Hi everyone! Day two of our West Coast tour is over. Last night we were hosted by Seattle Mennonite Church, and enjoyed time with folks there. Darryl and I sang for about 45 minutes, we showed some video footage of recording music in Najile, as well as video footage of the work that Joseph does with the Generations Program (included in the cd package). Abe Janzen (MCCA Executive Director), shared compelling stats about HIV/AIDS, and shared stories from his travels to visit MCC partners working with HIV/AIDS in Congo, Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya.
Seattle Mennonite runs a Community Ministries Program that reaches out to the homeless in Seattle, welcoming them into their church community, and offering supports and connecting people to various programs and services. We had some good visits with really wonderful people that we normally would not see at our concerts. We were blessed to be there.
We travelled from Seattle, WA, to Portland, OR, today. About a 3 hour drive. And this evening we were hosted at the Hess Yoder home, about 40 minutes outside of Portland, on a beautiful piece of land over looking the valley, with an astounding view of Mt. Hood. There were just over 100 people in attendance, and we all enjoyed a great meal, lots of visiting, some music and stories, all outside. A very warm reception! Thank you to the folks from Portland Mennonite Church for your planning and work!
Tomorrow morning we are on the road by 8 am to travel to Lebanon Mennonite Church. Abe will bring the sermon and Darryl and I will sing a few songs. We hope to do some touring a bit in the afternoon, and then tomorrow evening we are in Albany for our final performance.
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