East Coast Tour - Day 1, Souderton, PA

We had a full day 1 (yesterday...sorry), in the Souderton area. We sang two songs at Blooming Glen Mennonite Church following a beautiful child dedication service. A family, after a very long 4 year process, have welcomed a little girl into their home who they adopted from China. It was a blessing to be a part of the service. In the afternoon we spent a few hours at the Rockhill Mennonite Retirment Community. Enjoyed lunch with Ron and Sue (Thiessen) Sawatzky. Ron is the director at Rockhill, and was the former moderator of Mennonite Church Canada. We sang for about 40 residents, and Abe told stories from his trip to Nepal. Our evening concert was at Zion Mennonite Church in Souderton. It was a fun evening with about 140 people in attendance. Churches in the area had encouraged people to bring an AIDS Care Kit with them, so there were 35 kits collected and placed at the front of the church. Abe moved people with his stories, and talked about showing up, and how important it is that we do just that...show up in each other's lives, invest in each other, take our place and get involved. Enjoyed snacks and visiting after the concert. Even met a man (Harvey Bowman), who was one of the original PAX boys who helped to build the one and only hydro damn in Nepal, which Abe visited on his trip to Nepal last fall. Very cool. Darryl and Grant (Rissler) were hosted by Lyn and Arlen Nyce, and Abe and I were hosted by Abe and Sara Landes. Very lovely people!