Picnics, Group Pictures, a Wedding

The first Immanuel Mennonite Church summer picnic, this one at our house.  We're going to miss these good play friends!

Lia as flower girl in the Stutzman-Sauder wedding. She did fine! She'll have this job again in another week!

We might call this the Third Culture Kid club. Good friends currently living in Bangladesh and Thailand

We missed getting Jim in this picture, but the Hershbergers are an invaluable resource and support for our connections and work ahead.

Our small group (now also our MST - Ministry Support Team) hosted this IMC picnic of Nicaraguan dishes, a quiz game that Wendell organized, and a Q&A time. The Klassen/Zimmerman family hosted this group with a wealth of knowledge and experience.  Klassen/Zimmermans (Nicaragua), Peachey/Durham (El Salvador), Gullmans (Guatemala, Chad, Ethiopia), Muñiz/Cordova (Mexico).

Johann brought out his guitar for some singing.  A new song to some of us - José Luis Orozco's "Paz, queremos paz"

Paz, queremos paz   (Peace, we want peace)

Y libertad en este mundo  (and freedom in this world)

Para los niños de todo el mundo  (for the children of the world)
Queremos paz y libertad    (we want peace and freedom)

Ya no mas hambre, ya no mas guerra  (no more hunger anymore, no more war)
Queremos paz en esta tierra (we want peace in this land)

Para los pobres y los ancianos (for the poor and the elderly)
Queremos paz y libertad (we want peace and freedom)

Ya no más bombas con radiación  (no more nuclear bombs anymore)
No más ideas de exterminación (no more ideas of destruction)