the river and through the woods to pick out a tree at the Christmas tree farm…fun in the snow and then fun decorating! Didn’t the kids do a great job?
Samfam is here!!!
Oh, we are CELEBRATING!!! Sam and Anna and Elaina and Sawyer arrived, and now our little family is reunited!
Oh the JOY!!!
The outdoors guy
Roy loves to work outside, and he has had all manner of projects he’s been helping with on the kids’ hobby farm. Here he is working on putting in a fence for pasture for the goats. Does it look cold? …
from stage to heating
Our son’s father-in-law, Kim Cone, who is doing amazingly well in his recovery from hepatitis, put in many hours creating this tiled stage. Our budding ballerina Maddie took advantage of it for the short while it was empty.
Now it …
A perfect Thanksgiving celebration site

Our daughter-in-law, Kimia’s, grandparents in Winona Lake were able to reserve their community meeting center for the family’s Thanksgiving feast. What a great room, with a large well-equipped kitchen attached, with a big entry hall and nice bathrooms! The room …
Friends of Covenant World Relief
Okay, well, the 3 day meeting was last month, but the photo just came to us a few days ago. Roy was energized by the meetings; the interactions with others about development and aid and how to proceed were invaluable. …
On being thankful
We have enjoyed listening and learning from others the past two Sundays. Last week we heard that if we are truly giving thanks for what we have, we won’t be focusing on getting more; that being thankful in all circumstances …
December prayer requests
Thank you for your faithful prayers, even when we skip a month of sending you our concerns and praises!
Our colleague Kim Cone is doing very well, healing from hepatitis – thank you for praying for him.
Our many church …






