Guess who's courtin?

James Gerlach & Krista Flora
Please pray for them as they seek
the Lord for their lives.
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who
only doeth wondrous things. Psalm 72:18

CYIA

Sara and Anna were given the opportunity to attend a 2 week long intensive training camp called CYIA- Christian Youth In Action- along with 67 other students...69 in all. The first week, you learned how to give a Bible lesson and tell a missionary story using pictures and not just reading it. Sara and Anna both said that it was VERY INTENSIVE! They learned how to witness using the "Wordless Book".
During the second week, they actually got to run a 5-day club. On Sunday, all the students went out and invited children and then Monday was the first club day. Anna was also given the opportunity to personally lead 2 children to Christ. Each night during the second week, you had to do a "practicum" where you say the Bible story or missionary story to a staff member. Sara graduated with a Summer Senior Missionary Certificate and Anna with a Summer Senior Missionary Certificate with Honors.
There were 18 others from Grace Baptist Church going making for a really fun time of fellowship during free time.



~The classroom~


~ Anna and Sara's dorm~


~Chapel~

and more cherries...

guess what we will be doing this afternoon????
Bring on the cherry pies!

It's Cherry Season!!

It snuck up on us but the cherries started ripening all of the sudden. Well, maybe not all of the sudden....I just wasn't paying attention. In trying to avoid chemical spraying we experimented with a product called "Surround", a kaolin clay that is dissolved in water and sprayed on the fruit. It provides a physical barrier vs. a chemical barrier against pests.
We'll see if it works. So far we have a pretty high percentage of good fruit, worm free.
The old tree is loaded and the 2 year old baby tree even had a couple handfuls. The kids and I got started picking this morning and spent the afternoon pitting.

I have already put up several bags in the freezer before this picture. There are many many more still out there. Hopefully we can get to them before the worms do!