Easter at Donna FUMC

Palm Sunday was a exciting service eight new members and an adult baptism.

Our Easter at Donna First United Methodist was grand and glorious. We began with 7:00 a.m. sunrise service, followed by pancake breakfast, an Easter Egg hunt and another service at 10:30a.m.. 68 for sunrise and 215 for the 10:30 a.m. service. The sunrise service was held in the beautifully renewed by Connie Graham (horticulturist & Lay Leader) prayer garden.

We'll serve the Donna Church until we return to Indiana May 15th. It has been a joyful adventure to serve as their interim since last October with breaks for a cruise and trip to Nigeria.

Lastest Escapades

Our Latest adventures include Eileen's trip to Indiana to visit our five grands there. She had a great time and I was glad to have here back home again in Texas. Taylor, Tommie, Spencer, Reagan & Reilly Matt, Shauna, Scot and Jenny. While in Jos, Nigeria Eileen had outfits custom made for the girls. They are showing them off in some of these photos. The dresses are made by a ministry with widows who are taught to sew, given a pedel operated sewing machine and then returned to their villages where they can earn a living sewing. We also has outfits made. Eileen and I wore ours for Easter.

St Patrick's Day in Alamo Palms

Eileen and I drove and rode in the St Patrick's Day Parade in our RV Mobile Home Park. We had our toes done up special for the event, had a hug for the oldest resident in our park Vet will celebrate her 100th birthday in the next week. She rode on the back of a Gold Wing three wheeler. The rest of the parade included walkers, Shriners, bike riders just like when we were kids doing a neighborhood parade with our playmates!

We're Home, Safe, Sound and Jet Lagged!

We arrived home late Thursday night exhausted from 40 hours of traveling without a bed to sleep in and yet energized by our experience in Nigeria. This morning we're off to church where I'll preach and Eileen will play. We'll celebrate Holy Communion and wear our new Nigerian outfits. The video is a brief clip of the choir in the Kissayhip Village Church.

Cooking, Canning and Packing for Home

Our grands and Imade crazy crust pizza for supper. I "taught" Linda, Emily Munifo's house helper how to can pizza/spaghetti sauce and Eileen got started on our packing for the 36 hour trip home. Today I actually saw a working traffic light red and green only, no yellow. And then there are the vehicles carrying matresses!
This will be opur last post until we get home. Thanks for joing us on our adventures.

Oasis Property Visit and Sunday Worship in the Village

We left for church early to visit the Oasis House and see progress on the water tower. Our adventure included a brief visit with the Filannis herding their livestock on the property. We were all decked out in our new Nigerian outfits for church and then out to eat. We show Sarah, Gus, Sami, Eileen and I, John and Corrie and their family and Eileen and I. The cattle look very different from what we see in the USA! And the steel posts for the cover over the block making machine were set by Jason and John on Friday.

No School Today

Today is a Muslim holiday so Sarah, Gus and Sami were off school.
SOOOO.... we spent the day shopping and working around the house installing a ceiling fan in the living room, a smoke/CO dectector, washing dishes, playing with the Wii and just plain relaxing. Gus is helping dad John. Sami & Gus are washing dishes. Corrie is slicing the largest pineabble I have ever seen. It was really sweet too.