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Pancake Breakfast Benefit for Youth Mission Trip to Haiti
By Joyce Mink
My granddaughter Katie, great-grandson, Karsen,
and I attended a benefit pancake breakfast at The
River of Life Fellowship Church, for the Youth
Mission Trip to Haiti in April. Many of the youth
did the cooking and serving and cleaning up. The
food was delicious, the service outstanding, and
the socializing just great. Some of our friends that
are members of this wonderful church are Dan &
Lena Schrock and family, Roy & Mary Keim & family, Menno & Delila Keim & family, Jacob & Katie Yoder & family
and many others.
If you live in the area or are interested in attending their church, it is
located at 333 S. Market Street in Shreve, Ohio. The pastor is Eddie
Miller. Church service is held every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. They also have
prayer meetings every 2
nd
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., a Men’s Prayer
Meeting on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., and Ladies’ Night, once a month,
held at different households.
“Adoptive” Parent’s Dinner
A dinner for those who have informally adopted
former Amish young people into their families was
held at Arlen and Dee Yoder’s house October 30,
2011.
Arlen & and Dee (adopted daughter, Rachel), Joyce
Mink (adopted sons Abe Schrock, Perry Keim,
Mose Slabaugh), Paul & Brenda Nixon (adopted
son Mosie Shetler & son-in-law Harvey
Swartzentruber), Wayne & Chris Vallowe (adopted
sons Jonny, Abe, and Eli Raber), Jerry & Carol
Gess (adopted family Joe, Esther, Rachel, and Jon-
athan, and adopted daughter Lizzie Yoder), and
Garry & Debi Bridges (adopted son Ben Weaver &
adopted daughter Maryann Keim), enjoyed an af-
ternoon of fellowship.
It was a wonderful time to gather and pray for our
adopted “kids” and for all the former Amish we
have grown to love and appreciate. Adopted par-
ents of Mattie Shetler, Dan & Barbara Tucker were
traveling.
We are all so grateful for the blessings of being
adopted by heart to these wonderful young people!