Truly an Adventure

By Amy Richburg

Cell phone alarms get the morning started at 5:30am.  What if we all thought someone else would set the alarm and no one did!  I think this group is so conditioned to waking up that they would naturally awaken by 5:30a. There is definitely a camaraderie among the group the comes from spending days and weeks together persevering for people we will never meet.  God doesn’t tell us we have to know the poor in order to help them, we just need to do it.   Matt. 11:5
Continue reading

A Real Adventure

By Bill Black 

It is impossible to overstate the beauty and grandeur of Yosemite National Park.  Seeing it for the first time is an experience like no other.  As a first time visitor, my expectations were high.  Growing up on the east coast, I was certainly aware of Yosemite.  I knew it was beautiful.  But I really didn’t know what was there.  In fact, I merged Yosemite and Yellowstone in my head and wasn’t sure which one had Old Faithful.  I think I learned more about Yellowstone recently from the movie Free Solo, about the rock climber who climbed El Capitan without a rope, than I did in my while live previously.

Continue reading

Along The Oregon Coastal Road

By Peter Asmuth

The first three days of the ride were a tough ride for me: day one, it was cold and raining; day two, my left knee began to hurt; day three, the knee felt better, however, despite the cool weather, I became dehydrated and felt pretty ill by the end of the ride.Continue reading

Enjoying the little things

Written by: Judy Nast

Wednesday night at the Baptist church, we had a true potluck dinner furnished by our host church. Humm, hum good.
Today has been a day of adventure, starting with breakfast burritos prepared by our team. When it was time to leave Bingen Baptist Church all  of the drains were backed-up. After diligent work by many the problem was mastered.Continue reading

Making the most of it!

Written by: Rose Uscianowski

There’s a certain hubris of youth that causes you to continuously convince yourself that your body is invisible. It can challenge you to swear off the comforts that others swear by just to prove that you can take it and that your body is stronger than the elements.

Continue reading