beautiful weather

Hi again, after telling you all how chili it was the past few days, and knowing that

you all have had some snow today, thot I should let you know that Loren and I

had a picinic this afternoon!!!

Also found out that our granddaughter's field hockey team made the district

championship!!! Congratulations girls! We love you, and wish you the best

next week!

Until next time....

smiles, from

Loren and Wanda

North Newton, Kansas

Good Afternoon, Friends, what a beautiful sunny day, is to get up to 70 today! Beautiful day, but the canner guys say it is getting very hot in the canner for them. Peter is here telling me that they have 68,000 pounds of meat to can here in North Newton, and they have done 22 1/2 thousand pounds since monday. So far today they have canned 4500 lbs of meat, which would make 2520 cans. If I talk about Peter from Manitoba, Canada, Josh from Gossel, Kansas, Viktor from Huenfield, Germany, and Steven from Chambersburg, PA., they are the 4 young men on the canner. I am very impressed with their dedication, friendliness, and each of their unique personalities. The photo today is with Viktor (waving in the back)! Thank you again, to all of you for keeping in touch with us! So very much appreciated.

In Service for Him, Together we Can!

J.Loren and Wanda

North Newton, Kansas

Hi from sunny, windy and chili Kansas!

We had a wonderful weekend here, attended the Faith Mennonite Church yesterday.

My cousin Barb and her husband from Denver, Colorado were here and we spent some time with them, Loren attended a tractor swap meet on saturday with Stan and his cousin and Barb and I went to Yoder, Kansas to shop!!!!! The photo is of K - 4th grade at the Central Christian School in Kidron, Ohio, I was asked to do a presentation there. What a super group of children, the 3rd and 4th graders did come over and tour the canner then. The experiences we are having our just overwhelming at times, a wonderful time! meeting so many new friends.... Loren is busy helping at the canner again. And I get to visit and if they do not have enough help then I go and help wash cans or put labels on. We sure love hearing from all our friends, keep it up!

In service for Him, together we can!

J.Loren and Wanda

North Newton, Kansas

Just a note to let you know we arrived in Kansas.
What a beautiful country we live in.
Of course, along with the beauty comes animals.....
we got a deer in Ohio and almost got a buck this morning here in Kansas
but God is so Good!..... the deer made a pretty bad dent in my door, but the buck,
decided to not cross the road! so we have alot to be thankful for. So again, thank you
all so much for your prayers! I will try to update more on Monday. My cousin, Barb,
and her husband, drove here to be with us for the weekend from Denver, Colorado
They just arrived so must go, our love and prayers to all!
In Service for Him,
J.Loren and Wanda

Kidron, Ohio

Thanks to the Central Christian School here in Kidron, we can get online again.
Another beautiful sunny but cool day. Our time in Middlefield was great, met so many new friends and enjoyed our time driving around the countryside and stopping at many different shops. Which is what we are looking forward to doing here in Kidron area also. Loren is busy helping on the canner and enjoying every minute of it. When I am not at our display and visiting with people, I also enjoy washing cans and or putting labels on. I was happy to have coffee with my cousin, Ella Mae from Wooster, this morning. Also looking forward to seeing another cousin, Marlin, who is Herb's brother. Thanks to all for the emails and comments on the blog, we really appreciate hearing from you all. Last evening when we got back home, I sat and read all the wonderful encouragement and caring from so many of you that wrote for us the evening of our send off there at church.... thank you!
In service for Him...together we can!
J.Loren and Wanda

Middlefield, Ohio

Loren and I came down town to a coffee shop where they have wireless so we could check our emails and update blog. We arrived here yesterday morning at the canner site and had a very friendly welcome from John Miller who has been working with the canner for years. At the church, Faith gave us a very warm welcome and when Loren went in to check where to park, I decided to get out of the truck, saw the keys were pulled, got out and locked the doors, but didn't look on the console where the keys were laying :( Phoned for AAA and they said they would be there in 45 min., but in the mean time I remembered that I had another set of keys in the 5th wheel!!! I get teased alot, but I just tell them that if that is the worse thing I do on this trip, I will be very thankful!!!!! The photo is of the canner site in Sterling, Ohio.... and of our plane ride which was great. It was a beautiful day, everything was fine until he said don't take that picture until I put the wing down..... from then on it was all down hill, it got hotter and hotter back there in that seat!!! But I did make it down and into to the bathroom! :) The pilot was very good and considerate, thanks Steve!

We had the privilege to have supper in a home last night. Delicious meal and wonderful fellowship. Was raining this morning, but now the sun is out and beautiful.

Until next time....

In service for Him.... Together we can!

J.Loren and Wanda

God is so Good

Good Morning, Today is our last day here in Sterling. What a warm and friendly community.
We have only been at our camp site from 11:00 p.m. to 8: a.m.!!!! Just really learning to know so many people and many different way of life! The people here are very warm and friendly and we have been welcomed into homes, etc. One comment for Joyce.... she told us that if anyone ever asks us to do something, do it! it may be your only time to do it. Well, this morning while I was putting labels on the cans, a gentlemen came and asked me if I would go with their son in a airplane over the community???? So I guess we are on for 12:30 today! What an exciting time and this is only our first stop. This lady has been so generous to allow me to come and use her computer while she went and did some errands. Thanks so very, very much for your comments, it helps me feel like I am not so far from home, family and friends! We will be heading for Middlefield, Ohio tomorrow and then back here to Kidron this weekend. Thanks again for keeping in touch and we love you all! In service for Him, together we can! J.Loren & Wanda

Our time in Sterling, Ohio

Hi Friends, there are no words to express the wonderful warm welcome we got when we arrived here in Ohio! Right now we are in Orrville at the Toy and Hobby Museum. What a place, trust me, I have alot of photos for you all to see. And was I ever excited when I showed them our church's web site and our blog, and saw we have comments on our blog!!!! So thanks to all of you, very much appreciated! Will continue to keep in touch! Helped with the canner yesterday, and attended the Apostolic Church today, 900 in attendance. I could go on and on and on, but we are invited out for supper. thanks again and will be in touch!
In service for Him, Together we can! J.Loren and Wanda

twas the night before......

Well, here we are the night before we leave,
with many mixed feelings, but very thankful
that we have this opportunity!
We just were commenting today how we can
see how God works things out in His own time.
Again we thank all of you for your many prayers,
as we were told by Tim that we would
be traveling over 20,000 miles!
We will do our best to keep in touch!
Again, thank you for keeping us in your prayers!
In Service for Him.... Together we can!
J.Loren and Wanda

"send off" party

A sincere thank you to Ken and Betty Hartzler and our Sunday School class, and "Juniata" for the wonderful evening of singing, fun, food, and fellowship with our friends. We are so blessed with a sincere and caring church family. And a special thanks for the words of encouragement you wrote to us. We are saving that to read on our trip!

commissioning service

October 6, 2008 at the Maple Grove Mennonite Church

Thank you to our many friends for their encouraging words and prayers. And to Pastor Alan for all of your encouragement, prayers, and for sharing our excitement the past seventeen months!

Maple Grove Ladies Sewing

These ladies are going to help, along with many others that we will need to help quilt the MCC Meat Canner Quilt.

Thank you to all these special ladies for all their encouragement and prayers!