White Horse, PA, Wed., Feb. 25

Just a note to say Hi and we are back on the road again! What a great stop to start with after

a great week at home in Big Valley! I have had alot of new experiences here at White Horse.

I have the opportunity to help pack lunches in the morning for about 24 different schools in the

area. We do around 200 every morning. The children are here bright and early to help also.

What fun! And the food???? Every day we have bacon, egg, and cheese, or ham and cheese,

or hotdog with cheese logs (they are all made inside a pretzel dough) they are great!

Last evening they made special ones for the canner guys and committee people, AND

for Loren and I... they were steak and cheese with onions and a sauce, WOW, were

they good!!! and then of course they have warm soft pretzels all day also!

Also, yesterday we had the opportunity to visit with Oksana Oleynikova from the Good

Shepherd Shelter, from Ukraine. She told us that they had received some of the canned

turkey that was canned here in White Horse, PA. now that was exciting to hear!

Well, thanks to my neice, Katie, here in Leola, and her precious little Josiah, they allowed

me to use there computer to update my blog! And to my sister, Carolyn, we had lunch together

today, a fun time! We are canning at a farm/butcher shop and with generators. A great time

here in White Horse!

Sure hoping to hear from you all, love to get those "comments"

In Service for Him... Together we Can!

J.Loren and Wanda

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009

We were invited with Ken and Betty Hartzler to

attend a fund raiser dinner in Chambersburg to help cover the expenses of the PA Relief Sale. The photo is of Steven Bricker's parents (Steven is one of the canner guys)

also the model truck that was made by Edgar

Lehman from Chambersburg, which is being sold at the PA Relief Sale in Harrisburg this Spring.

Enjoyed the evening very much.

Thank You!

Just a note to say a 'big' thanks to all of you

for your prayers and encouragement. It was so good to be back in Big Valley again with family and friends. We are looking forward to starting out with the canning again tomorrow morning.

And to see what "unexpected blessings" God has

for us the next few months. We sure would love to continue to hear from you all as we travel, will do my best to keep up on the blog. Thank you again, for all the comments on the blog and emails, it sure help me from getting too homesick, by being able to keep in touch!

And for all our friends across the U.S. and Canada, we would love to continue to hear from

you all too. The quilt is going to be awesome!

In Service for Him, Together we Can!

J.Loren and Wanda

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009

Another beautiful day in Pennsylvania!

A busy morning at the canner site

with many wonderful volunteers. Thanks

to all of you for caring about us, I am feeling

much better, but we are both fighting with this

cough. We are so thankful to be back to work again!

It is great having the canner guys here in our home with us. They are the best!!! :)

Elizabeth (in Missouri) do you recognize a former

student of yours? What a guy, he has been

begging for moon pies ever since I came back!!! :)

Monday, Feb. 16, 2009

What a great day at the Canner site. The wonderful cookies from the Maple Grove Chruch

were very much appreciated by all! And was also exciting to have some of our church family there to help! Also want to give a special thank you to Mennonite Financial for the donuts

each morning, they are enjoyed by all! Thank you!

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009

Cookies, cookies, and more cookies!

Oh, so good to be back at Maple Grove and

to have coffee with friends again! The cookies

are great! Thanks to each of you for helping with this project!

Very much appreciated!

How many? close to 80-90 dozen!!!!!

Spartensburg, PA

A "big" thank you to all the fine

people in Spartensburg. My hubby

had a great time there and is talking about coming back and bringing me along :)

A special thank you to Sue and also for the beautiful quilt patch!.....

.....and just wondering????

if just maybe one of those "special"

sticky buns would make me feel much better???? :)

Also, thank you for the cookbook, how kind of you!

smiles, from Wanda

Feb. 13, 2009 Friday

Yes, how great to be back in Big Valley.

God is Good!

Here it is almost a week at home already and all I have done has been

trying to fight this flu bug! so far, it sure seems to be winning!

Tomorrow our church is baking cookies for the volunteers at the

canner. Sure am praying that I can be a part of that special day!

Feb. 1, 2009

Good Evening, half time of the super bowl, so thot I would send a note.

What a beautiful day here in Anderson, IN. Loren has the 5th wheel ready to go, so we plan to head for Berne, IN, tomorrow morning.

Looking forward to meeting and working with their committee and

community. Also thot I should share with you about another lady

bringing Loren a surpirse in on friday... what is better than one

banana cream pie? two banana cream pies!!!! :)

....and how about two "wanda's" too!

Have a great week!

smiles, from wanda

Feb. 1, 2009