Winnie's Graduation From Taylor College

Our good friend and two time summer intern, Winnie Ollerhead, graduated last evening from Taylor College. Pictures tell the story of the joy and the friends. Monday evening Winnie is commissioned as an evangelist with Threshold Ministries (previously Church Army.)

Behind Bars!

Well, the picture says it all, doesn't it?? Behind bars in the past 24 hours ... What did she do to get there? Who locked her in? Where is she now? (She's known for being pretty handy with the tools!)



Her story is that she was preparing the shopping list for this week's food co-op. Anyone out there believe that?

Easter Baptisms

They got wet .... and it wasn't the hose in the back yard!! It was a wonderful celebration of new life for a number of Partners in Hope friends and others in Immanuel Church.



I'll post the slide shows below so you can check them out for yourself.

It's Spring! What Else Can I Say?

Is it the warm air? Is it post-Olympics? Is it just the "usual" around Partners in Hope? I'll let you attempt to answer that question yourself as you see the pictures. I was going to put captions on some of them but, what can I say? I'm sure your thoughts will do a much better job of naming the moment than I ever could.

These are the pictures I didn't know where to fit anywhere else. I thought of using the title "Misfits" ..... smile! In another way, I'd love to name it mis-fits because one of the beautiful facts about Partners in Hope is that we are a unique bunch and we have tons of fun being ourselves. We learn to fit together in our fun, in our serious moments, in our working moments, when we cry, when we celebrate, when we irritate, when we bless. We give the best picture I know to the fact that a bunch of "mis-fits" actually blend pretty well together in a remarkably wonderful extended family.

Let's hear it for the the misfits!!!

Food Co-op, Spring 2010

I think they are sick of me running around with my camera but they are here week after week and they work hard -- you'll have to check with me about Roger but all the rest of them work hard. It's important to pause once in a while and say "Thank you" to those who just continue to do good work. We appreciate you.

Partners in Hope and the Olympic Games

Well, it's quite a bit after the fact, but they were fun days and why not re-live some of the memories of the Olympics with a few pictures.

Who can forget Joe being the only one cheering for Team USA while we watched the game on the big screen (the wall) at the house .... only to have them win and us lose!

Ask those in the Salvation Army drop-in what our blood pressure was while we watched Slovakia come within a couple of inches of tying that game with the puck behind Luongo.

The expert on the moment Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal, however, is my mother while we jumped and made noise in the RIO theater with the hundreds of others who were there and later as we drove down Commercial Drive and into the Downtown Eastside.

Changes at Women of Hope

These are days of spreading out at Women of Hope. Catherine Morris has moved along after three years to Powell River to a new ministry opportunity there as well as to see how to bring to life a vision God has put in her heart.

Mun Hee Kim has returned to Korea for a while to renew a visa and to re-connect with family, friends, sending mission, and sending church.

We will miss both of these women who've touched our lives but know that in each of these days God's love and goodness is surrounding them in their journey. I'm reminded of the familiar verse in Psalm 23 as I write this note, "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." You don't have to live at Women of Hope to live in the house of God's hope.

John Lombard Birthday Party

We hurried out to Langley on a recent Sunday afternoon for a really good reason .... a birthday celebration for our good friend John Lombard.

We pray God's blessing on John's life even during these days of limited activity.